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[td]==Early life and marriage==[/td] [td]Ahilyabai was born into a [[Marathi people|Marathi Hindu family]] to Mankoji Shinde and Sushila Shinde in [[Maharashtra]] in the village of Chandi, now [[Ahmednagar district]]. Her father was a descendant of a respected [[Dhangar]] or [[Gadaria people|Gadaria]] family. Mankoji Shinde served as the [[Patil (title)|Patil]] of the village.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Khanolkar |first=D.D. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6aU4AAAAIAAJ&q=Mankoji+Sindhia,+a+scion+of+a+respectable+Dhangar |title=Marathwada University Journal - Volumes 17-18 |date=1979 |publisher=Marathwada University |page=67 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite book |last=Bhattacharya |first=Sabyasachi |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f-jBIp3iWdEC&dq=ahilyabai+holkar+dhangar&pg=PA40 |title=Education and the Disprivileged Nineteenth and Twentieth Century India |date=2002 |publisher=Orient BlackSwan |isbn=9788125021926 |page=40 |language=en}}</ref> Ahilyabai had five brothers and was first educated at home.[/td]
[td]Ahilyabai was born into a [[Dhangar|Maratha Dhangar]] family to Mankoji Shinde and Sushila Shinde in [[Maharashtra]] in the village of Chandi, now [[Ahmednagar district]]. Her father was a descendant of a respected [[Gadaria people|Gaderiya]] family. Mankoji Shinde served as the [[Patil (title)|Patil]] of the village.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Khanolkar |first=D.D. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6aU4AAAAIAAJ&q=Mankoji+Sindhia,+a+scion+of+a+respectable+Dhangar |title=Marathwada University Journal - Volumes 17-18 |date=1979 |publisher=Marathwada University |page=67 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite book |last=Bhattacharya |first=Sabyasachi |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f-jBIp3iWdEC&dq=ahilyabai+holkar+dhangar&pg=PA40 |title=Education and the Disprivileged Nineteenth and Twentieth Century India |date=2002 |publisher=Orient BlackSwan |isbn=9788125021926 |page=40 |language=en}}</ref> Ahilyabai had five brothers and was first educated at home.[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]Ahilyabai rose to prominence when [[Malhar Rao Holkar]], a commander in the army of Maratha [[Peshwa]] [[Baji Rao I]] and ruler of [[Malwa]], stopped in Chandi on his way to [[Pune]] and saw her at a temple service. Impressed by the child's piety and character, Malhar advised his son, Khandojee, to marry her. They were wed in 1733 when he was nine or ten and she was seven or eight.<ref name=":6">{{Cite book |last=Thombre P.v. |url=http://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.199825 |title=Karanataka Devi Shree Ahilyabai Holkar |date=2007 |pages=3}}</ref> They had a son, Maloji Holkar, in 1745 and a daughter, Muktabai Holkar, in 1748.{{cn|date=May 2025}}[/td]
[td]Ahilyabai rose to prominence when [[Malhar Rao Holkar]], a commander in the army of Maratha [[Peshwa]] [[Baji Rao I]] and ruler of [[Malwa]], stopped in Chandi on his way to [[Pune]] and saw her at a temple service. Impressed by the child's piety and character, Malhar advised his son, Khandojee, to marry her. They were wed in 1733 when he was nine or ten and she was seven or eight.<ref name=":6">{{Cite book |last=Thombre P.v. |url=http://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.199825 |title=Karanataka Devi Shree Ahilyabai Holkar |date=2007 |pages=3}}</ref> They had a son, Maloji Holkar, in 1745 and a daughter, Muktabai Holkar, in 1748.{{cn|date=May 2025}}[/td]
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[td]==Early life and marriage==[/td] [td]Ahilyabai was born into a [[Marathi people|Marathi Hindu family]] to Mankoji Shinde and Sushila Shinde in [[Maharashtra]] in the village of Chandi, now [[Ahmednagar district]]. Her father was a descendant of a respected [[Dhangar]] or [[Gadaria people|Gadaria]] family. Mankoji Shinde served as the [[Patil (title)|Patil]] of the village.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Khanolkar |first=D.D. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6aU4AAAAIAAJ&q=Mankoji+Sindhia,+a+scion+of+a+respectable+Dhangar |title=Marathwada University Journal - Volumes 17-18 |date=1979 |publisher=Marathwada University |page=67 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite book |last=Bhattacharya |first=Sabyasachi |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f-jBIp3iWdEC&dq=ahilyabai+holkar+dhangar&pg=PA40 |title=Education and the Disprivileged Nineteenth and Twentieth Century India |date=2002 |publisher=Orient BlackSwan |isbn=9788125021926 |page=40 |language=en}}</ref> Ahilyabai had five brothers and was first educated at home.[/td]
[td]Ahilyabai was born into a [[Dhangar|Maratha Dhangar]] family to Mankoji Shinde and Sushila Shinde in [[Maharashtra]] in the village of Chandi, now [[Ahmednagar district]]. Her father was a descendant of a respected [[Gadaria people|Gaderiya]] family. Mankoji Shinde served as the [[Patil (title)|Patil]] of the village.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Khanolkar |first=D.D. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6aU4AAAAIAAJ&q=Mankoji+Sindhia,+a+scion+of+a+respectable+Dhangar |title=Marathwada University Journal - Volumes 17-18 |date=1979 |publisher=Marathwada University |page=67 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite book |last=Bhattacharya |first=Sabyasachi |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f-jBIp3iWdEC&dq=ahilyabai+holkar+dhangar&pg=PA40 |title=Education and the Disprivileged Nineteenth and Twentieth Century India |date=2002 |publisher=Orient BlackSwan |isbn=9788125021926 |page=40 |language=en}}</ref> Ahilyabai had five brothers and was first educated at home.[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]Ahilyabai rose to prominence when [[Malhar Rao Holkar]], a commander in the army of Maratha [[Peshwa]] [[Baji Rao I]] and ruler of [[Malwa]], stopped in Chandi on his way to [[Pune]] and saw her at a temple service. Impressed by the child's piety and character, Malhar advised his son, Khandojee, to marry her. They were wed in 1733 when he was nine or ten and she was seven or eight.<ref name=":6">{{Cite book |last=Thombre P.v. |url=http://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.199825 |title=Karanataka Devi Shree Ahilyabai Holkar |date=2007 |pages=3}}</ref> They had a son, Maloji Holkar, in 1745 and a daughter, Muktabai Holkar, in 1748.{{cn|date=May 2025}}[/td]
[td]Ahilyabai rose to prominence when [[Malhar Rao Holkar]], a commander in the army of Maratha [[Peshwa]] [[Baji Rao I]] and ruler of [[Malwa]], stopped in Chandi on his way to [[Pune]] and saw her at a temple service. Impressed by the child's piety and character, Malhar advised his son, Khandojee, to marry her. They were wed in 1733 when he was nine or ten and she was seven or eight.<ref name=":6">{{Cite book |last=Thombre P.v. |url=http://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.199825 |title=Karanataka Devi Shree Ahilyabai Holkar |date=2007 |pages=3}}</ref> They had a son, Maloji Holkar, in 1745 and a daughter, Muktabai Holkar, in 1748.{{cn|date=May 2025}}[/td]
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