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Gotra information.115.112.91.106 (talk) 14:00, 18 February 2015 (UTC)

Hi Vishal


Thank you so much fr all maratha information . Its been a great initiative for all maratha, thank you so much. I just want to know Iam maratha from Goa with surname Gawas but still not so much aware of my gotra as its mention there kalmukh weather its realy applicable fr me or not. Kindly requesting you to forward some more information on [redacted]. As its will be great help for awareness of our coming generstion


Regards Vanita

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Series of edits a deletion of sourced info

I dont know what went wrong? But a lot of ip addresses and Shinjoya has deleted some valuable information which was sourced. I am specifically worried about intro part. Here the Stewart Gordon source says the Marathas to be amalgamation of following castes. But I think someone first removed the source and then deleted the information on the pretext that it has no quote to verify. As of now, i have reverted to last best version. Would like to tag LukeEmily, who is knowledgeable in Maharashtra history related articles, for further cleanup. Here is the source and quote for intro:

Stewart Gordon (16 September 1993). The Marathas 1600-1818. Cambridge University Press. pp. 15–. ISBN 978-0-521-26883-7. Looking backward from ample material on the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, we know that Maratha as a category of caste represents the amalgamation of families from several castes - Kunbi, Lohar, Sutar, Bhandari, Thakar, and even Dhangars (shepherds) – which existed in the seventeenth century and, indeed, exist as castes in Maharashtra today. What differentiated, for example, "Maratha" from "Kunbi"? It was precisely the martial tradition, of which they were proud, and the rights (watans and inams) they gained from military service. It was these rights which differentiated them from the ordinary cultivator, ironworkers and tailors, especially at the local level

Heba Aisha (talk) 12:38, 21 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Heba Aisha, Each of the edits were sufficiently described by me. This article is about caste than generalizing entire social group based on trivial examples that do not present the caste as a whole. You need to take responsibility of your edits than engage in canvassing. The version you restored yesterday belongs to 6th of May. See WP:OWN and avoid reverting based on lousy reasons you mentioned above. Shinjoya (talk) 14:29, 22 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I guess, someone before you removed this source. And you removed content as u find it not supported by quote. I am aware of WP:OWN and probably you have forgotten the simple thing that, what you have done is vandalism. PS: I am talking about intro only. Heba Aisha (talk) 17:12, 22 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Let me be more specific, if some content is not supported by quotation in front of source. We have tags available, you could have used the "need quotation to verify" rather than removing the content on your personal opinion. It is clear from source what i presented above, that the content you removed was correct one. Please be careful in future. Heba Aisha (talk) 17:18, 22 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Heba Aisha: For your kind information, I did add the tag "need quotation to verify" on 10 May here. Then only, I removed the content after waiting for a few days here. Next time, think twice before accusing someone of vandalism.
As far as lead line is concerned, my grievance is still valid. We have no reason to keep Stewart Gordon's version in lead when it is clear from the quotation that he fails to give any proper definition of Maratha caste. Certainly, he is referring to the entire Marathi community rather than the Maratha caste. Our article's title is Maratha (caste) not Marathi people; so why should we keep this amalgamation based definition? And what kind of flawed wording is this: "Maratha (caste) is a Marathi clan"? Which sources say that Maratha is a clan? I strongly doubt that the person who made this lead line knows the difference between clan and caste.
I have always opined that the very lead line of a caste-based article should exclusively state the present status of the community rather than any in-detail historical description; and the present status of Maratha is that it is a caste found predominantly in Maharashtra. As simple as that. The flawed definitions, like we have at present, do no good than confusing our readers. Shinjoya (talk) 18:06, 22 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
user:Heba Aisha Content disputes are not vandalism. Wikipedia defines vandalism very carefully to exclude good-faith contributions Please see WP:NOTVAND to get overview of what is not a Vandalism,What Shinjoya did was Bold editing. Accusing other editors of vandalism is uncivil and lack of assumption of good faith please dont do that its againstwikipedia's five pillars. And do you have plans to respond to Rathore talk where did the same thing?Ratnahastin (talk) 03:47, 23 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Gordon talks of Maratha caste only not Marathi people. The next line says about military participation in Shivaji's army, which is true of Marathas. Heba Aisha (talk) 13:11, 23 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Heba Aisha, Let me rewrite the wordings of Gordon:
Looking backward from ample material on the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, we know that Maratha as a category of caste represents the amalgamation of families from several castes - Kunbi, Lohar, Sutar, Bhandari, Thakar, and even Dhangars
Its clear that he is referring to Maratha as a category of castes rather than a single caste. He has written this definition in context of Shivaj's army. But our article is titled Maratha (caste). Its lead line is supposed to define the modern day caste named "Maratha". Why are you giving undue weightage to Gordon's out of context definition instead of the common definition of Maratha caste? Why do you want to confuse our readers with a flawed definition? I can present over a dozen sources to state that Maratha is nothing but an Indian caste found mainly in Maharashtra. On what basis, do you reject this common definition? Shinjoya (talk) 16:30, 23 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Another similar point - look at the second citation which is supposed to support the above disputed statement

