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Mahratta Ditch
Mahratta may refer to: An old spelling of * Maratha caste, a ruling/warrior class of the Indian subcontinent * Maratha Empire (1674–1820), India * Marathi language and those who spoke that language, primarily residing in: ** the state of Maharashtra in India Houses * ''Mahratta'' (Wahroonga), a house in Sydney, Australia Ships * SS ''Mahratta'' (1891), lost on the Goodwin Sands in 1909 * SS ''Mahratta'' (1917), lost on the Goodwin Sands in 1939 * HMS ''Mahratta'' (G23), an M class destroyer torpedoed in 1944 with the loss of 220 Military units of the British Indian Army * 5th Mahratta Light Infantry, * 103rd Mahratta Light Infantry * 105th Mahratta Light Infantry * 110th Mahratta Light Infantry * 114th Mahrattas * 116th Mahrattas * 117th Mahrattas See also *Mahratta War (other) Mahratta War may refer to: * First Anglo-Maratha War (1775–1802) * Second Anglo-Maratha War (1803–1805) *Third Anglo-Maratha War The Third Anglo-Maratha War (1817–181 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maratha
The Marathi people (Marathi: मराठी लोक) or Marathis are an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group who are indigenous to Maharashtra in western India. They natively speak Marathi, an Indo-Aryan language. Maharashtra was formed as a Marathi-speaking state of India in 1960, as part of a nationwide linguistic reorganization of the Indian states. The term "Maratha" is generally used by historians to refer to all Marathi-speaking peoples, irrespective of their caste; however, now it may refer to a Maharashtrian caste known as the Maratha. The Marathi community came into political prominence in the 17th century, when the Maratha Empire was established under Chhatrapati Shivaji; the Marathas are credited to a large extent for ending Mughal rule over India. History Ancient to medieval period During the ancient period, around 230 BC, Maharashtra came under the rule of the Satavahana dynasty, which ruled the region for 400 years.India Today: An Encyclopedia of Life in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maratha Empire
The Maratha Empire, also referred to as the Maratha Confederacy, was an early modern Indian confederation that came to dominate much of the Indian subcontinent in the 18th century. Maratha rule formally began in 1674 with the coronation of Shivaji of the Bhonsle Dynasty as the '' Chhatrapati'' (Marathi: "The title "Chhatrapati" was created by Shivaji upon his coronation"). Although Shivaji came from the Maratha caste, the Maratha empire also included warriors, administrators and other notables from Maratha and several other castes from Maharashtra. They are largely credited for ending the Mughal control over the Indian subcontinent and establishing the Maratha Empire. The religious attitude of Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb estranged non-Muslims, and his inability to finish the resulting Maratha uprising after a 27-year war at a great cost to his men and treasure, eventually ensued Maratha ascendency and control over sizeable portions of former Mughal lands in the north or ab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marathi Language
Marathi (; ''Marāṭhī'', ) is an Indo-Aryan language predominantly spoken by Marathi people in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the official language of Maharashtra, and additional official language in the state of Goa. It is one of the 22 scheduled languages of India, with 83 million speakers as of 2011. Marathi ranks 11th in the list of languages with most native speakers in the world. Marathi has the third largest number of native speakers in India, after Hindi and Bengali. The language has some of the oldest literature of all modern Indian languages. The major dialects of Marathi are Standard Marathi and the Varhadi dialect. Marathi distinguishes inclusive and exclusive forms of 'we' and possesses a three-way gender system, that features the neuter in addition to the masculine and the feminine. In its phonology, it contrasts apico-alveolar with alveopalatal affricates and alveolar with retroflex laterals ( and (Marathi letters and respectively). H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maharashtra
