The forty-nine expansions of the wind-god, who are friends of Indra.

the storm-god associates of King Indra.

The Maruts were minor storm deities who in Vedic times were the sons of Rudra and the attendants of Indra. There number is variously given as two, twenty-seven, or sixty. They were aggressive and violent in character. They were the drivers of the clouds, the bringers of wind, the fellers of trees, and the crushers of mountains. They sometimes accompanied Indra into battle, and attended him at his court. ( Enclycopedia Mythica) panjab

In early Hinduism the gods of storm thunder, closely associated with the Supreme god, Indra.

Fortynine in number, born of Diti and Kasyapa

In Hinduism the Maruts (Sanskrit: मारुत), also known as the Marutgana and the Rudras, are storm deities and sons of Rudra and Diti and attendants of Indra. The number of Maruts varies from two to sixty (three times sixty in RV 8.96.8. They are very violent and aggressive, described as armed with golden weapons i.e. lightnings and thunderbolts, as having iron teeth and roaring like lions, as residing in the north, as riding in golden chariots drawn by ruddy horses.