Constable, Philip (2001). "The Marginalization of a Dalit Martial Race in Late Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century Western India". The Journal of Asian Studies. 60 (2): 439–478. doi:10.2307/2659700. JSTOR 2659700. PMID 18268829. "While the bulk of Shivaji's men were naturally Marathas, they included not only the allied castes of Dhangars and Gowalas, shepherds and herdsmen, but many who had no claim to kinship. For example Shivaji's famous infantry was composed largely of Bhandaris and Kolis. The Ramoshis... who afterwards formed the infantry of Haidar and Tipu in Mysore, were relied an for the capture of the hill forts, while the outcaste Mahars and Mangs served in his artillery, and in the garrisons of these forts" - Patrick Cadell

Here the patrick is refering to the people who made up shivaji's army like dhangars and bhandaris,mahars here the patrick has distinguished them from the marathas as they didn't have claims to kinship.its clearly about military of shivaji not related to present day caste of marathas. Both the source which are adjacent to the disputed text heba restored dont support the claims,and heba you still haven't provided the rationale for restoring other content.Ratnahastin (talk) 16:43, 23 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Gordon is explaining that the Maratha caste is formed from an amalgamation of peasant castes that existed in Shivaji's time. Shivaji himself was a Kunbi. Other sources also agree. The Constable Philip source is talking about other castes too - not only the maratha caste. In Maharashtra, unlike the north, almost all castes including Brahmins produced warriors. However, the Gordon source is talking specifically of the Maratha caste and describes how it was formed from other castes over 2-3 pages in detail.LukeEmily (talk) 20:10, 23 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
LukeEmily, The amalgamation version is still a proposed theory just like Rajput origin of Marathas. None of these theories are universally accepted. Gordon's content is more suitable for the origin section. Its presence in the very first line of the article is a vioation of MOS:FIRST and WP:UNDUE. The very first line of the article should be brief and easy to understand for non-specialised readers, which is not the case with the present version. We should describe the modern day Maratha caste in simple words rather than going deep into its history. And the simple definition is that Maratha is a caste found in Maharashtra. Indian Government and Maharashtra Government too treat it as a distinct caste. If all members of Maratha community are Kunbis, Dhangars or Kolis, then they would not have demanded caste reservation as they could get it by default. But thats not the case. Shinjoya (talk) 01:54, 24 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Yesterday, LukeEmily made a few edits to the lead like 1 and 2. Now the article's lead reads:

The Maratha caste[note 1] is a Marathi caste subdivided into 96 clans. It was originally formed in the earlier centuries from the amalgamation of families from the peasant (Kunbi), shepherd (Dhangar), blacksmith (Lohar), Sutar (carpenter), Bhandari, Thakar castes in Maharashtra.

I agree with the first line but the second line is still a violation of WP:UNDUE. We can't make such a conclusive statement in the lead that Maratha caste was formed as a result of amalagation of the said six castes. Other theories like Kunbi-only origin, Rajput origin and Yadava origin too exist. To be very honest, no historian can say with authority in a conclusive manner about the formation of Maratha caste as its formation is not well documented. So, I propose that the said amalgamation line be moved to the "Origin" section and it should be written in this way:

According to Stewart N. Gordon, the Maratha caste was originally formed in the earlier centuries from the amalgamation of families from the peasant (Kunbi), shepherd (Dhangar), blacksmith (Lohar), Sutar (carpenter), Bhandari and Thakar castes in Maharashtra.

