The Maratha Caste Quiz

Many Marathas took to military service in the 16th century for the Deccan sultanates or the ______

Marathas are subdivided into 96 different clans, known as the 96 Kuli Marathas or ______

Marathas account for around 30 per cent of the total population of the state and dominate the power structure in Maharashtra because of their numerical strength, especially in the ______ society

Maratha caste is a coalescence of peasants, shepherds, ironworkers, etc. as a result of serving in the military in the 17th and 18th ______

Maratha Empire was founded by Shivaji, a Maratha Kunbi by ______

Marathas were granted hereditary fiefs by the Sultanates, and Mughals for their ______

The Maratha caste is composed of 96 clans, originally formed in the earlier centuries from the amalgamation of families from the peasant (Kunbi), shepherd (Dhangar), blacksmith (Lohar), carpenter (Sutar), Bhandari, Thakar and Koli castes in ______

According to the Maharashtrian historian B. R. Sunthankar, and scholars such as Rajendra Vora, the 'Marathas' are a 'middle-peasantry' caste which formed the bulk of the Maharashtrian society together with the other Kunbi peasant ______

According to Jeremy Black, British historian at the University of Exeter, 'Maratha caste is a coalescence of peasants, shepherds, ironworkers, etc. as a result of serving in the military in the 17th and 18th ______'

Marathas are the dominant caste in rural areas and mainly constitute the landed ______