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Arun Sadhu (17 June 1941 – 25 September 2017) was a writer and a freelance journalist from Maharashtra, India. He has written in Marathi , Hindi , and English . He is better known for his novel " Simhasan " and " Mumbai Dinank" .
State or territory Adjective Demonym; colloquial; Andaman and Nicobar Islands: Andamanese [1] Nicobarese [1]: Andamanese Nicobarese: Andhra Pradesh: Andhrulu ...
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]
Mahar is numerically the largest Scheduled Caste in Maharashtra, according to the 2001 Census of India. [43] As of 2017 [update] , the Mahar community was designated as a Scheduled Caste (SC) in 16 Indian states, being: Andhra Pradesh , Arunachal Pradesh Assam , Chhattisgarh , Dadra and Nagar Haveli , Daman and Diu , Goa , Gujarat , Karnataka ...
Salunkhe (साळुंखे) is a prominent Maratha clan mostly from Maharashtra and neighbouring states.. They have scattered through regions of Maratha dominance such as Beed, Akola, Buldana, Parbhani, Jalna, Aurangabad, Chalisgaon, Jalgaon, Solapur, Latur, Nagpur, Amravati, Baroda, Gwalior, Satara, and Kolhapur and some other parts of India.
Prithviraj Chavan (born 1946), 22nd Chief Minister of Maharashtra, India; Shankarrao Chavan, (1920–2004), Chief Minister of Maharashtra, India during 1975-1977 and 1986-1988; Vandana Chavan (born 1963), Indian politician and Rajya Sabha member; Yashwantrao Chavan (1913–1984), first Chief Minister of Maharashtra, India
Kamble is a Marathi Indian surname commonly used by communities residing in Maharashtra. The word "kamble" is literally translated as "cotton blankets" likely adopted by those who were cotton farmers and weavers in the region of Vidarbha.; though there also existed clan, namely Sonkamble, and this could be its derivation, too.
In Bihar, Lohar caste comes under Other Backward Class (OBC) and has been categorized in sub-category of OBC called Extremely Backward Castes (EBC). As per a ruling by Supreme Court of India, Lohar or Lohara community is not the same as ‘Lohra or Lohara’, which belongs to the Schedule Tribe category in several districts.