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From '''The Tribes And Castes Of The Central Provinces Of India '''
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By R. V. Russell
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Of The Indian Civil Service
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Superintendent Of Ethnography, Central Provinces
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Assisted By 
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Rai Bahadur Hira Lal, 
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Macmillan And Co., Limited, London, 1916.
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''' NOTE 1: The 'Central Provinces' have since been renamed Madhya Pradesh. '''
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NOTE 2: While reading please keep in mind that all articles in this series have been scanned from the original book. Therefore, footnotes have got inserted into the main text of the article, interrupting the flow. Readers who spot these  footnotes gone astray might like to shift them to their correct place.
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==Commonwealth Table Tennis Championship==
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=== A record medals haul===
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[http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31808&articlexml=COMMONWEALTH-TT-Indian-paddlers-ensure-record-medal-haul-21122015024020 ''The Times of India''] Dec 21 2015
  
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The military caste of southern
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India which manned the armies of Sivaji, and of the Peshwa
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and other princes of the Maratha confederacy. In the
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Central Provinces the Marathas numbered 34,000 persons
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in 191 1, of whom Nagpur contained 9000 and Wardha
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8000, while the remainder were distributed over Raipur,
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Hoshangabad and Nimar. In Berar their strength was
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60,000 persons, the total for the combined province being
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thus 94,000. The caste is found in large numbers in
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Bombay and Hyderabad, and in 1901 the India Census
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tables show a total of not less than five million persons
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belonging to it.
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It is difficult to avoid confusion in the use of the term
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An impressive performance on Sunday ensured that India will end the 20th Commonwealth Table Tennis Championship with their best-ever medal haul in the competition. In the mixed doubles event, the hosts recorded a first when the pair of G Sathiyan and Ankita Das got past compatriots Soumyajit Ghosh and Mouma Das 3-1 to capture India's maiden gold in the event. The bronze was also won by India. The hosts have ensured as many as 16 medals, their highest-ever in CW TT beating nine which they got from the 2013 edition of the games in Delhi. Five Indian paddlers -Soumyajit, Anthony Amalraj, Sanil, Manika and Mouma Das -are certain of returning home with individual medals.
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Maratha, which signifies both an inhabitant of the area in
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which the Marathi language is spoken, and a member of the
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caste to which the general name has in view of their historical
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importance been specifically applied. The native name for
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the Marathi-speaking country is Maharashtra, which has
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been variously interpreted as * The great country ' or ' The
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country of the Mahars.' ^ A third explanation of the name
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' Sir II. Risley's India Census Report (1901), Ethnographic Appendices, p. 93.
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is from the Rashtrakuta dynasty which was dominant in
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this area for some centuries after A.D. 750. The name
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Rashtrakuta was contracted into Rattha, and with the
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prefix of Maha or Great might evolve into the term Maratha.
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The Rashtrakutas have been conjecturally identified with
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the Rathor Rajputs.  
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The Ndsik Gazetteer^ states that in
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While in the men's doubles, four Indian pairs, -Harmeet DesaiGhosh, Abhishek Yadav-Sudhanshu Grover, Amalraj-Shetty and Sathiyan-Devesh, ensured that four more medals add to India's tally . In women's doubles, two Indian pairs, K Shamini-Mouma, Ankita-Manika, stormed their way into the semifinals to ensure at least a bronze.
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246 I5.C. Maharatta is mentioned as one of the places to
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which Asoka sent an embassy, and Maharashtraka is recorded
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in a Chalukyan inscription of A.D. 580 as including three
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provinces and 99,000 villages. Several other references are
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given in Sir J, Campbell's erudite note, and the name is
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therefore without doubt ancient. But the Marathas as a
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people do not seem to be mentioned before the thirteenth or
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fourteenth century." The antiquity of the name would
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appear to militate against the derivation from the Rashtrakuta
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dynasty, which did not become prominent till much
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later, and the most probable meaning of Maharashtra
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would therefore seem to be ' The country of the Mahars.'
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Maharatta and INIaratha are presumably derivatives from
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Maharashtra.
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The Marathas are a caste formed from military service, 3. Origin
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India now have gold and silver in team's men and women's events, three medals in mixed doubles and with 11 still waiting in the wings, the tally touches a massive 16.
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and it seems probable that they sprang mainly from the ^^^^
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peasant population of Kunbis, though at what period they the caste,
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were formed into a separate caste has not yet been determined.
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Grant - Duff mentions several of their leading
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families as holding offices under the Muhammadan rulers
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of Bijapur and Ahmadnagar in the fifteenth and sixteenth
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centuries, as the Nimbhalkar, Gharpure and Bhonsla ;
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^ and
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presumably their clansmen served in the armies of those
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states. But whether or no the designation of Maratha had
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been previously used by them, it first became prominent
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during the period of Sivaji's guerilla warfare against Aurangzeb.
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The Marathas claim a Rajput origin, and several of
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their clans have the names of Rajput tribes, as Chauhan,
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Panwar, Solanki and Suryavansi. In 1836 Mr. Enthoven
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states,"* the Sesodia Rana of Udaipur, the head of the purest
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Rajput house, was satisfied from inquiries conducted by an
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' P. 48, footnote. but Blionsla is adopted in deference
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- Ndsik Gazetteer, ibidem. Elphin- to established usage,
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stone's History, p. 246. ^ Bombay Census Report (1901),
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3 The proper spelling is Bhosle, pp. 184-185.'
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agent that the Bhonslas and certain other families had a
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right to be recognised as Rajputs. Colonel Tod states that
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Sivaji was descended from a Rajput prince Sujunsi, who was
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expelled from Mewar to avoid a dispute about the succession
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about A.D. 1300. Sivaji is shown as 13th in descent
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from Sujunsi. Similarly the Bhonslas of Nagpur were said
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to derive their origin from one Bunbir, who was expelled
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from Udaipur about 1541, having attempted to usurp the
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kingdom.^ As Rajput dynasties ruled in the Deccan for
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some centuries before the Muhammadan conquest, it seems
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reasonable to suppose that a Rajput aristocracy may have
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taken root there.  
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This was Colonel Tod's opinion, who
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In men's singles quarters, world No. 95 Ghosh made easy work of Scotland's Gavin Rumgay in four straight games to sail in the semifinals where he will play world No. 176 Chen Feng of Singapore who accounted for Ghosh's compatriot G Sathiyan 11-13, 11-9, 7-11, 10-12, 11-4, 5-11.
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wrote : " These kingdoms of the south as well as the north
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were held by Rajput sovereigns, whose offspring, blending
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with the original population, produced that mixed race of
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Marathas inheriting with the names the warlike propensities
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of their ancestors, but who assume the names of their abodes
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as titles, as the Nimalkars, the Phalkias, the Patunkars,
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instead of their tribes of Jadon, Tuar, Pilar, etc." ^ This
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statement would, however, apply only to the leading houses
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and not to the bulk of the Maratha caste, who appear to be
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mainly derived from the Kunbis. In Sholapur the Marathas
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and Kunbis eat together, and the Kunbis are said to be
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bastard Marathas.^ In Satara the Kunbis have the same
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division into 96 clan's as the Marathas have, and many
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of the same surnames.* The writer of the Satdj^a Gazetteer
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says :
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In an all-Indian quarterfinals, qualifer Sanil Shetty broke the hearts of Surtis when he came from behind to upset local lad and fourth seed Harmeet Desai 9-11, 4-11, 11-9, 711, 11-8, 11-9, 11-5. Both the players displayed an array of forehand topspin shots from back of the table but in the end the southpaw Shetty prevailed over a nervous-looking Desai.
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the Kunbis, from whom they do not form a separate caste.
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Some Maratha families may have a larger strain of northern
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or Rajput blood than the Kunbis, but this is not always the
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case. The distinction between Kunbis and Marathas is
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almost entirely social, the Marathas as a rule being better
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off, and preferring even service as a constable or messenger
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to husbandry." Exactly the same state of affairs prevails
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in the Central Provinces and Berar, where the body of the
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caste are commonly known as Maratha Kunbis.  
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the Marathas will take daughters from the Kunbis in marriage
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for their sons, though they will not give their daughters
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in return. But a Kunbi who has got on in the world and
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become wealthy may by sufficient payment get his sons
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married into Maratha families, and even be adopted as a
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member of the caste.' In 1798 Colonel Tone, who commanded
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a regiment of the Peshwa's army, wrote ^ of the
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Marathas :
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" The three great tribes which compose the
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Maratha caste are the Kunbi or farmer, the Dhangar or
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shepherd, and the Goala or cowherd ; to this original cause
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may perhaps be ascribed that great simplicity of manner
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which distinguishes the Maratha people."
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It seems then most probable that, as already stated, the\
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Maratha caste was of purely military origin, constituted from
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the various castes of Maharashtra who adopted military
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service, though some of the leading families may have had
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Rajputs for their ancestors. Sir D. Ibbetson thought that a
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similar relation existed in past times between the Rajpijts^
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and Jats, the landed aristocracy of the Jat caste being
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gradually admitted to Rajput rank.  
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The Khandaits or
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Mouma, Manika assured of medal: Two Indian women Mouma Das and Manika Batra assured themselves of at least a bronze medal by reaching the semifinals. India No. 2 Mouma had a tough time against Pooja Sahasrabudhe who stretched her compatriot all the way . There was little to chose between the two girls but in the decider, Mouma's massive experience was too much for Pooja to handle.
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swordsmen of Orissa are a caste formed in the same
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manner from military service. In the Imperial Gazetteer
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Sir H. Risley suggests that the Maratha people were of
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Scythian origin :
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" The physical type of the people of this region accords
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fairly well with this theory, while the arguments derived
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from language and religion do not seem to conflict with it.
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. . . On this view the wide-ranging forays of the Marathas,
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tlieir guerilla methods of warfare, their unscrupulous dealings
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with friend and foe, their genius for intrigue and their
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consequent failure to build up an enduring dominion, might
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well be regarded as inherited from their Scythian ancestors."
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===India bag 16 medals in all===
  
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In the Central Provinces the Marathas are divided into 4- i^-^o-
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[http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31808&articlexml=Chen-Feng-breaks-Indian-hearts-22122015025033 ''The Times of India'']Dec 22 2015
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96 exogamous clans, known as the Chhanava Kule, which %^^^^_
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marry with one another. During the period when the
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Bhonsia family were rulers of Nagpur they constituted a
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sort of inner circle, consisting of seven of the leading clans,
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with whom alone they intermarried ; these are known as the
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Satghare or Seven Houses, and consist of the Bhonsia,
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Gujar, Ahirrao, Mahadik, Sirke, Palke and Mohte clans.
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marrying only among themselves, but recently the restriction
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has been relaxed, and they have arranged marriages with
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other Maratha families. It may be noted that the present
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representatives of the Bhonsla family are of the Gujar clan to
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which the last Raja of Nagpur, Raghuji III., belonged prior
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to his adoption. Several of the clans, as already noted,
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have Rajput sept names ; and some are considered to be
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derived from those of former ruling dynasties ; as Chalke,
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from the Chalukya Rajput kings of the Deccan and Carnatic;
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More, who may represent a branch of the great Maurya
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dynasty of northern India ; Salunke, perhaps derived from
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the Solanki kings of Gujarat ; and Yadav, the name of the
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kings of Deogiri or Daulatabad.^ Others appear to be
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named after animals or natural objects, as Sinde from sindi
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the date-palm tree, Ghorpade from ghorpad the iguana ; or
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to be of a titular nature, as Kale black, Pandhre white,
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More, Nimbhalkar, Ghatge, Mane, Ghorpade, Dafle, Jadav
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and Bhonsla clans are the oldest, and held prominent positions
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in the old Muhammadan kingdoms of Bijapur and
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Ahmadnagar. The Nimbhalkar family were formerly Panwar
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Rajputs, and took the name of Nimbhalkar from their
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ancestral village Nimbalik. The Ghorpade family are an
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offshoot of the Bhonslas, and obtained their present name
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from the exploit of one of their ancestors, who scaled a fort
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in the Konkan, previously deemed impregnable, by passing
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a cord round the body of a ghorpad or iguana.^
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trait of these Maratha houses is the fondness with
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which they clung to the small estates or villages in the
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Deccan in which they had originally held the office of a patel
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or village headman as a zvatan or hereditary right, even after
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they had carved out for themselves principalities and states
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in other parts of India. The present Bhonsla Raja takes
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his title from the village of Deor in the Poona country. In
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former times we read of the Raja of Satara clinging to the
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watans he had inherited from Sivaji after he had lost his
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crown in all but the name ; Sindhia was always termed
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patcl or village headman in the revenue accounts of the
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villages he acquired in Nimfir ; while it is said that Ilolkar
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and the Panwar of Dhar fought desperately after the British
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conquest to recover the pateli rights of Deccan villages
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which had belonged to their ancestors.^
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plateau in Berar. It is also stated that the Marathas are
 
