Rajput Mali
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Rajput Mali is a distinctive ethnic group from Rajasthan which is included under the broader occupational group of the Mali caste
as well as a separate sub-category within the Rajput
group.
When the Rajput soldiers of Prithviraj Chauhan fell in battles against Shahabuddin Ghori or Muhammad Ghori and the empires of Ajmer and Delhi were destroyed , some Rajput
s became captive and could see no way of saving themselves except embracing Islam and they came to be known as Ghori Pathans. Some Rajputs were let off on the recommendation of a Royal gardner or Mali who represented captive Rajputs as Malis. In this way many Rajputs became Malis.
The meeting unanimously passed 22 reforms for their caste, such as ban on the eating of meat, drinking of wine and killing of animals and widow remarriage etc.
The exact order issued my government is given below:
Mali caste
The Mali are an occupational caste found among the Hindus who traditionally worked as gardners. They also call themselves Phul Mali, who derived their names from their occupation of growing flowers. The Mali are found throughout North India, East India as well as the Terai region of Nepal and...
as well as a separate sub-category within the Rajput
Rajput
A Rajput is a member of one of the patrilineal clans of western, central, northern India and in some parts of Pakistan. Rajputs are descendants of one of the major ruling warrior classes in the Indian subcontinent, particularly North India...
group.
Origin
The ancestors of these Rajput Malis are said to be Rajput soldiers and feudals who lost battles with the Muslim emperors of Delhi like Sahabuddin Ghori, Kutubuddin, Shamsuddin, Gayasuddin, Alluadin , etc and became Malis to avoid a massacre or conversion to Islam. This process began after the fall of Prithviraj Chauhan (the last Hindu emperor of India) in Virkam Samvat 1249 (1192 AD).When the Rajput soldiers of Prithviraj Chauhan fell in battles against Shahabuddin Ghori or Muhammad Ghori and the empires of Ajmer and Delhi were destroyed , some Rajput
Rajput
A Rajput is a member of one of the patrilineal clans of western, central, northern India and in some parts of Pakistan. Rajputs are descendants of one of the major ruling warrior classes in the Indian subcontinent, particularly North India...
s became captive and could see no way of saving themselves except embracing Islam and they came to be known as Ghori Pathans. Some Rajputs were let off on the recommendation of a Royal gardner or Mali who represented captive Rajputs as Malis. In this way many Rajputs became Malis.
Clans
Being of pure Rajput blood they maintain their distinctness from the other major Mali group , namely, Mahur or Mor Malis. They have 12 clans as follows which have come out of Rajputs.:- Kachhwaha
- PariharPariharParihar is a clan which is part of many communities including Rajputs, Gurjars and Jats. According to the Handbook on Rajputs by famous British historian A. H...
- SolankiSolankiThe Solanki was a royal Hindu Indian dynasty that ruled parts of western and central India between the 10th to 13th centuries. A number of scholars including V. A. Smith assign them Gurjar origin....
- Panwar
- GahlotGahlotGahlot is a Rajput clan in India, which traces its ancestry to the Suryavanshi Kshatriyas. The variations of the name include Gehlot, Guhila, Gohil or Guhilote. As a clan name, Gahlot and its variations are found among a number of communities which includes the Rajputs,& GurjarsThe royal Gahlots...
- Sankhla
- Tanwar
- ChauhanChauhanChauhan, Chouhan or Chohan , , - is a clan who ruled parts of northern India in the Middle Ages. The clan is most famous for Rajput King Maharaja Prithviraj Chauhan...
- BhatiBhatiBhati is one of the largest tribes of the Gujjars& Rajput. They claim descent from Krishna as an avatar of Vishnu, and thus identify themselves as a Chandravanshi Kshatriya clan. The Bhati trace their history to the desert principality of Jaisalmer in Rajasthan, in the border villages of Bikaner...
- RathoreRathoreThe Rathore is a Suryavanshi Rajput clan same caste as Lohana. Their Kuldevi is Nagnechiya Mata and "Karani Mata". Rathores are originally from Kannauj in Uttar Pradesh. Rathores are historically considered the samurais of India...
- Devda
- DahiyaDahiyaDahiya or दहिया, classically called the Dimures , is a clan of Jats and Yaduvanshi Ahirs found in Rajasthan, Haryana, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh in India.-Distribution:...
Community Resolution of 1200 AD
When the storm had passed the community which had now been cut adrift from the main Rajput group, thought of devising ways and means of ensuring their purity of blood and guard against any vices that may creep in by adoption of new fold. Accordingly, they assembled on at Ajmer on Magh Shudi 7, Samvat 1257 (January 24, 1200, Monday) and passed a resolution that was to hold good for all time. The resolution was embodied in a "Parwana" and handed over to a Bhat (genealogist) who was a descendant of Mahakvai Chand Bardai. The resolution reads as follows:"When these people in order to get rid of danger to their life and property settled in cities and towns, and got an experience of this new fold, about its social status and condition after living with them for 3 or 4 years, they felt necessity of framing new social rules after reviewing their past and present condition. They would not tolerate many evils which they had found in that new fold in which they and their descendants were to spend their lives as they had their orign of pure Rajput blood, they assembled in Pushkar (Ajmer) under the presidentship of Mahadeo, son of Kushma Ajmera Chauhan on Magh Sudi 7th V.S. 1257 and framed some social rules and regulations for their fold and handed over that document to their Bhat in order to act accordingly."
The meeting unanimously passed 22 reforms for their caste, such as ban on the eating of meat, drinking of wine and killing of animals and widow remarriage etc.
Adoption of new identity in 1930-1940 A.D.
Rajput Mali community adopted the surname Saini in the 1930-1940 decade during the colonial ruleThe exact order issued my government is given below:
Notables
- Ashok Gahlot (Chief Minister of Rajasthan)
- Anand Singh ji Kachhwaha (M.L.A for two terms From sardarpura-Jodhpur)
- Narsingh Ji Kachhwaha (Ex.Labour minister Rajasthan - formerly Rajputana)
- Yashwant Singh Kachhwaha (Ex. District Governor Dist 323-E2 of Lions Clubs International)
- Seth Raghunath Parihar (Minister of Rajasthan)
- Rajendra Gehlot (Ex.Minister of Rajasthan & B.J.P Politician)
- Kan Singh PariharKan Singh PariharJustice Kan Singh Parihar was a judge of Rajasthan High Court and Vice-Chancellor of Jodhpur University. He belongs to Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India.-Early life and education:...
( Judge of Rajasthan High court) - Prabhu Lal Saini (Ex. Minister of Rajasthan & Present M.L.A, Legislative Assembly of Rajasthan)
- Niranjan Parihar (Media Expert)
- Ram Swaroop Harlal Sankhala, (London) Jodhpur (Rajasthan), India
- Ram Kishor Saini (Minister of Rajasthan)
- A.S Gehlot, Founder, Green India Initiative (GreenIndiaInitiative.com), an online initiative - in existence since 2007
- Maganlal Naranji Mali (Managing Director of B.K.NEWS Channel Deesa,Gujarat) Has Started First Television NEWS Channel In Banashkantha.
- Jagdish Panwar, Journalist and Writer, Churu, RajasthanRajasthanRājasthān the land of Rajasthanis, , is the largest state of the Republic of India by area. It is located in the northwest of India. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with...