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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The &#039;&#039;&#039;Sainthwar&#039;&#039;&#039;, or &#039;&#039;&#039;Mall&#039;&#039;&#039;, is an [[Indian caste]] of &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;peasants&lt;/del&gt;&amp;lt;ref &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;name=&quot;Shahid_1995&quot;&lt;/del&gt;&amp;gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;{{cite book |author=Shahid Amin |title=Event, Metaphor, Memory: Chauri Chaura, 1922-1992 |url=&lt;/del&gt;https://books.google.&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;com&lt;/del&gt;/books?id=&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;pbYwDwAAQBAJ&lt;/del&gt;&amp;amp;pg=&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;PA33 |year&lt;/del&gt;=&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;1995 |publisher&lt;/del&gt;=&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;University of California Press |isbn&lt;/del&gt;=&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;978-0-520-08780-4 |page&lt;/del&gt;=&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;33 |quote&lt;/del&gt;=&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Sainthwar: a middle-ranking caste of &#039;industrious&#039; peasants, closely related to the Kurmi}}&lt;/del&gt;&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; native to the [[Uttar Pradesh]] state.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;KSS_OUP_1998&quot;&amp;gt;{{cite book |editor=Kumar Suresh Singh |title=India&#039;s Communities |volume=A-G |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g9MVAQAAMAAJ |year=1998 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-563354-2 |page=2163 &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Under the Indian governments system of positive discrimination, the Sainthwars are classified as a &quot;Backward&quot; or [[Other backward class]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web |title=National Commission for Backward Classes |url=https://www.ncbc.nic.in/User_Panel/GazetteResolution.aspx?Value=mPICjsL1aLvxbegUDuc3MN4eB5E3Ecc1drRPAf1qXQ%2bl0IqIfhjN1xHrf4i2h5g0 |access-date=2023-08-27 |website=www.ncbc.nic.in&lt;/del&gt;}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The &#039;&#039;&#039;Sainthwar&#039;&#039;&#039;, or &#039;&#039;&#039;Mall&#039;&#039;&#039;, is an [[Indian&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]] [[&lt;/ins&gt;caste]] of &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[Zamindar|Landholders]]&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;&lt;/ins&gt;https://books.google.&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;co.in&lt;/ins&gt;/books?id=&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Ck4jmD7H34UC&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;amp;pg=&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;PA58&amp;amp;dq=g+n+dutt&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;sa&lt;/ins&gt;=&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;X&amp;amp;ei&lt;/ins&gt;=&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;WNATUcePK8nZrQfcoIGABg#v&lt;/ins&gt;=&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;onepage&amp;amp;q&lt;/ins&gt;=&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;g%2520n%2520dutt&amp;amp;f&lt;/ins&gt;=&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;false&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; native to the [[Uttar Pradesh]] state.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;KSS_OUP_1998&quot;&amp;gt;{{cite book |editor=Kumar Suresh Singh |title=India&#039;s Communities |volume=A-G |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g9MVAQAAMAAJ |year=1998 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-563354-2 |page=2163 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The &#039;&#039;&#039;Sainthwar&#039;&#039;&#039;, or &#039;&#039;&#039;Mall&#039;&#039;&#039;,&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |author=Subodh Kapoor |title=Encyclopaedia of Ancient Indian Geography |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8897ridkczoC&amp;amp;pg=PA413%7CYEAR%3D2002%7CPUBLISHER%3DCOSMO+PUBLICATIONS%7CISBN%3D978-81-7755-299-7%7CPAGES%3D413%E2%80%93%7D%7D%3C%2FREF%3E |year=2002 |publisher=Cosmo |isbn=978-81-7755-299-7 |page=413 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &lt;/del&gt;is an [[Indian caste]] of peasants&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Shahid_1995&quot;&amp;gt;{{cite book |author=Shahid Amin |title=Event, Metaphor, Memory: Chauri Chaura, 1922-1992 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pbYwDwAAQBAJ&amp;amp;pg=PA33 |year=1995 |publisher=University of California Press |isbn=978-0-520-08780-4 |page=33 |quote=Sainthwar: a middle-ranking caste of &#039;industrious&#039; peasants, closely related to the Kurmi}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; native to the [[Uttar Pradesh]] state.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;KSS_OUP_1998&quot;&amp;gt;{{cite book |editor=Kumar Suresh Singh |title=India&#039;s Communities |volume=A-G |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g9MVAQAAMAAJ |year=1998 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-563354-2 |page=2163 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Under the Indian governments system of positive discrimination, the Sainthwars are classified as a &quot;Backward&quot; or [[Other backward class]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web |title=National Commission for Backward Classes |url=https://www.ncbc.nic.in/User_Panel/GazetteResolution.aspx?Value=mPICjsL1aLvxbegUDuc3MN4eB5E3Ecc1drRPAf1qXQ%2bl0IqIfhjN1xHrf4i2h5g0 |access-date=2023-08-27 |website=www.ncbc.nic.in}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The &#039;&#039;&#039;Sainthwar&#039;&#039;&#039;, or &#039;&#039;&#039;Mall&#039;&#039;&#039;, is an [[Indian caste]] of peasants&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Shahid_1995&quot;&amp;gt;{{cite book |author=Shahid Amin |title=Event, Metaphor, Memory: Chauri Chaura, 1922-1992 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pbYwDwAAQBAJ&amp;amp;pg=PA33 |year=1995 |publisher=University of California Press |isbn=978-0-520-08780-4 |page=33 |quote=Sainthwar: a middle-ranking caste of &#039;industrious&#039; peasants, closely related to the Kurmi}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; native to the [[Uttar Pradesh]] state.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;KSS_OUP_1998&quot;&amp;gt;{{cite book |editor=Kumar Suresh Singh |title=India&#039;s Communities |volume=A-G |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g9MVAQAAMAAJ |year=1998 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-563354-2 |page=2163 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Under the Indian governments system of positive discrimination, the Sainthwars are classified as a &quot;Backward&quot; or [[Other backward class]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web |title=National Commission for Backward Classes |url=https://www.ncbc.nic.in/User_Panel/GazetteResolution.aspx?Value=mPICjsL1aLvxbegUDuc3MN4eB5E3Ecc1drRPAf1qXQ%2bl0IqIfhjN1xHrf4i2h5g0 |access-date=2023-08-27 |website=www.ncbc.nic.in}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;The Sainthwars are closely related to the  [[Rajput|Kurmis]],&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Shahid_1995&quot;/&amp;gt; and are sometimes described as a division of the rajput caste.