<p>A team of current and retired officials of the Maharashtra government and language experts is visiting Hyderabad to look for Nizam-era documents related to the Kunbi community living in the Marathwada region, an official said on Thursday.</p>.<p>Faced with renewed demand for a quota for the Maratha community, the Maharashtra government has decided to give Kunbi caste certificates to the Marathas whose ancestors were described as Kunbi in Nizam-era documents. It will allow the Marathas from the Marathwada region to avail quota benefits as the Kunbis fall in the Other Backward Classes (OBC) group.</p>.Quota activist Manoj Jarange calls off hunger strike after meet with Shinde.<p>The Marathwada region of Maharashtra, comprising eight district, was part of the Nizam-ruled Hyderabad state until 1948.</p>.<p>The government team, which left on Wednesday, is expected to submit a report before a cabinet meeting scheduled here for September 16, but can extend the stay in Hyderabad if necessary, an official from the Aurangabad divisional commissioner's office told <em>PTI</em>.</p>.<p>Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange ended his hunger strike on the seventeenth day on Thursday in the presence of Chief Minister Eknath Shinde.</p>.<p>Jarange had demanded that the members of the Maratha community be given the Kunbi caste certificate without having to produce any documentary evidence.</p>.<p>"The team will check Nizam-era records, find out the exact population of Kunbis in the Nizam state and also look for house-wise lists and census data," the official said. </p>
<p>A team of current and retired officials of the Maharashtra government and language experts is visiting Hyderabad to look for Nizam-era documents related to the Kunbi community living in the Marathwada region, an official said on Thursday.</p>.<p>Faced with renewed demand for a quota for the Maratha community, the Maharashtra government has decided to give Kunbi caste certificates to the Marathas whose ancestors were described as Kunbi in Nizam-era documents. It will allow the Marathas from the Marathwada region to avail quota benefits as the Kunbis fall in the Other Backward Classes (OBC) group.</p>.Quota activist Manoj Jarange calls off hunger strike after meet with Shinde.<p>The Marathwada region of Maharashtra, comprising eight district, was part of the Nizam-ruled Hyderabad state until 1948.</p>.<p>The government team, which left on Wednesday, is expected to submit a report before a cabinet meeting scheduled here for September 16, but can extend the stay in Hyderabad if necessary, an official from the Aurangabad divisional commissioner's office told <em>PTI</em>.</p>.<p>Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange ended his hunger strike on the seventeenth day on Thursday in the presence of Chief Minister Eknath Shinde.</p>.<p>Jarange had demanded that the members of the Maratha community be given the Kunbi caste certificate without having to produce any documentary evidence.</p>.<p>"The team will check Nizam-era records, find out the exact population of Kunbis in the Nizam state and also look for house-wise lists and census data," the official said. </p>