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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Shinde > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Shinde.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinde > Source revision: 1355365990 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Infobox tribe | name = Shinde | type = [Maratha](/source/Maratha) clan | image = Flag of the Maratha Empire.svg | image_size = | alt = | caption = Flag of the Maratha Empire | ethnicity = Marathi | location = [Maharashtra](/source/Maharashtra), [Madhya Pradesh](/source/Madhya_Pradesh), [Gujarat](/source/Gujarat), [Karnataka](/source/Karnataka), [Telangana](/source/Telangana) and [Goa](/source/Goa) | descended = | population = | demonym = | branches = | language = [Marathi](/source/Marathi_language) | religion = [Hinduism](/source/Hinduism) | surnames = }} '''Shinde''' (pronunciation: [[Help:IPA/Marathi|[ʃin̪d̪e]]]) is a clan of the [Maratha clan system](/source/Maratha_clan_system) and claim descent from the [Nāgavaṃśī dynasty](/source/Nagavanshi). variations of the name include [Scindia](/source/Scindia) and ''[Sindhia](/source/Sindhia)'', ''[Sindia](/source/Scindia)''.{{cite book|title=Asian Review|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9SIsAQAAIAAJ|year=1969|publisher=East & West|quote=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 |page=340}} It is found largely in [Maharashtra (India)](/source/Maharashtra%2C_India), but it also appears in Indian states bordering Maharashtra like [Madhya Pradesh](/source/Madhya_Pradesh), [Gujarat](/source/Gujarat), [Karnataka](/source/Karnataka), [Goa](/source/Goa), [Telangana](/source/Telangana) and [Chhattisgarh](/source/Chhattisgarh). The ['''Scindia dynasty'''](/source/Scindia_Dynasty) was founded by [Ranoji Scindia](/source/Ranoji_Scindia), a personal guard who started as a "bodyguard" of [Bajirao I](/source/Bajirao_I) Peshwa.{{cite book|author=Ainslie Thomas Embree|title=Encyclopedia of Asian history|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LtwpAQAAMAAJ|year=1988|publisher=Scribner|isbn=978-0-684-18899-7|page=14|quote=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.}}{{cite book|author=K. V. Krishna Ayyar|title=The Zamorins of Calicut: From the Earliest Times Down to A.D. 1806|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oUtuAAAAMAAJ|year=1999|publisher=Publication Division, University of Calicut|isbn=978-81-7748-000-9|quote=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}}{{cite book|author=Satish Chandra|title=Essays on Medieval Indian History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1BRuAAAAMAAJ|year=2003|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-566336-5|page=93|quote=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.}}{{cite journal |author=Romila Thapar |year=1994 |title=Seminar - Issues 417-424 |page=59 |quote=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}} He was the son of Jankojirao Scindia, the hereditary [Patil](/source/Patil_(title))s of [Kanherkhed](/source/Kanherkhed), a village in [Satara District](/source/Satara_District), [Maharashtra](/source/Maharashtra).{{cite book|author=N. G. Rathod|title=The Great Maratha Mahadaji Scindia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uPq640stHJ0C&pg=PA1|year=1994|publisher=Sarup & Sons|isbn=978-81-85431-52-9|page=1}} == Other people with this name == *[Eknath Shinde](/source/Eknath_Shinde), politician *[Gauri Shinde](/source/Gauri_Shinde), film director *[Jyotiraditya Scindia](/source/Jyotiraditya_Scindia), Indian politician *[Kedar Shinde](/source/Kedar_Shinde), film director *[Mahadaji Shinde](/source/Mahadaji_Shinde), Maratha statesmen *[Sushilkumar Shinde](/source/Sushilkumar_Shinde), politician *[Praniti Shinde](/source/Praniti_Shinde), politician *[Ram Shinde](/source/Ram_Shinde), politician *[Ranoji Scindia](/source/Ranoji_Scindia), Maratha statesmen *[Sadashiv Shinde](/source/Sadashiv_Shinde), Indian cricketer *[Sayaji Shinde](/source/Sayaji_Shinde), Indian actor *[Shashikant Shinde](/source/Shashikant_Shinde), politician *[Shilpa Shinde](/source/Shilpa_Shinde), TV actress *[Seema Shinde](/source/Seema_Shinde), TV actress *[Shrikant Shinde](/source/Shrikant_Shinde), politician *[Tarabai Shinde](/source/Tarabai_Shinde), Indian feminist *[Vasundhara Raje Scindia](/source/Vasundhara_Raje), Indian politician *[Vasant Shinde](/source/Vasant_Shinde_(actor)), Indian actor == References == {{reflist}} {{Surname}} Category:Surnames of Indian origin Category:Marathi-language surnames Category:Maratha clans --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Shinde](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinde) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinde?action=history)). 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