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Paul_1987&quot;&amp;gt;{{cite book |editor1=Paul R. Brass |editor2=Francis Robinson |title=The Indian National Congress and Indian society, 1885-1985: ideology, social structure, and political dominance |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9BJuAAAAMAAJ |year=1987 |publisher=Chanakya |isbn=9788170010265 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Though Sainthwars deny the claim but in Census of 1881 Sainthwars were mentioned along with rajput in Oudh and Benaras.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite book |last=Blunt |first=Sir Edward |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NenzO2grTOMC&amp;amp;q=Sainthwar |title=The Caste System of Northern India |date=2010 |publisher=Gyan Publishing House |isbn=978-81-8205-495-0 |language=en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite book |last=Bhattacharya |first=Jogendra Nath |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xlpLAAAAMAAJ&amp;amp;q=Jogendra+Nath+Bhattacharya+saithwar |title=Hindu Castes and Sects: An Exposition of the Origin of the Hindu Caste System and the Bearing of the Sects Towards Each Other and Towards Other Religious Systems |date=1896 |publisher=Thacker, Spink |language=en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Sainthwar was earlier a Kurmi sub-caste. But due to the rise of the leading family (princely family of Padruna) it was classified as a separate caste in 1911.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite book |last=Blunt |first=Sir Edward |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NenzO2grTOMC&amp;amp;q=editions:4DMMl3vnlrcC |title=The Caste System of Northern India |date=2010 |publisher=Gyan Publishing House |isbn=978-81-8205-495-0 |language=en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The Sainthwars are known as &quot;Mall&quot; (&quot;prosperous&quot;) as opposed to the Kurmis.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;KSS_OUP_1998&quot;/&amp;gt; They are the dominant landholding caste in some districts of Uttar Pradesh.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Paul_1987&quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-added&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;The oral tradition of the Sainthwars traces their ancestry to Chandraketu, a son of the legendary hero [[Lakshmana]].&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;KSS_OUP_1998&quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-added&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[Bharatiya Janata Party]] politician [[Ratanjit Pratap Narain Singh|RPN Singh]] belongs to the Saithwar rajput community and is a prominent leader from Eastern Uttar Pradesh.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|title=How RPN Singh fits into BJP&#039;s OBC plan in UP - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/rpns-congress-exit-a-move-in-bjps-obc-plan/articleshow/89139720.cms|access-date=2022-01-28|website=The Times of India}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news |url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/who-is-rpn-singh-the-congress-leader-who-is-likely-to-join-bjp-ahead-of-up-assembly-polls |title=Who is RPN Singh? Know all about Congress heavyweight who joined BJP ahead of UP polls |newspaper=The Fress Press Journal |date=2022-01-25 |access-date=2022-08-10 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-added&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Sainthwar&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, or &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Mall&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |author=Subodh Kapoor |title=Encyclopaedia of Ancient Indian Geography |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8897ridkczoC&amp;amp;pg=PA413%7CYEAR%3D2002%7CPUBLISHER%3DCOSMO+PUBLICATIONS%7CISBN%3D978-81-7755-299-7%7CPAGES%3D413%E2%80%93%7D%7D%3C%2FREF%3E |year=2002 |publisher=Cosmo |isbn=978-81-7755-299-7 |page=413 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; is an [[Indian caste]] of peasants&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Shahid_1995&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite book |author=Shahid Amin |title=Event, Metaphor, Memory: Chauri Chaura, 1922-1992 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pbYwDwAAQBAJ&amp;amp;pg=PA33 |year=1995 |publisher=University of California Press |isbn=978-0-520-08780-4 |page=33 |quote=Sainthwar: a middle-ranking caste of &amp;#039;industrious&amp;#039; peasants, closely related to the Kurmi}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; native to the [[Uttar Pradesh]] state.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;KSS_OUP_1998&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite book |editor=Kumar Suresh Singh |title=India&amp;#039;s Communities |volume=A-G |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g9MVAQAAMAAJ |year=1998 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-563354-2 |page=2163 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Under the Indian governments system of positive discrimination, the Sainthwars are classified as a &amp;quot;Backward&amp;quot; or [[Other backward class]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web |title=National Commission for Backward Classes |url=https://www.ncbc.nic.in/User_Panel/GazetteResolution.aspx?Value=mPICjsL1aLvxbegUDuc3MN4eB5E3Ecc1drRPAf1qXQ%2bl0IqIfhjN1xHrf4i2h5g0 |access-date=2023-08-27 |website=www.ncbc.nic.in}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Sainthwar&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, or &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Mall&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |author=Subodh Kapoor |title=Encyclopaedia of Ancient Indian Geography |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8897ridkczoC&amp;amp;pg=PA413%7CYEAR%3D2002%7CPUBLISHER%3DCOSMO+PUBLICATIONS%7CISBN%3D978-81-7755-299-7%7CPAGES%3D413%E2%80%93%7D%7D%3C%2FREF%3E |year=2002 |publisher=Cosmo |isbn=978-81-7755-299-7 |page=413 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; is an [[Indian caste]] of peasants&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Shahid_1995&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite book |author=Shahid Amin |title=Event, Metaphor, Memory: Chauri Chaura, 1922-1992 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pbYwDwAAQBAJ&amp;amp;pg=PA33 |year=1995 |publisher=University of California Press |isbn=978-0-520-08780-4 |page=33 |quote=Sainthwar: a middle-ranking caste of &amp;#039;industrious&amp;#039; peasants, closely related to the Kurmi}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; native to the [[Uttar Pradesh]] state.