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{{short description|Notable members of the Rajput community}}
{{short description|Notable members of the Rajput community}}
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This is a list of notable members of the [[Rajput]] community.
This is a list of notable members of the [[Rajput]] community.
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* [[Rana Sanga]], King of [[Mewar]] and head of Rajput confederacy in Rajputana during the early 16th century<ref name=EB1>{{cite web|url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/490157/Rajput|title=Rajput|publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica|access-date=1 November 2014}}</ref>
* [[Rana Sanga]], King of [[Mewar]] and head of Rajput confederacy in Rajputana during the early 16th century<ref name=EB1>{{cite web|url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/490157/Rajput|title=Rajput|publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica|access-date=1 November 2014}}</ref>
* [[Hasan Khan Mewati]], Ruler of [[Mewat]], he allied with [[Rana Sanga]] in the [[Battle of Khanwa]].<ref>An Advanced History of India, Dr K.K.Datta</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Decisive Battles India Lost (326 B. C. to 1803 A. D.)|last1=Joglekar|year=2006|page=60 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4_SB95ZA-_cC&pg=PA60|isbn=9781847283023}}</ref>
* [[Hasan Khan Mewati]], Ruler of [[Mewat]], he allied with [[Rana Sanga]] in the [[Battle of Khanwa]].<ref>An Advanced History of India, Dr K.K.Datta</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Decisive Battles India Lost (326 B. C. to 1803 A. D.)|last1=Joglekar|year=2006|page=60 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4_SB95ZA-_cC&pg=PA60|isbn=9781847283023}}</ref>
* [[Maldev Rathore]], King of [[Marwar]] was a insurgent ruler against both the [[Sur Empire]] and the [[Mughals]]<ref>{{cite book |title=Royal Umbrellas of Stone: Memory, Politics, and Public Identity in Rajput Funerary Art |first=Melia Belli |last=Bose |publisher=BRILL |year=2015 |isbn=978-9-00430-056-9 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6dR0CgAAQBAJ&pg=PA150 |page=150}}</ref>
* [[Gajpati Ujjainia]], commander in the army of the [[Sur Empire]] and chieftain in the [[Bhojpuri region]] of [[Bihar]]<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Ansari |first1=Tahir Hussain |title=A Political Biography of an Ujjainia Chief of Bhojpur: Raja Gajpati |journal=Karatoya |date=2014 |volume=7 |pages=40–48 |url=http://ir.nbu.ac.in/handle/123456789/3840}}</ref>
* [[Maldev Rathore]], King of [[Marwar]] was a insurgent ruler against both the [[Sur Empire]] and the [[Mughals]]<ref name="Bose 2015 150">{{cite book |title=Royal Umbrellas of Stone: Memory, Politics, and Public Identity in Rajput Funerary Art |first=Melia Belli |last=Bose |publisher=BRILL |year=2015 |isbn=978-9-00430-056-9 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6dR0CgAAQBAJ&pg=PA150 |page=150}}</ref>
* [[Rana Udai Singh II]], King of [[Mewar]] and founder of its capital city [[Udaipur]]<ref>{{cite book |title=Wah!Udaipur Wah!!|author=Ranawat, P. S.|date=2016|isbn=978-81-929881-1-5}}</ref>
* [[Rana Udai Singh II]], King of [[Mewar]] and founder of its capital city [[Udaipur]]<ref>{{cite book |title=Wah!Udaipur Wah!!|author=Ranawat, P. S.|date=2016|isbn=978-81-929881-1-5}}</ref>
* [[Isa Khan]], a [[Muslim Rajput]] chieftain who led the [[Bhuyan chieftains|Baro Bhuiyans]] (twelve landlords) in 16th-century [[Bengal]], throughout his reign he resisted the [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] attacks<ref>{{cite web|author=AA Sheikh Md Asrarul Hoque Chisti|url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Isa_Khan|title=Isa Khan|publisher=[[Banglapedia]]: The National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh, [[Asiatic Society]] of Bangladesh, [[Dhaka]]|access-date=5 May 2015}}</ref>
* [[Isa Khan]], a [[Muslim Rajput]] chieftain who led the [[Bhuyan chieftains|Baro Bhuiyans]] (twelve landlords) in 16th-century [[Bengal]], throughout his reign he resisted the [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] attacks<ref>{{cite web|author=AA Sheikh Md Asrarul Hoque Chisti|url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Isa_Khan|title=Isa Khan|publisher=[[Banglapedia]]: The National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh, [[Asiatic Society]] of Bangladesh, [[Dhaka]]|access-date=5 May 2015}}</ref>
* [[Maharana Pratap Singh]], King of [[Mewar]] who was a successful insurgent ruler against the [[Mughals]]<ref>[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/545844/Rana-Pratap-Singh Encyclopædia Britannica, Rana Pratap Singh]</ref>
* [[Maharana Pratap Singh]], King of [[Mewar]] who was a successful insurgent ruler against the [[Mughals]]<ref>[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/545844/Rana-Pratap-Singh Encyclopædia Britannica, Rana Pratap Singh]</ref>
* [[Chandrasen Rathore]], King of [[Marwar]] who defended his kingdom for nearly two decades against relentless attacks from the [[Mughals]]<ref>{{cite book |title=Royal Umbrellas of Stone: Memory, Politics, and Public Identity in Rajput Funerary Art |first=Melia Belli |last=Bose |publisher=BRILL |year=2015 |isbn=978-9-00430-056-9 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6dR0CgAAQBAJ&pg=PA150 |page=150}}</ref>
* [[Chandrasen Rathore]], King of [[Marwar]] who defended his kingdom for nearly two decades against relentless attacks from the [[Mughals]]<ref name="Bose 2015 150"/>
* [[Man Singh I]], King of [[Kingdom of Amber|Amber]], a state later known as [[Jaipur state|Jaipur]], he was a trusted general of the Mughal emperor [[Akbar]], who included him among the [[Navaratnas]], or the nine gems of the royal court<ref>[http://persian.packhum.org/persian/main?url=pf%3Ffile%3D00702051%26ct%3D237%26rqs%3D302%26rqs%3D309%26rqs%3D310 30. Ra´jah Ma´n Singh, son of Bhagwán Dás - Biography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161007092053/http://persian.packhum.org/persian/main?url=pf%3Ffile%3D00702051%26ct%3D237%26rqs%3D302%26rqs%3D309%26rqs%3D310 |date=7 October 2016 }} [[Ain-i-Akbari]], Vol. I.</ref>
* [[Man Singh I]], King of [[Kingdom of Amber|Amber]], a state later known as [[Jaipur state|Jaipur]], he was a trusted general of the Mughal emperor [[Akbar]], who included him among the [[Navaratnas]], or the nine gems of the royal court<ref>[http://persian.packhum.org/persian/main?url=pf%3Ffile%3D00702051%26ct%3D237%26rqs%3D302%26rqs%3D309%26rqs%3D310 30. Ra´jah Ma´n Singh, son of Bhagwán Dás - Biography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161007092053/http://persian.packhum.org/persian/main?url=pf%3Ffile%3D00702051%26ct%3D237%26rqs%3D302%26rqs%3D309%26rqs%3D310 |date=7 October 2016 }} [[Ain-i-Akbari]], Vol. I.</ref>
* [[Amar Singh I|Maharana Amar Singh I]], King of [[Mewar]], he was the eldest son of [[Maharana Pratap]] who continued his father's struggle against the [[Mughals]] and defeated the [[Mughal army]] sent by [[Jahangir]] in the [[Battle of Dewar]]<ref name="Bhawan Singh Rana p.81">Maharana Pratap by Bhawan Singh Rana. p.81 {{ISBN|978-8128808258}}</ref><ref name="Rajsamand 2001">{{citation|location=[[Rajasthan]]|title=District Gazetteers|last=Rajsamand|date=2001|page=35|quote=The battle of Dewar was fought in a valley of Arvali about 40 km north -east of Kumbhalgarh. ... Prince Amar Singh fought valiantly and pierced through Sultan Khan and the horse he was riding.}}</ref>{{sfn|Mathur|1994|p=23}}{{sfn|Srivastava|1969|p=269}}
* [[Amar Singh I|Maharana Amar Singh I]], King of [[Mewar]], he was the eldest son of [[Maharana Pratap]] who continued his father's struggle against the [[Mughals]] and defeated the [[Mughal army]] sent by [[Jahangir]] in the [[Battle of Dewar]]<ref name="Bhawan Singh Rana p.81">Maharana Pratap by Bhawan Singh Rana. p.81 {{ISBN|978-8128808258}}</ref><ref name="Rajsamand 2001">{{citation|location=[[Rajasthan]]|title=District Gazetteers|last=Rajsamand|date=2001|page=35|quote=The battle of Dewar was fought in a valley of Arvali about 40 km north -east of Kumbhalgarh. ... Prince Amar Singh fought valiantly and pierced through Sultan Khan and the horse he was riding.}}</ref>{{sfn|Mathur|1994|p=23}}{{sfn|Srivastava|1969|p=269}}
