Marathi people information

Marathi people
मराठी लोक
	Flag of the Maratha Empire Cultural flag of the Marathi people
Total population
	c. 83 million
Regions with significant populations
India	82,801,140 (2011)
United States	127,630
Israel	60,000 (Bene Israel)
Australia	13,055
Canada	9,755
Pakistan	500
Languages
	Marathi
Religion
	Majority:; Hinduism ; Minority: ; Islam Buddhism; Christianity; Jainism; Judaism;
Related ethnic groups
	Other Indo-Aryan peoples

The Marathi people (Marathi: मराठी लोक, romanized: Marāṭhī lōka) or Marathis (Marathi: मराठी, romanized: Marāṭhī) are an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group who are indigenous to Maharashtra in western India. They natively speak Marathi, an Indo-Aryan language. Maharashtra was formed as a Marathi-speaking state of India on May 1, 1960, as part of a nationwide linguistic reorganisation of the Indian states. The term "Maratha" is generally used by historians to refer to all Marathi-speaking peoples, irrespective of their caste;^[8] However, now it may refer to a Maharashtrian caste known as the Maratha.^[9]

The Marathi community came into political prominence in the 17th century, when the Maratha Empire was established under Shivaji; the Marathas are credited to a large extent for reducing the Mughal emperor to a mere figurehead.^[10]^[11]^[12]

^ Marathi people at Ethnologue (22nd ed., 2019)
^ "Statement 1 : Abstract of speakers' strength of languages and mother tongues – 2011" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 February 2022. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
^ "US Census Bureau American Community Survey (2009–2013)". Census.gov. Retrieved 17 August 2018. See Row #63
^ "Bene Israel of Mumbai, India". Beit Hatfutsot. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
^ "Marathi people in Australia".
^ "Total – Mother tongue for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% data". Census Profile, 2016 Census. Statistics Canada Statistique Canada. 8 February 2017. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
^ Desai, Shweta (22 October 2015). "Why create problems when we live in peace: Marathi-speaking community from Karachi to Shiv Sena". DNA India. Retrieved 20 December 2019.8
^ Rosalind O'Hanlon (2002). Caste, Conflict and Ideology: Mahatma Jotirao Phule and Low Caste Protest in Nineteenth-Century Western India. Cambridge University Press. p. 17. ISBN 978-0-521-52308-0.
^ "Maratha (people)". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
^ Pearson, M. N. (February 1976). "Shivaji and the Decline of the Mughal Empire". The Journal of Asian Studies. 35 (2): 221–235. doi:10.2307/2053980. JSTOR 2053980. S2CID 162482005.
^ Capper, John (2017). Delhi, the Capital of India. Asian Educational Services. ISBN 978-8120612822. Retrieved 11 August 2017 – via Google Books.
^ Sen, Sailendra Nath (2017). An Advanced History of Modern India. Macmillan India. ISBN 978-0230328853. Retrieved 11 August 2017 – via Google Books.

[ethnologue.com-1] Marathi people at Ethnologue (22nd ed., 2019)

[Census_2011-2] "Statement 1 : Abstract of speakers' strength of languages and mother tongues – 2011" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 February 2022. Retrieved 20 December 2019.

[3] "US Census Bureau American Community Survey (2009–2013)". Census.gov. Retrieved 17 August 2018. See Row #63

[4] "Bene Israel of Mumbai, India". Beit Hatfutsot. Retrieved 29 January 2021.

[5] "Marathi people in Australia".

[6] "Total – Mother tongue for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% data". Census Profile, 2016 Census. Statistics Canada Statistique Canada. 8 February 2017. Retrieved 2 February 2018.

[7] Desai, Shweta (22 October 2015). "Why create problems when we live in peace: Marathi-speaking community from Karachi to Shiv Sena". DNA India. Retrieved 20 December 2019.8

[O'Hanlon2002-8] Rosalind O'Hanlon (2002). Caste, Conflict and Ideology: Mahatma Jotirao Phule and Low Caste Protest in Nineteenth-Century Western India. Cambridge University Press. p. 17. ISBN 978-0-521-52308-0.

[britannica-9] "Maratha (people)". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 12 July 2013.

[pearson-10] Pearson, M. N. (February 1976). "Shivaji and the Decline of the Mughal Empire". The Journal of Asian Studies. 35 (2): 221–235. doi:10.2307/2053980. JSTOR 2053980. S2CID 162482005.

[Delhi,_the_Capital_of_India-11] Capper, John (2017). Delhi, the Capital of India. Asian Educational Services. ISBN 978-8120612822. Retrieved 11 August 2017 – via Google Books.

[Sen_2017-12] Sen, Sailendra Nath (2017). An Advanced History of Modern India. Macmillan India. ISBN 978-0230328853. Retrieved 11 August 2017 – via Google Books.

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मराठी लोक
Flag of the Maratha Empire Cultural flag of the Marathi people
Total population
c. 83 million^[1]
Regions with significant populations
India	82,801,140 (2011)^[2]
United States	127,630^[3]
Israel	60,000 (Bene Israel)^[4]
Australia	13,055^[5]
Canada	9,755^[6]
Pakistan	500^[7]
Languages
Marathi
Religion
Majority: Hinduism Minority: Islam Buddhism Christianity Jainism Judaism
Related ethnic groups
Other Indo-Aryan peoples