Kumawat

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'''Kumawat''' is a [[Caste system in India|caste]] clan of India.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1LqgYxtZPc4C&q=kumawat&pg=PA231|title=Rethinking Indian Political Institutions|publisher=Anthem Press|year=2005|isbn=978-1-84331-752-4|editor1-last=Bates|editor1-first=Crispin|page=231|editor2-last=Basu|editor2-first=Subho}}</ref><ref name="K. S. Singh">{{cite book |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vm_KCE4XXPMC&pg=PA565 |title=People of India: Rajasthan |publisher=Popular Prakashan |first=S. K. |last=Mandal |chapter=Kumawat |editor-first=Kumar Suresh |editor-last=Singh |editor-link=Kumar Suresh Singh |year=1998 |pages=562–564 |isbn=978-8-17154-769-2 |access-date=13 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150714032357/https://books.google.co.in/books?id=vm_KCE4XXPMC&pg=PA565 |archive-date=14 July 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref>

'<nowiki/>'''Kumawat'''' claim to constitute a Kshatriya group. The surname of the builder caste (Kumawat) used to be ''''Rajkumar''''.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Seṭha |first=Haragovindadāsa Trikamacanda |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8wTGMIRwVZ4C&dq=%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0+%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0+%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF&pg=RA1-PA158 |title=पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो (प्राकृत-शब्द-महार्णवः): That is, a large encyclopedia adorned with short excerpts from ancient texts and complete proofs. |date=1986 |publisher=Motilal Banarsidass Publ. |isbn=978-81-208-0239-1 |pages=464 |language=hi}}</ref> And most of them are concentrated in Marwar region. They are known by different names like Maru Kumawat, Mewari Kumawat, Chejara Kumawat, etc. Kumawat is also known as [[Nayak]] and [[Hunpunch]]. Ethnographic evidence for this community is available in [[Bagora Baton Ki Gatha]] written by [[Rani Lakshmi Chandabat]] and [[Annals and Antiquities]] written by Colonel Tod. [[Tshering]] (1882) says that the Kumawats are one of the [[Kachwaha]] clans of Jaipur. The Kumawats consider themselves Suryavanshis. This society also brings out its quarterly publication [[Kumawat Kshatriya]] in Hindi from Jaipur.<ref name="K. S. Singh">{{cite book |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vm_KCE4XXPMC&pg=PA565 |title=People of India: Rajasthan |publisher=Popular Prakashan |first=S. K. |last=Mandal |chapter=Kumawat |editor-first=Kumar Suresh |editor-last=Singh |editor-link=Kumar Suresh Singh |year=1998 |pages=562–564 |isbn=978-8-17154-769-2 |access-date=13 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150714032357/https://books.google.co.in/books?id=vm_KCE4XXPMC&pg=PA565 |archive-date=14 July 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Notable people bearing the name ''Kumawat''

* [[Shobha Ram Kumawat]] (former Raj PCC Chief)
* [[M. L. Kumawat]] (former DG of BSF)
* [[Joraram Kumawat]] (MLA)
* [[Nirmal Kumawat]] (MLA)

== References ==
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[[Category:Indian castes]]

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