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Christian convert feminist from Maharashtra.
Ambedkar (Hardcover, 2004, Penguin Books)
Biography of Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, 1892-1956, statesman and social reformer from India.
This is a great book if one wants to understand Maharashtrian society in the 18th century. Fukazawa's work especially on vatandari system and twelve balutedars is really insightful.
This is a short and sweet introduction to the history of Marathas. The Kindle edition had quite a few typos, which I hope will be corrected in the subsequent editions.
Articles on feudalism in western India.
A great book if you want to understand Deccan society in early modern period. Hiroyuki Kotani is a Japanese scholar who can be called a successor of another brilliant Japanese scholar Hiroshi Fukazawa. Kotani's essays help us understand the 'balutedari' system prevalent in the Maratha-controlled region and the role that hereditary officials such as Deshmukh, Deshpande, Patil, Kulkarni, vatandar Mahar, etc, performed in this society. Kotani also describes the transformation that the Deccan society went through after the East India Company wrested power from the Peshwas in 1818.