* [[Dulla Bhatti]], rebel against [[Akbar]]<ref>{{cite book |title=Folk romances of Punjab|last1=Duggal|year=1979|page=51 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D1JeAAAAIAAJ}}</ref>
* [[Vir Singh Deo]], King of [[Orchha State|Orchha]], he assassinated [[Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak|Abul Fazl]] on the request of [[Jahangir]]<ref name="mehta">{{cite book |title=Advanced Study in the History of Modern India 1707-1813 |first=Jaswant Lal |last=Mehta |publisher=Sterling Publishers |year=2005 |isbn=978-1-93270-554-6 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d1wUgKKzawoC |page=105}}</ref>
* [[Vir Singh Deo]], King of [[Orchha State|Orchha]], he assassinated [[Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak|Abul Fazl]] on the request of [[Jahangir]]<ref name="mehta">{{cite book |title=Advanced Study in the History of Modern India 1707-1813 |first=Jaswant Lal |last=Mehta |publisher=Sterling Publishers |year=2005 |isbn=978-1-93270-554-6 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d1wUgKKzawoC |page=105}}</ref>
* [[Jai Singh I]], King of Amber, a state later known as Jaipur, and a senior general ("[[Mirza]] [[Raja]]") of the [[Mughal Empire]]<ref name=DV>{{cite book |last1=Sarkar |first1=Jadunath |title=Shivaji and His Times |year=1992 |publisher=Orient Longman |isbn=978-81-250-1347-1 |page=80 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WYFrgILWbIgC&q=jadunath+sarkar+jai+singh+shivaji&pg=PA80 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Sarkar |first1=Jadunath |title=History of Jaipur: C. 1503-1938 |pages=123–126}}</ref>
* [[Jai Singh I]], King of Amber, a state later known as Jaipur, and a senior general ("[[Mirza]] [[Raja]]") of the [[Mughal Empire]]<ref name=DV>{{cite book |last1=Sarkar |first1=Jadunath |title=Shivaji and His Times |year=1992 |publisher=Orient Longman |isbn=978-81-250-1347-1 |page=80 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WYFrgILWbIgC&q=jadunath+sarkar+jai+singh+shivaji&pg=PA80 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Sarkar |first1=Jadunath |title=History of Jaipur: C. 1503-1938 |pages=123–126}}</ref>
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* [[Maharaja Gulab Singh]], first Maharaja of [[Jammu and Kashmir (princely state)|Jammu and Kashmir]]<ref name=autogenerated1>[https://archive.org/stream/gulabsingh179218031570mbp/gulabsingh179218031570mbp_djvu.txt Full text of "Gulab Singh 1792 1858"<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
* [[Maharaja Gulab Singh]], first Maharaja of [[Jammu and Kashmir (princely state)|Jammu and Kashmir]]<ref name=autogenerated1>[https://archive.org/stream/gulabsingh179218031570mbp/gulabsingh179218031570mbp_djvu.txt Full text of "Gulab Singh 1792 1858"<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
* [[Rana Ratan Singh]], was a rebel against British rule who was affiliated to Sodhas of [[Umerkot]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1176551 |title=Umerkot: Lost in history |work=Dawn.Com |access-date=1 September 2016}}</ref>
* [[Rana Ratan Singh]], was a rebel against British rule who was affiliated to Sodhas of [[Umerkot]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1176551 |title=Umerkot: Lost in history |work=Dawn.Com |access-date=1 September 2016}}</ref>
* [[Veer Kunwar Singh]], Ruler of [[Jagdishpur estate|Jagdishpur]] rebel leader in the [[Indian rebellion of 1857]] against British rule<ref>[http://www.veerkunwarsingh.com/history-of-veer-kunwar-singh.html Veer Kanwar Singh foundation]</ref>
* [[Veer Kunwar Singh]], Ruler of [[Jagdishpur estate|Jagdishpur]] rebel leader in the [[Indian rebellion of 1857]] against British rule<ref name="Veer Kanwar Singh foundation">[http://www.veerkunwarsingh.com/history-of-veer-kunwar-singh.html Veer Kanwar Singh foundation]</ref>
*[[Lal Pratap Singh]] of [[Kalakankar]]. He was prominent leader in the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]] against British rule<ref>{{cite web|title=Lal Pratap Singh|url=http://stampsathi.in/stamppages/2560-lal-pratap-singh.php|publisher=Stamp Sathi|access-date=15 February 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130412230214/http://stampsathi.in/stamppages/2560-lal-pratap-singh.php|archive-date=12 April 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[Lal Pratap Singh]] of [[Kalakankar]]. He was prominent leader in the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]] against British rule<ref name="Lal Pratap Singh">{{cite web|title=Lal Pratap Singh|url=http://stampsathi.in/stamppages/2560-lal-pratap-singh.php|publisher=Stamp Sathi|access-date=15 February 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130412230214/http://stampsathi.in/stamppages/2560-lal-pratap-singh.php|archive-date=12 April 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[Pratap Singh of Idar|Sir Pratap Singh]] of [[Idar State|Idar]], was a career British Indian Army officer, served as ADC ([[aide-de-camp]]) to [[Edward VII]] from 1887 to 1910. He commanded his regiments heroically during the [[First World War]] in [[France]] and [[Flanders]] from 1914 to 1915 and in the [[Mandatory Palestine|Palestine Mandate]] at [[Haifa]] and [[Aleppo]]. He was promoted to [[Lieutenant-General]] in 1916.<ref>{{cite news|title=Famous Indian General Dead|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19220906-1.2.71|access-date=9 May 2017|work=[[The Straits Times]]|date=6 September 1922|page=10}}</ref>
*[[Pratap Singh of Idar|Sir Pratap Singh]] of [[Idar State|Idar]], was a career British Indian Army officer, served as ADC ([[aide-de-camp]]) to [[Edward VII]] from 1887 to 1910. He commanded his regiments heroically during the [[First World War]] in [[France]] and [[Flanders]] from 1914 to 1915 and in the [[Mandatory Palestine|Palestine Mandate]] at [[Haifa]] and [[Aleppo]]. He was promoted to [[Lieutenant-General]] in 1916.<ref>{{cite news|title=Famous Indian General Dead|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19220906-1.2.71|access-date=9 May 2017|work=[[The Straits Times]]|date=6 September 1922|page=10}}</ref>
* [[Bhagvatsinhji|Sir Bhagvatsinhji]] of [[Gondal State|Gondal]], a modern reformist visionary, he studied Medicine at the [[University of Edinburgh]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://edin.ac/2HuWwAD|title=Bhagvat Singh (1865 – 1944)|work=The University of Edinburgh|access-date=20 February 2018|language=en}}</ref> from where he graduated as a medical doctor in 1895.<ref>{{Cite thesis |last=Maharaja |first=Bhagvats Singhji |date=1895 |title=History of Aryan medical science |language=en |publisher=University of Edinburgh|hdl=1842/24115 }}</ref>
* [[Bhagvatsinhji|Sir Bhagvatsinhji]] of [[Gondal State|Gondal]], a modern reformist visionary, he studied Medicine at the [[University of Edinburgh]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://edin.ac/2HuWwAD|title=Bhagvat Singh (1865 – 1944)|work=The University of Edinburgh|access-date=20 February 2018|language=en}}</ref> from where he graduated as a medical doctor in 1895.<ref>{{Cite thesis |last=Maharaja |first=Bhagvats Singhji |date=1895 |title=History of Aryan medical science |language=en |publisher=University of Edinburgh|hdl=1842/24115 }}</ref>
* [[Maharaja Ganga Singh]] of [[Bikaner State|Bikaner]], a modern reformist visionary.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=RL8qWNmpkc0C&pg=PT112&lpg=PT112&dq=Ganga+Singh+rajput&source=bl&ots=lT58nQbitq&sig=ImQnMTOd6wKJKYBqf03lTtyo3M0&hl=en&sa=X&ei=MBUdVLPyJ-K8ygPsl4HIBQ&ved=0CEYQ6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=Ganga%20Singh%20rajput&f=false Animal Kingdoms By Julie E. Hughes- Google Books]</ref> During the [[First World War]], he commanded the [[Bikaner Camel Corps]] which served in [[France]], [[Egypt]] and [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ctevans.net/Versailles/Documents/Whos%20Who.pdf|title=Who's Who in the Peace Conference}}</ref> he was also the only non-White member of the British [[Imperial War Cabinet]] during [[World War I]].