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divided into the K/iasi or ' pure ' and the KJiarcJii or the
 
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descendants of handmaids. In Bombay the latter are known
 
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as the Akarmashes or i i vidshas, meaning that as twelve
 
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It was a befitting Commonwealth Table Tennis Championship final in which Cheng Feng was made to work hard by India's Anthony Amalraj before the Singaporean could win the men's singles title here on Monday .
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daughter, but not vice versa. Girls are commonly married
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between five and twelve years of age, and the ceremony resembles
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that of the Kunbis. The bridegroom goes to the
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bride's house riding on horseback and covered with a black
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blanket. When a girl first becomes mature, usually after
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marriage, the Marathas perform the Shantik ceremony. The
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girl is secluded for four days, after which she is bathed and
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puts on new clothes and dresses her hair and a feast is given
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Amalraj's silver helped the Indian contingent clinch their best-ever medal haul of 16 ­ including three gold, six silver and seven bronze ­ in the tournament. India's highest tally before this was nine which the hosts managed in New Delhi in 2013. Singapore topped the medals tally with four gold medals and a team bronze.
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fine is imposed on him. Such cases are, however, believed
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but the lower groups allow it. If a maiden is seduced by
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one of the caste she may be married to him as if she were a
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widow, a fine being imposed on her family ; but if she goes
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wrong with an outsider she is finally expelled. Divorce
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is not ostensibly allowed but may be concluded by agreement
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between the parties. A wife who commits adultery is
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cast off and expelled from the caste. The caste burn their
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==Senior Table Tennis Nationals: 2017: Sharath, Madhurika top
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ceremony in the month of Kunwdr (September), when
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[http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31808&articlexml=Kamal-wins-7th-national-crown-06022017020010  Kamal wins 7th national crown, Feb 6, 2017: The Times of India]
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oblations are offered to the dead and a feast is given to the
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caste-fellows. Sometimes a tomb is erected as a memorial
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to the dead, but without his name, and is surmounted usually
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by an image of Mahadeo. The caste eat the flesh of clean
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animals and of fowls and wild pig, and drink liquor. Their
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rules about food are liberal like those of the Rajputs, a too
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great stringency being no doubt in both cases incompatible
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with the exigencies of military service.
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Sharath had won his maiden title at Manesar nationals 13 years ago when Haryana had hosted the event in 2003.
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difference between food cooked with or without water, and
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will accept either from a Brahman, Rajput, Tirole Kunbi,
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Lingayat Bania or Phulmali.
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The Marathas proper observe the parda system with
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regard to their women, and will go to the well and draw
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water themselves rather than permit their wives to do
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so. The women wear ornaments only of gold or glass
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and not of silver or any baser metal. They are not permitted
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to spin cotton as being an occupation of the lower
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classes. The women are tattooed in the centre of the forehead
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with a device resembling a trident.  
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Veteran Achanta Sharath Kamal bagged his seventh national crown in men's singles, while Madhurika Patkar became the champion for the first time in the women's singles at the 11Even Sports Senior Table Tennis Nationals.
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wear a turban made of many folds of cloth twisted
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into a narrow rope and large gold rings with pearls in the
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upper part of the ear. Like the Rajputs they often have
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j the sacred thread and invest a boy with it when he is seven
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or eight years old or on his marriage. Till then they let the
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hair grow on the front of his head, and when the thread
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ceremony is performed they cut this off and let the cJioti or
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scalp-lock grow at the back. In appearance the men are
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often tall and well-built and of a Hght wheat-coloured
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complexion.
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7. Reii- The principal deity of the Marathas is Khandoba, a
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In the men's singles final, a visibly tired Sharath beat an equal ly weary Soumyajit Ghosh 4-2 to clinch the title at the Manesar Sports Club here.
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sio'i- warrior incarnation of Mahadeo. He is supposed to have
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been born in a field of millet near Poona and to have led the
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people against the Muhammadans in early times. He had a
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watch-dog who warned him of the approach of his enemies,
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and he is named after the kJianda or sword which he always
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carried. In Bombay^ he is represented on horseback with
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two women, one of the Bania caste, his wedded wife, in front
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of him, and another, a Uhangarin, his kept mistress, behind.
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He is considered the tutelary deity of the Maratha country,
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and his symbol is a bag of turmeric powder known as bJianddr.
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The caste worship Khandoba on Sundays with rice, flowers
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and incense, and also on the 21st day of Magh (January),
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which is called CJiaiupa SasJitJii and is his special festival.
+
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On this day they will catch hold of any dog, and after adorning
+
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him with flowers and turmeric give him a good feed
+
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and let him go again.  
+
  
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The Marathas are generally kind to
+
Madhurika downed six-time national champion Poulo mi Ghatak 4-0 in the women's singles final.
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dogs and will not injure them. At the Dasahra festival the
+
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caste worship their horses and swords and go out into the
+
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field to see a blue-jay in memory of the fact that the Maratha
+
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marauding expeditions started on Dasahra. On coming back
+
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they distribute to each other leaves of the shami tree
+
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[BaiiJiinia raceinosd) as a substitute for gold. It was formerly
+
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held to be fitting among the Hindus that the warrior
+
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should ride a horse (geldings being unknown) and the
+
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zamindar or landowner a mare, as more suitable to a man
+
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of peace. The warriors celebrated their Dasahra, and
+
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worshipped their horses on the tenth day of the light fortnight
+
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of Kunwdr (September), while the cultivators held their
+
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festival and worshipped their mares on the ninth day.  
+
  
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It is
+
Sharath and Madhurika's efforts fetched them Rs. 2.2 lakh and Rs. 1.2 lakh, respectively. The confidence that Sharath had gained in the semifinals against fifth-seed Harmeet Desai had done a world of good as he went into the final against the two-time champion Ghosh.
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recorded that the great Raghuji Bhonsla, the first Raja of
+
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Nagpur, held his Dasahra on the ninth day, in order to
+
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proclaim the fact that he was by family an agriculturist and
+
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only incidentally a man of arms.'
+
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The Marathas present the somewhat melancholy spec- 8. Present
+
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tacle of an impoverished aristocratic class attempting to fhT caste°
+
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maintain some semblance of their former position, though
+
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they no longer have the means to do so. They flourished
+
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during two or three centuries of almost continuous war, and
+
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became a wealthy and powerful caste, but they find a difficulty
+
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in turning their hands to the arts of peace.  
+
  
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Sir
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==South Asian Junior Table Tennis Championships==
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R. Craddock writes of them in Nagpur :
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[http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31808&articlexml=India-win-10-gold-in-junior-TT-event-22052017020043 India win 10 gold in junior TT event, May 22, 2017: The Times of India]
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" Among the Marathas a large number represent connections
+
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of the Bhonsla family, related by marriage or by
+
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illegitimate descent to that house. A considerable proportion
+
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of the Government political pensioners are Marathas.
+
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^ Elliott, HoshatigabCid Settlement Report.
+
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+
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Many of them own villages or hold tenant land, but as a
+
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rule they are extravagant in their living ; and several of the
+
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old Maratha nobility have fallen very much in the world.
+
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Pensions diminish with each generation, but the expenditure
+
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shows no corresponding decrease. The sons are brought
+
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up to no employment and the daughters are married with
+
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lavish pomp and show. The native army does not much
+
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attract them, and but few are educated well enough for the
+
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dignified posts in the civil employ of Government.
+
  
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It is a
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India added six more gold on the concluding day to win all 10 gold medals on offer in the South Asian Junior Table Tennis Championships at Mount Lavinia, near Colombo.  
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question whether their pride of race will give way before
+
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the necessity of earning their livelihood soon enough for
+
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them to maintain or regain some of their former position.
+
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Otherwise those with the largest landed estates may be saved
+
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by the intervention of Government, but the rest must gradually
+
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deteriorate till the dignities of their class have become
+
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a mere memory. The humbler members of the caste find
+
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their employment as petty contractors or traders, private
+
−
servants, Government peons, sowars, and hangers-on in the
+
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retinue of the more important families.
+
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" What ^ little display his means afford a Maratha still
+
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tries to maintain. Though he may be clad in rags at home,
+
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he has a spare dress which he himself washes and keeps with
+
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great care and puts on when he goes to pay a visit.  
+
  
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He
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They also claimed four silver medals for a total of 14 medals from the regional championships. After winning four gold medals in team events on the first two days of the three-day championships, the Indian paddlers continued their domination in two doubles events and followed them up with gold in all singles.
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will hire a boy to attend him with a lantern at night, or to
+
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take caVe of his shoes when he goes to a friend's house and
+
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hold them before him when he comes out. Well-to-do
+
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Marathas have usually in their service a Brahman clerk known
+
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as divdnji or minister, who often takes advantage of his
+
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master's want of education to defraud him. A Maratha
+
−
seldom rises early or goes out in the morning. He will get
+
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up at seven or eight o'clock, a late hour for a Hindu, and
+
−
attend to business if he has any or simply idle about chewing
+
−
or smoking tobacco and talking till ten o'clock.  
+
  
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He will then
 
−
bathe and dress in a freshly-washed cloth and bow before
 
−
the family gods which the priest has already worshipped.
 
−
He will dine, chew betel and smoke tobacco and enjoy a
 
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short midday rest. Rising at three, he will play cards, dice
 
−
or chess, and in the evening will go out walking or riding or
 
−
' The following description is taken Sir II. II, Risley's India Census Report
 
−
from the Ethnographic Appendices to of 190 1.
 
−
 
−
pay a visit to a friend. He will come back at eight or nine
 
−
and go to bed at ten or eleven. But Marathas who have
 
−
estates to manage lead regular, fairly busy lives."
 
−
Sir D. Ibbetson drew attention to the fact that the rising 9. Nature
 
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of the Marathas against the Muhammadans was almost the
 
−
^^a'rtha
 
−
only instance in Indian history of what might correctly be insurreccalled
 
−
a really national movement. In other cases, as that
 
−
of the Sikhs, though the essential motive was perhaps of
 
−
the same nature, it was obscured by the fact that its ostensible
 
−
tendency was religious. The gurus of the Sikhs did
 
−
not call on their followers to fight for their country but for a
 
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new religion.
 
  
−
This was only in accordance with the Hindu
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==World rankings and India: 2017: Three Indians in top 100==
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intellect, to which the idea of nationality has hitherto been
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[http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com//Article.aspx?eid=31808&articlexml=Three-Indian-paddlers-in-top-100-04052017023033  Three Indian paddlers in top 100, May 4, 2017: The Times of India]
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foreign, while its protests against both alien and domestic
+
−
tyrannies tend to take the shape of a religious revolt. A
+
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similar tendency is observable even in the case of the
+
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Marathas, for the rising was from its inception largely
+
−
engineered by the Maratha Brahmans, who on its success
+
−
hastened to annex for themselves a leading position in the
+
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new Poona state.
+
  
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And it has been recorded that in calling
 
−
his countrymen to arms, Sivaji did not ask them to defend
 
−
their hearths and homes or wives and children, but to rally
 
−
for the protection of the sacred persons of Brahmans and
 
−
cows.
 
−
Although the Marathas have now in imitation of the 10.
 
−
Rajputs and Muhammadans adopted the parda system, this wo^meatn
 
−
is not a native custom, and women have played quite an past times,
 
−
important part in their history. The women of the household
 
−
have also exercised a considerable influence and their
 
−
opinions are treated with respect by the men. Several
 
−
instances occur in which women of high rank have successfully
 
−
acted as governors and administrators.
 
