Mahratta may refer to:
An old spelling of
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Maratha
The Marathi people (; Marathi: , ''Marāṭhī lōk'') or Marathis (Marathi: मराठी, ''Marāṭhī'') are an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group who are native to Maharashtra in western India. They natively speak Marathi, an Indo-A ...
caste, a ruling/warrior class of the Indian subcontinent
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Maratha Empire
The Maratha Empire, also referred to as the Maratha Confederacy, was an early modern India, early modern polity in the Indian subcontinent. It comprised the realms of the Peshwa and four major independent List of Maratha dynasties and states, Ma ...
(1674–1820), India
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Marathi language
Marathi (; , 𑘦𑘨𑘰𑘙𑘲, , ) is a Classical languages of India, classical Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language predominantly spoken by Marathi people in the Indian state of Maharashtra and is also spoken in Goa, and parts of Guj ...
and those who spoke that language, primarily residing in:
** the state of
Maharashtra
Maharashtra () is a state in the western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. It is bordered by the Arabian Sea to the west, the Indian states of Karnataka and Goa to the south, Telangana to th ...
in India
Houses
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''Mahratta'' (Wahroonga), a house in Sydney, Australia
Ships
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SS ''Mahratta'' (1891), lost on the Goodwin Sands in 1909
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SS ''Mahratta'' (1917), lost on the Goodwin Sands in 1939
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HMS ''Mahratta'' (G23), an M class destroyer torpedoed in 1944 with the loss of 220
Military units of the British Indian Army
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 Cam ...
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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 f ...
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114th Mahrattas
The 114th Mahrattas were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. The regiment traces their origins to 1800, when they were raised as the 2nd Battalion, 7th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry.
During World War I they were attached to the ...
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116th Mahrattas
The 116th Mahrattas were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. The regiment traces their origins to 1800, when they were raised as the 2nd Battalion, 7th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry.
During World War I the regiment was attached ...
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117th Mahrattas
The 117th Mahrattas were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. The regiment traces their origins to 1800, when they were raised as the Bombay Fencible Regiment.
During World War I the regiment was attached to the 6th (Poona) Division ...
See also
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Marathi people
The Marathi people (; Marathi language, Marathi: , ''Marāṭhī lōk'') or Marathis (Marathi: मराठी, ''Marāṭhī'') are an Indo-Aryan peoples, Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group who are native to Maharashtra in western India. They ...
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Marhatta
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Satavahana Empire
The Satavahanas (; ''Sādavāhana'' or ''Sātavāhana'', IAST: ), also referred to as the Andhras (also ''Andhra-bhṛtyas'' or ''Andhra-jatiyas'') in the Puranas, were an ancient Indian dynasty. Most modern scholars believe that the Satavaha ...
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Mahratta War (disambiguation) Mahratta War may refer to:
*First Anglo-Maratha War (1775–1802)
*Second Anglo-Maratha War (1803–1805)
*Third Anglo-Maratha War (1817–1818)
See also
* Mahratta (disambiguation)
*Maratha (disambiguation)
*Anglo-Maratha Wars (disambiguation) A ...
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Maratha (disambiguation)
Maratha are a Marathi-speaking people from Maharashtra, India.
Maratha or Marathas may also refer to:
* Maratha (Arcadia), a village of ancient Arcadia
* Maratha (caste), an Indian caste in Maharashtra, India
** Maratha (Uttar Pradesh), the Mar ...
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