Shinjoya (talk) 13:45, 24 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

These are not WP:UNDUE as multiple modern sources sources support it. I checked the article and there are multiple sources in the opening section itself. Second, neither this origin nor the Rajput origin are theories. The historians and anthropologists have given multiple examples in both Maratha and Rajput cases. The statement, To be very honest, no historian can say with authority in a conclusive manner about the formation of Maratha caste as its formation is not well documented is WP:OR. Gordon is a very respected figure for Maratha history and the sources are very high in the scale of WP:HISTRS due to being written by scholars as opposed to journalists or novelists.LukeEmily (talk) 02:32, 25 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
As per WP:MOSLEAD and WP:PROPORTION article should adequately summarise the article the current article gives too much "weight/Emphasis" to the origin theories and their "status" (not varna status when we have a section entirely devoted to varna). I say we should remove other content which isn't given much "Emphasis" in the article and expand the lead to include content from other sections which are completely ignored ( EX-History -present day issues of the caste , political participation,Military service, instead of emphasising too much about their origins which happened centuries prior )Ratnahastin (talk) 03:23, 25 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
LukeEmily, now someone has added Koli to the list of castes in amalgamation statement ie second line of the lead. So now, our lead reads seven distinct castes which "formed" the Maratha caste. Please do let me know how many other respected historians have given the same seven names of castes which formed the Maratha caste? Shinjoya (talk) 06:08, 25 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Shinjoya, will try to fix it as per sources. Ratnahastin, I agree with you. We can only keep one line for origin in the leading section and add summary of other sections also. Marital history is already mentioned in the beginning. In general , any summary that is sourced in the article can be added to the starting section. Most editors have issues only if we start removing sourced text as it may violate neutrality of the article.LukeEmily (talk) 16:17, 25 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

LukeEmily, you made a minor edit yesterday. But I still disagree with the present version of lead especially the second line. The accuracy of the names of 6-7 castes which intermixed to form the Maratha caste will always be under question. We can't solve a centuries old puzzle in a single go. I still maintain that the second line should be transferred to the origin section in the wording suggested by me in my previous post and a new second line for the lead may be written which should be as follows:
Most historians agree that it was originally formed in the earlier centuries through admixture of various agricultural and pastoral communities in Maharashtra.
Shinjoya (talk) 10:54, 26 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
You said : he accuracy of the names of 6-7 castes which intermixed to form the Maratha caste will always be under question. We can't solve a centuries old puzzle in a single go. We don't need to solve any puzzle. If you read the other sources also, they support his summary. Kamath and Kher also quote Gordon. As editors, we do not need to do research. Gordon and similar scholars have already done it for us.LukeEmily (talk) 20:14, 30 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

LukeEmily, your last edit is not in line with WP:OWN. I explained each of my edit in edit summary but you reverted to your preferred version of 26 May 2021. I will now re-explain all my edits since 26 May 2021 in detail:

1. Changed the second lead line: As concern raised by me in this discussion, you could not provide other historian references who provided the same list of 6 castes like that of Stewart Gordon. If other historians cite his work, that doesn't mean they agree with every statement of his. He just makes a passing reference of 6 castes without describing which particular clans originated from Kunbi, Dhangar, Lohar, Suthar, Thakar and Bhandari castes. We don't find any other historians taking names of castes like Bhandari, Thakar, Suthar in context of Maratha origin. How can we use his statement in the second line of lead?

2. Removed sub-section of Deccan riots: As per discussion here.

3. Removed duplicate reference: Ref No 6[1] and Ref No 9[2] are from the same book and have exactly the same quotations. We don't need duplicate references.

4. Removed J. Johnson source: J Johnson's source[3] was being used to support the the statement that in a broader sense, Maratha referred to all Marathi speakers. On reading the quotations, we find that it is not at all related to the statement.

4. Added image of Shivaji, Map and Maratha soldier: I agree with you over the image of Maratha soldier as he can be from any caste, but Shivaji's image is justified as he belonged to the Maratha caste and he founded the Maratha Empire. It was only in his time that the Marathas rose to prominence. Map is also justified as it shows the significance of Maratha Empire in medeival history of India. Bhonsles, who belonged the Maratha caste, remained the titular heads of Maratha Empire till the very end.

