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| conventional_long_name = Maratha Empire<br>{{small|Maratha Confederacy}}<br>'''मराठा साम्राज्य'''

| conventional_long_name = Maratha Empire<br>{{small|Maratha Confederacy}}<br>'''मराठा साम्राज्य'''

| common_name            = Marathas

| common_name            = Marathas

| year_start            = 1674

| year_start            = 1640

| year_end              = 1820

| year_end              = 1860

| event_end              = Dissolution

| event_end              = Dissolution

| p1                    = Mughal Empire

| p1                    = Mughal Empire

| englishmotto          = ([[English language|English]]: "Praises to [[Shiva|Mahādēv (Shiva)]]")

| englishmotto          = ([[English language|English]]: "Praises to [[Shiva|Mahādēv (Shiva)]]")

| capital                = '''Royal seat:'''{{plainlist|

| capital                = '''Royal seat:'''{{plainlist|

*[[Pratapgad]] (1659)

*[[Pratapgad]] (1640-1674)

*[[Raigad Fort|Raigad]] (1674–1708, {{nowrap|''de jure''}})

*[[Raigad Fort|Raigad]] (1674–1708, {{nowrap|''de jure''}})

*[[Gingee Fort|Jinji]] (1691–1698, {{nowrap|''de facto''}}){{sfnp|Hatalkar|1958|p=}}

*[[Gingee Fort|Jinji]] (1691–1698, {{nowrap|''de facto''}}){{sfnp|Hatalkar|1958|p=}}

*[[Satara (city)|Satara]] (1708–1818)}}<hr>'''Peshwa's seat:'''<br>[[Poona]] (1728–1818)

*[[Satara (city)|Satara]] (1708–1860)}}<hr>'''Peshwa's seat:'''<br>[[Poona]] (1720–1820/1860)

| official_languages    = {{plainlist|

| official_languages    = {{plainlist|

*[[Marathi language|Marathi]] (court language, literature)

*[[Marathi language|Marathi]] (court language, literature)

----'''Other:'''<br />[[Religion in South Asia|Other religions in South Asia]]

----'''Other:'''<br />[[Religion in South Asia|Other religions in South Asia]]

| status                =  

| status                =  

| government_type        = [[Absolute monarchy]] (1674–1731)<br />[[Federation|Federal]] [[oligarchy]] with a restricted monarchial [[figurehead]] (1731–1818) ([[Constitutional monarchy]])

| government_type        = [[Absolute monarchy]] (1640–1720)<br />[[federal]] [[constitutional monarchy]] under an [[authoritarian]] [[dictatorship]] (1720–1860)

| title_leader          = [[Chhatrapati]]

| title_leader          = [[Chhatrapati]]

| leader1                = [[Shivaji]]

| leader1                = [[Shivaji]]

| year_leader1          = 1674–1680 <small>(first)</small>

| year_leader1          = 1640–1680 <small>(first)</small>

| leader3                = [[Pratap Singh, Raja of Satara|Pratap Singh]]

| leader3                = [[Pratap Singh, Raja of Satara|Pratap Singh]]

| year_leader3          = 1808–1818 <small>(last)</small>

| year_leader3          = 1808–1820 <small>(last)</small>

| title_deputy          = [[Peshwa]]

| title_deputy          = [[Peshwa]]

| deputy1                = [[Moropant Trimbak Pingle|Moropant Pingle]]

| deputy1                = [[Moropant Trimbak Pingle|Moropant Pingle]]

| year_deputy1          = 1674–1683 <small>(first)</small>

| year_deputy1          = 1674–1683 <small>(first)</small>

| deputy2                = [[Baji Rao II]]

| deputy2                = [[Baji Rao II]]

| year_deputy2          = 1803–1818 <small>(last)</small>

| year_deputy2          = 1803–1820 <small>(last)</small>

| year_deputy3          = 1858–1859

| year_deputy3          = 1857–1860

| deputy3                = [[Nana Saheb Peshwa II|Nana Saheb]] (claimed titular)

| deputy3                = [[Nana Saheb Peshwa II|Nana Saheb]] (claimed titular)

