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Marathas
Marathas or Mahrattas , Marathi-speaking people of W central India, known for their ability as warriors and their devotion to Hinduism. From their homeland in Maharashtra their chieftains rose to power in the 17th cent. The Marathas helped bring about the fall of the Mughal empire and were t... Read more
Śivaji
Śivaji or Shivaji , 1627-80, Indian ruler, leader of the Marathas . The son of a Maratha chieftain, he was imbued from early childhood with hatred of the Mughal empire, which controlled most of India. From his capital at Pune he made guerrilla attacks on the Muslim kingdom of Bijapur and g... Read more
Nagpur
Nagpur , city (1991 pop. 1,664,006), Maharashtra state, central India, on the Nag River. Formerly the capital of Central Provinces and Berar and then of Madyha Pradesh state, it is an industrial, commercial, and transportation center. It has expanded to include the neighboring town of Kamptee. Manuf... Read more
Gwalior
Gwalior , city and former princely state, central India. Part of Madhya Pradesh state since 1956, the territory of Gwalior formerly consisted of one large territory and several exclaves. The state was formed in the mid-18th cent. by Ranoji Sindhia, a Maratha chief who became independent of the peshw... Read more
Ahmadnagar
Ahmadnagar or Ahmednagar , city (1991 pop. 222,088), Maharashtra state, W central India, on the Sina River. It is a district administrative center and has industries in cotton and cotton goods and copper and brass goods. The district has a significant sugar industry. Founded in 1490, it bec... Read more
Deccan
Deccan , region of India. Sometimes defined as all India S of the Narmada River, it is in a more limited sense the plateau of central peninsular India, including approximately all Karnataka and S Andhra Pradesh, SE Maharashtra, and NW Tamil Nadu. The rich volcanic soil is used for growing cotton. Th... Read more
Nana Sahib
Nana Sahib , b. c.1821, leader in the Indian Mutiny , his real name was Dhundu Pant. The adopted son of the last peshwa (hereditary prime minister) of the Marathas, his request (1853) to the British to grant him the peshwa's title and pension was refused. In the outbreak (June, 1857) of the mutiny ... Read more
Panipat
Panipat , town (1991 pop. 191,212), Haryana state, NW India, on the Western Yamuna Canal. It has saltpeter refining plants and manufactures electrical appliances, bricks, glass, and textiles. On a plain astride the easiest route from Afghanistan to central India, Panipat has seen several great battl... Read more
Pune
Pune or Poona , city (1991 pop. 2,493,987), Maharashtra state, W central India. It is a district administrative and commercial center with automotive vehicle works, appliance factories, and other manufacturers. There are several palaces and temples from the 17th and 18th cent., when Pune was the... Read more
Indore
Indore , city and former native state, W central India. The state is now part of Madhya Pradesh state. The region contains extensive forests and much building stone. Indore was established c.1728 by Malhar Rao Holkar, a soldier in the service of the Marathas and the founder of the ruling dynasty. ... Read more

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Maratha
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures Maratha ETHNONYMS: Kanbi...Identification. Marathas are a Marathi...the latter. The Marathas were traditionally...both. Location. Maratha territory comprises...disputes among the Marathas. The British fought the three Maratha wars, supporting...
Marathas
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Cultures ...to the dominant Maratha and Kunbis castes (social classes). Marathas typically trace...known for uniting Marathas against Muslim rulers...Shivaji carved out a Maratha kingdom in the Konkan...collapse of the Maratha Empire. After India's independence, Marathas promoted the formation...
Shivaji
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...and sovereign state of the Marathas. The last years of his life...dynamism he imparted to the Marathas, which helped them go on to...Sardesai, New History of the Marathas, vol. 1 (1946), contains...Mahadev Govind Ranade, Rise of Maratha Power (Delhi, 1961), offers...
Haidar Ali
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...east and west coasts. The Marathas made four very damaging campaigns...to be able to cope with the Marathas, but the British wanted to...But during the subsequent Maratha-Mysore wars, the British...Knowing that his peace with the Marathas could not endure, in 1780...