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;KSS_OUP_1998&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite book |editor=Kumar Suresh Singh |title=India&amp;#039;s Communities |volume=A-G |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g9MVAQAAMAAJ |year=1998 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-563354-2 |page=2163 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Under the Indian governments system of positive discrimination, the Sainthwars are classified as a &amp;quot;Backward&amp;quot; or [[Other backward class]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web |title=National Commission for Backward Classes |url=https://www.ncbc.nic.in/User_Panel/GazetteResolution.aspx?Value=mPICjsL1aLvxbegUDuc3MN4eB5E3Ecc1drRPAf1qXQ%2bl0IqIfhjN1xHrf4i2h5g0 |access-date=2023-08-27 |website=www.ncbc.nic.in}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;	&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;	&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The Sainthwars are closely related to the  [[&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Kurmi&lt;/del&gt;]]&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;s&lt;/del&gt;,&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Shahid_1995&quot;/&amp;gt; and are sometimes described as a division of the &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Kurmi &lt;/del&gt;caste.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Paul_1987&quot;&amp;gt;{{cite book |editor1=Paul R. Brass |editor2=Francis Robinson |title=The Indian National Congress and Indian society, 1885-1985: ideology, social structure, and political dominance |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9BJuAAAAMAAJ |year=1987 |publisher=Chanakya |isbn=9788170010265 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Though Sainthwars deny the claim but in Census of 1881 Sainthwars were mentioned along with &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Kurmi &lt;/del&gt;in Oudh and Benaras.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite book |last=Blunt |first=Sir Edward |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NenzO2grTOMC&amp;amp;q=Sainthwar |title=The Caste System of Northern India |date=2010 |publisher=Gyan Publishing House |isbn=978-81-8205-495-0 |language=en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite book |last=Bhattacharya |first=Jogendra Nath |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xlpLAAAAMAAJ&amp;amp;q=Jogendra+Nath+Bhattacharya+saithwar |title=Hindu Castes and Sects: An Exposition of the Origin of the Hindu Caste System and the Bearing of the Sects Towards Each Other and Towards Other Religious Systems |date=1896 |publisher=Thacker, Spink |language=en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Sainthwar was earlier a Kurmi sub-caste. But due to the rise of the leading family (princely family of Padruna) it was classified as a separate caste in 1911.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite book |last=Blunt |first=Sir Edward |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NenzO2grTOMC&amp;amp;q=editions:4DMMl3vnlrcC |title=The Caste System of Northern India |date=2010 |publisher=Gyan Publishing House |isbn=978-81-8205-495-0 |language=en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The Sainthwars are known as &quot;Mall&quot; (&quot;prosperous&quot;) as opposed to the Kurmis.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;KSS_OUP_1998&quot;/&amp;gt; They are the dominant landholding caste in some districts of Uttar Pradesh.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Paul_1987&quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The Sainthwars are closely related to the  [[&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Rajput|Kurmis&lt;/ins&gt;]],&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Shahid_1995&quot;/&amp;gt; and are sometimes described as a division of the &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;rajput &lt;/ins&gt;caste.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Paul_1987&quot;&amp;gt;{{cite book |editor1=Paul R. Brass |editor2=Francis Robinson |title=The Indian National Congress and Indian society, 1885-1985: ideology, social structure, and political dominance |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9BJuAAAAMAAJ |year=1987 |publisher=Chanakya |isbn=9788170010265 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Though Sainthwars deny the claim but in Census of 1881 Sainthwars were mentioned along with &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;rajput &lt;/ins&gt;in Oudh and Benaras.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite book |last=Blunt |first=Sir Edward |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NenzO2grTOMC&amp;amp;q=Sainthwar |title=The Caste System of Northern India |date=2010 |publisher=Gyan Publishing House |isbn=978-81-8205-495-0 |language=en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite book |last=Bhattacharya |first=Jogendra Nath |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xlpLAAAAMAAJ&amp;amp;q=Jogendra+Nath+Bhattacharya+saithwar |title=Hindu Castes and Sects: An Exposition of the Origin of the Hindu Caste System and the Bearing of the Sects Towards Each Other and Towards Other Religious Systems |date=1896 |publisher=Thacker, Spink |language=en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Sainthwar was earlier a Kurmi sub-caste. But due to the rise of the leading family (princely family of Padruna) it was classified as a separate caste in 1911.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite book |last=Blunt |first=Sir Edward |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NenzO2grTOMC&amp;amp;q=editions:4DMMl3vnlrcC |title=The Caste System of Northern India |date=2010 |publisher=Gyan Publishing House |isbn=978-81-8205-495-0 |language=en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The Sainthwars are known as &quot;Mall&quot; (&quot;prosperous&quot;) as opposed to the Kurmis.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;KSS_OUP_1998&quot;/&amp;gt; They are the dominant landholding caste in some districts of Uttar Pradesh.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Paul_1987&quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The oral tradition of the Sainthwars traces their ancestry to Chandraketu, a son of the legendary hero [[Lakshmana]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;KSS_OUP_1998&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The oral tradition of the Sainthwars traces their ancestry to Chandraketu, a son of the legendary hero [[Lakshmana]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;KSS_OUP_1998&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Bharatiya Janata Party]] politician [[Ratanjit Pratap Narain Singh|RPN Singh]] belongs to the Saithwar community and is a prominent leader from Eastern Uttar Pradesh.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|title=How RPN Singh fits into BJP&#039;s OBC plan in UP - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/rpns-congress-exit-a-move-in-bjps-obc-plan/articleshow/89139720.cms|access-date=2022-01-28|website=The Times of India}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news |url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/who-is-rpn-singh-the-congress-leader-who-is-likely-to-join-bjp-ahead-of-up-assembly-polls |title=Who is RPN Singh? Know all about Congress heavyweight who joined BJP ahead of UP polls |newspaper=The Fress Press Journal |date=2022-01-25 |access-date=2022-08-10 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Bharatiya Janata Party]] politician [[Ratanjit Pratap Narain Singh|RPN Singh]] belongs to the Saithwar &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;rajput &lt;/ins&gt;community and is a prominent leader from Eastern Uttar Pradesh.