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A Maratha Durbar showing the Chief and the nobles (Sardars, Jagirdars, Istamuradars & Mankaris) of the state. This is a list of Maratha dynasties and Maratha princely states . Maratha States
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.
The Maratha rulers, belonging to the various dynasties, from the early 17th century to the early 18th century, built and ruled the Maratha Empire on the Indian subcontinent. [ 1 ] [ note 1 ] It was established by the Chhatrapati (the Maratha emperor ) in 1670s.
List of Maratha dynasties and states; List of Maratha rulers; Maratha Fort Systems; Maratha Navy; Maratha Resurrection; Maratha titles; Marathas of Saugor; Bavan ...
Satara State, Kolhapur State, Thanjavur State, Nagpur State, [27] Akkalkot State, [22] Sawantwadi State [23] and Barshi [28] were amongst the prominent states ruled by the Bhonsles. See also List of Maratha dynasties and states
The state has had many Maratha government ministers and officials, as well as in local municipal councils, and panchayats. Marathas comprise around 32 per cent of the state population. [ 128 ] [ 129 ] 10 out of 16 chief ministers of Maharashtra hailed from the Maratha community as of 2012.
It was ruled by the Maratha Bhonsle dynasty in the mid-18th century. The city of Nagpur was the capital of the state. After the Third Anglo-Maratha War, it became a princely state of the British Empire in 1818, and was annexed to British India in 1853 becoming Nagpur Province.
In principle, the princely states had internal autonomy, while by treaty the British Crown had suzerainty and was responsible for the states' external affairs. In practice, while the states were indeed ruled by potentates with a variety of titles, the British still had considerable influence.