Maratha
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Ms. Truschke rejects such a “harmful” and inaccurate organization of India’s chronology, pointing, for instance, to the “numerous Maratha, Rajput, and Nayaka lineages”—all staunchly non-Muslim—that ruled during the so-called Muslim period.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025
First released on October 20, 1995, "Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge", or "The Brave Hearted Will Take the Bride" has been running daily at Mumbai's Maratha Mandir theatre since its debut.
From Barron's • Oct. 19, 2025
At the Maratha Mandir cinema, the logic of keeping one film running for nearly three decades is simple economics: New films could be hit or miss, but the crowd for “D.D.L.J.” is steady.
From New York Times • Jan. 19, 2023
Years of fighting emptied Mughal coffers, and in 1705 Maratha armies gained control of the Gujarat coast.
From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022
The Maratha, not recognizing his assailant, apparently thought that the serang had suddenly gone mad, for he merely tried to disengage himself, speaking in a tone half angry, half soothing.
From In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India by Strang, Herbert
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