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The Maratha Clan System (also referred to as Shahannava Kuli Marathas, 96 Kuli Marathas) refers to the 96 Maratha clans. The clans together form the Maratha caste of India . These Marathas primarily reside in the Indian state of Maharashtra , with smaller regional populations in other states.
The term Maratha referred broadly to all the speakers of the Marathi language. [33] [3] In the 17th century, it also served as a designation for peasants from the Deccan Plateau who served as soldiers in the armies of Muslim rulers and later in the armies of Shivaji. Thus, the term Maratha became a marker of an endogamous caste for them. [34]
The rise and fall of the Maratha Empire. Popular Prakashan. A. Rā Kulakarṇī (1996). Marathas and the Marathas Country: The Marathas. Books & Books. V. D. Divekar (1981). Survey of material in Marathi on the economic and social history of India. Bharata Itihasa Samshodhaka Mandala. Vishvanath Govind Dighe (1944). Peshwa Bajirao I & Maratha ...
Sambhaji, (1657–1689), son of Shivaji; second Chhatrapati of Maratha Empire. [3] Tarabai (née Mohite) (1675–1761), led Maratha resistance against the Mughals after the death of her husband, Rajaram I.Set up the Kolhapur house of Bhonsle and acted as regent for her young son, Shivaji II from 1700 to 1712. [4]
Significant Marathi populations also resided in Maratha princely states far from Maharashtra such as Baroda, Gwalior, Indore, and Tanjore. The British colonial period saw standardisation of Marathi grammar through the efforts of the Christian missionary William Carey. Carey also published the first dictionary of Marathi in Devanagari script.
Salunkhe (साळुंखे) is a prominent Maratha clan mostly from Maharashtra and neighbouring states.. They have scattered through regions of Maratha dominance such as Beed, Akola, Buldana, Parbhani, Jalna, Aurangabad, Chalisgaon, Jalgaon, Solapur, Latur, Nagpur, Amravati, Baroda, Gwalior, Satara, and Kolhapur and some other parts of India.
Several of the Maratha Chhatrapati Shivaji's generals and ministers, such as Murarbaji Deshpande and Baji Prabhu Deshpande, and Khando Ballal Chitnis were CKPs. [ 29 ] In 17th-century Maharashtra, during Shivaji 's time, the so-called higher classes i.e. the Marathi Brahmins , CKPs and Saraswat Brahmins, due to social and religious restrictions ...
Shinde (pronunciation: ) is a clan of the Maratha clan system variations of the name include Scindia and Sindhia, Sindia. [1] It is found largely in Maharashtra (India), but it also appears in Indian states bordering Maharashtra like Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Goa, Telangana and Chhattisgarh.