Chitpavan Brahman
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures ...Shahu, the grandson of the founder of the Maratha Kingdom, Shivaji. Balaji raised the office of the peshwa to de facto rule of the Maratha Empire, and from 1713 until their defeat...military and administrative ranks of the Maratha Empire in large numbers. Chitpavans served...
Śivaji
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Indian ruler, leader of the Marathas . The son of a Maratha chieftain, he was imbued from...to crown himself king of the Maratha empire, although fighting continued...his death. He is the modern Maratha hero. Bibliography: See biographies...
Tipu Sultan
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...neighboring states to feel secure. The Marathas in the northwest, joining the Nizam...on subjugating Tipu. Allying with the Marathas and the Nizam, it put all its might...East India Company, again joined by the Marathas and the Nizam, attacked Tipu. Pushed...
Dehlavi, Shah Waliullah
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...teachings and the life of the Holy Prophet Muhammad). At the time, he also became aware that the Marathas (invading warriors from the Maratha Empire) staged continuous attacks within India, where they looted the wealth of the Muslims. According...
India
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Cultures ...x2026; 102 ■ GUJARATIS … 107 ■ MARATHAS … 112 ■ ORIYA … 117 ■...Gujaratis, a Muslim group who inhabit western India, (4) the Marathas, a Hindu group that inhabit western India, (5) the Oriya...
Tippoo Sahib
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Haidar Ali . He fought in his father's campaigns against the Marathas and the British but, after his succession, made peace with...defeated by a force under Lord Cornwallis composed of British, Maratha, and Hyderabad troops. He was forced to cede territory...

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Maratha Wars
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History Maratha Wars (1774–82; 1803–...1817–18) Wars between the MARATHA peoples of India and troops of the English...COMPANY . By the late 18th century the Maratha Hindus, divided into over 90 clans, had...
Maratha
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable Maratha a member of the princely and military castes of the former Hindu kingdom of Maharashtra in central India. The Marathas rose in rebellion against the Muslim Moguls and in 1674 established their own kingdom under the leadership of Shivaji...
Sindhia
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History Sindhia A leading MARATHA family, based at Gwalior in northern India, which dominated the Maratha confederacy in the late 18th century. The...became the arbiter of power not only within the Maratha confederacy, but also at the MOGUL court...
Shivaji
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...1627–80) Indian raja of the Marathas (1674–80). In 1659 he raised...escaped in 1666 and proceeded to expand Maratha territory. He had himself crowned raja...enforced religious toleration throughout the Maratha empire and blocked Mogul expansionism...
Holkar
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History Holkar An Indian MARATHA family of peasant origin that became rulers of one of the most powerful of the Maratha confederacy of states. The family's...succession disputes and quarrels with other Maratha chieftains offset the gains. During the...
Pindaris
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...mounted marauders in central India, often in the service of the MARATHA princes, who raided MOGUL territory from the 17th century...governor-general 1813–23) a major campaign ( MARATHA WARS ) was conducted (1817–18) to wipe out the...
Bombay
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History ...1673, the English East India Company moved its west‐coast station there from Surat. Following the defeat of the Maratha Peshwa in 1818, Bombay city became the capital of a large presidency. By 1901 its population had reached 850,000, making...
Panipat
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...Afghans who then held Delhi, and initiated the spread of strong Mogul power in India. In the third battle (14 June 1761) an invading Afghan army ended MARATHA ambitions to fill the power vacuum at Delhi caused by the decline of the Moguls.
East India Company
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History ...subcontinent. The company began to acquire a territorial empire in India after the battle of Plassey in 1757, and the defeat of the Maratha empire in 1818 gave it undisputed supremacy. Territorial conquest, however, brought about more direct parliamentary control...
India
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History ...foundations. But, during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars, the opportunity was seized and by 1818, with the defeat of the Maratha empire, the East India Company had gained supremacy. After the Indian mutiny of 1857, however, the company was abolished...

