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	'''Ravana Rajput''' is an [[Indian caste system\|Indian caste]]. They are among the castes known as [[Daroga]]s,<ref>{{cite book \|author=Varsha Joshi \|title=Polygamy and Purdah: Women and Society Among Rajputs\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2j1uAAAAMAAJ&q=ravna+rajput&dq=ravna+rajput \|year=1995 \|publisher=Rawat \|isbn=978-8-170-33275-6 \|page=199 }}</ref> who claim [[Kshatriya]] status.<ref>{{cite book \|author=K.S.Singh \|title=Rajasthan, Volume 1\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iKsqzB4P1ioC \|year=1998 \|publisher=Popular \|isbn=978-8-171-54766-1 \|page=305,306 }}</ref>		'''Ravana Rajput''' is an [[Indian caste system\|Indian caste]]. They are among the castes known as [[Daroga]]s,<ref>{{cite book \|author=Varsha Joshi \|title=Polygamy and Purdah: Women and Society Among Rajputs\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2j1uAAAAMAAJ&q=ravna+rajput&dq=ravna+rajput \|year=1995 \|publisher=Rawat \|isbn=978-8-170-33275-6 \|page=199 }}</ref> who claim [[Kshatriya]] status.<ref>{{cite book \|author=K.S.Singh \|title=Rajasthan, Volume 1\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iKsqzB4P1ioC \|year=1998 \|publisher=Popular \|isbn=978-8-171-54766-1 \|page=305,306 }}</ref>

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'''Ravana Rajput''' is an [[Indian caste system|Indian caste]]. They are among the castes known as [[Daroga]]s,<ref>{{cite book |author=Varsha Joshi |title=Polygamy and Purdah: Women and Society Among Rajputs|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2j1uAAAAMAAJ&q=ravna+rajput&dq=ravna+rajput |year=1995 |publisher=Rawat |isbn=978-8-170-33275-6 |page=199 }}</ref> who claim [[Kshatriya]] status.<ref>{{cite book |author=K.S.Singh |title=Rajasthan, Volume 1|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iKsqzB4P1ioC |year=1998 |publisher=Popular |isbn=978-8-171-54766-1 |page=305,306 }}</ref>

== Origins ==

The Ravana Rajputs are descendants of [[Rajput]] men and their concubines, and were not originally accepted by the Rajput community as Rajputs.<ref>{{cite book |author=Lindsey Harlan |title=Religion and Rajput Women: The Ethic of Protection in Contemporary Narratives |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7HLrPYOe38gC&pg=PA145 |year=1992 |publisher=University of California Press |isbn=978-0-520-07339-5 |pages=145, 167 }}</ref> They were regarded as the children of the Rajput princes' from concubines<ref name="DDGaur"/><ref name="Vinay_1997"/><ref name="Salik_HT">{{cite news |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/jaipur/why-rajputs-in-rajasthan-are-uniting-over-gangster-anandpal-s-encounter-killing/story-Tq14igKDQ7PgPbTF1ldVrL.html |title=Why Rajputs in Rajasthan have erupted in anger over gangster Anandpal’s encounter killing |author=Salik Ahmed |date=13 July 2017 |newspaper=Hindustan Times }}</ref> and were household [[slavery|slaves]].<ref name="DDGaur">{{cite book |author=D. D. Gaur |title=Constitutional Development of Eastern Rajputana States |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uVAFAAAAMAAJ |year=1978 |publisher=Usha |oclc=641457000 |page=49 |quote=These slave communities were known by various names, such as Darogas, Chakars, Hazuris, Ravana- Rajputs, Chelas, Golas and Khawas. }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author=P. S. Choudhry |title=Rajasthan between the two world wars, 1919-1939 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5K-1AAAAIAAJ |year=1968 |publisher=Sri Ram Mehra |page=97 |quote=According to the census report of 1921, there were 1,60,755 slaves in Rajputana, including 10,844 born domestic slaves in Bikaner and 43,100 in Jodhpur. They mostly belonged to the Chakars and Daroga classes, and were divided into many groups such as Hazurias, Ravana Rajputs, Chellas and Gollas. }}</ref> They served the royal Rajput families as guards, soldiers and household servants.<ref>{{cite book |author=Bindu Manchanda |title=Jaisalmer: The City of Golden Sands and Strange Spirits |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vzxuAAAAMAAJ |year=2001 |publisher=HarperCollins Publishers India |isbn=978-81-7223-434-8 |page=92 }}</ref>

