Maharashtrian – Any one whose family has settled down for a few generations in the current state of Maharashtra
Marathi – People who claim Marathi language as their mother tongue
Maratha – A caste of Kshatriyas mostly concentrated on the central Deccan Plateau
Let's take 7 examples to prove this point…
#1 Atal Bihari Vajpayee – The former PM is a Kanyakubja Brahmin from UPMaharashtrian – No
Marathi - No
Maratha - No
# 2 Korlai Creoles – A set of people near Alibag who speak in Kristi, a Portuguese like languageMaharashtrian – Yes
Marathi - No
Maratha - No
# 3 Bhagwantrao Mandloi - Former CM of Madhya PradeshMaharashtrian – No
Marathi - Yes
Maratha – No
# 4 Rajnikant – Shivajirao Gaikwad, a Kannada speaking Maratha who is now a Tamil SuperstarMaharashtrian – No
Marathi - No
Maratha - Yes
# 5 Jyotiraditya Scindia - the current Maharaja of Gwalior...Maharashtrian – No
Marathi - Yes
Maratha - Yes
#6 Balasaheb Thackeray – The Shiv Sena supremo is a Marathi Kayastha (Chandraseniya Kayastha Prabhu)Maharashtrian – Yes
Marathi - Yes
Maratha – No
# 7 Sharad Pawar - Maratha strongman from Baramati heads the Nationalist Congress Party Maharashtrian – Yes
Marathi - Yes
Maratha - Yes
Hope this clears the air!
well a very to-the-point post. But yes it is informative. If you could tell me whether Shivaji was a Maratha or a Marathi only?
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Maharashtrain -yes
Marathi -Yes.
Maratha - Yes.
Although i differ little bit on maratha defination. yes, it is mostly used kshatriya clan but also sometimes used loosely for marathi or even maharashtrian people.
Marathi is a language. It is not a demonym. The demonym for Maharashtra is Maharashtrian, and Marathi is the official language of Maharashtra and the mother tongue of Maharashtrians.
ReplyDeleteCase in point:
The Gujaratis living in Mumbai are not "Maharashtrian Gujaratis" they are just "Gujaratis", just as people who speak Marathi living in Gujarat are not "Gujarati Maharashtrians" or "Gujarati Marathis" but just "Maharashtrians".
MAHARASHTRIYAN is the one who live in MAHARASHTRA ..... Whether his or her origin is from UP or GJ . Marathi is the language of maharashtriyans because maharashtra has language Marathi.
Deletemaharashtrian is a cultural identity of native people of maharashtra and marathi is their language, just by residing at maharashtra a person do not becomes maharashtrian , similarly also just by speaking marathi a person do not becomes maharashtrian ,
ReplyDeleteso stop this propaganda .
Bro when you speak English language then usage of word maharashtrian is ok
ReplyDeleteBut if you use Marathi or Hindi language then you should use marathi manus (maharashtrian In English)
We get confused because we are using same word for a language and for residents from state maharashtra
So
Maharashtrian is English word for Marathi person
Marathi is a language and person who is from Maharashtra
Maratha is cast
Bro when you speak English language then usage of word maharashtrian is ok
ReplyDeleteBut if you use Marathi or Hindi language then you should use marathi manus (maharashtrian In English)
We get confused because we are using same word for a language and for residents from state maharashtra
So
Maharashtrian is English word for Marathi person
Marathi is a language and person who is from Maharashtra regardless of cast and language which he speaks
Maratha is cast
Totally wrong. Nor Maharashtra is an immigrant state neither Maharashtrian is not a common demonym. It's a native cultural identity. Anyone who is associated with uttar pradeshi or north India, they abide by a totally different outside culture. So they are not Maharashtrian.
ReplyDeleteReally loved this post. It was nice to read this post with interesting and useful information. Many thanks for sharing it.
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