The Maharashtra government on Tuesday (September 2, 2025) issued a resolution on the Hyderabad gazetteer and announced the formation of a committees to facilitate the issuance of Kunbi caste certificates to Marathas who are able to produce documentary evidence recognising them as Kunbis in the past.
The government resolution (GR) was issued by the Social Justice and Special Assistance Department in the backdrop of breakthrough in talks between a delegation of Cabinet Ministers and activist Manoj Jarange on the fifth day of his hunger strike launched in Mumbai's Azad Maidan to seek reservation in jobs and education for the Maratha community under the OBC category.
