Holkar family
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The Holkar family was a prominent Maratha dynasty that rose to power in the 18th century and ruled the princely state of Indore in central India.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Holkar family canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5908128 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Holkar family Context triple: [Indore State, hasRulingFamily, Holkar family]
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A.
Thakur family
The Thakur family, better known internationally as the Tagore family, is a prominent Bengali lineage renowned for its profound contributions to literature, music, art, and social reform in India.
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B.
Hotak family
The Hotak family was an Afghan Pashtun lineage that founded and led the early 18th-century Hotak dynasty, which briefly ruled parts of Persia and Afghanistan.
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C.
Bhat family
The Bhat family was the influential Chitpavan Brahmin lineage that produced the hereditary Peshwas who effectively ruled the Maratha Empire in the 18th century.
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D.
Lashmeet family
The Lashmeet family is a local family after whom the community of Lashmeet in West Virginia was named, reflecting their historical significance in the area.
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E.
Newalkar family
The Newalkar family was a prominent Maratha noble lineage best known for producing Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi, a key figure in the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Holkar family Target entity description: The Holkar family was a prominent Maratha dynasty that rose to power in the 18th century and ruled the princely state of Indore in central India.
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A.
Thakur family
The Thakur family, better known internationally as the Tagore family, is a prominent Bengali lineage renowned for its profound contributions to literature, music, art, and social reform in India.
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B.
Hotak family
The Hotak family was an Afghan Pashtun lineage that founded and led the early 18th-century Hotak dynasty, which briefly ruled parts of Persia and Afghanistan.
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C.
Bhat family
The Bhat family was the influential Chitpavan Brahmin lineage that produced the hereditary Peshwas who effectively ruled the Maratha Empire in the 18th century.
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D.
Lashmeet family
The Lashmeet family is a local family after whom the community of Lashmeet in West Virginia was named, reflecting their historical significance in the area.
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E.
Newalkar family
The Newalkar family was a prominent Maratha noble lineage best known for producing Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi, a key figure in the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Maratha dynasty
ⓘ
ruling family ⓘ |
| associatedCity | Maheshwar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedRiver | Narmada River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capital | Indore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coatOfArms | Holkar State coat of arms NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| currencyUsed | Holkar rupee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dynasticTitle | Holkar of Indore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endOfPrincelyRule | 1947 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Maratha NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Malhar Rao Holkar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governingSystem | monarchy ⓘ |
| historicalEra |
British colonial period
ⓘ
Early Modern period ⓘ
surface form:
Early modern period
|
| houseType | royal house ⓘ |
| knownFor |
administrative reforms under Ahilyabai Holkar
ⓘ
military campaigns in North India ⓘ patronage of temples and public works ⓘ |
| language |
Hindi
ⓘ
Marathi ⓘ |
| mergedInto | Dominion of India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryForce | Holkar army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableMember |
Ahilyabai Holkar
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Khanderao Holkar NERFINISHED ⓘ Krishnaji Rao Holkar II NERFINISHED ⓘ Malhar Rao Holkar NERFINISHED ⓘ Malhar Rao Holkar II NERFINISHED ⓘ Tukoji Rao Holkar I NERFINISHED ⓘ Tukoji Rao Holkar II NERFINISHED ⓘ Tukoji Rao Holkar III NERFINISHED ⓘ Yashwantrao Holkar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Maratha Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalAllegiance | British Raj (as princely state) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalStatus | princely state under British India ⓘ |
| predecessorState | Maratha Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Central India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| ruled | Indore State NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ruledAs | Maharajas of Indore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime | 18th century ⓘ |
| successorEntity |
Madhya Bharat
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Madhya Pradesh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| titleUsed |
Maharaja
NERFINISHED
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Rao NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Holkar family Description of subject: The Holkar family was a prominent Maratha dynasty that rose to power in the 18th century and ruled the princely state of Indore in central India.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.