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|title=How RPN Singh fits into BJP&#039;s OBC plan in UP - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/rpns-congress-exit-a-move-in-bjps-obc-plan/articleshow/89139720.cms|access-date=2022-01-28|website=The Times of India}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news |url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/who-is-rpn-singh-the-congress-leader-who-is-likely-to-join-bjp-ahead-of-up-assembly-polls |title=Who is RPN Singh? Know all about Congress heavyweight who joined BJP ahead of UP polls |newspaper=The Fress Press Journal |date=2022-01-25 |access-date=2022-08-10 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;Sainthwar&#039;&#039;&#039;, &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;also known as &lt;/del&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;Mall&#039;&#039;&#039;,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |author=Subodh Kapoor |title=Encyclopaedia of Ancient Indian Geography |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8897ridkczoC&amp;amp;pg=PA413%&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;7Cyear&lt;/del&gt;%3D2002%&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;7Cpublisher&lt;/del&gt;%&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;3DCosmo&lt;/del&gt;+&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Publications&lt;/del&gt;%&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;7Cisbn&lt;/del&gt;%3D978-81-7755-299-7%&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;7Cpages&lt;/del&gt;%3D413%E2%80%93%7D%7D%3C%&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;2Fref&lt;/del&gt;%3E |year=2002 |publisher=Cosmo |isbn=978-81-7755-299-7 |page=413 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; is an [[Indian caste]] of &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;landholders&lt;/del&gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Shahid_1995&quot;&amp;gt;{{cite book |author=Shahid Amin |title=Event, Metaphor, Memory: Chauri Chaura, 1922-1992 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pbYwDwAAQBAJ&amp;amp;pg=PA33 |year=1995 |publisher=University of California Press |isbn=978-0-520-08780-4 |page=33 |quote=Sainthwar: a middle-ranking caste of &#039;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;landholers&lt;/del&gt;&#039; , closely related to the &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Rajputs&lt;/del&gt;}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; native to the [[Uttar Pradesh]] &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;and [[Bihar]] states&lt;/del&gt;.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;KSS_OUP_1998&quot;&amp;gt;{{cite book |editor=Kumar Suresh Singh |title=India&#039;s Communities |volume=A-G |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g9MVAQAAMAAJ |year=1998 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-563354-2 |page=2163 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;The &lt;/ins&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;Sainthwar&#039;&#039;&#039;, &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;or &lt;/ins&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;Mall&#039;&#039;&#039;,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |author=Subodh Kapoor |title=Encyclopaedia of Ancient Indian Geography |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8897ridkczoC&amp;amp;pg=PA413%&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;7CYEAR&lt;/ins&gt;%3D2002%&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;7CPUBLISHER&lt;/ins&gt;%&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;3DCOSMO&lt;/ins&gt;+&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;PUBLICATIONS&lt;/ins&gt;%&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;7CISBN&lt;/ins&gt;%3D978-81-7755-299-7%&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;7CPAGES&lt;/ins&gt;%3D413%E2%80%93%7D%7D%3C%&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;2FREF&lt;/ins&gt;%3E |year=2002 |publisher=Cosmo |isbn=978-81-7755-299-7 |page=413 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; is an [[Indian caste]] of &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;peasants&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Shahid_1995&quot;&amp;gt;{{cite book |author=Shahid Amin |title=Event, Metaphor, Memory: Chauri Chaura, 1922-1992 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pbYwDwAAQBAJ&amp;amp;pg=PA33 |year=1995 |publisher=University of California Press |isbn=978-0-520-08780-4 |page=33 |quote=Sainthwar: a middle-ranking caste of &#039;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;industrious&lt;/ins&gt;&#039; &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;peasants&lt;/ins&gt;, closely related to the &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Kurmi&lt;/ins&gt;}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; native to the [[Uttar Pradesh]] &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;state&lt;/ins&gt;.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;KSS_OUP_1998&quot;&amp;gt;{{cite book |editor=Kumar Suresh Singh |title=India&#039;s Communities |volume=A-G |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g9MVAQAAMAAJ |year=1998 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-563354-2 |page=2163 }}&amp;lt;/ref&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&amp;gt; Under the Indian governments system of positive discrimination, the Sainthwars are classified as a &quot;Backward&quot; or [[Other backward class]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web |title=National Commission for Backward Classes |url=https://www.ncbc.nic.in/User_Panel/GazetteResolution.aspx?Value=mPICjsL1aLvxbegUDuc3MN4eB5E3Ecc1drRPAf1qXQ%2bl0IqIfhjN1xHrf4i2h5g0 |access-date=2023-08-27 |website=www.ncbc.nic.in}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;The Sainthwars are closely related to the  [[Kurmi]]s,&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Shahid_1995&quot;/&amp;gt; and are sometimes described as a division of the Kurmi caste.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Paul_1987&quot;&amp;gt;{{cite book |editor1=Paul R. Brass |editor2=Francis Robinson |title=The Indian National Congress and Indian society, 1885-1985: ideology, social structure, and political dominance |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9BJuAAAAMAAJ |year=1987 |publisher=Chanakya |isbn=9788170010265 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Though Sainthwars deny the claim but in Census of 1881 Sainthwars were mentioned along with Kurmi in Oudh and Benaras.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite book |last=Blunt |first=Sir Edward |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NenzO2grTOMC&amp;amp;q=Sainthwar |title=The Caste System of Northern India |date=2010 |publisher=Gyan Publishing House |isbn=978-81-8205-495-0 |language=en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite book |last=Bhattacharya |first=Jogendra Nath |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xlpLAAAAMAAJ&amp;amp;q=Jogendra+Nath+Bhattacharya+saithwar |title=Hindu Castes and Sects: An Exposition of the Origin of the Hindu Caste System and the Bearing of the Sects Towards Each Other and Towards Other Religious Systems |date=1896 |publisher=Thacker, Spink |language=en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Sainthwar was earlier a Kurmi sub-caste. But due to the rise of the leading family (princely family of Padruna) it was classified as a separate caste in 1911.