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People from Maharashtra played an important part in the nationalist, social, and religious reform movements of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Notable civil societies founded by Marathi leaders during 19th century include the Poona Sarvajanik Sabha, the Prarthana Samaj, the Arya Mahila Samaj, and the Satya Shodhak Samaj.
The Marathi people form an ethnolinguistic group that is distinct from others in terms of its language, history, cultural and religious practices, social structure, literature, and art. [ 93 ] The traditional caste hierarchy was headed by the Brahmin castes-the Deshasthas , Chitpavans , Karhades , Saraswats , and the Chandraseniya Kayastha ...
600 BC: One of the 16 great janapadas, named Ashmaka; 230 BC to 225 AD: ruled by the Satavahanas; 250 to 525: The Vakatakas brought the Vidharba under their rule.; 550 to 760: Ruled by the Chalukyas (Badami Chalukyas)
Image Name Birth Reign Death Notes Shivaji: 19 February 1630 [6]: 6 June 1674 – 3 April 1680 3 April 1680 Sambhaji: 14 May 1657 16 January 1681 – 11 March 1689
The Maratha Confederacy, [a] also referred to as the Maratha Empire, [11] [12] [13] was an early modern polity in the Indian subcontinent.It comprised the realms of the Peshwa and four major independent Maratha states [14] [15] often subordinate to the former.
Indigenous tribals have inhabited Mumbai (Bombay) since the Stone Age. [1] The Kolis and Aagri (a Marathi-Konkani people) [2] were the earliest known settlers of the islands. . Between the 2nd century BCE and 10th century CE, the islands came under the control of successive indigenous dynasties: the Satavahanas, Abhiras, Vakatakas, Kalachuris, Konkan Mauryas, Chalukyas, Rashtrakutas, Silharas &
Ganesh Chaturthi, a popular festival in the state. Maharashtra is the third largest state of India in terms of land area and second largest in terms of population in India. . It has a long history of Marathi saints of Varakari religious movement, such as Dnyaneshwar, Namdev, Chokhamela, Eknath and Tukaram which forms the one of bases of the culture of Maharashtra or Marathi culture.
Noted Marathi writers in non-Marathi languages. D. R. Bendre - Considered as the greatest Kannada lyric poet of the 20th century. [31] Gajanan Madhav Muktibodh - One of the pioneers of modern Hindi poetry. Kaloji Narayana Rao- One of the greatest Telugu poets. His birth anniversary is celebrated as Telangana Language Day; Others