When Did India Become Modern

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Not really, until Shivaji many Marathas were serving under Muslims and did not have any fame like they do now, the Tamils were declared non martial by the British but I am sure you must have heard of the LTTE (still the most organised terrorist/guerilla group in the world).

Bengalis were also declared non martial but most of the people who shot dead British officials came from that province not the so called martial classes like Rajputs or Gurkhas.
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Hello Bharat,
History of India is a long one. People of Maharashtra had kings who fought many many wars before the time of Shivaji. Similar things happened in Tamil Nadu/ Bengal and pretty much all parts of India.
So do not give much credence to what British say.
Indian kingdoms, throughout the length and breadth, were organized according to the classical varna system and kshatriya abounded in all parts of India.

-Digvijay