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'''Nadoda''' are a [[Rajput]] community found in the state of [[Gujarat]], India.They are notable for their historic refusal to pay taxes to the sultans. <ref name="poigujarat">{{cite book | title=People of India: Volume XXII : Gujarat | publisher=Popular Prakashan | author=Singh, K. S. | year=2003 | pages=992–995 | isbn=8179911047}}</ref><br />
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==Origin==<br />
While having their origins in the regions of [[Malwa]] and [[Rajasthan]],<ref name="People of India: India's communities, Volume 5">{{cite book|title=India's Communities|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g9MVAQAAMAAJ|year=1998|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-563354-2}}</ref> they are primarily found in the [[Saurashtra (region)|Saurashtra]], [[Kutch district|Kutch]],<ref name="EPW">{{cite journal |last=Shah |first=G. |year=1987 |title= Middle Class Politics: Case of Anti-Reservation Agitations in Gujarat (AN 160) |journal=Economic and Political Weekly |volume=22 |issue=19/21 |pages=AN155 |jstor=4377019}}</ref> [[Patan district|Patan]]<ref name="Gujarat state gazetteers">{{cite book|title= Gujarat Gazetteers: Mehsana, Gujarat (India) |url= https://www.indianculture.gov.in/gazettes/gujarat-state-gazetteers-mehsana-district |year=1975|publisher= The Director, Government Printing, Stationery and Publications, Ahmadabad, Gujarat |type=Gazetter}}</ref> and other region of [[Gujarat]], India.<ref name="EPW"/><br />
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==History==<br />
Nadoda Rajputs are one of the [[Rajput]] communities of [[Gujarat]], they migrated from [[Rajasthan]] about six hundred years ago. The belief is that the Nadoda refuse to pay taxes to the Muslim rulers. Hence, they were called ''Naravaya'' (defaulters) and Nadoda is its corrupt form.<ref name="India's Communities">{{cite book | title=India's Communities, Volume 3 | publisher=Oxford University Press, 1998 | author= Kumar Suresh Singh | year=1998 | pages=2517 | isbn=0195633547}}</ref> The term "Nadoda" dates back to the [[Muslim invasion of India]].<ref name="People of India: India's communities, Volume 5"/> As regards the explanations of the word nadoda, it is to be derived from Nadavata, transferred to the ——a declension in Prakrit. Thus Nadava give rise to word Nadoda.<ref name="Sanskrit and Indological Studies">{{cite book | title= Sanskrit and Indological Studies: Dr. V. Raghavan Felicitation Volume | publisher= Motilal Banarsidass, 1975 | author= Venkatarama Raghavan | year=1975 | pages=253 | isbn= 0842608214}}</ref><br />
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==Culture==<br />
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Nadoda Rajputs are [[Kshatriya]] by varna. They are followers of their [[Kuldevi]]. Lord [[Shiva]] and [[Krishna]] are their primary deities.<ref name="poigujarat"/><br />
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Nadoda Rajputs have four ghols (marriage circles) and marital alliances between them is restricted. In case of dress, ornaments, customs, social practices and style of life each ghol is specific in relation to others. They are aligned to Rajputs-Darbar groups, They are one of the members of ''ther-tasili''.<ref name="poigujarat"/><br />
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==Clans==<br />
Nadoda Rajputs further have ataks (clans) which enjoy an equal social status.<ref name="poigujarat"/> These clans (ataks: Surnames)<ref name="Surname meaning">{{cite web |url=https://www.tezpatrika.com/dictionary/surname-meaning-in-gujarati |title=Surname Meaning in gujarati|newspaper=Tezpatrika.com |date= |author= }}</ref> are Avera,[[Barad (name)|Barad]], [[Bhati]], [[Chavda (Rajput clan)|Chavda]], Chavad, Chudasama, [[Chohan]], [[Dabhi]], Dayma (Dahima), Dod,<ref name="GazeBombay ">{{cite book|title= Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency, Volume 9, Issue 1 |url= https://archive.org/details/1901GazetteerOfTheBombayPresidencyVol9Part1Hindus358D |year=1901|publisher= Government central Press |type=Gazetter}}</ref> Dodiya, Galecha, [[Gohil dynasty|Gohil]], Goletar, Hadial, Herma, [[Jadav]], Jiriya, [[Jethva]], Kuchhotia,<ref name="GazeBombay "/> [[Kher (surname)|Kher]], Lakum, Makvana (Makwana), [[Mori Rajputs|Mori]], Masani, Narvan, Pavra, Padhar, [[Parihar (clan)|Padhiar]], Palonia, [[Parmar (Rajput clan)|Parmar]],<ref name="GazeBombay "/> [[Rathore (Rajput clan)|Rathod]], Rehevar, Rathavi, [[Solanki (clan)|Solanki]], Sindhav([[Saindhava|Sindhav]]), Suvar(Sur), Tank, Tuar(Tunvar), [[Vadhel]], [[Vaghela dynasty|Vaghela]], Vaish(Vainsh), Vaja, [[Vala clan|Vala]], Vanol, Vejol(Vihol).<ref name="GazeBombay "/> They are [[Kshatriya]] through [[Akhil Bharatiya Kshatriya Mahasabha]].<ref name="poigujarat"/><br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Chavda dynasty]]<br />
* [[Rajputs of Gujarat]]<br />
* [[Jadeja]]<br />
* [[Garasia]]<br />
* [[Molesalam Rajput]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:History of taxation in India]]<br />
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