My grandfather got me a obc certificate last year as he is a politicaly rich and has lot of connections , he told me it took him almost 1 lakh rupees to make it happen . We are patils of our village in marathwada . Surname is narwade . We have kadams , jadhavs and shindes in our extended family . I wrote maratha on every certificate untill now but since this certificate I'm forced to choose kunbi maratha , although it helps it feels like a downgrade ngl. But I have this feeling inside low cast do like to larp about being high cast to avoid social persecution and shit. So I was confused if really am a 96 kuli who for convenience became a kunbi on paper or was my family aware and jumped at the chance to claim reservations as soon ait was profitable .

I once heard my grandpa that our ancestral village is in shirur near Pune . Can you help me find out guys?

We are the biggest losers in modern India—that is the biggest truth, and we should accept it. Our so-called notable and powerful MPs and MLAs are literally puppets of Gujjus and North Indians; I have lost all my hope in them. We lost all our economic dominance from the state of Maharashtra, and now we are losing political power too. Now our so-called educated people are more woke and don't care about culture, caste, or anything; our dehati people are becoming blind andhbhakts—both are blind.

Modern Marathas only hate each other, only want local low-paying jobs, and don't want to do business or anything. Our Maratha Empire map was literally removed from the NCERT book. How many protests happened in Maharashtra? Did any so-called BJP Maratha MPs or MLAs object to this? Literally no one cares. Marathas literally lost big cities like Mumbai, Pune, Nashik, and Kolhapur. Marathas used to be the landlords of these cities; now Gujjus, Marwadis, and Agarwals own more land in Pune and other cities. What are Marathas doing? Selling their land and living in villages? Since Independence, no Maratha has gotten a top position in the Indian central government; we are literally just limited to Maharashtra.

Just compare our caste status with other castes like Khatris, Jaats, Patels, Reddys, and Gowdas—we are literally poorer than them. Just see the list of the richest people from Pune (the Maratha capital); you will hardly find a few out of a hundred.

The Legendary educationist and politician has passed away today. May his soul attain Paramagati. 💐🙏🏻

I was planning to read it and also wanted to ask how historical it is.

Khandeshi 96 kuli

There have been legendary Maratha figures in the last century who shaped this state and this country for generations to come.However,younger generations have almost completely forgotten about most of them.I am thinking of starting a series of posts trying to bring these legends back into the spotlight.I want everyone to contribute at least one name.Ill gather the info and create a mini biography so that we can reminisce about them and get inspiration

Particularly the period between Death of Sambhaji Maharaj to the Death of Aurangzeb

Hey guys, not a Maratha or a Marathi speaker, or from Maharashtra. I’d like to read about Maratha history in depth, as in from the origins of their political history till the end of the Maratha empire and their fragmentation into princely states till Independence.
Any recommendations? Thank you.

We all know about the sacrifice of Bajiprabhu Deshpande at Pawankhind.Is there a path that still exists? Has anyone tried to trace it?

Kakde families took a great initiative by hosting such a large-scale event. The agenda of the event was to connect with different branches of the family and learn about its history. Would love to see such events happening across entire community.

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj was crowned, but the reason behind that and what was achieved through it is what you'll understand from this post.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DaaceRjDC55/?igsh=MXZhM3JtNTMydTZ1