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This period also saw the capture and death of Shivaji's first son, Sambhaji, at the hands of the Mughals in 1689. Rajaram, his second son and successor, and later Rajaram's widow, Tarabai, lead their Maratha forces to fight individual battles against the forces of the Mughal Empire. Territory changed hands repeatedly during these years (1689 ...
Maharashtra also has 19 seats in the Rajya Sabha, or the upper chamber of the Indian Parliament. [149] [150] The government of Maharashtra is a democratically elected body in India with the Governor as its constitutional head who is appointed by the President of India for a five-year term. [151]
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.
15 August 1947: Independence of India; 1 November 1956: Bombay state enlarged to include all of present Maharashtra. 1 May 1960: Bombay state split along linguistic lines into new states of Gujarat and Maharashtra. [1]
Sites of Satyagrah, India's non-violent freedom movement several sites 2014 iv, vi (cultural) Satyagraha, a form of nonviolent resistance or civil resistance, was developed by Mahatma Gandhi in the first half of the 20th century, as a part of the Indian independence movement. The nomination comprises 22 sites across India related to the movement.
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 &
According to Historian R.G Bhandarkar's, Maharashtra is named after people known as Rastrika or Rattha. [21] Maha - great, and rashtrika - either a sanskrit term of Rātta or a term applied generally to chiefs ruling in the Deccan. [22] [23] the name of a tribe or dynasty of chiefs ruling in the Deccan region. [24]
Marathi, also known as Seuna at that time, was the court language during the reign of the Yadava Kings. Yadava king Singhania was known for his magnanimous donations. Inscriptions recording these donations are found written in Marathi on stone slabs in the temple at Kolhapur in Maharashtra.