Mahratta
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Sindhia family, the rulers of the Gwalior state, belong to the Mahratta nation and originally came from the neighbourhood of Poona.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various
Until Bundelkhand became British territory in 1803 there was constant warfare between the Bundela princes and the Mahratta chieftains.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" by Various
The regiment next assembled at Saharunpoor, and formed part of the Army of Observation near Delhi, to overawe the Mahratta Chiefs, during the rest of the Nepaul war.
From The Young Dragoon Every Day Life of a Soldier by A.W. Drayson
He is descended from the renowned Sivajee, whose skill and courage, in the seventeenth century, delivered the Mahrattas from the Mahometan yoke of the successors of Tamerlane, and founded the mighty Mahratta empire.
From Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland by Henry B. Stanton
Mahratta, ma-rat′a, n. one of a once powerful race of Hindus in Western and Central India.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
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