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‖ Pindari, n. (a.)|pɪnˈdɑːriː|
[a. Hindustānī pinḍārī, pinḍārā, for Marāthī penḍhārī, a member of a band of plunderers called pendhār or pendhārā, of disputed origin: perh. from a place-name Panḍhār: see Indian Antiquary XXIX. 140, May 1900.]
1. One of a body of mounted marauders who appear to have arisen in Central India in the 17th c., and in the 18th c. were frequently employed by contending princes as irregular cavalry to pillage the country and massacre the subjects of their enemies. They were crushed in 1817 by the Marquess of Hastings, when Governor-General of India. Also as adj.
1788Indian Voc. 19 Bindarra,..who receive no pay, but..give a certain monthly sum to the commander in chief, for permission to maraud or plunder under the sanction of his banners. Ibid. 104 Pindarries, a set of plunderers who accompany a Maratta army. 1794Scott tr. Firishta's Ho. Deccan II. 122 (Y.) The Pinderrehs took Velore. 1803Wellington in Gurw. Desp. (1844) I. 369 He has had 3000 pindarries in his service, to whom he gave no pay, and who subsisted by plundering the Rajah of Kolapoor. 1856J. W. Kaye Sir J. Malcolm I. vi. 102 Some band of Pindarees. 1889G. Smith Stephen Hislop ii. 33 Central India was overrun by Pindari brigands.
2. The dialect of these and their descendants.
1901Census India, Classified List of Lang. No. 81 Pendhārī or Kākari a jargon based on Dakhinī, which is used by Musalman Pendhārās and Kākars in Dharwar (Bombay). |