  
−
In the Bhonsla
+
Harmeet Desai has joined his India teammates, Sharath Kamal and Soumyajit Ghosh, by breaking the top-100 barrier to touch a career high 95 in the latest table tennis world rankings.
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family the Princess Baka Bfii, widow of Raghuji II., is a
+
−
conspicuous instance, while the famous or notorious Rani of
+
−
Jhansi is another case of a Maratha lady who led her troops
+
−
in person, and was called the best man on the native side
+
−
in the Mutiny.
+
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This article may conclude with one or two extracts to n. The
+
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give an idea of the way in which the Maratha soldiery took i^orseman
+
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the field. Grant Duff describes the troopers as follows :
+
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in the
+
−
field.
+
−
+
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"The Maratha horsemen are commonly dressed in a
+
−
pair of hght breeches covering the knee, a turban which
+
−
many of them fasten by passing a fold of it under the chin,
+
−
a frock of quilted cotton, and a cloth round the waist, with
+
−
which they generally gird on their swords in preference to
+
−
securing them with their belts. The horseman is armed
+
−
with a sword and shield ; a proportion in each body carry
+
−
matchlocks, but the great national weapon is the spear, in the
+
−
use of which and the management of their horse they evince
+
−
both grace and dexterity.  
+
  
−
The spearmen have generally a
+
This is the first time ever that three Indians figure in top-100 of ITTF rankings.With his sterling show at the Wuxi Asian Championships, Harmeet moved five places ahead after being at No. 100 on the men's ranking list.
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sword, and sometimes a shield ; but the latter is unwieldy
+
−
and only carried in case the spear should be broken. The
+
−
trained spearmen may always be known by their riding very
+
−
long, the ball of the toe touching the stirrup ; some of the
+
−
matchlockmen and most of the Brahmans ride very short
+
−
and ungracefully. The bridle consists of a single headstall
+
−
of cotton-rope, with a small but very severe flexible bit."
+
−
12. Cavalry The following account of the Maratha cavalry is given
+
−
in General Hislop's Summary of tJie MardtJia and Pinddri
+
−
Campaigns of i 8 1 7- 1 8 1 9 :
+
−
" The Marathas possess extraordinary skill in horsemanship,
+
−
and so intimate an acquaintance with their horses, that
+
−
they can make their animals do anything, even in full speed,
+
−
in halting, wheeling, etc.; they likewise use the spear with
+
−
remarkable dexterity, sometimes in full gallop, grasping
+
−
their spears short and quickly sticking the point in the
+
−
ground ; still holding the handles, they turn their horse
+
−
suddenly round it, thus performing on the point of a spear
+
−
as on a pivot the same circle round and round again.  
+
  
−
Their
+
Sharath is still the top-ran ked Indian at No. 54 while Ghosh, despite winning the Chile Open on Sunday , made a small jump ahead, moving to 83 from 84. But the worst sufferer is Manika Batra who, from world No. 93, has been pushed to No. 103.
−
horses likewise never leave the particular class or body to
+
−
which they belong ; so that if the rider should be knocked
+
−
off, away gallops the animal after its fellows, never separating
+
−
itself from the main body. Every Maratha brings his own
+
−
horse and his own arms with him to the field, and possibly
+
−
in the interest they possess in this private equipment we
+
−
shall find their usual shyness to expose themselves or even
+
−
to make a bold vigorous attack. But if armies or troops
+
−
could be frightened by appearances these horses of the
+
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Marathas would dishearten the bravest, actually darkening
+
−
the plains with their numbers and clouding the horizon with
+
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1
+
−
1
+
−
+
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dust for miles and miles around. A little fighting, however,
+
−
goes a great way with them, as with most others of the
+
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native powers in India."
+
−
On this account the Marathas were called razdJi-bazdn
+
−
or lance-wielders. One Muhammadan historian says : " They
+
−
so use the lance that no cavalry can cope with them. Some
+
−
20,000 or 30,000 lances are held up against their enemy
+
−
so close together as not to leave a span between their heads.
+
−
If horsemen try to ride them down the points of the spears
+
−
are levelled at the assailants and they are unhorsed.  
+
  
−
While
 
−
cavalry are charging them they strike their lances against
 
−
each other and the noise so frightens the horses of the
 
−
enemy that they turn round and bolt." ^ The battle-cries of
 
−
the Marathas were, ' Har^ Har Mahddeo,' and ' Gopdl, Gopdl! ^
 
−
An interesting description of the internal administration 13.
 
−
of the Maratha cavalry is contained in the letter on the ^"^'''"^7
 
−
Marathas by Colonel Tone already quoted. But his account tration.
 
−
must refer to a period of declining efficiency and cannot
 
−
represent the military system at its best :
 
−
" In the great scale of rank and eminence which is one
 
−
peculiar feature of Hindu institutions the Maratha holds a
 
−
very inferior situation, being just removed one degree above
 
−
those castes which are considered absolutely unclean. He
 
−
is happily free from the rigorous observances as regards
 
−
food which fetter the actions of the higher castes.
 
  
−
He can
+
=2018=
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eat of all kinds of food with the exception of beef ; can
+
== Asian Junior, Cadet Championships==
−
dress his meal at all times and seasons ; can partake of all
+
[https://epaper.timesgroup.com/Olive/ODN/TimesOfIndia/shared/ShowArticle.aspx?doc=TOIDEL%2F2018%2F08%2F19&entity=Ar02613&sk=D90952CB&mode=text  Manav Thakkar bags two bronze at Asian Junior TT, August 19, 2018: ''The Times of India'']
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victuals dressed by any caste superior to his own ; washing
+
−
and praying are not indispensable in his order and may be
+
−
practised or omitted at pleasure. The three great tribes !
+
−
which compose the Maratha caste are the Kunbi or farmer,
+
−
the Dhangar or shepherd and the Goala or cowherd ; to
+
−
this original cause may perhaps be ascribed that great
+
−
simplicity of manner which distinguishes the Maratha
+
−
people.
+
  
−
Homer mentions princesses going in person to the
 
−
fountain to wash their household linen. I can affirm having
 
−
seen the daughters of a prince who was able to bring an
 
−
army into the field much larger than the whole Greek con-
 
−
* Irvine's Army of the JMughah, - Ibido/i, p. 232. Gopal is a name
 
−
p. 82. of Krishna.
 
−
VOL. IV P
 
−
2 1
 
−
o
 
−
 
−
federacy, making bread with their own hands and otherwise
 
−
employed in the ordinary business of domestic housewifery.
 
−
I have seen one of the most powerful chiefs of the Empire,
 
−
after a day of action, assisting in kindling a fire to keep
 
−
himself warm during the night, and sitting on the ground
 
−
on a spread saddle-cloth dictating to his secretaries.
 
−
" The chief military force of the Marathas consists in
 
−
their cavalry, which may be divided into four distinct
 
−
classes : First the Khasi Pagah or household forces of the
 
−
prince ; these are always a fine well-appointed body, the
 
−
horses excellent, being the property of the Sirkar, who gives
 
−
a monthly allowance to each trooper of the value of about
 
−
eight rupees.
 
  
−
The second class are the cavalry furnished
+
India’s junior paddlers, led by World No 5 Manav Thakkar, bagged three medals at the Asian Junior and Cadet Championships in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar. In the doubles, the duo of Manav and Manush Shah won bronze. Manav then paired up with Archana Kamath to win his second bronze in the mixed doubles.
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by the Silladars,^ who contract to supply a certain number
+
−
of horse on specified terms, generally about Rs. 35a month,
+
−
including the trooper's pay. The third and most numerous
+
−
description are volunteers, who join the camp bringing with
+
−
them their own horse and accoutrements ; their pay is
+
−
generally from Rs. 40 to Rs. 50 a month in proportion to
+
−
the value of their horse.  
+
  
−
There is a fourth kind of native
+
==Indian presence in the world arena==
−
cavalry called Pindaris, who are mere marauders, serve without
+
[https://epaper.timesgroup.com/Olive/ODN/TimesOfIndia/shared/ShowArticle.aspx?doc=TOIDEL%2F2018%2F06%2F15&entity=Ar02619&sk=0DED70A3&mode=text  Ayaz Memon, June 15, 2018: ''The Times of India'']
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any pay and subsist but by plunder, a fourth part
+
−
of which they give to the Sirkar ; but these are so very
+
−
licentious a body that they are not employed but in one or
+
−
two of the Maratha services.
+
−
" The troops collected in this manner are under no discipline
+
−
whatever and engage for no specific period, but quit
+
−
the army whenever they please ; with the exception of
+
−
furnishing a picquet while in camp, they do no duty but in
+
−
the day of battle.
+
  
 +
''( Ayaz Memon is a prominent sports writer, journalist, columnist, author and lawyer)''
  
−
" The Maratha cavalry is always irregularly and badly
+
India’s unprecedented successes at the 2018 CWG could be a turning point for table tennis in the country. Eight medals overall (3 gold, 2 silver, 3 bronze) – the most for India in any sport — is a fantastic harvest.
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paid ; the household troops scarcely ever receive money, but
+
−
are furnished with a daily allowance of coarse flour and
+
−
.some other ingredients from the bazar which just enable
+
−
them to exist. The Silladar is very nearly as badly
+
−
1 Lit. armour-bearers. Colonel kind of coat -of- mail worn by the
+
−
Tone writes : " I apprehend from the Maratha horsemen, known as a betita,
+
−
meaning of this term that it was for- which resembles our ancient hauberk ;
+
−
merly the custom of this nation, as it is made of chain work, interlinked
+
−
was the case in Europe, to appear in throughout, fits close to the body and
+
−
armour. I have frequently seen a adapts itself to all its motions."
+
−
+
−
+
−
situated. In his arrangements with the State he has allotted
+
−
to him a certain proportion of jungle where he pastures his
+
−
cattle ; here he and his family reside, and his sole occupation
+
−
when not on actual service is increasing his Pagah or
+
−
troop by breeding out of his marcs, of which the Maratha
+
−
cavalry almost entirely consist. There are no people in the
+
−
world who understand the method of rearing and multiplying
+
−
the breed of cattle equal to the Marathas.  
+
  
−
It is by no
+
This was something that nobody would have anticipated. In hindsight, I would like to believe this suggests a paradigm shift in the way the sport is being perceived and played in the country now. This is borne out by the performances of our players in recent competitions and their rankings.
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means uncommon for a Sillildar to enter a service with one
+
−
mare and in a {qv^ years be able to muster a very respectable
+
−
Pagah. They have many methods of rendering the
+
−
animal prolific ; they back their colts much earlier than v/e
+
−
do and they are consequently more valuable as they come
+
−
sooner on the cfTective strength.
+
  
−
" When called upon for actual service the Silladar is
+
Four Indians are in the top-100 in the world across men’s and women’s categories and as many more are poised to achieve that distinction. Talented Indian players getting exposure, whether in young leagues like the CEAT UTT or older ones in Germany and elsewhere is not only heartening, but also imperative for sport to grow in the country.
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obliged to give muster. Upon this occasion it is always
+
−
necessary that the Brahman who takes it should have a
+
−
bribe ; and indeed the Hazri, as the muster is termed, is of
+
−
such a nature that it could not pass by any fair or honourable
+
−
means. Not only any despicable tattiis are substituted
+
−
in the place of horses but animals are borrowed to fill up
+
−
the complement. Heel-ropes and grain-bags are produced
+
−
as belonging to cattle supposed to be at grass ; in short
+
−
every mode is practised to impose on the Sirkar, which
+
−
in turn reimburses itself by irregular and bad payments ;
+
−
for it is always considered if the Silladars receive six
+
−
months' arrears out of the year that they are exceedingly
+
−
well paid.  
+
  
−
The Volunteers who join the camp are still
+
With professionally run platforms like CEAT UTT bringing top-class table tennis to the masses in India, I believe a full-fledged revolution in the sport is underway.
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worse situated, as they have no collective force, and money
+
−
is very seldom given in a Maratha State without being
+
−
extorted. In one word, the native cavalry are the worstpaid
+
−
body of troops in the world. But there is another
+
−
grand error in this mode of raising troops which is productive
+
−
of the worst effects. Every man in a Maratha
+
−
camp is totally independent ; he is the proprietor of the
+
−
horse he rides, which he is never inclined to risk, since without
+
−
it he can get no service. This single circumstance
+
−
destroys all enterprise and spirit in the soldier, whose sole
+
−
business, instead of being desirous of distinguishing himself,
+
−
is to keep out of the way of danger ; for notwithstanding
+
−
Dharna.
+
−
+
−
every horseman on entering a service has a certain value
+
−
put upon his horse, yet should he lose it even in action he
+
−
never receives any compensation or at least none proportioned
+
−
to his loss. If at any time a Silladar is disgusted
+
−
with the service he can go away without meeting any
+
−
molestation even though in the face of an enemy. In fact
+
−
the pay is in general so shamefully irregular that a man is
+
−
justified in resorting to any measure, however apparently
+
−
unbecoming, to attain it.  
+
  
−
It is also another very curious
+
==Manav no.2 junior, 17 Indians in world top-50==
−
circumstance attending this service that many great Silladars
+
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have troops in the pay of two or three chiefs at the same
+
−
time, who are frequently at open war with each other.
+
−
14. Sitting " To recover an arrear of pay there is but one known
+
−
mode which is universally adopted in all native services, the
+
−
Mughal as well as the Maratha ; this is called Dharna,^
+
−
which consists in putting the debtor, be he who he will, into
+
−
a state of restraint or imprisonment, until satisfaction be
+
−
given or the money actually obtained.
+
  
−
Any person in the
 
−
Sirkar's service has a right to demand his pay of the Prince
 
−
or his minister, and to sit in Dharna if it be not given ; nor
 
−
will he meet with the least hindrance in doing so ; for none
 
−
would obey an order that interfered with the Dharna, as it
 
−
is a common cause ; nor does the soldier incur the slightest
 
−
charge of mutiny for his conduct, or suffer in the smallest
 
−
manner in the opinion of his Chief, so universal is the
 
−
custom.
 