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite book |last=Blunt |first=Sir Edward |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NenzO2grTOMC&amp;amp;q=editions:4DMMl3vnlrcC |title=The Caste System of Northern India |date=2010 |publisher=Gyan Publishing House |isbn=978-81-8205-495-0 |language=en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The Sainthwars are known as &quot;Mall&quot; (&quot;prosperous&quot;) as opposed to the Kurmis.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;KSS_OUP_1998&quot;/&amp;gt; They are the dominant landholding caste in some districts of Uttar Pradesh.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Paul_1987&quot;/&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The Sainthwars &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;are closely related &lt;/del&gt;to the &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt; &lt;/del&gt;[[&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Rajputs&lt;/del&gt;]]&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;,&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Shahid_1995&quot;/&amp;gt; and are sometimes described as a division of the Rajput caste.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Paul_1987&quot;&amp;gt;{{cite book |editor1=Paul R. Brass |editor2=Francis Robinson |title=The Indian National Congress and Indian society, 1885-1985: ideology, social structure, and political dominance |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9BJuAAAAMAAJ |year=1987 |publisher=Chanakya |isbn=9788170010265 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The Sainthwars are known as &quot;Mall&quot; (&quot;prosperous&quot;) as opposed to the historically poorer Kurmis&lt;/del&gt;.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;KSS_OUP_1998&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&quot;/&amp;gt; They are the dominant landholding caste in some districts of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Paul_1987&lt;/del&gt;&quot;/&amp;gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;oral tradition of the &lt;/ins&gt;Sainthwars &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;traces their ancestry &lt;/ins&gt;to &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Chandraketu, a son of &lt;/ins&gt;the &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;legendary hero &lt;/ins&gt;[[&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Lakshmana&lt;/ins&gt;]].&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;KSS_OUP_1998&quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;The oral tradition of the Sainthwars trace their ancestry to Chandraketu, a son of the legendary hero &lt;/del&gt;[[&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Lakshmana&lt;/del&gt;]].&amp;lt;ref &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;name&lt;/del&gt;=&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&quot;KSS_OUP_1998&quot;&lt;/del&gt;/&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Bharatiya Janata Party]] politician [[Ratanjit Pratap Narain Singh|RPN Singh&lt;/ins&gt;]] &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;belongs to the Saithwar community and is a prominent leader from Eastern Uttar Pradesh&lt;/ins&gt;.&amp;lt;ref&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&amp;gt;{{Cite web|title&lt;/ins&gt;=&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;How RPN Singh fits into BJP&#039;s OBC plan in UP - Times of India|url=https:/&lt;/ins&gt;/&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/rpns-congress-exit-a-move-in-bjps-obc-plan/articleshow/89139720.cms|access-date=2022-01-28|website=The Times of India}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news |url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/who-is-rpn-singh-the-congress-leader-who-is-likely-to-join-bjp-ahead-of-up-assembly-polls |title=Who is RPN Singh? Know all about Congress heavyweight who joined BJP ahead of UP polls |newspaper=The Fress Press Journal |date=2022-01-25 |access-date=2022-08-10 }}&amp;lt;/ref&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l5&quot;&gt;Line 5:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The Sainthwars are closely related to the  [[Rajputs]],&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Shahid_1995&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; and are sometimes described as a division of the Rajput caste.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Paul_1987&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite book |editor1=Paul R. Brass |editor2=Francis Robinson |title=The Indian National Congress and Indian society, 1885-1985: ideology, social structure, and political dominance |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9BJuAAAAMAAJ |year=1987 |publisher=Chanakya |isbn=9788170010265 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The Sainthwars are known as &amp;quot;Mall&amp;quot; (&amp;quot;prosperous&amp;quot;) as opposed to the historically poorer Kurmis.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;KSS_OUP_1998&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; They are the dominant landholding caste in some districts of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Paul_1987&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The Sainthwars are closely related to the  [[Rajputs]],&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Shahid_1995&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; and are sometimes described as a division of the Rajput caste.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Paul_1987&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite book |editor1=Paul R. Brass |editor2=Francis Robinson |title=The Indian National Congress and Indian society, 1885-1985: ideology, social structure, and political dominance |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9BJuAAAAMAAJ |year=1987 |publisher=Chanakya |isbn=9788170010265 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The Sainthwars are known as &amp;quot;Mall&amp;quot; (&amp;quot;prosperous&amp;quot;) as opposed to the historically poorer Kurmis.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;KSS_OUP_1998&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; They are the dominant landholding caste in some districts of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Paul_1987&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The oral tradition of the Sainthwars trace their ancestry to &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Shudras&lt;/del&gt;, a son of the legendary hero [[Lakshmana]].&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;KSS_OUP_1998&quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The oral tradition of the Sainthwars trace their ancestry to &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Chandraketu&lt;/ins&gt;, a son of the legendary hero [[Lakshmana]].&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;KSS_OUP_1998&quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l1&quot;&gt;Line 1:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;The Sainthwar, or Mall,[1] are a group of castes settled from different locations to the Gorakhpur region. Sainthwar is not a single name but a group of Caste that accepted the democratic Mall kingdom. They are landholders[2] native to the Uttar Pradesh and Bihar states.