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| Surname
| Dalvi
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|Caste
| Maratha

Maratha

The Maratha are an Indian caste, predominantly in the state of Maharashtra. The term Marāthā has three related usages: within the Marathi speaking region it describes the dominant Maratha caste; outside Maharashtra it can refer to the entire regional population of Marathi-speaking people;...

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| Lineage
| Parmar Rajput ( Solar Clan )
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| Hinduism

Hinduism

Hinduism is the predominant and indigenous religious tradition of the Indian Subcontinent. Hinduism is known to its followers as , amongst many other expressions...

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| Original kingdom
| Dhar

Dhar

Dhār is located in the Malwa region of western Madhya Pradesh state in central India. It is the administrative headquarters of Dhar District. The town is located west of Mhow, above sea level...

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| Other kingdom
| Lakhimpur(Lakshmipur)
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| Capital
| Palvani, Soveli, Dabhol, Paygad.
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| Clan God
| Mahadev

Shiva

Shiva is a major Hindu deity, and is the destroyer god or transformer among the Trimurti, the Hindu Trinity of the primary aspects of the divine. God Shiva is a yogi who has notice of everything that happens in the world and is the main aspect of life. Yet one with great power lives a life of a...

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|Clan goddess
| Goddess of Tuljapur,
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|Devak

Devak

A devak, in Marathi culture, is a family guardian or totem in the form of a physical object, such as a tree. Some sources define devak as being distinct from the more generic word totem....

| Edge of the sword or Panchpallav (Five leaf

Leaf

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 ),
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|Guru
| Vasishtha
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|Gotra

Gotra

In the Hindu society, the term Gotra broadly refers to people who are descendants in an unbroken male line from a common male ancestor. Panini defines gotra for grammatical purposes as apatyam pautraprabhrti gotram , which means "the word gotra denotes the progeny beginning with the son's son"...

| Vasishtha
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| Locations
| Maharashtra

Maharashtra

Maharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India...

, Karnataka

Karnataka

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, Madhya Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh

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, Gujarat and Goa

Goa

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| Marathi

Marathi language

Marathi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Marathi people of western and central India. It is the official language of the state of Maharashtra. There are over 68 million fluent speakers worldwide. Marathi has the fourth largest number of native speakers in India and is the fifteenth most...

, Hindi

Hindi

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Dalvi is a Maratha clan found largely in Maharashtra

Maharashtra

Maharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India...

, India.

Origin

The Dalvi Marathas claim descent from the Paramara dynasty

Paramara dynasty

The Paramāra dynasty was an early medieval Indian royal house that ruled over the Malwa region in central India. This dynasty was founded by Upendra in circa 800; the most significant ruler was Bhoja I. The seat of the Paramāra kingdom was Dhārānagara, the present day Dhar city in Madhya Pradesh...

, a ruling clan of Rajput

Rajput

A Rajput is a member of one of the patrilineal clans of western, central, northern India and in some parts of Pakistan. Rajputs are descendants of one of the major ruling warrior classes in the Indian subcontinent, particularly North India...

s hailing from Madhya Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh , often called the Heart of India, is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal and Indore is the largest city....

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History

The Dalvis being Lodra Rajput established the principality of Lodorva in Rajasthan

Rajasthan

Rājasthān the land of Rajasthanis, , is the largest state of the Republic of India by area. It is located in the northwest of India. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with...

 but Bhati Deoraj, a Bhati

Bhati

Bhati is one of the largest tribes of the Gujjars& Rajput. They claim descent from Krishna as an avatar of Vishnu, and thus identify themselves as a Chandravanshi Kshatriya clan. The Bhati trace their history to the desert principality of Jaisalmer in Rajasthan, in the border villages of Bikaner...

 Rajput ruler captured their region and subsequently in 1025 AD. Lodorva was invaded and destructed by Muslims. The Lodras then migrated to the Deccan and disguised their identity. They adopted the name of Dalvi in the 12th century. The Dalvis served the Yadav empire as they were military chiefs of Daulatabad

Daulatabad

Daulatabad , is a 14th century fort city in Maharashtra, India, about 16 kilometers northwest of Aurangabad...

 (Devagiri). They also had influence over Gujrat

Gujrat

Gujrat is a city in Pakistan. It is the capital of Gujrat District and the Gujrat Tehsil subdivision in the Punjab Province. People living in Gujrat refer to themselves as Gujratis, which sometimes leads to confusion with people from the Indian state of Gujarat which adjoins Pakistan...

 territories. After the end of the Yadav empire the Dalvis joined Bahamani rulers of Deccan as cavalryman knights. The Dalvi chief Jaswantarao was ruler of the Palvan principality under the sultanates of Deccan (1662). The Dalvis had rule over Dabhol province under Mughal

Mughal Empire

The Mughal Empire ,‎ or Mogul Empire in traditional English usage, was an imperial power from the Indian Subcontinent. The Mughal emperors were descendants of the Timurids...

 rule.

The Dalvi capitals are at Palvani, Soveli, Lakshimpur, Ahiwantwadi Fort of Maharashtra. The Dalvis also enjoyed position of Deshmukhi or Khoti in their region of Konkan under Chhatrapati Shivaji and his successors.

The clan also played vital role numerous battles of Maratha history including the Plunder of Surat in 1666, the Maratha freedom fight (1680–1707), the Battle of Panipat

Battle of Panipat

There have been three Battles of Panipat:*The First Battle of Panipat , between the Mughal Babur and the Delhi Sultan Ibrahim Lodi, resulting in a Mughal victory....

 (1761), and the Battle of Kharda

Battle of Kharda

The Battle of Kharda took place in 1795 between Nizam and Peshwa Madhavrao II, in which Nizam was badly defeated. Governor General John Shore followed the policy of non-intervention despite that Nizam was under his protection. So this led to the loss of trust with British. This was the last battle...

 (1795). The Dalvis were vassal

Vassal

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 rulers of their estates under the Savant of Wadi. One of the Dalvi chiefs, a vassal of the Baglan

Baglan

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 territory, captured by the Mughals for punishment due to its rebellion but Aurangzeb

Aurangzeb

Abul Muzaffar Muhy-ud-Din Muhammad Aurangzeb Alamgir , more commonly known as Aurangzeb or by his chosen imperial title Alamgir , was the sixth Mughal Emperor of India, whose reign lasted from 1658 until his death in 1707.Badshah Aurangzeb, having ruled most of the Indian subcontinent for nearly...

converted him to Islam and made him military chief in Delhi.