  
−
The Dharna is sometimes carried to very violent
+
Manav Thakkar became the first Indian paddler to grab the world No.2 spot in the boys’ under-18 category of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) rankings. Li Hsin-Yang of Chinese Taipei holds the No. 1 spot while China’s Wang Chuqin is in third spot.
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lengths and may either be executed on the Prince or his
+
−
minister indifferently, with the same effect ; as the Chief
+
−
always makes it a point of honour not to eat or drink while
+
−
his Diwan is in duress ; sometimes the Dharna lasts for
+
−
many days, during which time the party upon whom it is
+
−
exercised is not suffered to eat or drink or wash or pray, or
+
−
in short is not permitted to move from the spot where he
+
−
sits, which is frequently bare-headed in the sun, until the
+
−
money or security be given ; so general is this mode of
+
−
recovery that I suppose the Maratha Chiefs may be said to
+
−
be nearly one-half of their time in a state of Dharna.
+
  
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' In order to obtain redress by would be held to have committed a
+
The 17-year-old Surat boy has been in brilliant form for the last one year and has bagged two Pro-tour gold medals in Slovenia and Indian Open and finished runners-up in Thailand Open last year. A few more wins at the international level will brighten Manav’s chances to climb to the top spot. Manav has also broken into the top-15 in the boys’ U-21rankings.
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Dharna the creditor or injured person mortal sin and would be haunted by his
+
−
would sit starvinp; himself outside his ghost ; see also article on Ehat. The
+
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debtor's door, and if he died the latter accounthere given must be exaggerated.
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Manav, who started playing table tennis at the age of 6 under the guidance of Vahed Malubhai at Sufaiz TT Academy in Surat, began to show his talent at an early stage and impressed everyone by bagging a triple crown in the state meet (cadet, sub-junior and junior) in Surat way back in 2010.
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Apart from Manav, there are as many as 17 India players broke into the top-50 of the world rankings in different categories. Among other successes, recently crowned junior national champion Payas Jain has climbed to the 11th spot, and right behind him is Jeho H at No. 12. Another entrant into the top 50 — Yashansh Malik — is at the 46th spot.
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Snehit S (24), Manush Shah (33), Jeet Chandra (36) and Parth Virmani (43) also promise big things, making it into the upper echelons of the U-18 ITTF rankings. Another Gujarati lad in fray is Ronit Bhanja, who is placed No. 47 in the U-21rankings. In the girls’ U-18 category, Bengaluru lass Archana Girish Kamath has has also moved up smartly from 34 to 18. Chennai girl Selena Selvakumar has also been quietly inching up and is now at No. 37.
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[https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/india-s-junior-paddlers-bag-2-silver-3-bronze-in-serbia-118092100777_1.html  September 21, 2018: ''Business Standard'']
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flight after Ibrahim Khan Gardi had obtained for them a
 
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=Theories about the  origins of the Marathas=
 
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By Ashok Harsana, K. V. Ramakrishna Rao, Omar al Hashim, T.Selvam, Star Rahu
 
  
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[http://archive.worldhistoria.com/origin-of-marathas_topic17264.html World Historia]
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Kovilovo (Serbia): India’s young paddlers extended their purple patch on the international stage, clinching two silver and three bronze medals in the 2018 Serbian Junior and Cadet Open here. Deepit Patil-Anukram Jain and Radhapriya Goel-Anusha Kutumbale emerged as the stars, winning the silver medals in the junior boys’ doubles and the junior girls’ doubles categories respectively here. Diya Chitale-Swastika Ghosh claimed the bronze medal.
  
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Maratha empire came in historical focus during their conflict with Mughal empire. Ofcourse their founder was Shiva-ji and Maratha history during and after His rule is well known but not much is known about the pre-Shiva-ji history of Marathas.
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===Manav is world No. 1===
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[https://epaper.timesgroup.com/Olive/ODN/TimesOfIndia/shared/ShowArticle.aspx?doc=TOIDEL%2F2018%2F02%2F02&entity=Ar02626&sk=A970B625&mode=text  Manav is U-18 world No. 1 paddler, February 2, 2018: ''The Times of India'']
  
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Risley's theory of the Scytho-Dravindian origin of the Marathas is now discarded, it cannot be denied that there exists a great admixture of aboriginal tribal elements in the Marathas, of all grades. Several Maratha clans are totemic: Khandoba (sword father) and Bhavani (mother goddess), the two chief deities of the Marathas, are aboriginal in character.
 
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===Arab accounts===
 
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References to the Marathas and their country are found in accounts by the Arab geographer, Al Biruni (1030 AD), Friar Jordanus (c.1326) and Ibn Batuta (1340), the African traveller. The Marathas came into political prominence only in the 17th century under Shiva-ji.
 
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Historians such as Grant Duff attribute their rise to fortuitous circumstances - "like a conflagration in the forests of Sahyadri mountains" - while Justice Ranade ascribes it to genuine efforts made by Maratha chiefs serving under the Deccani sultans.
 
  
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Chennai: Manav Thakkar became the first Indian paddler to make it to the top of the U-18 world ranking that came out on Thursday. China’s Wang Chuqin grabbed the No.2 slot while Indian-origin American player Kanak Jha was placed at No.3.
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Manav, who rose to the No. 2 spot last month, accumulated 6396 points till January end, according to the latest International Table Tennis Federation rankings. “It’s a great feeling and I’m unable to express it in words,” Manav told TOI from Luxembourg, where he will be vying for top honours in the ITTF World Junior Circuit Finals.
  
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==Indian players’ world rankings, August==
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[https://epaper.timesgroup.com/Olive/ODN/TimesOfIndia/shared/ShowArticle.aspx?doc=TOIDEL%2F2018%2F08%2F04&entity=Ar02412&sk=F37131A3&mode=text  Sharath jumps to 33rd spot in world TT rankings, August 4, 2018: ''The Times of India'']
  
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Achanta Sharath Kamal, long-time poster boy of Indian table tennis, upstaged teammate G Sathiyan to be the highest ranked Indian in the world at No.33. Sathiyan, who is at No.39, has shown a jump of just one spot while Sharath gained 10 positions. Harmeet Desai, who was at 79 before the Commonwealth Games, is very much in the top 100 but 20 places behind at No.99. In women’s rankings, Manika Batra gained 24 places to be at No.57. PTI
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==Jan: National Championships==
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You can still notice the name of the state after them is MahaRashtra which tells you their original Clan name.
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[https://epaper.timesgroup.com/Olive/ODN/TimesOfIndia/shared/ShowArticle.aspx?doc=TOIDEL%2F2019%2F01%2F10&entity=Ar03306&sk=7CF2D005&mode=text  Sam Chakraborty, Sharath Kamal wins record ninth title, January 10, 2019: ''The Times of India'']
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===Marathas at the time of Mughal Empire===
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After fall of Kingdom of Yadavas to Allauddin Khilji (14th century AD), they lost their independence but acquired political and military experience for next two centuries by serving under muslim sultanates of Deccan.
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Interestingly, in Manimekhalai (a post-Sangam Tamil work dated to first centuries), it is mentioned that the metal technicians of Magadha came to Tamilagam to build a Mantap along with minute metal workers of Maratta, Blacksmiths of Avanti, carpenters of Yavanam and of course that of experts of Tamilagam (19.107-111). This also proves the unity and integrity of building technology of Bharat.
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===The Bhosles===
 
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One Maloji Bhosle rose to power in 1595 AD. He was also feudatory to the Mughal Emperor through the Nizam of Ahmednagar. His son Shah Ji Bhosle rebelled against The Mughals but was defeated and captured. He later got his rule back. His wife Jijabai was a lady of extraordinary intellect and was solely responsible for making Shiva-ji's career as the independent Hindu King in muslim (Mughal) dominated Indian scenario, She was from the Royal family of Yadavs (or Jadhavs).
 
  
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''Maiden Crown For 18-Yr-Old Kamath''
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Shiva-ji was born at Shivneri fort in 1627 . Shahaji gave part of his `Jagir' or fiefdom (included Pune, Supe and Chakan) to his wife Jijabai and son Shiva-ji. Shiva-ji at very young age realized the importance of guerilla warfare and taking advantage of growing weakness of Deccan sultanates, seized many forts in western Maharashtra and became the most famous Marathas rule by 1674 by taking the title of Raja and Chhatrapati.
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Shiva-ji's coronation laid the foundation of Maratha dynasty which ruled major part of cental India for next 2 centuries. Shiva-ji died bit prematurely at age of 50 in 1680 AD. At his death his vast kingdom consisted of almost whole of Maharashtra, Goa and Karnataka, part of Gujrath and Tamilnadu states of modern India
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His son Shambhuji ruled for a short period of time. His second son Rajaram (who was married to the daugther of Shiva-ji's Supreme commander ParatapRao Gujar) took the charge after it. He also died fighting Mughals, His wife 'The Barve Tarabai' ruled the Marathas as a representative of her son and started many campaigns against Mughals. After that Pehswas, Holkars, Gayakwads and Shindes came into power one after the other and razed the Mughals kingdom at last.
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=Maratha Clans=
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The bat was off his hand immediately and he was on the floor.
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Maratha community is made of 60 Somvanshi and 36 Suryavanshi clans Thus the total number of clans of Marathas is 96.
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There are five Royal Clans in Marathas namely
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Bhosle, Gujar, Mohite, Jadhav, Ahirrav.  
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Achanta Sharath Kamal, who had flown in brother Rajat to have him by his side, just could not believe that he had created history at the 80th National Table Tennis Championships. A record ninth title in men’s singles category was finally his, Kamlesh Mehta’s eight wins standing second best to his phenomenal achievement.
  