* [[Maharaja Ganga Singh]] of [[Bikaner State|Bikaner]], a modern reformist visionary.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=RL8qWNmpkc0C&pg=PT112&lpg=PT112&dq=Ganga+Singh+rajput&source=bl&ots=lT58nQbitq&sig=ImQnMTOd6wKJKYBqf03lTtyo3M0&hl=en&sa=X&ei=MBUdVLPyJ-K8ygPsl4HIBQ&ved=0CEYQ6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=Ganga%20Singh%20rajput&f=false Animal Kingdoms By Julie E. Hughes- Google Books]</ref> During the [[First World War]], he commanded the [[Bikaner Camel Corps]] which served in [[France]], [[Egypt]] and [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ctevans.net/Versailles/Documents/Whos%20Who.pdf|title=Who's Who in the Peace Conference}}</ref> he was also the only non-White member of the British [[Imperial War Cabinet]] during [[World War I]].
* [[Maharaja Hari Singh]], the last ruler of [[Jammu and Kashmir (princely state)|Jammu and Kashmir]]<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=ubx7_Y677oUC&pg=PA137 Jael Silliman]</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=Nyk6oA2nOlgC&pg=PA207 Aspects of India's International Relations, 1700 to 2000: South Asia]</ref>
* [[Maharaja Hari Singh]], the last ruler of [[Jammu and Kashmir (princely state)|Jammu and Kashmir]]<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=ubx7_Y677oUC&pg=PA137 Jael Silliman]</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=Nyk6oA2nOlgC&pg=PA207 Aspects of India's International Relations, 1700 to 2000: South Asia]</ref>


==Freedom fighters==
==Freedom fighters==
* [[Veer Kunwar Singh]], ruler of [[Jagdishpur estate]], rebel leader in the [[Indian rebellion of 1857]] against British rule<ref>[http://www.veerkunwarsingh.com/history-of-veer-kunwar-singh.html Veer Kanwar Singh foundation]</ref>
* [[Veer Kunwar Singh]], ruler of [[Jagdishpur estate]], rebel leader in the [[Indian rebellion of 1857]] against British rule<ref name="Veer Kanwar Singh foundation"/>
*[[Kushal Singh of Auwa|Kushal Singh]], the rebel thakur of [[Auwa]] who defeated British Army under General Lawrence during [[Indian rebellion of 1857]]<ref>{{Cite book|last=Hooja|first=Rima|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tosMAQAAMAAJ|title=A History of Rajasthan|date=2006|publisher=Rupa & Company|isbn=978-81-291-0890-6|pages=836|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Kushal Singh of Auwa|Kushal Singh]], the rebel thakur of [[Auwa]] who defeated British Army under General Lawrence during [[Indian rebellion of 1857]]<ref>{{Cite book|last=Hooja|first=Rima|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tosMAQAAMAAJ|title=A History of Rajasthan|date=2006|publisher=Rupa & Company|isbn=978-81-291-0890-6|pages=836|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Lal Pratap Singh]] of [[Kalakankar]]. He was prominent leader in the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]] against British rule<ref>{{cite web|title=Lal Pratap Singh|url=http://stampsathi.in/stamppages/2560-lal-pratap-singh.php|publisher=Stamp Sathi|access-date=15 February 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130412230214/http://stampsathi.in/stamppages/2560-lal-pratap-singh.php|archive-date=12 April 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[Lal Pratap Singh]] of [[Kalakankar]]. He was prominent leader in the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]] against British rule<ref name="Lal Pratap Singh"/>
* [[Rao Gopal Singh Kharwa]], erstwhile ruler of [[Kharwa, Rajasthan|Kharwa]] state, was jailed for organising revolt against the British<ref name=jpr />
* [[Rao Gopal Singh Kharwa]], erstwhile ruler of [[Kharwa, Rajasthan|Kharwa]] state, was jailed for organising revolt against the British<ref name=jpr />
*[[Rana Beni Madho]], ruler of Shankarpur estate and was one of the important rebel leaders in Oudh in the revolt of 1857.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Chanana|first=Priyanka|date=2012|title="Colonial Remodeling of Land Rights After the Uprising of 1857: Conferment and Resumptions in Baiswara Region"|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/44156269?read-now=1&refreqid=excelsior%3Ac47a26f588dbd986c5c92544dc6670e3&seq=4#metadata_info_tab_contents|journal=[[Proceedings of the Indian History Congress]]|publisher=[[Indian History Congress]]|volume=73|pages=740|jstor=44156269|via=JSTOR}}</ref>
*[[Meghar Singh Sakarwar]], a rebel zamindar who participated in the rebellion of 1857.<ref name="Downs2002">{{cite journal | title=Rural Insurgency During the Indian Revolt of 1857-59: Meghar Singh and the Uprising of the Sakarwars | author= Troy Downs | journal=South Asia Research |volume = 22| issue=2 | year=2002 | pages= 123–143| doi=10.1177/026272800202200202 | s2cid= 145242596 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Guha|first=Ranajit|title= Elementary Aspects of Peasant Insurgency in Colonial India|publisher=[[Duke University Press]]|year=1999|pages= 118, 238, 323–326|isbn=0822323486 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=y5SrnXC-HNcC&q=ranajit+guha+elementary+aspects+of+peasant+insurgency |language=English}}</ref>
*[[Raja Narain Singh]], Zamindar of the Seris and Kutumba estate. Participated in the [[1781 revolt in Bihar]]<ref name=Maharatna2012>{{cite journal | title=The Zamindars of Bihar: Their Resistance to Colonial Rule Between 1765-1781 | author= Paramita Maharatna | journal=Proceedings of the Indian History Congress |volume = 73|year=2012 | pages= 1435|jstor = 44156363}}</ref>


==Politicians of India==
==Politicians of India==
[[File:V. P. Singh (cropped).jpg|thumb|180px|[[V.P. Singh]], former Indian Prime Minister]]
[[File:V. P. Singh (cropped).jpg|thumb|180px|[[V.P. Singh]], former Indian Prime Minister]]
[[File:Jaswant Singh.jpg|thumb|180px|[[Jaswant Singh]]]]
[[File:Jaswant Singh.jpg|thumb|180px|[[Jaswant Singh]]]]
*[[Jaswant Singh]], former Minister of Defence and Minister of External Affairs<ref>{{Cite news|title=In Rajasthan, Jaswant Singh's Son Banks On Rajput Anger, Father's Legacy|last=IANS|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/in-rajasthan-jaswant-singhs-son-banks-on-rajput-anger-fathers-legacy-1954657|date=28 November 2018|access-date=23 September 2020|website=NDTV}}</ref>
*[[V. P. Singh]], former Prime Minister of India (1989-1990) and former Chief minister of Uttar Pradesh.<ref name="Kumar2008">{{cite book |last1=Kumar |first1=Ashwani |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=num2I4NFGqIC&pg=PA76 |title=Community Warriors: State, Peasants and Caste Armies in Bihar |date=2008 |publisher=Anthem Press |isbn=978-1-84331-709-8 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Chandra Shekhar]], former Chief minister of India (1990-1991)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Chand |first1=Attar |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YY4I36ZbJ7gC&pg=PA59 |title=The Long March: Profile of Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar |date=1991 |publisher=Mittal Publications |isbn=978-81-7099-272-1 |pages=59 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Jaswant Singh]], former Minister of Defence and Minister of External Affairs<ref>{{cite news|title=In Rajasthan, Jaswant Singh's Son Banks On Rajput Anger, Father's Legacy|last=IANS|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/in-rajasthan-jaswant-singhs-son-banks-on-rajput-anger-fathers-legacy-1954657|date=28 November 2018|access-date=23 September 2020|website=NDTV}}</ref>
