96 Kuli Maratha Surname List (96 कुळी मराठा आडनाव यादी) PDF

96 Kuli Maratha Surname List (96 कुळी मराठा आडनाव यादी)

Marathas are subdivided into 96 different clans, known as the 96 Kuli Marathas or Shahānnau Kule. Three clan lists exist but the general body of lists are often at great variance from each other. These lists were compiled in the 19th century. There is not much social distinction between the Marathas and Kunbis since the 1950s.

Maratha referred broadly to all the speakers of the Marathi language. In the 17 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. The Maratha caste are a Marathi clan originally formed in the earlier centuries from the amalgamation of families from the peasant (Kunbi), shepherd (Dhangar), pastoral (Gavli), blacksmith (Lohar), carpenter (Sutar), Bhandari, Thakar and Koli castes in Maharashtra. Many of them took to military service in the 16th century for the Deccan sultanates or the Mughals.

96 Kuli Maratha Gotra List

96 Kuli Maratha Surname List

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