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These royal clans were considered the highest among Marathas and would intermerry among these clans only.
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As Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium rose to congratulate the 36-year-old on a cool Wednesday evening, the Petroleum Sports Promotion Board (PSPB) man could not be happier. Up against teammate G Sathiyan in the final, Sharath triumphed 11-13, 11-5, 11-6, 5-11, 10-12, 11-6, 14-12.
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Sathiyan, who had finished behind Soumyajit Ghosh in the 2014 edition of the tournament, looked hungry and determined as he pushed Sharath to the limit. Pulling off one exquisite smash after the other, the 26-year-old hardly put a foot wrong. Playing like a man possessed, Sathiyan needed one more game to clinch his maiden title while Sharath’s feat seemed a distant possibility when the former had gone up 3-2.
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There are 96 kuli clan s of Royal Marathas and each of them is ancient .
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True Maratha Scattered due to their native place,heroic deed,Migration and some acts.
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A change of the T-shirt before the sixth game probably worked for the defending champion as Sharath roared back the way only he could. Bringing all his experience into play, he opened up the game by choosing to play longer rallies than going for his preferred serveand-kill method.
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example of Maratha Scattering as
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Parmar - Panwar - Powar - Puar -Dalvi - Nimbalkar - Naik Nimbalkar - Khardekar etc.
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The move paid dividends with Sathiyan falling prey to the tactic and pulling his shots wide. Having missed two match points in the seventh game, Sharath kept his cool and when Sathiyan faltered at 12-13, the former marched into the record books.
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in above relation all clans are descendant of Hindu king related to Parmara .now rajput helds name Panwar at chhattarpur ,Pawar/Puar  Marathas at Dhar ,Dewas , while Dalvi are their branches welknown Deshmukh of Lakhimpur ,in case of  Nimbalkar  they accquire their name due to Village Nimbalak,tal- Phaltan,Dist-satara,Maharashtra and among them Ruler Nimbalkar known as Naik Nimbalkar of Phaltan, whose one of the Branch  ruled Kharda place ,welknown as Khardekar Clan.
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Bhosale- Sisode - Ghorpade -Kharade-Dekhale- Divekar-Kanase etc.
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Above Bhosale clan who migrated from western maharashtra to Khandesh known as Dekhale , Village Kharadi causes Kharade , Bhosale when assisted king Shiva-ji by lightening torch known as Diva in Marathi causes Divekar etc.
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here , Yadav traces their origin from Rajput clan who supposed to be Lord Krishna's Descendant and further they converted into Jadhav due to language  and Some Jadhav who served Sultanets refered as Rao  title called as Jadhav-rao .
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In above manner Maratha Clan Scattered from original 96 kuli clans.
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About five families in Maratha,i.e. pure Maratha among 96 ,there are five groups of clans which closely resembles each other by means of Totem { Devak }, Traditions ,Old Royal Links etc. These Five clans highly disputed.there is no certain five clans which can be considered as high.
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On a day when emotions ran high, 18 year-old Archana Kamath could barely hide her tears.
  
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Each and every clan among Royal 96 kuli has its own characteristics. According Royalty,Bravery ,Kshatriya Arya Origin , Rishi's Created 96 kuliULI  Maratha list.
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The PSPB girl, after all, had just won her maiden senior national title in women’s singles. She eclipsed West Bengal’s Krittwika Sinha Roy 12-10, 6-11, 11-9, 12-10, 7-11, 11-3 to become the second youngest woman to win the trophy after Rinku Gupta in 1988.
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This list is not available partiucularly but some clans in Maratha Dominated Maharashtra political Scene is welknown.
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Yadav ,Shilahar,Hoysal,Rajputs,Regional Rulers Constitutes Maratha Cast which is referred as Pure High Marathas.
 
  
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Some cultivators in Maharashtra,are also descendants of Royal dynasties they married with Royal Marathas and Constitute Kunabi Maratha Cast.
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'''Results'''
  
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REMEMBER WELL, that Kunabi means farmer from all castes but Maratha Royal 96 kuli CLANS
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Men’s singles: Achanta Sharath Kamal (PSPB) beat G Sathiyan (PSPB) 11-13, 11-5, 11-6, 5-11, 10-12, 11-6, 14-12 Women’s singles: Archana Kamath (PSPB) beat Krittwika Sinha Roy (WB) 12-10, 6-11, 11-9, 12-10, 7-11, 11-3 Men’s doubles final: Arjun Ghosh & Ronit Bhanja (WB) bt Anirban Ghosh & Anirban Nandi (RSPB) 14-12, 8-11, 11-9, 12-10 Women’s doubles final: Nikhat Banu & Sreeja Akula (Telg) bt Anannya Basak & Srushti Haleangadi (Mah) 11-2, 11-8, 8-11, 11-7
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In Maratha, the Kadu Maratha word denotes the Maratha  from low background i.e. One who married and keeps relationships With low caste and even other than Maratha Caste.
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Sath Ghare / Seven Clans Among Maratha is term come into existance only when Bhosale Sardar,the general of Maratha confederecy , selects 7 clans among 96 for marriage.
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==Jan: Indians in world rankings==
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[https://epaper.timesgroup.com/Olive/ODN/TimesOfIndia/shared/ShowArticle.aspx?doc=TOIDEL%2F2019%2F01%2F31&entity=Ar02817&sk=D29DD577&mode=text  Sathiyan highest-ranked Indian at 28, Manika breaks into top-50, January 31, 2019: ''The Times of India'']
  
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These Seven Clans : Phalke ,Shirke, Mohite ,Jadhav  and some others.
 
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====Panchkuli and Saptakuli ====
 
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Panchkuli does not exist but its existence is due to Maratha Consideration of Supremeness and comparison in between them.
 
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About another configuration they contains Rajput considered Marathas like Sisode / sisodiya,Bhosale/ Gehlot,Rathod -Ghatge ,Solanki - Salunkhe, Bhati - Bhoite ,Rana - Rane,Chouhan - Chavan ,Tomar - Taware etc. clans.
 
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Another list says that clans like Gujars,JAT ,Angre ,Ahir rao, Kshirsagar,dhampal,shankhapal etc. clans are Panchkuli's.
 
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Shitole,Pisal,Kakade,Shirke,Sawant,Hande,Nimbalkar,Jedhe,Mohite's  etc. termed as Panchkuli  Marathas.
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Leading Indian paddler G Sathiyan rose to a career-high 28 in the world rankings, while compatriot Manika Batra became the first female from the country to break into the top 50. Sathiyan gained three spots to achieve a new career-high ranking while Batra moved up four spots to be 47th.
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Veteran Sharath Kamal, who was conferred with the Padma Shri last week, dropped three places to be 33rd in the men’s singles standings. Indian table tennis experienced a historic 2018 when the men’s team won the country’s first medal at the Asian Games to end a 60-year-wait. Later in the competition held in Jakarta, Sharath and Batra combined to win a second bronze.
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==Feb: Indians win 4 medals in Bahrain junior TT==
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[https://epaper.timesgroup.com/Olive/ODN/TimesOfIndia/shared/ShowArticle.aspx?doc=TOIDEL%2F2019%2F02%2F10&entity=Ar02616&sk=A4973C48&mode=text  February 10, 2019: ''The Times of India'']
  
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India’s young paddlers stole the limelight in the Bahrain Junior and Cadet Open table tennis tournament, clinching four medals, including a gold, in Manama. Besides the gold, India won two silver and a bronze.
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India fielded three teams in the cadet girls’ team event and swept all the three medals on offer. India A team won the gold, the India B the silver and the India C the bronze. India B team of Yashaswini Ghorpade and Kavya Sree Baskar beat Egypt in the first semifinal while India A defeated India C in the other semifinal. In the final, the India A team of Suhana Saini and Anargya Manjunath proved too strong for India B and clinched the gold medal on Friday night.
  
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The Indian men’s team went down to Japan 3-1 in the quarterfinals of the ITTF Asian Table Tennis Championships. Japan will play China, who beat Singapore 3-0.
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Earlier, India recorded a 3-0 win over Thailand. After blanking out Kuwait and Sri Lanka with identical 3-0 wins in the group stages on Sunday, India entered the knockout stage of the 1st Division. In the knockouts they defeated Saudi Arabia (3-1) and followed it up with a win over Thailand.
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Sharath Kamal defeated Padasak Tanviriyavechakul 8-11, 11-6, 11-4, 9-11, 11-2 to put India up. It was quite a struggle for the World No. 41as he, after going 2-1 up, made some errors which helped the Thai claw his way back. But the experienced Indian held on and sealed the game. TNN
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The Indian men’s team logged their best ever result at ITTF Asian Table Tennis Championships, finishing fifth after beating Hong Kong 3-1 in the classification match in New Delhi on Wednesday.
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The Indian team also defeated Iran 3-0 to clinch the gold medal in the champions division. In the classification match, India tried out a new opening with Sharath Kamal, who after the initial struggle, managed to put it across Lam Siu Hang 9-11, 11-6, 7-11, 11-7, 11-7 to provide the lead.
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[https://epaper.timesgroup.com/Olive/ODN/TimesOfIndia/shared/ShowArticle.aspx?doc=TOIDEL/2019/09/21&entity=Ar02501&sk=FE1118D7&mode=text  Sep 21, 2019: ''The Times of India'']
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Paddler Sathiyan falls after becoming second Indian to reach Asian QF
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World No. 4 Lin Gaoyuan beat G Sathiyan 3-1 to stop the Indian’s brilliant run in the 24th ITTF-ATTU Asian Table Tennis Championships here on Friday. Sathiyan, who became only the second Indian to reach the men’s singles quarterfinals at the continental event defeating An-Ji Song of North Korea earlier in the day, lost the first game 7-11 to Lin but came back hard to restore parity in the second. Lin showed his class and bagged two back-to-back games to wrap it up in style in just 38 minutes.
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“I am extremely happy to reach the quarterfinals for the first time and it has been a wonderful journey so far. I would really love to set the bar high for Indian table tennis and hungry to go even further in the tournament,” said an elated Saithyan after his pre-quarterfinal win.
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Reminded that he and Achanta Sharath Kamal had an impressive outing against Gao and his partner earlier in the day in doubles, Sathiyan said, “Yes, we were almost in the medal round and that would have been historic.”
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In the round of 64, Sathiyan had accounted for Singapore’s Koh Dominic Song Jun 11-6, 11-4, 11-5 before beating Iran’s Noshad Alamiyan 8-11, 11-7, 11-6, 11-5 in the round of 32. Sathiyan and Sharath Kamal failed to reach the medal round in the men’s double as they lost to the Chinese duo of Liang Jingkun and Lin Gaoyuan 6-11, 12-10, 7-11, 11-8, 7-11.
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G Sathiyan and Achanta Sharath Kamal sailed into the men’s doubles quarterfinals at the ITTF Asian Table Tennis Championships with an easy win over Mahfoodh Sayed Murtadha and Rashed Rashed of Bahrain at Yogyakarta, Indonesia, on Thursday. The Indian duo beat Murtadha and Rashed 11-8 11-6 11-3 in a lop-sided affair.
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[https://epaper.timesgroup.com/Olive/ODN/TimesOfIndia/shared/ShowArticle.aspx?doc=TOIDEL%2F2019%2F09%2F04&entity=Ar02719&sk=1F529D36&mode=text  Sep 4, 2019: ''The Times of India'']
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Indian boys entered the final of the Asian Junior and Cadet Table Tennis Championships, beating South Korea 3-2 to assure themselves of at least a silver.
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The result also helped the team to directly qualify for the World Junior Championships to be held in Thailand in November. China blanked out Taipei 3-0 and will take on India in the final.
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Top three teams at the continental event here qualify for the Worlds but with no third-place playoff, the third team’s fate will be decided on the individual players’ performance from Tapei and Kore, the bronze medallists and other teams including Japan.
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[https://epaper.timesgroup.com/Olive/ODN/TimesOfIndia/shared/ShowArticle.aspx?doc=TOIDEL%2F2019%2F09%2F05&entity=Ar02619&sk=E5EC4776&mode=text  Sep 5, 2019: ''The Times of India'']
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The Indian boys team settled for a silver medal at the Asian Junior and Cadet Championships after losing the final 0-3 to top seed China but the second-place helped them qualify for the World Junior Championships. Raegan Albuquerque went down 7-11, 8-11, 9-11 to Xu Yingbin. India's No. 1 player Manush Shah was patchy to begin with against world No. 6 Xiang Peng who beat the Indian left-hander 7-11, 12-10, 5-11, 9-11. In the third singles, Anukram Jain lost to Liu Yebo 11-6, 11-4, 11-5.
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[https://epaper.timesgroup.com/Olive/ODN/TimesOfIndia/shared/ShowArticle.aspx?doc=TOIDEL%2F2019%2F09%2F08&entity=Ar02508&sk=60F92AEA&mode=text  Kabeer Khan, Sep 8, 2019: ''The Times of India'']
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For the last couple of months, Payas Jain and his coaches were uncertain about the teenager playing in the cadets (U-15) division or junior (U-18) division. He was mostly playing in the senior events. The 14-year old paddler’s cadet ranking thus plunged from World No. 4 to 18.
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On Saturday, Payas won the silver medal in the Asian Junior and Cadet Table Tennis Championships in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. In the final, the Delhi-based paddler went down 0-4 to World No. 1 and top seed, Yuanyu Chen of China. On his way to the final, Payas, seeded seventh, beat fourth seed Izaac Quek Yong of South Korea in the quarterfinals. But Payas was no match for Yaunyu who won the match 13-11, 11-6, 11-8, 11-5 within 20 minutes.
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The silver medal has ensured Payas a place in the Asian team for World Cadet Challenge that will be held at Wladyslawowo (Poland) in October. “My confidence was low coming in to the singles’ competition because I had not even won a game in the team event (on Tuesday). I played well but today, I could not match my opponent’s strategy,” said Payas. Earlier this year, he had won a silver in the team’s event in Bahrain Open. 
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Hosts India continued to make merry on the second day of the 21st Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships at Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium, as the women’s outfit booked their place in the semifinals with a clinical display.
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Clubbed in Group F with Malaysia, Wales and Nigeria for the second round of team events, the Indian women’s squad came out firing on all cylinders as they blanked the Welsh team 3-0. Madhurika Patkar received an early scare from Wales’ Charlotte Carey, when she dropped the first game before wrapping up her tie 5-11, 11-8, 11-5, 11-8. Reigning national champion Archana Kamath, too, wasted little time in garnering an 11-8, 11-6, 11-7 victory over Carey’s teammate Beth Richards, before India’s Ayhika Mukhrejee beat Lara Whitton 11-3, 11-8, 11-7 to complete the rout.
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While Kamath registered a fine 11-6, 12-10, 11-6 win over Malaysia’s Tee Ai Xin, Batra lost two games in a see-saw battle before emerging winner with a 13-11, 8-11, 7-11, 12-10, 11-9 scoreline. Patkar, too, was stretched to the fifth game for her 11-8, 8-11, 11-2, 6-11, 11-5 victory over Alice Li Sian.
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While Kamath dropped the first game against Offiong Edem, she rallied back to claim a 6-11, 11-4, 11-5, 11-8 win over the Nigerian. Ajoke N Ojumo, too, suffered the same fate against Batra as the world No. 56 eked out a comfortable 11-3, 11-4, 11-3 victory. India’s Sutirtha Mukherjee completed the formalities with an 11-4, 11-8, 11-8 triumph over Cecilia Akan. Following suit, Indian men’s team, placed in Group F with Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Wales, thrashed Lankans 3-0 with Anthony Amalraj scoring a 11-5, 11-6, 11-3 win over Krishan Wickramarathna in the first match of the tie, while world No. 24 G Sathyan cruised to an 11-5, 11-3, 11-4 victory over Nirmala Jayasinghe. Manav Thakkar initially found the going tough but eventually prevailed in a four-game win over his Lankan opponent Milinda Lakshitha 8-11, 11-4, 11-8, 11-1.
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It was fabulous for India under lights at Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium as both the men’s and women’s team clinched gold at the 21st Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships.
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Up against a resilient England, the hosts led by Achanta Sharath Kamal came back from the brink to clinch the rubber 3-2. While Sharath himself lost the first tie against England’s Thomas Jarvis 7-11, 8-11, 4-11, G Sathiyan went down to Samuel Walker 11-5, 11-9, 4-11, 8-11, 8-11.
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The women’s team claimed their maiden title blanking their English counterparts 3-0. Archana Kamath began the proceedings with an 8-11, 13-11, 11-9, 11-9 win over England’s Ho Tin-Tin, while Manika Batra, battling a viral infection, made it 2-0 for India with an 11-6, 11-4, 11-3 triumph over Denise Payet. Madhurika Patkar completed the rout against Emily Bolton with an 11-6, 11-4, 11-3 win.
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India’s G Sathiyan and Archana Kamath won the mixed doubles gold at the Commonwealth Table Tennis championbship with consummate ease at Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium here on Sunday. The top-seeded duo defeated Singapore’s Yu En Koen Pang and Goi Rui Xuan 11-1, 11-7, 11-4 to win the Guernsey Cup. The Indian pair hardly gave the opposition any chance, racing to an 8-0 lead in the opening game and while Pang looked in good form, the Indian pair proved too strong for the occasion.
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It was a marvellous Monday for the spectators and Indian players, with the hosts making a clean sweep of the seven gold medals on offer at the 21st Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships on the final day of the competition. Cutting across disciplines, India emerged as the unchallenged force in the tournament to finish with a tally of 15 medals.
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Harmeet Desai, who had been instrumental in bringing India back from the dead during the team event final, played a spectacular game of table tennis against compatriot G Sathiyan to win gold in men’s singles final. The 26-year-old proved his mettle once again as he claimed a muchdeserved 9-11, 6-11, 11-5, 11-8, 17-15, 7-11, 11-9 win despite an initial struggle against the world No. 24.
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Indian qualifier Suthirta Mukherjee dug deep into her resources to tame German world No. 58 Sabine Winter 4-3 while super star Manika Batra savoured an easy win in the women's singles first round of the ITTF World Championships here Tuesday. CWG gold medallist Manika beat Andrea Todorovic of Serbia 14-12, 11-5,11-5,11-8,in the roundof 64.
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New Delhi: The Indian doubles pair of Achanta Sharath Kamal and Gnanasekaran Sathiyan entered top-20 in the latest ITTF men's doubles world ranking, even as Anthony Amalraj broke into the singles top-100. The duo, who clinched silver medal in Hungarian Open table tennis tournament last month, jumped 20 places to claim 17th position. Tamil Nadu paddler Amlraj moved up seven positions to break into the top-100. In the women's singles rankings, Sutirtha Mukherjee made a massive jump of 51 spots to be at her career-best 109th position. The Kolkata paddler is now the second highest ranked Indian woman in the world rankings after Manika Batra, who went five places up to secure 62nd position Among the male players, Sathiyan is the highest ranked Indian at 31 in the singles rankings. PTI
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2015

