Marathi nationalism refers to a nationalist stance applied to Maharashtra and the Marathi people who inhabit the ethno-linguistic region of Maharashtra, which was created after the linguistic reorganisation of provinces in India in 1956. King Chhatrapati Shivaji is considered as the Father of Maratha Kingdom. Hindavi Swarajya was an ideology espoused by Shivaji to consolidate Maratha empire by piecing together several marathi speaking Deccan kingdoms. The defence of culture, country and religion were the war cry used by Shivaji to rally together Marathi Hindus. One of the famous saying of Shivaji was "This is not a kingdom of Shivaji; it belongs to Dharma". MAHA (महा, Great) RASHTRA (राष्ट्र, Country/State) is generally associated with a desire for greater, better and progressive state. T