5. Removed Bhonsle's example from origin section: The statement reads: "The other example, given by Susan Bayly, is of the Bhonsles who originated among Maratha and Kunbi populations of the Deccani tiller-plainsmen.[4] The writer Susan Bayly says that Bhonsles originated from the Maratha and Kunbi communities of Deccan. He still distinguishes Maratha from Kunbi caste and fails to conclude that from which caste did Bhonsle originate. His statement doesn't add anything relevant to the section.

I am now reverting your edit. Try to improve the article through one by one editing with proper edit summary rather than reverting to a whole different version in a single go. Shinjoya (talk) 02:55, 31 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

1. It is not based on Gordon alone. Other sources support the statement. And, other some scholars quote his statement verbatim. I am not simply talking of citing his book but citing his origin statement. I will edit it once I cite other sources. 2. The sources are very clear that the Maratha peasants were involved. 3.But we can use that information and fix it on the page instead of getting rid of the citation. 4. This page is not about Shivaji nor the maratha empire. This is about a caste that was mostly Kunbi origin.

I am very busy right now but will get more involved from next month.LukeEmily (talk) 21:30, 31 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

References

  1. ^ Jeremy Black (1 March 2005). Why Wars Happen. Reaktion Books. pp. 115–. ISBN 978-1-86189-415-1. In seventeenth and eighteenth century India, military service was the most viable form of entrepreneurship for the peasants, shepherds, ironworkers and others who coalesced into the Maratha caste
  2. ^ Jeremy Black (2005). Why Wars Happen. Reaktion Books. p. 111. ISBN 9781861890177. In seventeenth and eighteenthcentury India, military service was the most viable form of entrepreneurship for the peasants, shepherds, ironworkers and others who coalesced into the Maratha caste
  3. ^ W. J. Johnson (ed.), "Marāṭhā", A Dictionary of Hinduism (Oxford, 2009): "The name of a dominant caste in western India (Maharashtra), which was united into an independent Marāṭhā kingdom (or empire) by Śivajī in 1674. His successors, who eventually splintered into a confederacy, resisted first the Mughals and then the British. After a prolonged series of wars, they were finally defeated in 1818."
  4. ^ Bayly, Susan (2001). Caste, Society and Politics in India from the Eighteenth Century to the Modern Age. Cambridge University Press. p. 57. ISBN 9780521798426.

misrepresentation of facts

Deccan riots or bhandarkar institute issues are not concerned with caste , why it is being shown here to malign maratha caste ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 112.133.232.78 (talk)

I agree with you, IP. Deccan Riots were between peasants and money lenders. Linking it with a particular caste is wrong and violates WP:REL. Shinjoya (talk) 12:12, 28 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
The source mentions them by caste.LukeEmily (talk) 20:11, 30 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Only one source specifically names Maratha caste. Other sources use peasants or Marathas and Kunbis. Also, no source specifies Marwadi alone but rather says that the dispute was between peasant communities (mainly Marathas, Kunbis and others) and moneylenders (Marawaris, Brahmins and Gujaratis). The concern of IP is right. This sub-section should be removed as per WP:REL, WP: UNDUE and WP:NPOV. Shinjoya (talk) 03:03, 31 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
There is no requirement that every text needs multiple citations. As long as a WP:RS is present, it is enough.LukeEmily (talk) 20:53, 31 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Its always better to check other RS to such subjects whose matter looks contentious to readers:

Source 1[1] (from the section itself) reads:

The Government of Bombay was trying to limit the transfer of land from cultivating castes (Marathas and Kunbis) to money-lending and professional castes (Marwadis, Gujars and Brahmans)....There did not appear widespread Maratha and Kunbi support for the legislation.

Source 2[2] (from article Deccan Riots) reads:

In the early summer of 1875 agrarian rioting occurred in the Bombay Deccan. The disturbances began at Supa, a market village in Bhimthari taluka of Poona District, where on 12 May an unruly peasant mob attacked the houses and shops of the local Gujarati moneylenders. ‘The combustible elements were everywhere ready’1 and the riots spread through the poor, eastern regions of Poona and Ahmednagar Districts. The riots were directed entirely at the village sowkars (moneylenders), to whom most of the peasant agriculturists of the area were indebted.