* [[Karni Singh]], former politician from Rajasthan<ref>[https://books.google.co.in/books?id=siooAAAAMAAJ&q=contested+against+as+formidable+a+Rajput+candidate+as+the+Maharaja+of+Bikaner,+Karni+Singh.&dq=contested+against+as+formidable+a+Rajput+candidate+as+the+Maharaja+of+Bikaner,+Karni+Singh.&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjz1Lyn_t_wAhXBYysKHcEYAZsQ6AEwAHoECAUQAw Economic and Political Weekly - Volume 6, Part 3 - Page 1318] Quote: "The former represented an instrument for the restoration of not merely Rajput domination but also Jat pride while the latter contested against as formidable a Rajput candidate as the Maharaja of Bikaner, Karni Singh."</ref>
* [[Karni Singh]], former politician from Rajasthan<ref>[https://books.google.co.in/books?id=siooAAAAMAAJ&q=contested+against+as+formidable+a+Rajput+candidate+as+the+Maharaja+of+Bikaner,+Karni+Singh.&dq=contested+against+as+formidable+a+Rajput+candidate+as+the+Maharaja+of+Bikaner,+Karni+Singh.&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjz1Lyn_t_wAhXBYysKHcEYAZsQ6AEwAHoECAUQAw Economic and Political Weekly - Volume 6, Part 3 - Page 1318] Quote: "The former represented an instrument for the restoration of not merely Rajput domination but also Jat pride while the latter contested against as formidable a Rajput candidate as the Maharaja of Bikaner, Karni Singh."</ref>
*[[Dinesh Singh (politician)|Dinesh Singh]], former Minister of External Affairs<ref>{{cite news |title=Obituary: Dinesh Singh  |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-dinesh-singh-1523677.html |work=[[The Independent]] |date= 2 December 1995}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8v7Vr2iQUHkC&q=dinesh+singh+minister+Rajput&pg=PA300|title=India Since Independence: Making Sense Of Indian Politics|page=300|isbn=9788131734650|last1=Krishna|first1=Ananth V.|date=September 2011}}</ref>
*[[Dinesh Singh (politician)|Dinesh Singh]], former Minister of External Affairs<ref>{{cite news |title=Obituary: Dinesh Singh  |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-dinesh-singh-1523677.html |work=[[The Independent]] |date= 2 December 1995}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8v7Vr2iQUHkC&q=dinesh+singh+minister+Rajput&pg=PA300|title=India Since Independence: Making Sense Of Indian Politics|page=300|isbn=9788131734650|last1=Krishna|first1=Ananth V.|date=September 2011}}</ref>
*[[Bhim Singh (politician)|Bhim Singh]], Jammu and Kashmir politician<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.profbhimsingh.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=38 |title=Prof. Bhim Singh Official Website |publisher=Profbhimsingh.com |access-date=1 September 2016}}</ref>
*[[Bhim Singh (politician)|Bhim Singh]], Jammu and Kashmir politician<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.profbhimsingh.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=38 |title=Prof. Bhim Singh Official Website |publisher=Profbhimsingh.com |access-date=1 September 2016}}</ref>
*[[Manish Sisodia]], Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi<ref>{{Cite news|date=26 January 2018|title=Manish Sisodia will watch film with Rajputs|url=https://www.asianage.com/india/all-india/260118/manish-sisodia-will-watch-film-with-rajputs.html|access-date=22 September 2020|work=The Asian Age}}</ref>
*[[Manish Sisodia]], Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi<ref>{{cite news|date=26 January 2018|title=Manish Sisodia will watch film with Rajputs|url=https://www.asianage.com/india/all-india/260118/manish-sisodia-will-watch-film-with-rajputs.html|access-date=22 September 2020|work=The Asian Age}}</ref>
*[[Dilip Singh Judeo]], former politician from Chhattisgarh<ref>[https://books.google.co.in/books?id=mQiKDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA100&dq=Dilip+Singh+Judeo+Rajput&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwie8IahiuDwAhXcILcAHfrkA9sQ6AEwA3oECAUQAw#v=onepage&q=Dilip%20Singh%20Judeo%20Rajput&f=false Class, Politics, and Agricultural Policies in Post-liberalisation India]</ref>
*[[Dilip Singh Judeo]], former politician from Chhattisgarh<ref>[https://books.google.co.in/books?id=mQiKDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA100&dq=Dilip+Singh+Judeo+Rajput&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwie8IahiuDwAhXcILcAHfrkA9sQ6AEwA3oECAUQAw#v=onepage&q=Dilip%20Singh%20Judeo%20Rajput&f=false Class, Politics, and Agricultural Policies in Post-liberalisation India]</ref>
* [[Anugrah Narayan Sinha]], former Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar<ref>[https://books.google.co.in/books?id=gbuZDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT65&dq=Son+of+the+great+Rajput+leader+Anugrah+Narayan+Sinha&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj3xcaF8N_wAhVYfisKHVStAUcQ6AEwAXoECAAQAw#v=onepage&q=Son%20of%20the%20great%20Rajput%20leader%20Anugrah%20Narayan%20Sinha&f=false India Votes: Alliance Politics And Minority Governments]</ref>
* [[Anugrah Narayan Sinha]], former Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar<ref>[https://books.google.co.in/books?id=gbuZDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT65&dq=Son+of+the+great+Rajput+leader+Anugrah+Narayan+Sinha&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj3xcaF8N_wAhVYfisKHVStAUcQ6AEwAXoECAAQAw#v=onepage&q=Son%20of%20the%20great%20Rajput%20leader%20Anugrah%20Narayan%20Sinha&f=false India Votes: Alliance Politics And Minority Governments]</ref>
* [[Raghuvansh Prasad Singh]], former Bihar politician<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/face-behind-biggest-anti-poverty-scheme-how-rjd-sidelined-raghuvansh-prasad-amid-family-poll-game-2684857.html|title=Brain Behind the Biggest Anti-poverty Scheme, How RJD Sidelined Raghuvansh Prasad|date=24 June 2020}}</ref>
* [[Raghuvansh Prasad Singh]], former Bihar politician<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/face-behind-biggest-anti-poverty-scheme-how-rjd-sidelined-raghuvansh-prasad-amid-family-poll-game-2684857.html|title=Brain Behind the Biggest Anti-poverty Scheme, How RJD Sidelined Raghuvansh Prasad|date=24 June 2020}}</ref>
* [[Amar Singh (politician)|Amar Singh]], former Uttar Pradesh politician<ref>{{cite book|author=Chande, B.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fEhXiAnWXA4C&pg=PA337|title=Betrayal of Indian Democracy|date=1999|publisher=Atlantic Publishers and Distributors|isbn=9788171567928|page=337|access-date=7 July 2015}}</ref>
* [[Amar Singh (politician)|Amar Singh]], former Uttar Pradesh politician<ref>{{cite book|author=Chande, B.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fEhXiAnWXA4C&pg=PA337|title=Betrayal of Indian Democracy|date=1999|publisher=Atlantic Publishers and Distributors|isbn=9788171567928|page=337|access-date=7 July 2015}}</ref>
