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<p>starting stub!</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Community of Muslim Rajputs and agriculturists}}<br /> {{pp|small=yes}}<br /> {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}<br /> {{Infobox ethnic group<br /> | group = Ranghar<br /> | total = Unknown<br /> | popplace = {{hlist|India|Pakistan}}<br /> | langs = {{hlist| [[Haryanvi]] ([[Ranghari]]) | [[Khari Boli]] | [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]| [[Urdu language|Urdu]]}}<br /> | rels = Islam<br /> }}<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Ranghar&#039;&#039;&#039; are a community of [[Muslim Rajputs]] in the Indian states of [[Haryana]], [[Punjab, India|Punjab]], [[Himachal Pradesh]] and [[Uttar Pradesh]] and the [[union territory]] of [[Delhi]];&lt;ref name=ranghar&gt;{{cite book|title=Psychological implications in Industrial Performance|author=Ashok Pratap Singh and Pratija Kumari|year=2007|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MHNsxbiEM4UC&amp;q=ranghar+Community&amp;pg=PA694|pages=694–696|publisher=Global Vision Publishing House |isbn=9788182202009}}&lt;/ref&gt; and in [[Sindh]] ([[Muhajir (Pakistan)|Muhajir]]s) and [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]] in Pakistan.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite book | last=Singh | first=S. | author2=Haryana (India). Gazetteers Organisation | title=Haryana State Gazetteer: Lacks special title | publisher=Haryana Gazetteers Organisation, Revenue Department | series=Gazetteer of India | year=2001 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kYsMAQAAMAAJ}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> == History and origin ==<br /> The Ranghar were classified as an &quot;agricultural tribe&quot; by the [[British Raj]] administration. This was often taken to be synonymous with the classification of [[martial race]], and some Ranghars were recruited to the [[British Indian Army]],&lt;ref&gt;{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O4Wop9vwS9sC |title=The Indian Army and the Making of Punjab |first=Rajit K. |last=Mazumder |page=105 |publisher=Orient Longman |year=2003 |isbn=978-81-7824-059-6}}&lt;/ref&gt; especially in [[1st Horse (Skinner&#039;s Horse)|Skinner&#039;s Horse]].&lt;ref&gt;{{cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=fWEeEAAAQBAJ&amp;dq=skinner%27s+horse+muslims+delhi&amp;pg=PA125 |title= Unbattled Fears: Reckoning the National Security |year= 2021 |author= Sumit Walia |page= 125|publisher= Lancer Publishers |isbn= 9788170623311 }}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> &lt;gallery class=&quot;center&quot;&gt;<br /> File:The 4th Irregular Cavalry.jpg|2nd Regiment of Skinner&#039;s Horse<br /> &lt;/gallery&gt;<br /> <br /> == See also ==<br /> * [[Garha]]<br /> * [[Ranghad (term)]]<br /> * [[Tomar (Rajput clan)|Tomar (Rajput Clan)]]<br /> <br /> == References ==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> {{Indian Muslim}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Ranghar| ]]<br /> [[Category:Punjabi tribes]]<br /> [[Category:Social groups of Himachal Pradesh]]<br /> [[Category:Social groups of Haryana]]<br /> [[Category:Muhajir communities]]<br /> [[Category:Social groups of Delhi]]<br /> [[Category:Muslim communities of Haryana]]<br /> [[Category:Muslim communities of Himachal Pradesh]]<br /> [[Category:Muslim communities of Uttar Pradesh]]<br /> [[Category:Rajputs]]</div>

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