Its worth noting that the terms like Maratha and Marwadi are not even present in our article Deccan Riots. The riots were between peasants and moneylenders and hence, we should not give casteist colour to the event. A majority of sources on Google books don't mention any caste angle. But still, if you are keen to know the caste composition of the two involved parties, it was majorly Marathas and Kunbis on one side, and Marwadis, Gujaratis and Brahmins on the other side. Singling out one caste to fit in this article is wrong. The section is a WP:hoax and its written through WP:Cherrypicking giving undue weightage to a single quotation from a reference. Therefore, it should be removed. Shinjoya (talk) 18:38, 3 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

LukeEmily, I await your response.Shinjoya (talk) 18:38, 4 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Shinjoya, sorry I am not understanding the objection. Looked at the sources mentioned. The sources clearly mention maratha and Kunbis. We can add Kunbis and Brahmins to the text if that is what you mean. There may be other peasant castes but they do not seem to be involved. One reference as long it is reliable should be enough. I think you are misunderstanding WP:UNDUE. If 5 sources said that they were Not marathas but only one said they were maratha it would be undue. But the other sources are not opposing the sources that say maratha. Hence it is not WP:UNDUE.LukeEmily (talk) 21:27, 4 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

LukeEmily, you are prioritising Claude Markovits source and conveniently ignoring the other sources. That is the reason I referred it as WP:Cherrypicking. Claude Markovits isn't the only available RS and nothing stops us from looking at other references too. Here are what some others sources say:

Source 1 reads: The Deccan riots consisted of a series of preconcerted attacks and outrages on village sawcars in the districts of Poona , Satara , Ahmednagar and Sholapur.

Source 2 reads: Deccan Riots: Following the defeat of the ' first war of independence ' , agrarian discontentment came to the fore in many parts of western India . There were several factors behind this : heavy land tax fixed by land settlement , fail in prices of....

Source 3 reads: Relief Measures : The Deccan riots of 1875 roused public conscience and the government realised the need for giving some protection to the peasants , who were compelled to submit themselves to the extortions of the money - lenders.

Source 4 reads: During the last quarter of the nineteenth century , after the Deccan riots of 1875 , the problem of agricultural indebtedness became one of the major official preoccupation.

Source 5 reads: The discontent among the peasants exploded in the well - known Deccan Riots of the 1870s when the money - lenders were attacked.

Source 6 reads: To pay their revenues farmers generally took loans from moneylenders. Once the loans were taken, the farmers found it impossible to repay them since the interest rates were steep. Peasant indebtedness became a serious problem in the rural areas. The uprising began at Supa village in the district of Poona. In 1875, farmers attacked a market place where many moneylenders lived. They burnt account books and looted grain shops. They also torched the houses of sahukars (people who were both traders and moneylenders).

Source 7 reads: Deccan Riots of 1875 were peasant uprisings in which people of thirty-four villages or so in the central Maharashtra revolted against the professional money-lenders residing in the villages and towns, from May to September of 1875; and in many other villages of the region, probably in sixty villages or so, very critical state emerged approaching near revolt.

Its clear that a majority of RS define Deccan riots as a clash between peasants and money-lenders, as noted in our article Deccan Riots. They were not caste driven riots as portrayed in our article. Giving a casteist colour to these riots is like calling 2020–2021 Indian farmers' protest as "Jat agitation". Just try creating a section titled "Farmer agitation 2021" in Jat people; you will surely be reverted.

How can we have a section for Deccan riots with a dubious "anti-marwadi" heading when no Maratha organizations like Sambhaji Brigade or Maratha Kranti Morcha were involved in the riots? There was simply no caste angle to the riots. The presence of this section is nothing but violations of WP:NPOV, WP:UNDUE and WP:REL. Shinjoya (talk) 20:00, 5 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Shinjoya, The sources mention that the peasants were Marathas, don't they? I don't think the organizations you mentioned were present back then. If the sources mentioned that the Indian farmer's protest were by Jats then we would have to mention them on the Jat page. There are other peasant communities in Maharashtra. We need to fix the Deccan Riots to align with the sources. LukeEmily (talk) 15:55, 10 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
LukeEmily, as I said, Claude Markovits is the only source which exclusively says that Maratha caste did the riots. It isn't the only available source. A majority of sources don't mention any caste. This section is nothing but a hoax made to give a casteist colour to Deccan riots. We can't create sections like these on the basis of a single source. Shinjoya (talk) 18:19, 10 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]


References

  1. ^ David Ludlen (17 February 2011). An Agrarian History of South Asia. ISBN 9781316025369.
  2. ^ Charlesworth, Neil (July 1972). "The Myth of the Deccan Riots of 1875". Modern Asian Studies. 6 (4): 401–421. doi:10.1017/S0026749X00004285. ISSN 1469-8099.