* [[Sher Singh Rana]],<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brdQ65Rczvs Sher Singh Rana interview video on Rajasthan TV 02:00 ''YouTube'']</ref>  Politician, founder of Rashtravadi Janlok Party.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sher Singh Rana, key accused in Phoolan Devi murder case, joins hands with UKD to contest Delhi polls|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2020/jan/19/sher-singh-rana-key-accused-in-phoolan-devi-murder-case-joins-hands-with-ukd-to-contest-delhi-poll-2091650.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200120123503/https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2020/jan/19/sher-singh-rana-key-accused-in-phoolan-devi-murder-case-joins-hands-with-ukd-to-contest-delhi-poll-2091650.html|archive-date=20 January 2020|access-date=3 December 2020|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Sher Singh Rana Gets Bail In Phoolan Devi Murder Case|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/sher-singh-rana-gets-bail-in-phoolan-devi-murder-case-1477819|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190823103221/https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/sher-singh-rana-gets-bail-in-phoolan-devi-murder-case-1477819|archive-date=23 August 2019|access-date=3 December 2020|website=NDTV.com}}</ref>
* [[Sher Singh Rana]],<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brdQ65Rczvs Sher Singh Rana interview video on Rajasthan TV 02:00 ''YouTube'']</ref>  Politician, founder of Rashtravadi Janlok Party.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sher Singh Rana, key accused in Phoolan Devi murder case, joins hands with UKD to contest Delhi polls|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2020/jan/19/sher-singh-rana-key-accused-in-phoolan-devi-murder-case-joins-hands-with-ukd-to-contest-delhi-poll-2091650.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200120123503/https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2020/jan/19/sher-singh-rana-key-accused-in-phoolan-devi-murder-case-joins-hands-with-ukd-to-contest-delhi-poll-2091650.html|archive-date=20 January 2020|access-date=3 December 2020|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Sher Singh Rana Gets Bail In Phoolan Devi Murder Case|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/sher-singh-rana-gets-bail-in-phoolan-devi-murder-case-1477819|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190823103221/https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/sher-singh-rana-gets-bail-in-phoolan-devi-murder-case-1477819|archive-date=23 August 2019|access-date=3 December 2020|website=NDTV.com}}</ref>


=== [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Ministers]] ===
* [[Deep Narayan Singh]], former Chief minister of Bihar<ref>{{cite book |last1=Mishra |first1=Girish |last2=Pandey |first2=Braj Kumar |title=Sociology and Economics of Casteism in India: A Study of Bihar |date=1996 |publisher=Pragati Publications |isbn=978-81-7307-036-5 |page=323 |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Sociology_and_Economics_of_Casteism_in_I/e41uAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=Deep+Narayan+Singh+bihar+rajput&dq=Deep+Narayan+Singh+bihar+rajput&printsec=frontcover |language=en}}</ref>
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* [[Harihar Singh]], former Chief minister of Bihar<ref name="Kumar2008"/>
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* [[Chandrashekhar Singh]], former Chief minister of Bihar<ref name="Zarhani">{{cite news |last1=Zarhani |first1=Seyed Hossein |title=Governance and Development in India: A Comparative Study on Andhra Pradesh and Bihar after Liberalization |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Governance_and_Development_in_India/_3tqDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Chandrashekhar+Singh+bihar+chief+minister+rajput&pg=PT184&printsec=frontcover |publisher=Routledge |date=3 September 2018 |language=en}}</ref>
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* [[Satyendra Narayan Sinha]], former Chief minister of Bihar<ref name="Kumar2008"/>
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* [[Madhav Singh Solanki]], former Chief minister of Gujarat<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chawla |first1=Prabhu |title=Anti-reservation agitation does not have mass support: Madhavsinh Solanki |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19810315-anti-reservation-agitation-does-not-have-mass-support-madhavsinh-solanki-772741-2013-11-26 |access-date=6 April 2022 |work=India Today |date=15 March 1981 |language=en}}</ref>
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* [[Shankersinh Vaghela]], former Chief minister of Gujarat and Union Minister of Textiles
|[[File:Visit of Vishwanath Pratap Sing, Indian Minister for Trade, to the CEC (cropped).jpg|101x101px]]
* [[Thakur Ram Lal]], former Chief minister of Himachal Pradesh<ref>{{cite book |last1=Grover |first1=Verinder |last2=Arora |first2=Ranjana |title=Encyclopaedia of India and Her States: Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir and Punjab |date=1996 |publisher=Deep & Deep |isbn=978-81-7100-730-1 |page=42 |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Encyclopaedia_of_India_and_Her_States_Hi/aPVtAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=Thakur+Ram+Lal+rajput&dq=Thakur+Ram+Lal+rajput&printsec=frontcover |language=en}}</ref>
|[[Vishwanath Pratap Singh]]
* [[Virbhadra Singh]], former Chief minister of Himachal Pradesh<ref name="WeekHimachal">{{cite news |last1=Sharma |first1=Pratul |title=It's Rajput versus Rajput in Himachal polls |url=https://www.theweek.in/news/india/its-rajput-versus-rajput-in-himachal-polls.html |access-date=6 April 2022 |work=the Week |date=2 November 2017}}</ref>
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* [[Dharam Singh]], former Chief minister of Karnataka<ref>{{cite news |title=N Dharam Singh: 'A simple politician with no enemies' |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/n-dharam-singh-a-simple-politician-with-no-enemies-ajatshatru-4770673/ |access-date=6 April 2022 |work=The Indian Express |date=28 July 2017 |language=en}}</ref>
|[[File:Chandra Shekhar Singh.jpg|99x99px]]
* [[Arjun Singh (politician, born 1930)|Arjun Singh]], former Chief minister of Madhya Pradesh<ref>{{cite book |last1=Tillin |first1=Louise |title=Remapping India: New States and their Political Origins |date=1 October 2013 |publisher=Hurst Publishers |isbn=978-1-84904-229-1 |page=153 |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Remapping_India/abENAQAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=arjun+Singh+chief+minister+madhya+pradesh+rajput&pg=PA153&printsec=frontcover |language=en}}</ref>
|[[Chandra Shekhar]]
* [[Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo]], former Chief minister of Odisha and member of Royal [[Singh Deo family]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=P |first1=Kabad: Waman |title=Indian Who's who |publisher=Yeshanand & Company |page=272 |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Indian_Who_s_who/QIkyQEfSH70C?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=Rajendra+Narayan+Singh+Deo+rajput&dq=Rajendra+Narayan+Singh+Deo+rajput&printsec=frontcover |language=en}}</ref>
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* [[Bhairon Singh Shekhawat]], former Chief minister of Rajasthan<ref>{{Cite news|title=राजपूतों को आईना दिखाने वाले भैरों सिंह शेखावत|url=https://www.bbc.com/hindi/india-41715698|access-date=6 April 2022|work=BBC|date=23 October 2017|language=hi}}</ref>
 
* [[Tribhuvan Narain Singh]],former Chief minister of Uttar Pradesh <ref name="Print2020">{{cite news |title=Who are Thakurs of UP and why are they powerful? Answers are key to understanding Hathras |url=https://theprint.in/india/who-are-thakurs-of-up-and-why-are-they-powerful-answers-are-key-to-understanding-hathras/519418/ |access-date=6 April 2022 |work=ThePrint |date=9 October 2020}}</ref>
