Shinde is a clan of the Maratha clan system of Kunbi origin. Variations of the name include Scindia, Sindhia, Sindia.[1][2]
The Scindia dynasty was founded by Ranoji Scindia, a Kunbi personal servant who started as a "slipper-bearer" of Bajirao I Peshwa.[3][4][5][2] He was the son of Jankojirao Scindia, the hereditary Kunbi Patils of Kanherkhed, a village in Satara District, Maharashtra.[6]
Other people with this name
- Eknath Shinde, politician
- Gauri Shinde, film director
- Jyotiraditya Scindia, Indian politician
- Mahadaji Shinde, Maratha statesmen
- Praniti Shinde, politician
- Ram Shinde, politician
- Ranoji Scindia, Maratha statesmen
- Sadashiv Shinde, Indian cricketer
- Sayaji Shinde, Indian actor
- Shashikant Shinde, politician
- Shilpa Shinde, TV actress
- Seema Shinde, TV actress
- Shrikant Shinde, politician
- Sushilkumar Shinde, politician
- Tarabai Shinde, Indian feminist
- Vasundhara Raje Scindia, Indian politician
References
- The Era of Scindia dynasty at strengthening of the Maratha Empire.
- ↑ Asian Review. East & West. 1969. p. 340.
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
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Romila Thapar (1994). "Seminar - Issues 417-424": 59.
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
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ↑ Ainslie Thomas Embree (1988). Encyclopedia of Asian history. Scribner. p. 14. ISBN 978-0-684-18899-7.
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.
- ↑ K. V. Krishna Ayyar (1999). The Zamorins of Calicut: From the Earliest Times Down to A.D. 1806. Publication Division, University of Calicut. ISBN 978-81-7748-000-9.
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
- ↑ Satish Chandra (2003). Essays on Medieval Indian History. Oxford University Press. p. 93. ISBN 978-0-19-566336-5.
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.
- ↑ N. G. Rathod (1994). The Great Maratha Mahadaji Scindia. Sarup & Sons. p. 1. ISBN 978-81-85431-52-9.
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