Rajput Mali

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Rajput Mali ( Sainik Kshatriya ) and also called Mandorva Rajput is a distinctive ethnic group from Marwar, Rajasthan.[1][2][better source needed]

Origin[]

When Mohammad Ghori invaded India during 1191 A.D. at the time of Prithviraj chouhan, then Prithviraj ji Chauhan defeated Ghori in first battle of tarain ( 1191 A.D. ) and forgave him and later when Mohammad Ghori came to fight, then he deceitfully defeated Prithviraj ji Chauhan in second battle of tarain ( 1192 A.D. ) . Later Ghori tied Prithviraj Chauhan's Rajput army and also Prithviraj Chauhan. Then later Ghori took Prithviraj Chauhan and his Rajput army along with him to Ghazni where he persecuted Prithviraj Chauhan and his Rajput army. A Rajput soldier who did not accept the religion of Islam was killed and some Rajput soldiers were afraid of dying, so they accepted the religion of Islam, which these Muslim Rajputs today call "Ghori and Pathan". Some Rajputs used to be sold as slaves by Mohammad Ghori and it was the soldiers who did not accept slavery and they had to take a step to protect their country, religion and family, which was going to be very heavy for them. He called Kheti Mahur, a gardener who works in Mohammad Ghori's garden, and requested him to get rid of some of the prisoner soldiers by referring to his caste. In a few months, after mutual agreement, Bagwan Kheta Mahur recommended to the emperor Ghori and rescued these Rajput soldiers from their caste as Mali. Later these Rajput soldiers settled in Marwar as a "Rajput Mali" caste. These included Rao Isardas Gahlot, who later returned to Kuchera. After the exclusion of these Rajputs from Ghazni by the Rajput society, they decided to form a separate society.[1][3][better source needed]

Adoption of new identity in 1930–1940[]

Rajput Mali community adopted the surname "Sainik kshatriya" in the 1930-1940 decade during the colonial rule[4] and claimed to be Sainik Kshatriya when registering for the 1941 census.[5] The order for adoption of the new surname is given by the maharaja of jodhpur.The original copy of this order is now preserved by "sainik kshatriya sanskratik sanvardhan evam itihas shodh sanstha jodhpur" The order is:

ORDER

Jodhpur, The 6th February 1937

No.2240

Subject- Recording of Malis as "sainik kshatriya" in pattas and Development department records

References: PWD Ministers no.431 dated 22 October 1936

His highness has stated his personal view that he has no objection to Malis being recorded as 'sainik kshatriyas' in the pattas of the development records.

Mehkamas D.M. Field L.T. COL. CIE. Jodhpur.

Chief Minister.

January 23, 1937

Government of Jodhpur.

Original copy of Order of recording Malis as sainik kshatriya

Rajput mali gotra ( surnames)[]

The 12 main gotra are found in Rajput mali and some sub clan

References[]

  1. ^ a b Action sociology and development , pp 198, Bindeshwar Pathak, Concept Publishing Company, 1992
  2. ^ The Indian Journal of Social Work, pp 172, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Tata Institute of Social Sciences [etc.], 1956
  3. ^ Castes and Tribes of Rajasthan, pp 107,Sukhvir Singh Gahlot, Banshi Dhar, Jain Brothers, 1989
  4. ^ "...the Malis (ie gardners who call themselves Saini now).." A Muslim Sub-Caste of North India: Problems of Cultural Integration Partap C. Aggarwal Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 1, No. 4 (10 September 1966), pp. 159-161, Published by: Economic and Political Weekly
  5. ^ "At the time of 1941 Census most of them got registered themselves as Sainik Kshatriya." pp 7 , Census of India, 1961, Volume 14, Issue 5 , Office of the Registrar General, India.
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