Commonwealth Table Tennis Championship

A record medals haul

The Times of India Dec 21 2015

Shweta Singh

Surat

An impressive performance on Sunday ensured that India will end the 20th Commonwealth Table Tennis Championship with their best-ever medal haul in the competition. In the mixed doubles event, the hosts recorded a first when the pair of G Sathiyan and Ankita Das got past compatriots Soumyajit Ghosh and Mouma Das 3-1 to capture India's maiden gold in the event. The bronze was also won by India. The hosts have ensured as many as 16 medals, their highest-ever in CW TT beating nine which they got from the 2013 edition of the games in Delhi. Five Indian paddlers -Soumyajit, Anthony Amalraj, Sanil, Manika and Mouma Das -are certain of returning home with individual medals.

While in the men's doubles, four Indian pairs, -Harmeet DesaiGhosh, Abhishek Yadav-Sudhanshu Grover, Amalraj-Shetty and Sathiyan-Devesh, ensured that four more medals add to India's tally . In women's doubles, two Indian pairs, K Shamini-Mouma, Ankita-Manika, stormed their way into the semifinals to ensure at least a bronze.

India now have gold and silver in team's men and women's events, three medals in mixed doubles and with 11 still waiting in the wings, the tally touches a massive 16.

In men's singles quarters, world No. 95 Ghosh made easy work of Scotland's Gavin Rumgay in four straight games to sail in the semifinals where he will play world No. 176 Chen Feng of Singapore who accounted for Ghosh's compatriot G Sathiyan 11-13, 11-9, 7-11, 10-12, 11-4, 5-11.

In an all-Indian quarterfinals, qualifer Sanil Shetty broke the hearts of Surtis when he came from behind to upset local lad and fourth seed Harmeet Desai 9-11, 4-11, 11-9, 711, 11-8, 11-9, 11-5. Both the players displayed an array of forehand topspin shots from back of the table but in the end the southpaw Shetty prevailed over a nervous-looking Desai.

The other quarterfinals saw yet another all-India clash in which Amalraj defeated Abhishek Yadav.

Mouma, Manika assured of medal: Two Indian women Mouma Das and Manika Batra assured themselves of at least a bronze medal by reaching the semifinals. India No. 2 Mouma had a tough time against Pooja Sahasrabudhe who stretched her compatriot all the way . There was little to chose between the two girls but in the decider, Mouma's massive experience was too much for Pooja to handle.

India bag 16 medals in all

The Times of IndiaDec 22 2015

India at the 2015 Commonwealth Table Tennis Championship: some results; Graphic courtesy: The Times of IndiaDec 22 2015

ShwetaSingh


It was a befitting Commonwealth Table Tennis Championship final in which Cheng Feng was made to work hard by India's Anthony Amalraj before the Singaporean could win the men's singles title here on Monday .

Amalraj's silver helped the Indian contingent clinch their best-ever medal haul of 16 ­ including three gold, six silver and seven bronze ­ in the tournament. India's highest tally before this was nine which the hosts managed in New Delhi in 2013. Singapore topped the medals tally with four gold medals and a team bronze.

2017

==Senior Table Tennis Nationals: 2017: Sharath, Madhurika top Kamal wins 7th national crown, Feb 6, 2017: The Times of India

Sharath had won his maiden title at Manesar nationals 13 years ago when Haryana had hosted the event in 2003.

Veteran Achanta Sharath Kamal bagged his seventh national crown in men's singles, while Madhurika Patkar became the champion for the first time in the women's singles at the 11Even Sports Senior Table Tennis Nationals.

In the men's singles final, a visibly tired Sharath beat an equal ly weary Soumyajit Ghosh 4-2 to clinch the title at the Manesar Sports Club here.

Madhurika downed six-time national champion Poulo mi Ghatak 4-0 in the women's singles final.

Sharath and Madhurika's efforts fetched them Rs. 2.2 lakh and Rs. 1.2 lakh, respectively. The confidence that Sharath had gained in the semifinals against fifth-seed Harmeet Desai had done a world of good as he went into the final against the two-time champion Ghosh.

South Asian Junior Table Tennis Championships

India win 10 gold in junior TT event, May 22, 2017: The Times of India

India added six more gold on the concluding day to win all 10 gold medals on offer in the South Asian Junior Table Tennis Championships at Mount Lavinia, near Colombo.

They also claimed four silver medals for a total of 14 medals from the regional championships. After winning four gold medals in team events on the first two days of the three-day championships, the Indian paddlers continued their domination in two doubles events and followed them up with gold in all singles.


World rankings and India: 2017: Three Indians in top 100

Three Indian paddlers in top 100, May 4, 2017: The Times of India


Harmeet Desai has joined his India teammates, Sharath Kamal and Soumyajit Ghosh, by breaking the top-100 barrier to touch a career high 95 in the latest table tennis world rankings.

This is the first time ever that three Indians figure in top-100 of ITTF rankings.With his sterling show at the Wuxi Asian Championships, Harmeet moved five places ahead after being at No. 100 on the men's ranking list.

Sharath is still the top-ran ked Indian at No. 54 while Ghosh, despite winning the Chile Open on Sunday , made a small jump ahead, moving to 83 from 84. But the worst sufferer is Manika Batra who, from world No. 93, has been pushed to No. 103.


2018

Asian Junior, Cadet Championships

Manav Thakkar bags two bronze at Asian Junior TT, August 19, 2018: The Times of India


India’s junior paddlers, led by World No 5 Manav Thakkar, bagged three medals at the Asian Junior and Cadet Championships in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar. In the doubles, the duo of Manav and Manush Shah won bronze. Manav then paired up with Archana Kamath to win his second bronze in the mixed doubles.

Indian presence in the world arena

Ayaz Memon, June 15, 2018: The Times of India

( Ayaz Memon is a prominent sports writer, journalist, columnist, author and lawyer)

India’s unprecedented successes at the 2018 CWG could be a turning point for table tennis in the country. Eight medals overall (3 gold, 2 silver, 3 bronze) – the most for India in any sport — is a fantastic harvest.

This was something that nobody would have anticipated. In hindsight, I would like to believe this suggests a paradigm shift in the way the sport is being perceived and played in the country now. This is borne out by the performances of our players in recent competitions and their rankings.

Four Indians are in the top-100 in the world across men’s and women’s categories and as many more are poised to achieve that distinction. Talented Indian players getting exposure, whether in young leagues like the CEAT UTT or older ones in Germany and elsewhere is not only heartening, but also imperative for sport to grow in the country.

With professionally run platforms like CEAT UTT bringing top-class table tennis to the masses in India, I believe a full-fledged revolution in the sport is underway.

Manav no.2 junior, 17 Indians in world top-50

Krishnakanta Chakraborty, Manav rises to world No. 2, January 20, 2018: The Times of India


Manav Thakkar became the first Indian paddler to grab the world No.2 spot in the boys’ under-18 category of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) rankings. Li Hsin-Yang of Chinese Taipei holds the No. 1 spot while China’s Wang Chuqin is in third spot.