In order to raise their status, these people organized themselves into a caste,<ref>{{cite book |author1=Narendra Kumar Singhi |author2=Rajendra Joshi |title=Folk, Faith & Feudalism: Rajasthan Studies |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rAOBAAAAMAAJ |year=1995 |publisher=Rawat Publications |isbn=978-81-7033-273-2 |page=119 }}</ref> and styled themselves as "Ravana Rajputs". The British Indian census authorities, however, rejected their claim to the Rajput status.<ref>{{cite book |author=Sarangadhar Das |title=Bikaner: A Report Submitted to the President, All India States Peoples' Conference |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B0sFAAAAMAAJ |year=1940 |publisher=K.B. Menon, Office-secretary, All India States Peoples' Conference |page=49 }}</ref>

== Present status ==

Historically, the Ravana Rajputs have faced caste-based discrimination.<ref name="Mahim_IE">{{cite news |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/anand-pal-singh-gangster-rajasthan-cant-forget-4728389/ |title=Anand Pal Singh, gangster Rajasthan can’t forget |author=Mahim Pratap Singh |date=2017-06-30 |newspaper=The Indian Express |access-date=2017-07-20 }}</ref> The upper-caste Rajputs regard them as inferior, especially for matrimony.<ref name="Salik_HT"/> Nevertheless, the Ravana Rajputs place themselves highest in the rural caste hierarchy.<ref name="Vinay_1997">{{cite book |author=Vinay Kumar Srivastava |title=Religious renunciation of a pastoral people |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EFzkAAAAMAAJ |year=1997 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-564121-9 |page=266 }}</ref>

According to a 2013 ''[[Business Standard]]'' report, the Ravana Rajputs form around 7% of the Rajasthan state's population.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/ravana-rajput-samaj-warns-bjp-cong-of-using-nota-in-raj-polls-113111000703_1.html |title=Ravana Rajput Samaj warns BJP, Cong of using NOTA in Raj polls |newspaper=Business Standard |date=10 November 2013 }}</ref> They have been granted the [[Other Backward Class]] status for affirmative action.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://archive.tehelka.com/story_main52.asp?filename=Ne310312Man.asp |title=The Man without a smile |work=Tehelka Magazine, Vol 9, Issue 13 |date=31 March 2012 }}</ref>

In July 2017, the Ravana Rajput community staged a protest against the alleged [[fake encounter]] killing of gangster [[Anandpal Singh]], who belonged to their community and was considered a hero in his village.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/jaipur/anandpal-s-family-seeks-cbi-probe-native-village-protests-killing/story-Wbj9A1QaShdfr6zPZeaYEN.html |title=Anandpal’s family seeks CBI probe; native village protests killing |newspaper=Hindustan Times |date=25 June 2017 }}</ref> Singh was known for having escalated the Rajput-[[Jat people|Jat]] rivlary,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/gangster-anand-pal-singh-a-man-who-is-making-news-even-after-his-death/742325/ |title=Gangster Anand Pal Singh: A man who is making news even after his death |date=30 June 2017 |publisher=Financial Express }}</ref> and the agitation following his death united the local Rajput community.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/jaipur/report-dna-analysis-raje-again-demonstrates-political-acumen-in-politically-sorting-out-anandpal-case-2506674 |title=DNA ANALYSIS: Raje again demonstrates political acumen in politically sorting out Anandpal case |author=Prakash Bhandari |newspaper=DNA |date=19 July 2017 }}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:Social groups of Rajasthan]]

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