Two questions about the India

Thande

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1) was Rajputana ever part of the Maratha empire?
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/87/India1760_1905.jpg
in that map it is, but most sources don't say that
Not consensually, I think. Scindia occupied it during the 1750s and Rajputs did fight alongside the Marathas at Third Panipat, but I don't think Rajputana was politically that unified at the time, so it's not sensible to speak of 'Rajputana' being part of the Maratha Empire (I oversimplified for the LTTW maps).

2) when exactly did the Gorkhan Empire change its name to Nepal? I saw a site that had that, but I forget, so some clarification would be good.
Don't think it was ever an official decision. The Gurkhas were one people in Nepal who united the country, so it's basically a 'Gurkha Empire of Nepal', like the 'Durrani Empire of Afghanistan' or the 'Prussian Empire of Germany' or whatever. Which name you use is largely a semantic choice.
 
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