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The last Karnat ruler Harishimhadeva's legitimate descendants are Newari Kshatriya chiefs of Bhatgaon and Patan in Nepal. Their Vanshavalis explicitly state that their ancestor Ny...
Even if Chimabai Rajput is place aside for a bit, there are several examples of Rajput princesses taken as Keeps by Marathas and their offsprings being oppressed in Maratha society...
New History of the Marathas - GS Sardesai. Chimabai, a Rajput lady was made his Khandarani by Ranojirao Shinde. Mahadji always had this stigma about his Rajput matrilineage and tr...
There is no line of differentiation between Rajputs and Kolis of Gujarat. Both have intermarried since centuries and are essentially one caste. This explains why chieftaincies lik...
Maharaja Mahadji Shinde has recorded his opinion of 'vile and treacherous' Hindustanis at more than one place. The only reason he recruited Hindustanis in his French style infantr...
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Bankapur Kadamrao's are a 'collateral' branch of Goa Kadambas & were their feudatories. Kadamraos of Devlali & Kadamrao Bandes are the descendants of this Baji Kadamrao of Bankapu...
Ramaraja Bakhair or Ramrayana Bakhairu is actually a Kannada Bakhairu discovered by KS Iyengar. KA Nilkantha Sastri posted a Kannada text and its English translation in his "Furth...
Marathas and Vijaynagar A Thread๐งต Many chiefs of Vijaynagar forces at the Battle of Talikota were Marathas. Ramraja Bakhar says that innumerable Kshatriya Vazirs arrived along...
It was a practice in Mughal & Ahmednagar administration to term fighting Hindus as 'Rajput'. Maharaja Shahaji meant exactly that here. Even CSM addresses Maval Deshmukhs as Rajput...