[3]&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-added&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;The Sainthwars are related to the Kshatriyas&lt;/del&gt;,&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[2] and are sometimes described &lt;/del&gt;as &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;a division &lt;/del&gt;of &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;the Rajput&lt;/del&gt;.[&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;3&lt;/del&gt;] &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;They are the dominant landholding &lt;/del&gt;caste &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;in some districts &lt;/del&gt;of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[4]&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;Sainthwar&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;/ins&gt;, &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;also known &lt;/ins&gt;as &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;Mall&#039;&#039;&#039;,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |author=Subodh Kapoor |title=Encyclopaedia &lt;/ins&gt;of &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Ancient Indian Geography |url=https://books.google&lt;/ins&gt;.&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;com/books?id=8897ridkczoC&amp;amp;pg=PA413%7Cyear%3D2002%7Cpublisher%3DCosmo+Publications%7Cisbn%3D978-81-7755-299-7%7Cpages%3D413%E2%80%93%7D%7D%3C%2Fref%3E |year=2002 |publisher=Cosmo |isbn=978-81-7755-299-7 |page=413 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; is an [&lt;/ins&gt;[&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Indian caste]&lt;/ins&gt;] &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;of landholders&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Shahid_1995&quot;&amp;gt;{{cite book |author=Shahid Amin |title=Event, Metaphor, Memory: Chauri Chaura, 1922-1992 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pbYwDwAAQBAJ&amp;amp;pg=PA33 |year=1995 |publisher=University of California Press |isbn=978-0-520-08780-4 |page=33 |quote=Sainthwar: a middle-ranking &lt;/ins&gt;caste of &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&#039;landholers&#039; , closely related to the Rajputs}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; native to the [[&lt;/ins&gt;Uttar Pradesh&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]] &lt;/ins&gt;and &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[&lt;/ins&gt;Bihar&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]] states&lt;/ins&gt;.&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;KSS_OUP_1998&quot;&amp;gt;{{cite book |editor=Kumar Suresh Singh |title=India&#039;s Communities |volume=A-G |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g9MVAQAAMAAJ |year=1998 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-563354-2 |page=2163 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;oral tradition of the &lt;/del&gt;Sainthwars &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;trace their ancestry &lt;/del&gt;to &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Chandraketu&lt;/del&gt;, a &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;son &lt;/del&gt;of the &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;legendary hero Lakshmana&lt;/del&gt;.&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[3]&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The Sainthwars &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;are closely related &lt;/ins&gt;to &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;the  [[Rajputs]]&lt;/ins&gt;,&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Shahid_1995&quot;/&amp;gt; and are sometimes described as &lt;/ins&gt;a &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;division &lt;/ins&gt;of the &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Rajput caste.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Paul_1987&quot;&amp;gt;{{cite book |editor1=Paul R. Brass |editor2=Francis Robinson |title=The Indian National Congress and Indian society, 1885-1985: ideology, social structure, and political dominance |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9BJuAAAAMAAJ |year=1987 |publisher=Chanakya |isbn=9788170010265 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The Sainthwars are known as &quot;Mall&quot; (&quot;prosperous&quot;) as opposed to the historically poorer Kurmis&lt;/ins&gt;.&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;KSS_OUP_1998&quot;/&amp;gt; They are the dominant landholding caste in some districts of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Paul_1987&quot;/&amp;gt; &lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Bharatiya Janata Party politician RPN Singh belongs &lt;/del&gt;to the &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;community and is a prominent leader from Eastern Uttar Pradesh.&lt;/del&gt;[&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;5&lt;/del&gt;]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;The oral tradition of the Sainthwars trace their ancestry &lt;/ins&gt;to &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Shudras, a son of &lt;/ins&gt;the &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;legendary hero [&lt;/ins&gt;[&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Lakshmana&lt;/ins&gt;]&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;].&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;KSS_OUP_1998&quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==References==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==References==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;

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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;The Sainthwar, or Mall,[1] are a group of castes settled from different locations to the Gorakhpur region. Sainthwar is not a single name but a group of Caste that accepted the democratic Mall kingdom. They are landholders[2] native to the Uttar Pradesh and Bihar states.[3]&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;The Sainthwars are related to the Kshatriyas&lt;/ins&gt;,&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[2] and are sometimes described &lt;/ins&gt;as &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;a division &lt;/ins&gt;of &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;the Rajput&lt;/ins&gt;.[&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;3&lt;/ins&gt;] &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;They are the dominant landholding &lt;/ins&gt;caste &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;in some districts &lt;/ins&gt;of Uttar Pradesh and &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Bihar.&lt;/ins&gt;[&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;4&lt;/ins&gt;]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;Sainthwar&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;/del&gt;, &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;also known &lt;/del&gt;as &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;Mall&#039;&#039;&#039;,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |author=Subodh Kapoor |title=Encyclopaedia &lt;/del&gt;of &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Ancient Indian Geography |url=https://books.google&lt;/del&gt;.