=== [[List of current Indian chief ministers|Chief Ministers]] ===
* [[Vir Bahadur Singh]],former Chief minister of Uttar Pradesh<ref name="Print2020"/>
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* [[Yogi Adityanath]], 17th and current Chief minister of Uttar Pradesh<ref>{{cite news |last1=Aron |first1=Sunita |title=Yogi Adityanath interview: 'I do politics of development... how can that be divisive' |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/elections/uttar-pradesh-assembly-election/yogi-adityanath-interview-i-do-politics-of-development-how-can-that-be-divisive-101643309039129.html |access-date=6 April 2022 |work=Hindustan Times |date=28 January 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
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* [[Harish Rawat]], former Chief minister of Uttarakhand<ref>{{cite news |title=Not Just BJP, Congress' Harish Rawat Faces Ire of Party Workers Too as he Contests From Nainital |url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/not-just-bjp-congress-harish-rawat-faces-ire-of-party-workers-as-he-contests-from-nainital-2076157.html |access-date=6 April 2022 |work=News18 |date=24 March 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
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|[[Deep Narayan Singh]]
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|[[Harihar Singh]]
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|[[Chandrashekhar Singh]]
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|[[Satyendra Narayan Sinha]]
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|[[File:The former Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh, Dr. Raman Singh.jpg|104x104px]]
|[[Raman Singh]]
|[[List of chief ministers of Chhattisgarh|Chhattisgarh]]
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|[[File:Madhavsinh Solanki.jpg|75x75px]]
|[[Madhav Singh Solanki]]
| rowspan="2" |[[List of chief ministers of Gujarat|Gujarat]]
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|[[File:Shankersinh vaghela profile.jpg|87x87px]]
|[[Shankersinh Vaghela]]
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|[[File:Yashwant Singh Parmar 1988 stamp of India.jpg|99x99px]]
|[[Yashwant Singh Parmar]]
| rowspan="5" |[[List of chief ministers of Himachal Pradesh|Himachal Pradesh]]
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|[[File:Thakur Ram Lal.jpg|94x94px]]
|[[Thakur Ram Lal]]
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|[[File:Himachal Pradesh CM Virbhadra Singh.jpg|89x89px]]
|[[Virbhadra Singh]]
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|[[File:Prem Kumar Dhumal.jpg|100x100px]]
|[[Prem Kumar Dhumal]]
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|[[File:JRThakur.jpg|100x100px]]
|[[Jai Ram Thakur]]
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|[[File:Dharam Singh.jpg|100x100px]]
|[[Dharam Singh]]
|[[List of chief ministers of Karnataka|Karnataka]]
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|[[Govind Narayan Singh]]
| rowspan="3" |[[List of chief ministers of Madhya Pradesh|Madhya Pradesh]]
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|[[File:Arjun Singh 237.jpg|109x109px]]
|[[Arjun Singh (politician, born 1930)|Arjun Singh]]
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|[[File:Digvijaya Singh.jpg|97x97px]]
|[[Digvijaya Singh]]
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|[[File:RNS-Deo.jpg|85x85px]]
|[[Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo]]
|[[List of chief ministers of Odisha|Odisha]]
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|[[File:BS Shekhawat.jpg|110x110px]]
|[[Bhairon Singh Shekhawat]]
|[[List of chief ministers of Rajasthan|Rajasthan]]
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|[[Tribhuvan Narain Singh]]
| rowspan="5" |[[List of chief ministers of Uttar Pradesh|Uttar Pradesh]]
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|[[File:Visit of Vishwanath Pratap Sing, Indian Minister for Trade, to the CEC (cropped).jpg|101x101px]]
|[[Vishwanath Pratap Singh]]
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|[[Vir Bahadur Singh]]
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|[[File:Defence Minister Shri Rajnath Singh in February 2020.jpg|116x116px]]
|[[Rajnath Singh]]
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|[[File:The Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, Shri Yogi Adityanath in New Delhi on February 10, 2018 (cropped).jpg|117x117px]]
|[[Yogi Adityanath]]
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|[[File:Bhagatsinghkoshyari.jpg|100x100px]]
|[[Bhagat Singh Koshyari]]
| rowspan="5" |[[List of chief ministers of Uttarakhand|Uttarakhand]]
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|[[File:HarishRawat.jpg|100x100px]]
|[[Harish Rawat]]
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|[[File:The Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, Shri Trivendra Singh Rawat.jpg|94x94px]]
|[[Trivendra Singh Rawat]]
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|[[File:The Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, Shri Tirath Singh Rawat.jpg|113x113px]]
|[[Tirath Singh Rawat]]
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|[[File:Pushkar Singh Dhami.jpg|75x75px]]
|[[Pushkar Singh Dhami]]
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|[[Awadhesh Pratap Singh]]
|[[Vindhya Pradesh]]
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[[File:Admiral Madhvendra Singh.jpg|thumb|160px|[[Madhvendra Singh]], former Chief of Indian Navy]]
[[File:Admiral Madhvendra Singh.jpg|thumb|160px|[[Madhvendra Singh]], former Chief of Indian Navy]]
* [[Rajendrasinhji Jadeja|General Rajendrasinhji Jadeja]], former chief of the Indian Army<ref>[https://www.defencebrat.com/indian-army-post/chief-of-army-staff/amp/ List of Chief of Army Staff (India)| Army Chiefs of India]</ref><ref name=jpr/>
* [[Rajendrasinhji Jadeja|General Rajendrasinhji Jadeja]], former chief of the Indian Army<ref>[https://www.defencebrat.com/indian-army-post/chief-of-army-staff/amp/ List of Chief of Army Staff (India)| Army Chiefs of India]</ref><ref name=jpr/>
*[[Rajinder Singh (brigadier)|Brigadier Rajinder Singh]], popularly known as "Saviour of Kashmir" and India's first recipient of the Maha Vir Chakra.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Jamwal|first=Ayushman|date=2016-08-15|title=The 1947 War Hero Who Sacrificed His Life For Kashmir|url=https://www.thequint.com/voices/blogs/brigadier-rajinder-singh-the-1947-war-hero-who-sacrificed-his-life-for-kashmir|access-date=2020-08-21|website=TheQuint|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Service|first=Tribune News|title=Brig Rajinder Singh among greatest Dogra warriors: MLC|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/j-k/brig-rajinder-singh-among-greatest-dogra-warriors-mlc-422351|access-date=2020-09-18|website=Tribuneindia News Service|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=First war hero of Independent India: Brig Rajinder Singh|url=https://news.statetimes.in/first-war-hero-of-independent-india-brig-rajinder-singh/|access-date=2020-09-18|website=State Times|language=en-GB}}</ref>
