Bhil was an aboriginal tribe. The Bhil Uprising happened in the Khandesh region. The Bhils revolted against the East India Company and the hardships suffered in agriculture in the new regime.
Mahadji Shinde was associated with controlling the Maratha empire in Gwalior and mainly the part of northern India. His father Ranoji Rao Scindia was the founder of the Scindia dynasty.