Maharashtra (; , abbr. MH or Maha) is a state in the western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. Maharashtra is the second-most populous state in India and the second-most populous country subdivision globally. It was formed on 1 May 1960 by splitting the bilingual Bombay State, which had existed since 1956, into majority Marathi-speaking Maharashtra and Gujarati-speaking Gujarat. Maharashtra is home to the Marathi people, the predominant ethno-linguistic group, who speak the Marathi language, the official language of the state. The state is divided into 6 divisions and 36 districts, with the state capital being Mumbai, the most populous urban area in India, and Nagpur serving as the winter capital, which also hosts the winter session of the state legislature. Godavari and Krishna are the two major rivers in the state. Forests cover 16.47 per cent of the state's geographical area. Out of the total cultivable land in the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mahratta (Wahroonga)
''Mahratta'' is a heritage-listed former residence and bank executive training facility and now childcare centre, primary school and community group headquarters at 1526 Pacific Highway, Wahroonga, Ku-ring-gai Council, New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by Douglas S. Agnew, Arthur Palin (original Federation House) and Paul Sorensen (garden) and built in 1941. It is also known as ''Mahratta'' and Site and ''Heatherlee''. The property is owned by The School of Philosophy. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999. History In 1838 Governor Darling made a land grant to emancipated convict, Thomas Hyndes. Hyndes had been in possession of the land since 1830, working it with convict labour and supplying timber to the colony. In 1840 he sold the land and in 1854 it was again sold, to John Brown, timber merchant. Brown bought it to cut as much timber off the land as possible.Ratliffe, 1990, 95-6 An property of the Bank of NSW. It was p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SS Mahratta (1891)
SS ''Mahratta'' was a steamship owned by Brocklebank Line which was launched in 1891 and ran aground on the Goodwin Sands in 1909. History SS ''Mahratta'' was launched on 19 November 1891. Its name is an old spelling of Maratha. In 1900 she served as a troopship in connection with the Boer War. Shipwreck On 9 April 1909 (Good Friday), the 5,639 ton liner ''Mahratta'' stuck in the Goodwin Sands, with a heavy cargo, a crew of 90 and 17 passengers. The ''Mahratta'' was homeward bound to London from Calcutta, India with a mixed cargo including jute, rice, rubber and tea. She ran aground on the Fawk Spit of the Goodwin Sands in calm weather and stuck fast. The next day, lifeboats were launched and the majority of the passengers were rescued by the Deal lifeboat. Although two tugs were sent from Dover, it was impossible to pull ''Mahratta'' free. ''Mahratta'' broke in two the day after this. The three passengers aboard at the time included one female passenger who had refused to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SS Mahratta (1917)
SS ''Mahratta'' was a Brocklebank Line steamship launched in 1917. She ran aground in the English Channel on the Goodwin Sands in October 1939. She was the second and final Brocklebank Line ship with this name. The first ''Mahratta'' suffered a similar fate in 1909. After ''Mahratta'' broke up, the ship was found to be resting on top of the first ''Mahratta''. History SS ''Mahratta'' was launched on 20 October 1917. Its name is an old spelling of Maratha. On 6 April 1936, SS ''Matheran'' lost her propeller off Port Sudan. It was decided that ''Mahratta'' would tow ''Matheran'' the to Suez where another ship would tow ''Matheran'' to Alexandria for repairs. Despite ''Matheran'' being a bigger ship than ''Mahratta'', the tow was completed at an average speed of . Shipwreck On 9 October 1939, ''Mahratta'' was inbound to London from Calcutta when she ran aground on the Goodwins. ''Mahratta'' had originally been bound for Liverpool but received new orders at Gibraltar to sail to L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Mahratta (G23)
HMS ''Mahratta'' was an M-class destroyer of the Royal Navy which served during World War II. Begun as ''Marksman'', she was damaged while under construction, and dismantled to be rebuilt on a new slipway. She was launched as ''Mahratta'' in 1942, completed in 1943, and quickly pressed into service. After a short but busy career in the North Atlantic and Arctic, largely guarding merchant convoys, she was torpedoed and sunk on 25 February 1944. History ''Mahratta'' was originally to have been named ''Marksman''. She was laid down on 21 January 1940 but the incomplete ship was blown off the slipway during an air raid in May 1941. ''Marksman'' was to have been the lead ship of the M-class destroyers, and the class was sometimes known as the ''Marksman'' class. Damage sustained by ''Marksman'' was so bad that she had to be dismantled and transferred to an alternative site. The new ship was laid down on 18 August 1941, but she was renamed ''Mahratta'' at her launch in July 1942, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
