title: Mahratta
text: # Mahratta
  
  Mahratta may refer to:
  
  ## An old spelling of
  
  * Maratha caste, a ruling/warrior class of the Indian subcontinent
  * Maratha Empire (1674–1820), India
  * Marathi language and those who spoke that language, primarily residing in:
     * the state of Maharashtra in India
  
  ## Houses
  
  * Mahratta (Wahroonga), a house in Sydney, Australia
  
  ## Ships
  
  * SS Mahratta (1891), lost on the Goodwin Sands in 1909
  * SS Mahratta (1917), lost on the Goodwin Sands in 1939
  * HMS Mahratta (G23), an M class destroyer torpedoed in 1944 with the loss of 220
  
  ## Military units of the British Indian Army
  
  * 5th Mahratta Light Infantry,
  * 103rd Mahratta Light Infantry
  * 105th Mahratta Light Infantry
  * 110th Mahratta Light Infantry
  * 114th Mahrattas
  * 116th Mahrattas
  * 117th Mahrattas
  