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1. Haplogroups of the Marathi people 2. Molecular insight into the genesis of ranked caste populations of western India by Sonali Gaikwad and VK Kashyap 3. Influence of language and ancestry on genetic structure of contiguous populations by Sanghamitra Sahoo and VK Kashyap 4. Polarity and Temporality of High-Resolution Y-Chromosome Distributions in India Identify Both Indigenous and Exogenous Expansions and Reveal Minor Genetic Influence of Central Asian Pastoralists by Sengupta et al.

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Maratha Army from King Shivaji's period onwards having good mixture of All castes in Maharashtra but among them major population of Sardar's,Subhedars and other Martial posts was generally held by these Royal true 96k clans of Maratha.

* Shahaji Raje, father of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. * Jijabai, mother of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. * Chhatrapati Shri Shivaji Maharaj * Sambhaji Raje, son of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. * [Yesubai], wife of Sambhaji Raje and mother of Shahu. * Rajaram Raje Bhosale,Maratha Leader after King Sambhaji. * Sarsenapati(General) - Hambirrao Mohite from Talbid near Karad * Tarabai, Regent of Kolhapur, daughter of Sarsenapati Hambirrao Mohite also the wife of Rajaram * Umabai Dabhade - Won the Ahmedabad war against Mughals in 1732 (wife of Sarsenapati Khanderao Dabhade) * Serfoji II, Maharaja of Tanjavar * Shahu Maharaj, Chhatrapati of Kolhapur * Prataprao Gujar,first Sarsenapati of Shivaji's army. * [Shivaji II], son of Tarabai and Rajaram, who was made the king during his minor age by his mother Tarabai. * Tanaji Malusare, hero of the conquest of Kondhana. * Kanhoji Angre,Navy Suprmo of Maratha and Supreme warrior,who was on t...

The empire also resulted in the voluntary relocation of substantial numbers of Maratha and other Marathi-speaking people outside Maharashtra, and across a big part of India. Thus, there are today several small but significant communities descended from these emigrants living in the north, south and west of India. These communities tend often to speak the languages of those areas, although many do also speak Marathi in addition. Gujarati, Hindi, Konkani, Kannada, Telugu and Tamil are some of the other languages thus spoken Zinjurke's of Shirur...