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The following is a list of notable Kunbi people. Saints ... Nov 2023 Maharashtra Gov Published Kunbi Maratha Records This page was last ...
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]
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]
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.
Maratha Empire. 1713: Chatrapati Shahu I becomes a puppet of the Peshwas (Bhat Family) 1818: Third Anglo-Maratha War leads to British East Indian Company control of Maratha territory and the creation of Satara State under British suzerainty; Bhonsle States. 1849: annexation of the Satara State by the East India Company
For the first time, the creation of Maharashtra brought most Marathi people under one state with the mainly rural Kunbi-Maratha community as the largest social group. This group has dominated the rural economy and politics of the state since 1960. [85] [86] The community accounts for 31% of the population of Maharashtra.
The surname "kamble" is found in various Marathi castes and communities like Marathi Buddhists, Kunbi, Shimpi, Vani, Aagri, Gosavi(Giri), certain Brahmin subcastes (like Karhades and Panchals), [1] marathi Jains, Mang(Matang), Dhangar, etc. [2] The surname is shared by Maratha-kunbi, Mahars, teli and Marathas in Satara region.
Shinde (pronunciation: ) is a clan of the Maratha clan system variations of the name include Scindia and Sindhia, Sindia. [1] It is found largely in Maharashtra (India), but it also appears in Indian states bordering Maharashtra like Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Goa, Telangana and Chhattisgarh.