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The Anglo-Maratha Campaigns and the Contest for India. The Struggle for Control of the South Asian Military Economy
Magazine article from: Internationales Asien Forum. International Quarterly for Asian Studies; 11/1/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...war against the Marathas lasted from 1803...However, two separate Maratha wars are distinguishable...designed to crush the Maratha power in north India...and preventing the Marathas from raiding Bengal...demonstrates that the Marathas were part of a subcontinental...onwards. Thus the ...
Shiv Sena attempts to woo marginalized Marathas
Newspaper article from: India Abroad; 9/25/1998; 644 words ; ...woo marginalized Marathas Maharashtra's indomitable Maratha community is fighting...political clout of the Maratha community is at the lowest ebb. Marathas in the state traditionally...best to woo the Maratha community, but the Marathas, an economically...
The battle for Shivaji ; Plans for a memorial on the Maratha hero run into trouble as political parties jostle for gains.
Newspaper article from: India Today; 7/6/2009; ; 700+ words ; ...claim to selective parts of the Maratha warrior's legacy to strengthen...is cashing in on Shivaji's Maratha connection too. The recent Lok Sabha elections saw it woo Marathas by offering tickets to Shivaji...the heart of the erstwhile Maratha Empire. NCP leader Vinayak...
Marathas, Marauders, and State Formation in Eighteenth-Century India.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: The Historian; 3/22/1996; ; 700+ words ; ...peshwa (prime minister). The Marathas were renowned for military...continuity and complexity of Maratha history. Gordon, through...himself as the authority on the Marathas, and a worthy successor both...Sardesai and the father of Maratha Studies, James Grant Duff...
Maratha historiography; based on Heras memorial lectures.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News; 11/1/2007; 513 words ; ...subcontinent with which the Maratha peoples were directly and indirectly...assessment of the development of Maratha historiography. He discusses...and British historians on the Marathas; examines the archival movement...independence of India in which Maratha scholars such as K.N. Sane...
Hyderabad Sultans to meet Maratha Warriors in PHL opener.
News Wire article from: PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.; 12/27/2005; 700+ words ; Hyderabad Sultans to meet Maratha Warriors in PHL opener New Delhi...champions Hyderabad Sultans will take on Maratha Warriors in the first Tier I match...Teams Time Tier I: Week 1: Jan 5: Maratha Warriors vs Hyderabad Sultans 19...
MARATHAS WANT INCLUSION IN OTHER BACKWARD CLASSES CATEGORY
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times; 12/23/2008; 666 words ; ...often dubbed 'Maratha strongman' by commentators...since the era of the Maratha warrior king Shivaji or even before, Marathas, particularly in...the post twice. Marathas have also constituted...houses. Even as the Maratha leaders are raising...
Marathas give CM ultimatum on quota issue.
News Wire article from: Hindustan Times (New Delhi, India); 1/26/2009; 628 words ; ...favour of reservations for Marathas, while three had recommended...fighting for reservations for Marathas, Pawar made it clear that the Maratha Arakshan Samanvay Samiti did...demanded reservations for Marathas in the political sector as...
The Anglo-Maratha Campaigns and the Contest for India: The Struggle for Control of the South Asian Military Economy
Magazine article from: RUSI Journal; 6/1/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...India Company and the Marathas competed in the all...military cultures. The Maratha warlords Shivaji and...fire were often not of Maratha but European manufacture...the lethal impact of Maratha artillery. At the battle...and performance, the Marathas were more than just...
NICHOLAS MARATHAS, 82; GAVE TASTE OF VINEYARD TO VISITORS
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 7/18/2003; ; 700+ words ; Nicholas W. Marathas, a.k.a. "Nick the Greek," a...overcome by cancer earlier this year, Mr. Marathas got behind the wheel of Bus No. 15...Searle of Maynard said yesterday. Mr. Marathas sometimes conducted three or four tours...