The 17-year-old Surat boy has been in brilliant form for the last one year and has bagged two Pro-tour gold medals in Slovenia and Indian Open and finished runners-up in Thailand Open last year. A few more wins at the international level will brighten Manav’s chances to climb to the top spot. Manav has also broken into the top-15 in the boys’ U-21rankings.

Manav, who started playing table tennis at the age of 6 under the guidance of Vahed Malubhai at Sufaiz TT Academy in Surat, began to show his talent at an early stage and impressed everyone by bagging a triple crown in the state meet (cadet, sub-junior and junior) in Surat way back in 2010.

Apart from Manav, there are as many as 17 India players broke into the top-50 of the world rankings in different categories. Among other successes, recently crowned junior national champion Payas Jain has climbed to the 11th spot, and right behind him is Jeho H at No. 12. Another entrant into the top 50 — Yashansh Malik — is at the 46th spot.

Snehit S (24), Manush Shah (33), Jeet Chandra (36) and Parth Virmani (43) also promise big things, making it into the upper echelons of the U-18 ITTF rankings. Another Gujarati lad in fray is Ronit Bhanja, who is placed No. 47 in the U-21rankings. In the girls’ U-18 category, Bengaluru lass Archana Girish Kamath has has also moved up smartly from 34 to 18. Chennai girl Selena Selvakumar has also been quietly inching up and is now at No. 37.

Serbian Junior and Cadet Open

Junior paddlers bag 2 silver, 3 bronze

September 21, 2018: Business Standard


Kovilovo (Serbia): India’s young paddlers extended their purple patch on the international stage, clinching two silver and three bronze medals in the 2018 Serbian Junior and Cadet Open here. Deepit Patil-Anukram Jain and Radhapriya Goel-Anusha Kutumbale emerged as the stars, winning the silver medals in the junior boys’ doubles and the junior girls’ doubles categories respectively here. Diya Chitale-Swastika Ghosh claimed the bronze medal.

U-18

Manav is world No. 1

Manav is U-18 world No. 1 paddler, February 2, 2018: The Times of India


Chennai: Manav Thakkar became the first Indian paddler to make it to the top of the U-18 world ranking that came out on Thursday. China’s Wang Chuqin grabbed the No.2 slot while Indian-origin American player Kanak Jha was placed at No.3.

Manav, who rose to the No. 2 spot last month, accumulated 6396 points till January end, according to the latest International Table Tennis Federation rankings. “It’s a great feeling and I’m unable to express it in words,” Manav told TOI from Luxembourg, where he will be vying for top honours in the ITTF World Junior Circuit Finals.

Indian players’ world rankings, August

Sharath jumps to 33rd spot in world TT rankings, August 4, 2018: The Times of India


Achanta Sharath Kamal, long-time poster boy of Indian table tennis, upstaged teammate G Sathiyan to be the highest ranked Indian in the world at No.33. Sathiyan, who is at No.39, has shown a jump of just one spot while Sharath gained 10 positions. Harmeet Desai, who was at 79 before the Commonwealth Games, is very much in the top 100 but 20 places behind at No.99. In women’s rankings, Manika Batra gained 24 places to be at No.57. PTI

2019

Jan: National Championships

Sam Chakraborty, Sharath Kamal wins record ninth title, January 10, 2019: The Times of India


Maiden Crown For 18-Yr-Old Kamath

The bat was off his hand immediately and he was on the floor.

Achanta Sharath Kamal, who had flown in brother Rajat to have him by his side, just could not believe that he had created history at the 80th National Table Tennis Championships. A record ninth title in men’s singles category was finally his, Kamlesh Mehta’s eight wins standing second best to his phenomenal achievement.

As Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium rose to congratulate the 36-year-old on a cool Wednesday evening, the Petroleum Sports Promotion Board (PSPB) man could not be happier. Up against teammate G Sathiyan in the final, Sharath triumphed 11-13, 11-5, 11-6, 5-11, 10-12, 11-6, 14-12.

Sathiyan, who had finished behind Soumyajit Ghosh in the 2014 edition of the tournament, looked hungry and determined as he pushed Sharath to the limit. Pulling off one exquisite smash after the other, the 26-year-old hardly put a foot wrong. Playing like a man possessed, Sathiyan needed one more game to clinch his maiden title while Sharath’s feat seemed a distant possibility when the former had gone up 3-2.

A change of the T-shirt before the sixth game probably worked for the defending champion as Sharath roared back the way only he could. Bringing all his experience into play, he opened up the game by choosing to play longer rallies than going for his preferred serveand-kill method.

The move paid dividends with Sathiyan falling prey to the tactic and pulling his shots wide. Having missed two match points in the seventh game, Sharath kept his cool and when Sathiyan faltered at 12-13, the former marched into the record books.

On a day when emotions ran high, 18 year-old Archana Kamath could barely hide her tears.

The PSPB girl, after all, had just won her maiden senior national title in women’s singles. She eclipsed West Bengal’s Krittwika Sinha Roy 12-10, 6-11, 11-9, 12-10, 7-11, 11-3 to become the second youngest woman to win the trophy after Rinku Gupta in 1988.


Results

Men’s singles: Achanta Sharath Kamal (PSPB) beat G Sathiyan (PSPB) 11-13, 11-5, 11-6, 5-11, 10-12, 11-6, 14-12 Women’s singles: Archana Kamath (PSPB) beat Krittwika Sinha Roy (WB) 12-10, 6-11, 11-9, 12-10, 7-11, 11-3 Men’s doubles final: Arjun Ghosh & Ronit Bhanja (WB) bt Anirban Ghosh & Anirban Nandi (RSPB) 14-12, 8-11, 11-9, 12-10 Women’s doubles final: Nikhat Banu & Sreeja Akula (Telg) bt Anannya Basak & Srushti Haleangadi (Mah) 11-2, 11-8, 8-11, 11-7

Jan: Indians in world rankings

Sathiyan highest-ranked Indian at 28, Manika breaks into top-50, January 31, 2019: The Times of India


Leading Indian paddler G Sathiyan rose to a career-high 28 in the world rankings, while compatriot Manika Batra became the first female from the country to break into the top 50. Sathiyan gained three spots to achieve a new career-high ranking while Batra moved up four spots to be 47th.

Veteran Sharath Kamal, who was conferred with the Padma Shri last week, dropped three places to be 33rd in the men’s singles standings. Indian table tennis experienced a historic 2018 when the men’s team won the country’s first medal at the Asian Games to end a 60-year-wait. Later in the competition held in Jakarta, Sharath and Batra combined to win a second bronze.

Feb: Indians win 4 medals in Bahrain junior TT

February 10, 2019: The Times of India


India’s young paddlers stole the limelight in the Bahrain Junior and Cadet Open table tennis tournament, clinching four medals, including a gold, in Manama. Besides the gold, India won two silver and a bronze.

India fielded three teams in the cadet girls’ team event and swept all the three medals on offer. India A team won the gold, the India B the silver and the India C the bronze. India B team of Yashaswini Ghorpade and Kavya Sree Baskar beat Egypt in the first semifinal while India A defeated India C in the other semifinal. In the final, the India A team of Suhana Saini and Anargya Manjunath proved too strong for India B and clinched the gold medal on Friday night.

In the junior girls' competition, which was played in a round robin format, the Indian team of Manushree Patil and Swastika Ghosh beat three teams before losing to eventual champions Russia.

India collected seven points to win silver.

Asian Championships

India lose to Japan in quarters

Sep 17, 2019: The Times of India

Yogyakarta (Indonesia):

The Indian men’s team went down to Japan 3-1 in the quarterfinals of the ITTF Asian Table Tennis Championships. Japan will play China, who beat Singapore 3-0.

Earlier, India recorded a 3-0 win over Thailand. After blanking out Kuwait and Sri Lanka with identical 3-0 wins in the group stages on Sunday, India entered the knockout stage of the 1st Division. In the knockouts they defeated Saudi Arabia (3-1) and followed it up with a win over Thailand.

Sharath Kamal defeated Padasak Tanviriyavechakul 8-11, 11-6, 11-4, 9-11, 11-2 to put India up. It was quite a struggle for the World No. 41as he, after going 2-1 up, made some errors which helped the Thai claw his way back. But the experienced Indian held on and sealed the game. TNN

India finishes fifth

Indian paddlers finish fifth

The Indian men’s team logged their best ever result at ITTF Asian Table Tennis Championships, finishing fifth after beating Hong Kong 3-1 in the classification match in New Delhi on Wednesday. The Indian team also defeated Iran 3-0 to clinch the gold medal in the champions division. In the classification match, India tried out a new opening with Sharath Kamal, who after the initial struggle, managed to put it across Lam Siu Hang 9-11, 11-6, 7-11, 11-7, 11-7 to provide the lead.

Sathiyan, 2nd Indian to reach Asian QF, loses in QF

Sep 21, 2019: The Times of India

Paddler Sathiyan falls after becoming second Indian to reach Asian QF

Yogyakarta (Indonesia):

World No. 4 Lin Gaoyuan beat G Sathiyan 3-1 to stop the Indian’s brilliant run in the 24th ITTF-ATTU Asian Table Tennis Championships here on Friday. Sathiyan, who became only the second Indian to reach the men’s singles quarterfinals at the continental event defeating An-Ji Song of North Korea earlier in the day, lost the first game 7-11 to Lin but came back hard to restore parity in the second. Lin showed his class and bagged two back-to-back games to wrap it up in style in just 38 minutes.

Earlier, Sathiyan, the top-ranked Indian in the world, hardly broke a sweat as he notched up a 11-7, 11-8, 11-6 win against his North Korean opponent in the pre-quarterfinal match that lasted 22 minutes. The only other occasion when an Indian paddler had reached the singles quarterfinals was when Sudhir Phadke beat a Chinese in the pre-quarterfinals of the Asian Championships in Pyongyang way back in 1976. Phadke passed away in 2018, aged 58.

“I am extremely happy to reach the quarterfinals for the first time and it has been a wonderful journey so far. I would really love to set the bar high for Indian table tennis and hungry to go even further in the tournament,” said an elated Saithyan after his pre-quarterfinal win. On his plans in the quarterfinals, Sathiyan had said: “I will go with an aim to win and try to play my best.”

Reminded that he and Achanta Sharath Kamal had an impressive outing against Gao and his partner earlier in the day in doubles, Sathiyan said, “Yes, we were almost in the medal round and that would have been historic.”

In the round of 64, Sathiyan had accounted for Singapore’s Koh Dominic Song Jun 11-6, 11-4, 11-5 before beating Iran’s Noshad Alamiyan 8-11, 11-7, 11-6, 11-5 in the round of 32. Sathiyan and Sharath Kamal failed to reach the medal round in the men’s double as they lost to the Chinese duo of Liang Jingkun and Lin Gaoyuan 6-11, 12-10, 7-11, 11-8, 7-11.

In women’s, only Ayhika entered the prequarterfinals before losing to Ding Ning of China. Manika Batra lost to Hitomi Sato of Japan in the round of 32 while Archana lost to Feng Tianwei of Singapore. AGENCIES

Kamal-Sathiyan duo enters quarters

G Sathiyan and Achanta Sharath Kamal sailed into the men’s doubles quarterfinals at the ITTF Asian Table Tennis Championships with an easy win over Mahfoodh Sayed Murtadha and Rashed Rashed of Bahrain at Yogyakarta, Indonesia, on Thursday. The Indian duo beat Murtadha and Rashed 11-8 11-6 11-3 in a lop-sided affair.

Asian Junior, Cadet Championships

Indians in final

Sep 4, 2019: The Times of India

Indian boys entered the final of the Asian Junior and Cadet Table Tennis Championships, beating South Korea 3-2 to assure themselves of at least a silver.

The result also helped the team to directly qualify for the World Junior Championships to be held in Thailand in November. China blanked out Taipei 3-0 and will take on India in the final.

Top three teams at the continental event here qualify for the Worlds but with no third-place playoff, the third team’s fate will be decided on the individual players’ performance from Tapei and Kore, the bronze medallists and other teams including Japan.

