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Maratha reservation

20 Feb 2024

Maharashtra cabinet approves draft bill for 10 percent Maratha reservation

Maratha reservation

28 May 2021

Maratha reservation: BJP lashes out at Ajit Pawar, asks for Rs 3000 Cr package

Maharashtra BJP Chief Chandrakant Patil criticised Deputy CM Ajit Pawar Chandrakant Patil said Ajit Pawar must get his government to file a review petition in the Supreme Court Patil also demanded that the state government must introduce a Rs 3,000 crore package for the community

Bombay High Court

19 Dec 2018

Bombay High Court adjourns Maratha reservation matter to January 2019

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday adjourned the Maratha reservation matter to January 23, 2019. Following massive state-wide protests, the Maharashtra government had decided to grant 16 per cent reservation to the members of the Maratha community in education and government jobs.

15 Nov 2018

Maharashtra clears reservation for Marathas, to be implemented from December 1

The Marathas will get 16 per cent reservation, as suggested by Maharashtra State Backward Classes Commission.

Maharashtra bandh

09 Aug 2018

Protesters disrupt road traffic, burn vehicles during Maharashtra bandh

Maratha agitators also disrupted road traffic in some parts of Maharashtra as part of their statewide protests over reservation demand, while Internet services were suspended in seven rural tehsils of Pune district to prevent rumour-mongering.

Maharashtra bandh

08 Aug 2018

Maharashtra bandh: A look at all demands of Maratha groups on reservation

The protest is expected to be peaceful and all essential services like schools and colleges have been excluded.

03 Aug 2018

Another Maratha community member's suicide reported

As Maratha organisations are agitating for reservation in jobs and education for the community, at least six cases of suicide by young Maratha men were reported in the last two weeks.

Sonai honour killing

20 Jan 2018

Sonai honour killing case: Death sentence to 6 for caste-related murders

A local court today awarded death sentence to six convicts in the 2013 Sonai honour killing case in which three Dalit youths were killed in Ahmednagar district.

02 Jan 2018

LIVE: Mumbai, Pune on alert as BR Ambedkar's grandson calls for bandh

Dalit groups on Tuesday staged protests in Chembur and other parts of Mumbai, resulting in massive traffic snarls, including on the Mumbai-Panvel highway.

02 Jan 2018

Dalit protest throws traffic out of gear in Mumbai and Pune; Riot police called in

Clashes between members of Dalit and Maratha communities from January 1 resulted in large-scale protests by the former a day later.

Maharashtra State Education Board

08 Aug 2017

Maharashtra shrinks lessons on Mughals & Rajputs, adds chapters on Bofors, Emergency

The Maharashtra State Education Board has come up with revised history textbooks of class 7 and 9 for the 2017-18 academic year, emphasising the Maratha regime and the emperor Shivaji.

Republican Party of India (Athawale)

04 Oct 2016

Republican Party of India (Athawale) to hold joint conference of Dalits and Marathas

The Republican Party of India (Athawale faction) today announced a joint conference of leaders from the Dalit and Maratha communities, where a resolution backing the demand of reservations for the latter would be passed.

28 Sep 2016

Saamana cartoonist Shreenivas Prabhudesai says sorry for hurting Maratha sentiments

Saamana caricaturist Shreenivas Prabhudesai on Wednesday expressed regret over an objectionable cartoon which led to a storm of protests from the Maratha community, including attacks on the newspaper`s office and printing press.

28 Sep 2016

Saamana cartoonist says sorry for hurting Maratha sentiments

Saamana caricaturist Shreenivas Prabhudesai on Wednesday expressed regret over an objectionable cartoon which led to a storm of protests from the Maratha community, including attacks on the newspaper`s office and printing press.

‪‪Maratha Empire‬

24 Sep 2016

Reservation row: Silent protest march by Marathas in Nashik today

Earlier, the Maratha rallies in Navi Mumbai, Akola, Latur and Nanded drew huge crowds.

22 Sep 2016

Maratha take out a silent march in Amravati

Continuing the state-wide protest of the community, thousands of Marathas on Thursday took out a silent march here.

19 Sep 2016

Supreme Court to hear Maratha quota plea today

The decision to grant reservation to Marathas and Muslims was taken by the erstwhile Congress-NCP government before the 2014 Assembly Elections.

30 Oct 2015

Gadkari wishes to build Burj Khalifa like structure in Mumbai

Nitin Gadkari intends to build a structure taller than the Dubai's iconic Burj Khalifa.

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