Inter-caste issues

I believe the anti-brahmin violence in the first part of 20th century, and the BDD chawl riots in the 1970s may have also involved Maratha-kunbi and other castes. For best part of 20th century, the Maratha and Maratha-kunbi castes were together referred to as Maratha. Therefore, Just as the Maratha empire was not a Maratha (caste) empire, attributing these acts of violence solely to the Maratha caste may not be correct. Thanks Jonathansammy (talk) 21:32, 7 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Very right Jonathansammy. One such content dispute pertaining to the Deccan Riots is being discussed here. The entire section of "inter-caste issues" is filled with content giving undue weightage to isolated incidents and completely ignoring the Maratha-Kunbi caste complex. Shinjoya (talk) 18:27, 10 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Jonathansammy, Shinjoya Then we need to fix the sections as per the sources. Please add Kunbi as well if needed in any section. I cannot access all sources mentioned by editors in the sections.LukeEmily (talk) 01:50, 11 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
LukeEmily, even I am not able to access most of the sources. Thats why I have a doubt that much of the content is hoax. And if we add Kunbi and other castes, these sections fail WP:REL. Why should we have distinct sections for such mixed caste issues? Many of them don't even have a caste angle. These sections make it a poor article. Shinjoya (talk) 02:17, 11 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
The editors have not even added the page numbers :-( in one case. As far as the victims are concerned, there seems to be a minor contradiction However, I found a source that says The Deccan Riots of 1875 in Poona, Ahmednagar, and Satara, led by Marathas in a sense, were an attempt to challenge the dominance of the Brahmins, who were mostly the moneylenders (Lele 1981: 51).[1] and another source says that The Government of Bombay was trying to limit the transfer of land from the cultivating castes(Marathas and Kunbis) to the money-lending and professional castes (marwaris, Gujars and Brahmans)...[skip]...The latent anti-Brahminism did not emerge much more clearly in 1901 than it had in during the deccan riots of 1875 when cultivators attacked money-lenders in Poona and Ahmednagar districts but, in the process, generally spared the Marathi speaking Brahman sahukars and singled out alien-seeming Marwaris and Gujars instead..(this is from the existing source) These two are in direct contradiction. Hence as per WP:NPOV we need to mention both.LukeEmily (talk) 06:33, 11 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

B.D.D. Chawl riots

Dear LukeEmily and Shinjoya, I have added the URL to the paper by Sharma et al on these riots in the main article. I hope you are able to view the paper. The 11 page paper discusses the riots between Marathas and neo-buddhists, and between Marathas and muslims where the neo-buddhists sided with the muslims. These riots took place in the 1970s and early '80s.Perhaps at that time, Maratha and kunbi were collectively referred to as Marathas. Having said that, I don't think we as editors are at liberty to say that the rioters were kunbi when that word is not mentioned even once in either of the sources. I hope this helps.Regards.Jonathansammy (talk) 18:23, 11 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Reverted to stable version

Jonathansammy and LukeEmily, since you are editing this article for a lot of time. Please, bring necessary edits, as i think my edit has removed some of the good contributions also. It was directed towards reverting edits of banned user but some of good contribution by others has also been reverted. Heba Aisha (talk) 23:29, 21 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

caste tension between marathas and others =

Hey guys , u seems to be fond of portraying marathas as at loggerheads with other castes/people , so put entire mughal -maratha war as a religious war , further if marathas are originated from OBC , then why they are not included in OBC ? can any one you answer it rationally ?


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  1. ^ B. B. Mohanty (11 October 2018). Agrarian Transformation in Western India: Economic Gains and Social Costs. Taylor & Francis. p. 67. ISBN 978-0-429-75333-6. The Deccan Riots of 1875 in Poona, Ahmednagar, and Satara, led by Marathas in a sense, were an attempt to challenge the dominance of the Brahmins, who were mostly the moneylenders (Lele 1981: 51).

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