How about thanking in the Rajputs, the Vijaynagarams, the Jats, the Gurkhas and the Sikhs. Shivaji just fought in Maharashtra. The Sikhs protected Punjab, the Rajputs Rajasthan, UP and Bihar. The Jats Western UP and Haryana, the Vijainagaram the Hindu culture, the Nepalese Gurkhas Nepal and Terai, the Tibetians Tibet and Ladakh. Why are Maharastrain stealing credit when they were just another people who protected themselves?