&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;com/books?id=8897ridkczoC&amp;amp;pg=PA413%7Cyear%3D2002%7Cpublisher%3DCosmo+Publications%7Cisbn%3D978-81-7755-299-7%7Cpages%3D413%E2%80%93%7D%7D%3C%2Fref%3E |year=2002 |publisher=Cosmo |isbn=978-81-7755-299-7 |page=413 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; is an [&lt;/del&gt;[&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Indian caste&lt;/del&gt;]&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;] of landholders&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Shahid_1995&quot;&amp;gt;{{cite book |author=Shahid Amin |title=Event, Metaphor, Memory: Chauri Chaura, 1922-1992 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pbYwDwAAQBAJ&amp;amp;pg=PA33 |year=1995 |publisher=University of California Press |isbn=978-0-520-08780-4 |page=33 |quote=Sainthwar: a middle-ranking &lt;/del&gt;caste of &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&#039;landholers&#039; , closely related to the Rajputs}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; native to the [[&lt;/del&gt;Uttar Pradesh&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]] &lt;/del&gt;and [&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[Bihar&lt;/del&gt;]&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;] states.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;KSS_OUP_1998&quot;&amp;gt;{{cite book |editor=Kumar Suresh Singh |title=India&#039;s Communities |volume=A-G |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g9MVAQAAMAAJ |year=1998 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-563354-2 |page=2163 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-added&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The Sainthwars &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;are closely related &lt;/del&gt;to &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;the  [[Rajputs]]&lt;/del&gt;,&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Shahid_1995&quot;/&amp;gt; and are sometimes described as &lt;/del&gt;a &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;division &lt;/del&gt;of the &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Rajput caste&lt;/del&gt;.&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Paul_1987&quot;&amp;gt;{{cite book |editor1=Paul R. Brass |editor2=Francis Robinson |title=The Indian National Congress and Indian society, 1885-1985: ideology, social structure, and political dominance |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9BJuAAAAMAAJ |year=1987 |publisher=Chanakya |isbn=9788170010265 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The Sainthwars are known as &quot;Mall&quot; (&quot;prosperous&quot;) as opposed to the historically poorer Kurmis.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;KSS_OUP_1998&quot;/&amp;gt; They are the dominant landholding caste in some districts of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Paul_1987&quot;/&amp;gt; &lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;oral tradition of the &lt;/ins&gt;Sainthwars &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;trace their ancestry &lt;/ins&gt;to &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Chandraketu&lt;/ins&gt;, a &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;son &lt;/ins&gt;of the &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;legendary hero Lakshmana&lt;/ins&gt;.&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[3]&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;Sainthwar&#039;&#039;&#039;, also known as &#039;&#039;&#039;Mall&#039;&#039;&#039;,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |author=Subodh Kapoor |title=Encyclopaedia of Ancient Indian Geography |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8897ridkczoC&amp;amp;pg=PA413%7Cyear%3D2002%7Cpublisher%3DCosmo+Publications%7Cisbn%3D978-81-7755-299-7%7Cpages%3D413%E2%80%93%7D%7D%3C%2Fref%3E |year=2002 |publisher=Cosmo |isbn=978-81-7755-299-7 |page=413 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; is an [[Indian caste]] of landholders&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Shahid_1995&quot;&amp;gt;{{cite book |author=Shahid Amin |title=Event, Metaphor, Memory: Chauri Chaura, 1922-1992 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pbYwDwAAQBAJ&amp;amp;pg=PA33 |year=1995 |publisher=University of California Press |isbn=978-0-520-08780-4 |page=33 |quote=Sainthwar: a &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Kshtriya &lt;/del&gt;caste of &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;landholders&lt;/del&gt;, closely related to the &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Rajput&lt;/del&gt;}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; native to the [[Uttar Pradesh]] &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;state&lt;/del&gt;.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;KSS_OUP_1998&quot;&amp;gt;{{cite book |editor=Kumar Suresh Singh |title=India&#039;s Communities |volume=A-G |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g9MVAQAAMAAJ |year=1998 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-563354-2 |page=2163 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;Sainthwar&#039;&#039;&#039;, also known as &#039;&#039;&#039;Mall&#039;&#039;&#039;,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |author=Subodh Kapoor |title=Encyclopaedia of Ancient Indian Geography |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8897ridkczoC&amp;amp;pg=PA413%7Cyear%3D2002%7Cpublisher%3DCosmo+Publications%7Cisbn%3D978-81-7755-299-7%7Cpages%3D413%E2%80%93%7D%7D%3C%2Fref%3E |year=2002 |publisher=Cosmo |isbn=978-81-7755-299-7 |page=413 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; is an [[Indian caste]] of landholders&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Shahid_1995&quot;&amp;gt;{{cite book |author=Shahid Amin |title=Event, Metaphor, Memory: Chauri Chaura, 1922-1992 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pbYwDwAAQBAJ&amp;amp;pg=PA33 |year=1995 |publisher=University of California Press |isbn=978-0-520-08780-4 |page=33 |quote=Sainthwar: a &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;middle-ranking &lt;/ins&gt;caste of &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&#039;landholers&#039; &lt;/ins&gt;, closely related to the &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Rajputs&lt;/ins&gt;}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; native to the [[Uttar Pradesh]] &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;and [[Bihar]] states&lt;/ins&gt;.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;KSS_OUP_1998&quot;&amp;gt;{{cite book |editor=Kumar Suresh Singh |title=India&#039;s Communities |volume=A-G |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g9MVAQAAMAAJ |year=1998 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-563354-2 |page=2163 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The Sainthwars are closely related to the [[&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Rajput&lt;/del&gt;]]&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;s&lt;/del&gt;,&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Shahid_1995&quot;/&amp;gt; and are sometimes described as a division of the Rajput caste.