Maharashtra (Hamaara 1857)

Maharashtra (Marathi: महाराष्ट्र), officially the Kingdom of Maharashtra,is a sovereign state in Western India.

The first (Hindu) king of Maharastra ruled during the 6th century,with his capital at Badami.

These kings were the Chalukyas and also the Rashtrakutas,but they did not associate themselves with the natives and spoke Kannada instead of Marathi.

In the 12th century,the Yadav dynasty of Devagiri ruled Maharashtra.They were pure Marathas,unlike the previous rulers.

The Yadavs were overthrown in the 14th century by Alauddin Khijli,the Sultan of Delhi.Muhammad Bin Tuqhlaq later conquered Devagiri,which he renamed Daulatabad and briefly made it his capital,as he thought it to be far away from the hands of the Mongols.

Chhatrapati Shivaji relinquished the Muslim control of Central India and the Deccan through guerilla tactics that the well-trained Mughal forces were no match for.

During the 17th century,the British took the city of Mumba-ai,then named Bombay,from the Portuguese as a dowry,through the marriage of a Portuguese princess to an English king.By 1818,the British had established systematic control of the region and even tried to abolish the Maratha government's privileges.

But it all changed 40 years later,in 1858,when the Indian War Of Independence had ended.Nana Saheb,the Peshwa's son,and his lieutenant Tatya Tope had fought in the war to restore their privileges.

Government
The Marathi Government is controlled by the Chhatrapati (emperor).The Chhatrapati is the fiorst and most important position in the Imperial diet.He handpicks the Peshwa from a series of trusted nobles,and has power over the government.However a group of advisers also elect the Peshwa and they must have the same candidate for leadership as the Chhatrapati.If they do not then the Chhatrapati cannot has to choose the other candidate.