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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]
Iravati Karve, an anthropologist, showed how the Maratha caste was generated from Kunbis who simply started calling themselves "Maratha". She states that Maratha, Kunbi and Mali are the three main farming communities of Maharashtra – the difference being that the Marathas and Kunbis were "dry farmers" whereas the Mali farmed throughout the year.
The Maratha Clan System (also referred to as Shahannava Kuli Marathas, 96 Kuli Marathas) refers to the 96 Maratha clans. The clans together form the Maratha caste of India . These Marathas primarily reside in the Indian state of Maharashtra , with smaller regional populations in other states.
For the better part of its existence, politics of the state was also dominated by the mainly rural Maratha–Kunbi caste, [143] which accounts for 31% of the population of Maharashtra. They dominated the cooperative institutions, and with the resultant economic power, controlled politics from the village level up to the Assembly and Lok Sabha .
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
By 1670s, Shivaji had acquired extensive territory and wealth from his campaigns. [5] [11] But, lacking a formal crown, he had no operational legitimacy to rule his de facto domain and technically, remained subject to his Mughal (or Deccan Sultanate) overlords; in the hierarchy of power, Shivaji's position remained similar to fellow Maratha chieftains.
Several of the Maratha Chhatrapati Shivaji's generals and ministers, such as Murarbaji Deshpande and Baji Prabhu Deshpande, and Khando Ballal Chitnis were CKPs. [ 29 ] In 17th-century Maharashtra, during Shivaji 's time, the so-called higher classes i.e. the Marathi Brahmins , CKPs and Saraswat Brahmins, due to social and religious restrictions ...
K. Kaarkaathaar; Kadaiyar; Kadia (Muslim) Kadia Kumbhar; Kaikadi people; Kaikalas; Kalabaz; Kalari Panicker; Kalingi; Kalita (caste) Kalwar (caste) Kamar (caste) Mukguhar