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2. Kunbi - Wikipedia

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   The state Government of Maharashtra does not recognise a group called Maratha-Kunbi. [36] According to Irawati Karve, the Marata-Kunbi form over 40% of the population of Western Maharashtra. [37] Later in 1990, Lele records that the Maratha-Kunbi group of castes account for 31% of the population, distributed over the whole of Maharashtra. [30]

3. Maratha (caste) - Wikipedia

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   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]

4. Manoj Jarange - Wikipedia

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   He led a protest march, part of the Maratha Kranti Morcha and Sakal Maratha Samaj, from his hometown in Jalna, originally intended for Azad Maidan in South Mumbai starting 26 January 2024. The aim was to advocate for expanding Kunbi Other Backward Class certification to Marathas, enabling them to access OBC benefits, including a 27 percent ...

5. Politics of Maharashtra - Wikipedia

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   The second-largest community after the Maratha–Kunbi is the former Mahar community, now known as Neo-Buddhist. The community falls under the scheduled caste (SC) group. Since the time of B. R. Ambedkar, this community has supported various factions of the Republican Party of India (RPI). There are 25 seats reserved for the SC.

6. Maratha Confederacy - Wikipedia

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   The Maratha Confederacy, [a] also referred to as the Maratha Empire, [12] [13] [14] was an early modern polity in the Indian subcontinent. It comprised the realms of the Peshwa and four major independent Maratha states [ 15 ] [ 16 ] often subordinate to the former.

7. Bhonsle (clan) - Wikipedia

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   According to some claims, Shivaji was a Rajput of the Sisodia Rajput clan while other claims say that he was a Kunbi Maratha and the sole purpose of the lineage claim as a Rajput was to guarantee Shivaji's consecration as a Kshatriya, in a tactic that had clear parallels to Rajputisation.

8. Maratha clan system - Wikipedia

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   In Maratha society, membership of a Kul or clan is acquired in a patrilineal manner. People belonging to a clan usually have a common surname, a common clan deity, and a common clan totem . [12] Various lists have been compiled, purporting to list the 96 "true Maratha" clans, but these lists vary greatly and are disputed.

9. List of Maratha people - Wikipedia

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   Released after aurangzeb's death, he fought and defeated his aunt tarabai and became fifth Chattrapati of Maratha Empire. Under the rule of Chattrapati Shahu, the Maratha Empire was extended to the northern parts of indian subcontinent. Rajarshi Shahu (1874 – 1922), GCSI GCIE GCVO, ruler of the princely state of Kolhapur and a social reformer ...