In the individual events, Japanese players stand a good chance to qualify as the third squad for the Worlds. PTI

Indian boys win silver

Sep 5, 2019: The Times of India

Indian boys settle for silver at junior Asian TT event

Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia):

The Indian boys team settled for a silver medal at the Asian Junior and Cadet Championships after losing the final 0-3 to top seed China but the second-place helped them qualify for the World Junior Championships. Raegan Albuquerque went down 7-11, 8-11, 9-11 to Xu Yingbin. India's No. 1 player Manush Shah was patchy to begin with against world No. 6 Xiang Peng who beat the Indian left-hander 7-11, 12-10, 5-11, 9-11. In the third singles, Anukram Jain lost to Liu Yebo 11-6, 11-4, 11-5.

Payas wins silver

Kabeer Khan, Sep 8, 2019: The Times of India

For the last couple of months, Payas Jain and his coaches were uncertain about the teenager playing in the cadets (U-15) division or junior (U-18) division. He was mostly playing in the senior events. The 14-year old paddler’s cadet ranking thus plunged from World No. 4 to 18.

On Saturday, Payas won the silver medal in the Asian Junior and Cadet Table Tennis Championships in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. In the final, the Delhi-based paddler went down 0-4 to World No. 1 and top seed, Yuanyu Chen of China. On his way to the final, Payas, seeded seventh, beat fourth seed Izaac Quek Yong of South Korea in the quarterfinals. But Payas was no match for Yaunyu who won the match 13-11, 11-6, 11-8, 11-5 within 20 minutes.

The silver medal has ensured Payas a place in the Asian team for World Cadet Challenge that will be held at Wladyslawowo (Poland) in October. “My confidence was low coming in to the singles’ competition because I had not even won a game in the team event (on Tuesday). I played well but today, I could not match my opponent’s strategy,” said Payas. Earlier this year, he had won a silver in the team’s event in Bahrain Open. 

Commonwealth Championships

Indian women enter semis

Sam.Chakraborty, July 19, 2019: The Times of India

Hosts India continued to make merry on the second day of the 21st Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships at Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium, as the women’s outfit booked their place in the semifinals with a clinical display.

Clubbed in Group F with Malaysia, Wales and Nigeria for the second round of team events, the Indian women’s squad came out firing on all cylinders as they blanked the Welsh team 3-0. Madhurika Patkar received an early scare from Wales’ Charlotte Carey, when she dropped the first game before wrapping up her tie 5-11, 11-8, 11-5, 11-8. Reigning national champion Archana Kamath, too, wasted little time in garnering an 11-8, 11-6, 11-7 victory over Carey’s teammate Beth Richards, before India’s Ayhika Mukhrejee beat Lara Whitton 11-3, 11-8, 11-7 to complete the rout.

More or less untested, the Indian women faced a stiffer challenge when they took on Malaysia in the afternoon, but the final score remained 3-0 despite Manika Batra and Patkar being stretched.

While Kamath registered a fine 11-6, 12-10, 11-6 win over Malaysia’s Tee Ai Xin, Batra lost two games in a see-saw battle before emerging winner with a 13-11, 8-11, 7-11, 12-10, 11-9 scoreline. Patkar, too, was stretched to the fifth game for her 11-8, 8-11, 11-2, 6-11, 11-5 victory over Alice Li Sian.

However, the Nigerian women looked out of place against an inform Indian outfit.

While Kamath dropped the first game against Offiong Edem, she rallied back to claim a 6-11, 11-4, 11-5, 11-8 win over the Nigerian. Ajoke N Ojumo, too, suffered the same fate against Batra as the world No. 56 eked out a comfortable 11-3, 11-4, 11-3 victory. India’s Sutirtha Mukherjee completed the formalities with an 11-4, 11-8, 11-8 triumph over Cecilia Akan. Following suit, Indian men’s team, placed in Group F with Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Wales, thrashed Lankans 3-0 with Anthony Amalraj scoring a 11-5, 11-6, 11-3 win over Krishan Wickramarathna in the first match of the tie, while world No. 24 G Sathyan cruised to an 11-5, 11-3, 11-4 victory over Nirmala Jayasinghe. Manav Thakkar initially found the going tough but eventually prevailed in a four-game win over his Lankan opponent Milinda Lakshitha 8-11, 11-4, 11-8, 11-1.

Much like their female counterparts, Malaysia’s men’s team, too, suffered a 0-3 loss to India, with Amalraj starting the proceedings again with a 7-11, 12-10, 11-7, 11-8 win over Feng Chee Leong. Achanta Sharath Kamal broke little sweat in his 11-9, 11-8, 11-6 victory over Malaysia’s MAH Muhamad Rizal, while Harmeet Desai completed the rout with an 11-2, 11-4, 11-4 win over Qi Shen Wong.

India sweeps team titles

Sam Chakraborty, July 20, 2019: The Times of India


It was fabulous for India under lights at Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium as both the men’s and women’s team clinched gold at the 21st Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships.

Up against a resilient England, the hosts led by Achanta Sharath Kamal came back from the brink to clinch the rubber 3-2. While Sharath himself lost the first tie against England’s Thomas Jarvis 7-11, 8-11, 4-11, G Sathiyan went down to Samuel Walker 11-5, 11-9, 4-11, 8-11, 8-11.

Down 0-2, the onus was on 26-year-old birthday boy Harmeet Desai to pull his team out of the rut. Desai overcame David McBeath’s challenge 4-11, 11-5, 8-11, 11-8, 11-8 to kickstart India’s comeback. Sathiyan returned for the fourth tie against Jarvis to record an 11-2, 6-11, 11-4, 11-4 win, before Sharath claimed the deciding fifth tie 15-13, 12-10, 11-6, against Walker to land men’s third title in this tournament.

The women’s team claimed their maiden title blanking their English counterparts 3-0. Archana Kamath began the proceedings with an 8-11, 13-11, 11-9, 11-9 win over England’s Ho Tin-Tin, while Manika Batra, battling a viral infection, made it 2-0 for India with an 11-6, 11-4, 11-3 triumph over Denise Payet. Madhurika Patkar completed the rout against Emily Bolton with an 11-6, 11-4, 11-3 win.

Manika withdraws from open events: World No. 56 Batra decided to withdraw from the open events due to illness. That forced a redrawal of the seedings list in the afternoon.

 Sathiyan, Kamath win gold

Sam Chakraborty, July 22, 2019: The Times of India


India’s G Sathiyan and Archana Kamath won the mixed doubles gold at the Commonwealth Table Tennis championbship with consummate ease at Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium here on Sunday. The top-seeded duo defeated Singapore’s Yu En Koen Pang and Goi Rui Xuan 11-1, 11-7, 11-4 to win the Guernsey Cup. The Indian pair hardly gave the opposition any chance, racing to an 8-0 lead in the opening game and while Pang looked in good form, the Indian pair proved too strong for the occasion.

India also got the bronze medals as Kamath and Dathiyan had beaten Harmeet Desai and Ayhika Mukherjee 11-2, 11-2, 11-9 in the semifinal, while Koen Pang and Rui Xuan had beaten India’s Achanta Sharath Kamal and Sreeja Akula 13-11, 8-11, 6-1111-8, 11-4. Kamath, however, could not show the same form in her singles quarterfinal against Ho Tin-Tin. With Manika Batra out of the meet due to sickness, Tin-Tin became the top seed and the Englishwoman did not disappoint as she made short work of Kamath with an 11-9, 7-11, 11-5, 11-3, 11-6 win to enter the semis. The reigning senior national champion could not put up a resistance.

India’s Madhurika Patkar had no problem in dealing with compatriot Krittwika Sinha Roy, recording an 11-4, 9- 11, 11-8, 12-10, 11-9 victory over the Bengal girl. She will be joined in the last-four stage by Sreeja, who overcame a fighting Sutirtha Mukherjee in an all-India affair.

The former clinched the semis berth with an 11-5, 11-5, 11-9, 17-19, 6-11, 17-15 win. Ayhika Mukherjee became the third Indian entrant to the women’s singles semifinal, overcoming teammate Mousumi Paul, without breaking a sweat. Mukherjee scored an 11-6, 11-6, 11-2, 11-8 victory.

India finishes at top: 15 medals (7 gold)

Sam Chakraborty, July 23, 2019: The Times of India


The sound inside Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium was deafening. History had been scripted and India, still considered a minor power in the world of table tennis, had finally carved out a niche for themselves.

It was a marvellous Monday for the spectators and Indian players, with the hosts making a clean sweep of the seven gold medals on offer at the 21st Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships on the final day of the competition. Cutting across disciplines, India emerged as the unchallenged force in the tournament to finish with a tally of 15 medals.

Harmeet Desai, who had been instrumental in bringing India back from the dead during the team event final, played a spectacular game of table tennis against compatriot G Sathiyan to win gold in men’s singles final. The 26-year-old proved his mettle once again as he claimed a muchdeserved 9-11, 6-11, 11-5, 11-8, 17-15, 7-11, 11-9 win despite an initial struggle against the world No. 24. Sathiyan defeated England’s Thomas Jarvis 16-14, 11-6, 11-7, 11-9 in the semifinals while Desai overcame Singapore’s Yu En Keon Pang 10-12, 11-3, 11-6, 11-6, 11-2. Both Jarvis and Pang were recipient of bronze medals as losing semifinalists.

The women’s singles final saw India’s Ayhika Mukherjee steal a march over compatriot Madhurika Patkar to clinch gold. Mukherjee won 11-6, 11-4, 11-9, 19-17 despite a comeback from Patkar in the dying stages of the fourth game.

Medal tally: India: 7 gold, 5 silver, 3 bronze; England: 2 silver, 3 bronze; Singapore: 6 bronze; Malaysia: 1 bronze; Nigeria: 1 bronze

ITTF World Championships

Suthirta, Manika advance

April 24, 2019: The Times of India


Indian qualifier Suthirta Mukherjee dug deep into her resources to tame German world No. 58 Sabine Winter 4-3 while super star Manika Batra savoured an easy win in the women's singles first round of the ITTF World Championships here Tuesday. CWG gold medallist Manika beat Andrea Todorovic of Serbia 14-12, 11-5,11-5,11-8,in the roundof 64.

Suthirta, ranked 502 in the world, used strong backhand counterstowin 8-11,17-15,11-9,5-11, 6-11, 11-8, 11-6 against the 26-year-old German. The 23-yearold was part of the gold-winning women squad at the CWG in Gold Coast. However, Archana Kamath and Madhurika Patkar bowed out of the women singles race. PTI

Luan Open

Ankita Raina reaches semi-finals

New Delhi: India’s Ankita Raina quelled a strong challenge from lower-ranked Eudice Wong Chong to make it to the singles semifinals of the ITF women’s event in Luan (China) on Friday. The second seeded Indian, ranked 175, beat her rival 2-6, 6-4, 7-5.

Oman Open: Bronze for Sathiyan; U-21 silver for Archana

March 24, 2019: The Times of India


G Sathiyan had a very narrow chance of turning it around but could not overcome a tough Mattias Flack of Sweden in the men’s singles semifinals of the ITTF Challenge Plus Oman Open. The fourth-seeded Indian lost 8-11, 11-7, 9-11, 11-9, 9-11,11-9,10-12 and settled for the bronze medal.

In men’s doubles, Sathiyan and Achanta Sharath lost their quarterfinals to the Russian pair of Denis Ivonin and Vladimir Sidorenko.

Meanwhile, Archana Kamath’s excellent run in the Under-21 women’s singles section came to an end when she lost in straight games 7-11, 8-11, 6-11 to topseeded Japanese Satsuki Odo.

2020

Sharath-Sathiyan enter top-20 in doubles rankings

Sharath-Sathiyan enters top-20 in doubles rankings, March 8, 2020: The Times of India

New Delhi: The Indian doubles pair of Achanta Sharath Kamal and Gnanasekaran Sathiyan entered top-20 in the latest ITTF men's doubles world ranking, even as Anthony Amalraj broke into the singles top-100. The duo, who clinched silver medal in Hungarian Open table tennis tournament last month, jumped 20 places to claim 17th position. Tamil Nadu paddler Amlraj moved up seven positions to break into the top-100. In the women's singles rankings, Sutirtha Mukherjee made a massive jump of 51 spots to be at her career-best 109th position. The Kolkata paddler is now the second highest ranked Indian woman in the world rankings after Manika Batra, who went five places up to secure 62nd position Among the male players, Sathiyan is the highest ranked Indian at 31 in the singles rankings. PTI

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