| legislature            = Ashta Pradhan

| legislature            = Ashta Pradhan

| currency              = [[Rupee]], [[Paisa]], [[Mohur]], [[Shivrai]], Hon

| currency              = [[Rupee]], [[Paisa]], [[Mohur]], [[Shivrai]], Hon

}}

}}

The '''Maratha Empire''', or '''Maratha Confederacy''', was a group of Indian states that dominated much of the Indian subcontinent in the 17th and the 18th centuries. The empire formally existed from 1674 to 1820. The Marathas are given much of the credit for ending [[Mughal Empire|Mughal rule]] in India.<ref>{{cite journal |first=M. N. |last=Pearson |title=Shivaji and the Decline of the Mughal Empire |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_journal-of-asian-studies_1976-02_35_2/page/221 |journal=The Journal of Asian Studies |volume=35 |issue=2 |pages=221–235 |date=February 1976 |jstor=2053980 |url-access=subscription |doi=10.2307/2053980|s2cid=162482005 }}</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=aqqBPS1TDUgC&pg=PA28 Delhi, the Capital of India By Anon, John Capper, p. 28. "This source establishes the Maratha control of Delhi before the British"]</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=bXWiACEwPR8C&pg=PA1941-IA82 An Advanced History of Modern India By Sailendra Nath Sen p.Introduction-14. The author says: "''The victory at Bhopal in 1738 established Maratha dominance at the Mughal court''"]</ref>

The '''Maratha Empire''', or '''Maratha Confederacy''', was a group of Indian states that dominated much of the Indian subcontinent in the 17th and the 19th centuries. The empire formally existed from 1640 to 1860. The Marathas are given much of the credit for ending [[Mughal Empire|Mughal rule]] in India.<ref>{{cite journal |first=M. N. |last=Pearson |title=Shivaji and the Decline of the Mughal Empire |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_journal-of-asian-studies_1976-02_35_2/page/221 |journal=The Journal of Asian Studies |volume=35 |issue=2 |pages=221–235 |date=February 1976 |jstor=2053980 |url-access=subscription |doi=10.2307/2053980|s2cid=162482005 }}</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=aqqBPS1TDUgC&pg=PA28 Delhi, the Capital of India By Anon, John Capper, p. 28. "This source establishes the Maratha control of Delhi before the British"]</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=bXWiACEwPR8C&pg=PA1941-IA82 An Advanced History of Modern India By Sailendra Nath Sen p.Introduction-14. The author says: "''The victory at Bhopal in 1738 established Maratha dominance at the Mughal court''"]</ref>

The Marathas were warrior people from the western [[Deccan Plateau]] (present-day [[Maharashtra]]). They rose to prominence by establishing "self-rule of Hindu/Indian people" in their region.<ref>

The Marathas were warrior people from the western [[Deccan Plateau]] (present-day [[Maharashtra]]). They rose to prominence by establishing "self-rule of Hindu/Indian people" in their region.<ref>

File:Chhatrapati_Shahu_Maharaj_hunting_with_his_Peshwa_Balaji_Bajirao.jpg|Peshwa [[Balaji Baji Rao|Balaji Bajirao]] meets [[Chhatrapati|Chatrapati]] [[Shahu I]] by Shivram Chitari {{Circa|1750}}

File:Chhatrapati_Shahu_Maharaj_hunting_with_his_Peshwa_Balaji_Bajirao.jpg|Peshwa [[Balaji Baji Rao|Balaji Bajirao]] meets [[Chhatrapati|Chatrapati]] [[Shahu I]] by Shivram Chitari {{Circa|1750}}

File:Maratha British Treaty.JPG|A mural depicting the British surrender during the [[First Anglo-Maratha War]]. The mural is a part of the Victory Memorial (Vijay Stambh) located at [[Vadgaon Maval]], [[Pune]].

File:Maratha British Treaty.JPG|Mural depicting a British officer surrendering to [[Mahadaji Shinde]] and [[Nana Fadnavis]] following the [[Battle of Wadgaon]]

File:Thomas Daniell, Sir Charles Warre Malet, Concluding a Treaty in 1790 in Durbar with the Peshwa of the Maratha Empire.jpg|Peshwa [[Madhavrao II]] in his court in 1790, concluding a treaty with the British

File:Thomas Daniell, Sir Charles Warre Malet, Concluding a Treaty in 1790 in Durbar with the Peshwa of the Maratha Empire.jpg|Peshwa [[Madhavrao II]] in his court in 1790, concluding a treaty with the British

File:2-12th Madras Native Infantry at the Battle of Assaye, 1803. Painting by JC Stadler (1780-1822), c. 1815..jpg|[[Battle of Assaye]] during the [[Second Anglo-Maratha War]]

File:Battle of Assaye.jpeg|The [[Battle of Assaye]] during the [[Second Anglo-Maratha War]]

File:Peshwa Baji Rao II.jpg|Peshwa Baji Rao II signing the [[Treaty of Bassein (1802)|Treaty of Bassein]] with the British East India Company

File:Peshwa Baji Rao II.jpg|Peshwa Baji Rao II signing the [[Treaty of Bassein (1802)|Treaty of Bassein]] with the British East India Company