*[[Rajinder Singh (brigadier)|Brigadier Rajinder Singh]], popularly known as "Saviour of Kashmir" and India's first recipient of the Maha Vir Chakra.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Jamwal|first=Ayushman|date=15 August 2016|title=The 1947 War Hero Who Sacrificed His Life For Kashmir|url=https://www.thequint.com/voices/blogs/brigadier-rajinder-singh-the-1947-war-hero-who-sacrificed-his-life-for-kashmir|access-date=21 August 2020|website=TheQuint|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Service|first=Tribune News|title=Brig Rajinder Singh among greatest Dogra warriors: MLC|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/j-k/brig-rajinder-singh-among-greatest-dogra-warriors-mlc-422351|access-date=18 September 2020|website=Tribuneindia News Service|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=First war hero of Independent India: Brig Rajinder Singh|url=https://news.statetimes.in/first-war-hero-of-independent-india-brig-rajinder-singh/|access-date=18 September 2020|website=State Times|language=en-GB}}</ref>
*[[Shah Nawaz Khan (general)|Shah Nawaz Khan Janjua]], an officer in the Indian National Army during Second World War<ref>Shah Nawaz Khan, ''The I. N. A. Heroes: Autobiographies of Maj. Gen. Shahnawaz, Col. Prem K. Sahgal [and] Col. Gurbax Singh Dhillon of the Azad Hind Fauj'', Hero Publications (1946), p. 3</ref><ref>''Indian Annual Register'', July-December 1945, vol. 2, p. 200</ref>
*[[Shah Nawaz Khan (general)|Shah Nawaz Khan Janjua]], an officer in the Indian National Army during Second World War<ref>Shah Nawaz Khan, ''The I. N. A. Heroes: Autobiographies of Maj. Gen. Shahnawaz, Col. Prem K. Sahgal [and] Col. Gurbax Singh Dhillon of the Azad Hind Fauj'', Hero Publications (1946), p. 3</ref><ref>''Indian Annual Register'', July–December 1945, vol. 2, p. 200</ref>
* [[Jadu Nath Singh|Naik Jadu Nath Singh Rathore]], awarded the Param Vir Chakra<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NXZgxn_wORwC&q=naik+jadu+nath+singh+rajput|title=Traditions of the Indian army |last1=Pal |first1=Dharm |year=1978}} Cite: ''Naik Jadunath Singh, a Rathor Rajput, serving in 1/7 Rajput Regiment (now the 4th Battalion of the Brigade of Guards) won the Param Vir Chakra posthumously in the Jammu and Kashmir operations in 1948.''</ref>
* [[Jadu Nath Singh|Naik Jadu Nath Singh Rathore]], awarded the Param Vir Chakra<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NXZgxn_wORwC&q=naik+jadu+nath+singh+rajput|title=Traditions of the Indian army |last1=Pal |first1=Dharm |year=1978}} Cite: ''Naik Jadunath Singh, a Rathor Rajput, serving in 1/7 Rajput Regiment (now the 4th Battalion of the Brigade of Guards) won the Param Vir Chakra posthumously in the Jammu and Kashmir operations in 1948.''</ref>
* [[Shaitan Singh|Major Shaitan Singh]], awarded the Param Vir Chakra<ref>[https://www.indiatvnews.com/amp/news/india/know-more-about-india-s-rajput-community-18695.html/page/9 Indian Rajput Community : India TV]</ref>
* [[Shaitan Singh|Major Shaitan Singh]], awarded the Param Vir Chakra<ref>[https://www.indiatvnews.com/amp/news/india/know-more-about-india-s-rajput-community-18695.html/page/9 Indian Rajput Community : India TV]</ref>
* [[Sawai Bhawani Singh|Brigadier Sawai Bhawani Singh]], awarded the Mahavir Chakra<ref>{{cite news| url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-04-17/jaipur/29427553_1_maharaja-city-palace-diya-kumari | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120606143649/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-04-17/jaipur/29427553_1_maharaja-city-palace-diya-kumari | url-status=dead | archive-date=2012-06-06 | work=[[The Times of India]] | title=Maharaja of Jaipur Bhawani Singh passes away}}</ref>
* [[Sawai Bhawani Singh|Brigadier Sawai Bhawani Singh]], awarded the Mahavir Chakra<ref>{{cite news| url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-04-17/jaipur/29427553_1_maharaja-city-palace-diya-kumari | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120606143649/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-04-17/jaipur/29427553_1_maharaja-city-palace-diya-kumari | url-status=dead | archive-date=6 June 2012 | work=[[The Times of India]] | title=Maharaja of Jaipur Bhawani Singh passes away}}</ref>
* [[Hanut Singh (soldier)|Lt Gen Hanut Singh Rathore]], awarded the Maha Vir Chakra<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theindianfeed.in/dehradun-hanut-singh-1971-indo-pak-heros-memorial-sealed-triggers-protest/|title=Dehradun: 1971 Indo-Pak hero Hanut Singh's memorial sealed, triggers protest|first=Zoyena Shams|last=Ansari|date=15 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/uttarakhand/lt-gen-hanut-singh-rathore-dies-while-in-meditation/66101.html|title=Lt-Gen Hanut Singh Rathore dies while in meditation}}</ref>
* [[Hanut Singh (soldier)|Lt Gen Hanut Singh Rathore]], awarded the Maha Vir Chakra<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theindianfeed.in/dehradun-hanut-singh-1971-indo-pak-heros-memorial-sealed-triggers-protest/|title=Dehradun: 1971 Indo-Pak hero Hanut Singh's memorial sealed, triggers protest|first=Zoyena Shams|last=Ansari|date=15 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/uttarakhand/lt-gen-hanut-singh-rathore-dies-while-in-meditation/66101.html|title=Lt-Gen Hanut Singh Rathore dies while in meditation}}</ref>
* [[Kishan Singh Rathore|Colonel Kishan Singh Rathore]], a war hero of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947, was awarded Maha Vir Chakra.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Kishan Singh Rathore {{!}} Gallantry Awards|url=https://gallantryawards.gov.in/Awardee/kishan-singh-rathor|access-date=|website=}}</ref>  
* [[Kishan Singh Rathore|Colonel Kishan Singh Rathore]], a war hero of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947, was awarded Maha Vir Chakra.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Kishan Singh Rathore {{!}} Gallantry Awards|url=https://gallantryawards.gov.in/Awardee/kishan-singh-rathor|access-date=|website=}}</ref>  
*[[Bipin Rawat|General Bipin Rawat]], current Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) of India and former chief of Indian Army.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/dehradun/top-positions-in-countrys-security-establishments-helmed-by-men-from-ukhand/articleshow/56056880.cms|title=Top positions in country's security establishments helmed by men from Uttarakhand - Times of India|access-date=1 January 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221184712/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/dehradun/top-positions-in-countrys-security-establishments-helmed-by-men-from-ukhand/articleshow/56056880.cms|archive-date=21 December 2016}}</ref>
*[[Bipin Rawat|General Bipin Rawat]], first Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) of India and former chief of Indian Army.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/dehradun/top-positions-in-countrys-security-establishments-helmed-by-men-from-ukhand/articleshow/56056880.cms|title=Top positions in country's security establishments helmed by men from Uttarakhand - Times of India|website=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=1 January 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221184712/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/dehradun/top-positions-in-countrys-security-establishments-helmed-by-men-from-ukhand/articleshow/56056880.cms|archive-date=21 December 2016}}</ref>
* [[V. K. Singh|General V.K. Singh]], Indian politician and former chief of the Indian Army<ref>{{Cite news|last=Kumar|first=Anuj|date=2019-03-29|title=General V.K. Singh fights a divided Opposition in U.P.'s Ghaziabad|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/general-vk-singh-fights-a-divided-opposition-in-ups-ghaziabad/article26680967.ece|access-date=2020-08-29|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
