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Maratha

American  
[muh-rah-tuh] / məˈrɑ tə /

noun

  1. a member of a Hindu people inhabiting central and western India.


Maratha British  
/ məˈrɑːtə /

noun

  1. a member of a people of India living chiefly in Maharashtra

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Ms. Truschke rejects such a “harmful” and inaccurate organization of India’s chronology, pointing, for instance, to the “numerous Maratha, Rajput, and Nayaka lineages”—all staunchly non-Muslim—that ruled during the so-called Muslim period.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

The film's screening was almost discontinued in 2015, but an uproar meant the fan favourite remained in its daily time slot at the Maratha Mandir, according to the Hindustan Times.

From Barron's • Oct. 19, 2025

At the Maratha Mandir cinema, the logic of keeping one film running for nearly three decades is simple economics: New films could be hit or miss, but the crowd for “D.D.L.J.” is steady.

From New York Times • Jan. 19, 2023

Years of fighting emptied Mughal coffers, and in 1705 Maratha armies gained control of the Gujarat coast.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

With the assistance of a Maratha fleet he had attacked the island fortress of Suwarndrug, and captured it, as Hybati had related.

From In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India by Strang, Herbert