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Paul_1987&quot;&amp;gt;{{cite book |editor1=Paul R. Brass |editor2=Francis Robinson |title=The Indian National Congress and Indian society, 1885-1985: ideology, social structure, and political dominance |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9BJuAAAAMAAJ |year=1987 |publisher=Chanakya |isbn=9788170010265 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The Sainthwars are known as &quot;Mall&quot; (&quot;prosperous&quot;) as opposed to the historically poorer Kurmis.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;KSS_OUP_1998&quot;/&amp;gt; They are the dominant landholding caste in some districts of Uttar Pradesh.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Paul_1987&quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The Sainthwars are closely related to the &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt; &lt;/ins&gt;[[&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Rajputs&lt;/ins&gt;]],&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Shahid_1995&quot;/&amp;gt; and are sometimes described as a division of the Rajput caste.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Paul_1987&quot;&amp;gt;{{cite book |editor1=Paul R. Brass |editor2=Francis Robinson |title=The Indian National Congress and Indian society, 1885-1985: ideology, social structure, and political dominance |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9BJuAAAAMAAJ |year=1987 |publisher=Chanakya |isbn=9788170010265 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The Sainthwars are known as &quot;Mall&quot; (&quot;prosperous&quot;) as opposed to the historically poorer Kurmis.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;KSS_OUP_1998&quot;/&amp;gt; They are the dominant landholding caste in some districts of Uttar Pradesh &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;and Bihar&lt;/ins&gt;.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Paul_1987&quot;/&amp;gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The oral tradition of the Sainthwars &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;traces &lt;/del&gt;their ancestry to &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Chandraketu&lt;/del&gt;, a son of the legendary hero [[Lakshmana]].&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;KSS_OUP_1998&quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The oral tradition of the Sainthwars &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;trace &lt;/ins&gt;their ancestry to &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Shudras&lt;/ins&gt;, a son of the legendary hero [[Lakshmana]].&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;KSS_OUP_1998&quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==References==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==References==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Category:Social groups of Uttar Pradesh]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Category:Social groups of Uttar Pradesh]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{India-ethno-stub}} &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Gorakhpur Janpad aur uski kshtriya jatiyo ka itihas&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{India-ethno-stub}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;

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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Reverting 2 pending edits by &lt;a href=&quot;/wiki/Special:Contributions/42.106.26.152&quot; title=&quot;Special:Contributions/42.106.26.152&quot;&gt;42.106.26.152&lt;/a&gt; to last accepted version by &lt;a href=&quot;/wiki/Special:Contributions/JackFromWisconsin&quot; title=&quot;Special:Contributions/JackFromWisconsin&quot;&gt;JackFromWisconsin&lt;/a&gt;: Unsourced info (&lt;a href=&quot;/w/index.php?title=W:en:Wikipedia:RedWarn&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1&quot; class=&quot;new&quot; title=&quot;W:en:Wikipedia:RedWarn (page does not exist)&quot;&gt;RW 16.1&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;
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&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Sainthwar&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, also known as &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Mall&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |author=Subodh Kapoor |title=Encyclopaedia of Ancient Indian Geography |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8897ridkczoC&amp;amp;pg=PA413%7Cyear%3D2002%7Cpublisher%3DCosmo+Publications%7Cisbn%3D978-81-7755-299-7%7Cpages%3D413%E2%80%93%7D%7D%3C%2Fref%3E |year=2002 |publisher=Cosmo |isbn=978-81-7755-299-7 |page=413 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; is an [[Indian caste]] of landholders&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Shahid_1995&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite book |author=Shahid Amin |title=Event, Metaphor, Memory: Chauri Chaura, 1922-1992 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pbYwDwAAQBAJ&amp;amp;pg=PA33 |year=1995 |publisher=University of California Press |isbn=978-0-520-08780-4 |page=33 |quote=Sainthwar: a Kshtriya caste of landholders, closely related to the Rajput}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; native to the [[Uttar Pradesh]] state.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;KSS_OUP_1998&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite book |editor=Kumar Suresh Singh |title=India&amp;#039;s Communities |volume=A-G |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g9MVAQAAMAAJ |year=1998 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-563354-2 |page=2163 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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The Sainthwars are closely related to the [[Rajput]]s,&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Shahid_1995&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; and are sometimes described as a division of the Rajput caste.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Paul_1987&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite book |editor1=Paul R. Brass |editor2=Francis Robinson |title=The Indian National Congress and Indian society, 1885-1985: ideology, social structure, and political dominance |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9BJuAAAAMAAJ |year=1987 |publisher=Chanakya |isbn=9788170010265 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The Sainthwars are known as &amp;quot;Mall&amp;quot; (&amp;quot;prosperous&amp;quot;) as opposed to the historically poorer Kurmis.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;KSS_OUP_1998&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; They are the dominant landholding caste in some districts of Uttar Pradesh.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Paul_1987&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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The oral tradition of the Sainthwars traces their ancestry to Chandraketu, a son of the legendary hero [[Lakshmana]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;KSS_OUP_1998&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Category:Social groups of Uttar Pradesh]]&lt;br /&gt;
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{{India-ethno-stub}} Gorakhpur Janpad aur uski kshtriya jatiyo ka itihas&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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