5th Mahratta Light Infantry
The 5th Mahratta Light Infantry was a regiment of the British Indian Army. It was formed in 1922, when the Indian government reformed the army moving from single battalion regiments to multi battalion regiments. The regiment fought in World War II and raised 30 battalions. After the war it was allocated to the Indian Army in 1947, being renamed the Maratha Light Infantry. Formation 1922 *1st Battalion ex 103rd Mahratta Light Infantry served in North Africa and Italy during World War II. Sepoy Namdeo Jadhav was awarded the Victoria Cross (VC) in Italy in 1945. *2nd Battalion ex 105th Mahratta Light Infantry served in Eritrea and North Africa until June 1942 when it bore the full brunt of the German attack on Tobruk, sustaining very heavy casualties so that after the surrender of Tobruk the survivors became prisoners of war. *3rd Battalion ex 110th Mahratta Light Infantry served in Eritrea, North Africa and Italy during World War II. Naik Yeshwant Ghadge was awarded the Victoria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
103rd Mahratta Light Infantry
The 103rd Mahratta Light Infantry were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1768, when they were raised as the 2nd Battalion, Bombay Sepoys. The regiment was first in action in the Mysore Campaign during the Third Anglo-Mysore War, quickly followed by the Battle of Seedaseer and the Battle of Seringapatam in the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War. Their next action was at Beni Boo Ali against pirates in Eastern Arabia and the Persian Gulf region led the East India Company to carry out a punitive expedition in 1819 to Ras al Khaimah which destroyed the pirate base and removed the threat from the Persian Gulf. In 1848, the regiment took part in the Siege of Multan and the Battle of Gujrat in the Second Anglo-Sikh War. The 1868 Expedition to Abyssinia was next for the regiment. This was a punitive expedition carried out by armed forces of the British Empire against the Emperor Tewodros II of Ethiopia, he had imprisoned several missionaries and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
105th Mahratta Light Infantry
The 105th Mahratta Light Infantry were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. The regiment traces their origins to 1768, when they were raised as the 3rd Battalion, Bombay Sepoys. The regiment's first action was during the Mysore Campaign in the Third Anglo-Mysore War. This campaign was followed by the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War, during which the regiment fought in both the major battles the Battle of Seedaseer and the Battle of Seringapatam. They were then used in the punitive expedition in the Beni Boo Ali campaign in 1821, against the pirates in Eastern Arabia and the Persian Gulf. The regiment was involved in the Siege of Kahun next during the First Afghan War. A detachment of 140 men held off the besieging force from May to September, before being forced to surrender. China was the regiments next destination during the Second Opium War. They were then part of the force used in the annexation of Burma during the Second Burmese War, this being their final action in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
110th Mahratta Light Infantry
The 110th Mahratta Light Infantry were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. The regiment traces their origins to 1797, when they were raised as the 2nd Battalion, 5th (Travancore) Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry. The regiments first saw action during the Mysore wars being involved on the Third Anglo-Mysore War and the Battle of Seedaseer and the Battle of Seringapatam in the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War. They were then used in the punitive expedition in the Beni Boo Ali campaign in 1821, against the pirates in Eastern Arabia and the Persian Gulf. The regiment was involved in the Siege of Kahun next during the First Afghan War. The annexation of the Punjab was next during the Second Anglo-Sikh War. Their next action was in China in the Second Opium War. They returned to Afghanistan again to participate in the Second Afghan War, their last conflict in the 19th century was the annexation of Burma in the Second Burmese War. In World War I the regiment was attached to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
