Senapati
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Senapati is the Hindi
word for general and Mahasenapati means great general. It is cognate with duke or Herzog and like this word means army leader (from sena =army + pati=lord, leader).
Hindi
Standard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...
word for general and Mahasenapati means great general. It is cognate with duke or Herzog and like this word means army leader (from sena =army + pati=lord, leader).
List of few Maratha "Senapati" or "Commander-in-Chief"
- Mankoji Dahatonde,
- Hambirrao Mohite,
- Prataprao Gujar,
- Santaji Ghorpade {Title hereditary in the family (Senapati of Kolhapur)},
- Dhanaji Jadhavrao,
- Chandrasen Jadhav,
- Khanderao DabhadeKhanderao DabhadeSarsenapati Khanderao Dabhade is the founder of the Sarsenapati Dabhade Family of Talegaon Dabhade. He was conferred the title of "Sarsenapati" by Chhattrapati Shahu Maharaj of Satara on 11 January 1717....
(Title hereditary in the family (Senapati of SataraSataraSatara is a city located in the Satara District of Maharashtra state of India. The town is 2320 ft. above sea-level, near the confluence of the Krishna and its tributary river Venna. The city was the capital of the Maratha empire in the 17th century, hence one of the the historical cities of...
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