Editing Shinde

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| name       = Shinde
| type       = [[Maratha]] clan
| image      = Flag of the Maratha Empire.svg
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| caption    = Flag of the Maratha Empire
| ethnicity  = Marathi
| location   = [[Maharashtra]], [[Madhya Pradesh]], [[Gujarat]], [[Karnataka]], [[Telangana]] and [[Goa]]
| descended  = 
| population = 
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| language   = [[Marathi language|Marathi]]
| religion   = [[Hinduism]]
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'''Shinde''' (pronunciation: [[Help:IPA/Marathi|[ʃin̪d̪e]]]) is a clan of the [[Maratha clan system]] variations of the name include [[Scindia]] and ''[[Sindhia]]'', ''[[Scindia|Sindia]]''.<ref>{{cite book|title=Asian Review|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9SIsAQAAIAAJ|year=1969|publisher=East & West|quote=The founder of the family was one Ranoji, who bore the common Maratha surname of Shinde, that by some mysterious process has been Italianized - possibly through the influence of the Filoze family — into Scindia |page=340}}</ref> It is found largely in [[Maharashtra, India|Maharashtra (India)]], but it also appears in Indian states bordering Maharashtra like [[Madhya Pradesh]], [[Gujarat]], [[Karnataka]], [[Goa]], [[Telangana]] and [[Chhattisgarh]]. 

The [[Scindia Dynasty|'''Scindia dynasty''']] was founded by [[Ranoji Scindia]], a personal guard who started as a "bodyguard" of [[Bajirao I]] Peshwa.<ref name="Embree1988">{{cite book|author=Ainslie Thomas Embree|title=Encyclopedia of Asian history|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LtwpAQAAMAAJ|year=1988|publisher=Scribner|isbn=978-0-684-18899-7|page=14|quote=Ranoji Scindia (d. 1750), the founder of Gwalior state, started his political career reputedly as a slipper-bearer at the court of the peshwa, or prime minister, of the Marathas, but soon rose to high office.}}</ref><ref name="Ayyar1999">{{cite book|author=K. V. Krishna Ayyar|title=The Zamorins of Calicut: From the Earliest Times Down to A.D. 1806|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oUtuAAAAMAAJ|year=1999|publisher=Publication Division, University of Calicut|isbn=978-81-7748-000-9|quote=The carrying of the Pallimaradi before the Zamorin on public occasions might have been due to the same reason as the carrying of a pair of golden slippers before Scindia, whose ancestor was the slipper - bearer of Peshwa Baji Rao - to show his respect for his original humble office which was the cause of his subsequent success}}</ref><ref name="Chandra2003">{{cite book|author=Satish Chandra|title=Essays on Medieval Indian History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1BRuAAAAMAAJ|year=2003|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-566336-5|page=93|quote=The Sindhias, it is well-known, were drawn from a Kunbi family which had the hereditary patel-ship of Kumberkerrab in the district of Wai. The origins of the Holkar were even more humble: they belonged to the caste of goat-herds (dungar), the family holding zamindari rights in the village of Hal.}}</ref><ref name="seminar417424">{{cite journal |author=Romila Thapar |year=1994 |title=Seminar - Issues 417-424 |page=59 |quote=Many peasant caste men who distinguished themselves in battle or otherwise served the ruler became Marathas . Witness the first Holkar who was a shepherd and the first Scindia who was a Kunbi personal servant of the Peshwa}}</ref> He was the son of Jankojirao Scindia, the hereditary [[Patil (title)|Patil]]s of [[Kanherkhed]], a village in [[Satara District]], [[Maharashtra]].<ref name="Rathod1994">{{cite book|author=N. G. Rathod|title=The Great Maratha Mahadaji Scindia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uPq640stHJ0C&pg=PA1|year=1994|publisher=Sarup & Sons|isbn=978-81-85431-52-9|page=1}}</ref>

== Other people with this name ==
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*[[Eknath Shinde]], politician
*[[Gauri Shinde]], film director
*[[Jyotiraditya Scindia]], Indian politician
*[[Mahadaji Shinde]], Maratha statesmen
*[[Praniti Shinde]], politician
*[[Ram Shinde]], politician
*[[Ranoji Scindia]], Maratha statesmen
*[[Sadashiv Shinde]], Indian cricketer
*[[Sayaji Shinde]], Indian actor
*[[Shashikant Shinde]], politician
*[[Shilpa Shinde]], TV actress
*[[Seema Shinde]], TV actress
*[[Shrikant Shinde]], politician
*[[Tarabai Shinde]], Indian feminist
*[[Vasundhara Raje|Vasundhara Raje Scindia]], Indian politician
*[[Vasant Shinde (actor)|Vasant Shinde]], Indian actor

== References ==
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[[Category:Marathi-language surnames]]
[[Category:Maratha clans]]