| Shinde | |
|---|---|
| Maratha clan | |
 Flag of the Maratha Empire | |
| Ethnicity | Marathi |
| Location | Maharashtra,Madhya Pradesh,Gujarat,Karnataka,Telangana andGoa |
| Language | Marathi |
| Religion | Hinduism |
Shinde (pronunciation:[ʃin̪d̪e]) is a clan of theMaratha clan system variations of the name includeScindia andSindhia,Sindia.[1] It is found largely inMaharashtra (India), but it also appears in Indian states bordering Maharashtra likeMadhya Pradesh,Gujarat,Karnataka,Goa,Telangana andChhattisgarh.
TheScindia dynasty was founded byRanoji Scindia, a personal guard who started as a "bodyguard" ofBajirao I Peshwa.[2][3][4][5] He was the son of Jankojirao Scindia, the hereditaryPatils ofKanherkhed, a village inSatara District,Maharashtra.[6]
The founder of the family was one Ranoji, who bore the common Maratha surname of Shinde, that by some mysterious process has been Italianized - possibly through the influence of the Filoze family — into Scindia
Ranoji Scindia (d. 1750), the founder of Gwalior state, started his political career reputedly as a slipper-bearer at the court of the peshwa, or prime minister, of the Marathas, but soon rose to high office.
The carrying of the Pallimaradi before the Zamorin on public occasions might have been due to the same reason as the carrying of a pair of golden slippers before Scindia, whose ancestor was the slipper - bearer of Peshwa Baji Rao - to show his respect for his original humble office which was the cause of his subsequent success
The Sindhias, it is well-known, were drawn from a Kunbi family which had the hereditary patel-ship of Kumberkerrab in the district of Wai. The origins of the Holkar were even more humble: they belonged to the caste of goat-herds (dungar), the family holding zamindari rights in the village of Hal.
Many peasant caste men who distinguished themselves in battle or otherwise served the ruler became Marathas . Witness the first Holkar who was a shepherd and the first Scindia who was a Kunbi personal servant of the Peshwa
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