* [[V. K. Singh|General V.K. Singh]], Indian politician and former chief of the Indian Army<ref>{{cite news|last=Kumar|first=Anuj|date=29 March 2019|title=General V.K. Singh fights a divided Opposition in U.P.'s Ghaziabad|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/general-vk-singh-fights-a-divided-opposition-in-ups-ghaziabad/article26680967.ece|access-date=29 August 2020|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
* [[Anant Singh Pathania|Maj Gen Anant Singh Pathania]], a recipient of Maha Vir Chakra and the first Indian to receive Military Cross in the Second World War.<ref name= "pathania_clan">{{cite book |editor1-last=Brentnall |editor1-first=Mark |title=The Princely and Noble Families of the Former Indian Empire (Volume I: Himachal Pradesh) |year=2004 |publication-date=2004 |page=360 |isbn=81-7387-163-9}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thefridaytimes.com/from-a-family-of-warriors-i/|title = From a Family of Warriors – I|date = April 2021}}</ref>
* [[Anant Singh Pathania|Maj Gen Anant Singh Pathania]], a recipient of Maha Vir Chakra and the first Indian to receive Military Cross in the Second World War.<ref name= "pathania_clan">{{cite book |editor1-last=Brentnall |editor1-first=Mark |title=The Princely and Noble Families of the Former Indian Empire (Volume I: Himachal Pradesh) |year=2004 |publication-date=2004 |page=360 |isbn=81-7387-163-9}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thefridaytimes.com/from-a-family-of-warriors-i/|title = From a Family of Warriors – I|date = April 2021}}</ref>
* [[Madhvendra Singh|Admiral Madhvendra Singh]], former chief of the Indian Navy<ref>[https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/taking-navy-from-seas-to-the-highest-peak/cid/722333 Taking navy from seas to the highest peak : ''Telegraph India'']</ref>
* [[Madhvendra Singh|Admiral Madhvendra Singh]], former chief of the Indian Navy<ref>[https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/taking-navy-from-seas-to-the-highest-peak/cid/722333 Taking navy from seas to the highest peak : ''Telegraph India'']</ref>
* [[Nathu Singh Rathore|Lt Gen Nathu Singh Rathore]], served the Indian Army from 1947 to 1954, was offered Commander-in-Chief of army post but he declined, stating that General K. M. Cariappa was senior to him and more eligible for the post. <ref>{{cite book|title=Leadership in the Indian Army|first=V.K.|last=Singh|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cJDsk_g6tXUC&q=nathu+singh+rathore+rajput&pg=PA54|page=54|publisher=Sage publications|date=2005|isbn=9780761933229}}</ref>
* [[Nathu Singh Rathore|Lt Gen Nathu Singh Rathore]], served the Indian Army from 1947 to 1954, was offered Commander-in-Chief of army post but he declined, stating that General K. M. Cariappa was senior to him and more eligible for the post.<ref>{{cite book|title=Leadership in the Indian Army|first=V.K.|last=Singh|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cJDsk_g6tXUC&q=nathu+singh+rathore+rajput&pg=PA54|page=54|publisher=Sage publications|date=2005|isbn=9780761933229}}</ref>
* [[Piru Singh|Hawaldar Piru Singh Shekhawat]], awarded the Param Vir Chakra<ref>[https://www.mynation.com/india-news/havaldar-piru-singh-died-bayoneting-enemy-troops-while-fatally-injured-in-indo-pakistan-war-prt10r Havaldar Piru Singh: Died bayoneting enemy troops while fatally injured in Indo-Pakistan war]</ref>
* [[Piru Singh|Hawaldar Piru Singh Shekhawat]], awarded the Param Vir Chakra<ref>[https://www.mynation.com/india-news/havaldar-piru-singh-died-bayoneting-enemy-troops-while-fatally-injured-in-indo-pakistan-war-prt10r Havaldar Piru Singh: Died bayoneting enemy troops while fatally injured in Indo-Pakistan war]</ref>
* [[Gurbachan Singh Salaria|Capt Gurbachan Singh Salaria]], awarded the Param Vir Chakra<ref>[https://www.thebetterindia.com/165526/indian-army-param-vir-chakra-soldier-congo-news/ An Ode To The Only UN Peacekeeper Awarded The Param Vir Chakra]</ref>
* [[Gurbachan Singh Salaria|Capt Gurbachan Singh Salaria]], awarded the Param Vir Chakra<ref>[https://www.thebetterindia.com/165526/indian-army-param-vir-chakra-soldier-congo-news/ An Ode To The Only UN Peacekeeper Awarded The Param Vir Chakra]</ref>
* [[Sagat Singh|Lt Gen Sagat Singh]], awarded the Padma Bhushan<ref>[https://thedailyguardian.com/the-forgotten-general-who-never-lost-a-war/ The forgotten general who never lost a war : ''The Daily Guardian'']</ref>
* [[Sagat Singh|Lt Gen Sagat Singh]], awarded the Padma Bhushan<ref>[https://thedailyguardian.com/the-forgotten-general-who-never-lost-a-war/ The forgotten general who never lost a war : ''The Daily Guardian'']</ref>
* [[Vijai Singh Shekhawat|Admiral Vijai Singh Shekhawat]], former chief of the Indian Navy<ref name=jpr>{{cite book|title=Jaipur: Gem of India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5tCeDAAAQBAJ&q=jaipur+gem+of+india+page+420&pg=PT3|first=D.K.|last=Taknet|publisher=Integral IDMS|page=420-421|date=2016|isbn=9781942322054}}</ref>
* [[Vijai Singh Shekhawat|Admiral Vijai Singh Shekhawat]], former chief of the Indian Navy<ref name=jpr>{{cite book|title=Jaipur: Gem of India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5tCeDAAAQBAJ&q=jaipur+gem+of+india+page+420&pg=PT3|first=D.K.|last=Taknet|publisher=Integral IDMS|pages=420–421|date=2016|isbn=9781942322054}}</ref>
* [[Chandan Singh (Air Vice Marshal)|Air Vice Marshal Chandan Singh Rathore]], awarded the Maha Vir Chakra<ref>https://m.tribuneindia.com/news/features/brilliant-unconventional-fearless-group-captain-chandan-singh-seniormost-iaf-officer-to-be-awarded-mvc-250238</ref>
* [[Chandan Singh (Air Vice Marshal)|Air Vice Marshal Chandan Singh Rathore]], awarded the Maha Vir Chakra<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://m.tribuneindia.com/news/features/brilliant-unconventional-fearless-group-captain-chandan-singh-seniormost-iaf-officer-to-be-awarded-mvc-250238|title=Brilliant, unconventional, fearless, Group Captain Chandan Singh, seniormost IAF officer to be awarded MVC}}</ref>
* [[Saurabh Singh Shekhawat|Brigadier Saurabh Singh Shekhawat]], awarded the Kirti Chakra<ref>[https://indianexpress.com/article/trending/viral-videos-trending/colonel-saurabh-singh-shekhawat-viral-video-on-religion-padmaavat-controversy-rajput-5055863/ VIDEO: This army officer’s take on religion has gone viral for all the right reasons ''The Indian Express'']</ref>
* [[Saurabh Singh Shekhawat|Brigadier Saurabh Singh Shekhawat]], awarded the Kirti Chakra<ref>[https://indianexpress.com/article/trending/viral-videos-trending/colonel-saurabh-singh-shekhawat-viral-video-on-religion-padmaavat-controversy-rajput-5055863/ VIDEO: This army officer’s take on religion has gone viral for all the right reasons ''The Indian Express'']</ref>
* [[Kanwar Bahadur Singh|Lt Gen Kanwar Bahadur Singh]], served the Indian Army from 1931 to 1959<ref name=jpr />
* [[Kanwar Bahadur Singh|Lt Gen Kanwar Bahadur Singh]], served the Indian Army from 1931 to 1959<ref name=jpr />
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[[File:Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.jpg|thumb|180px|[[Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto]], former President and Prime Minister of Pakistan]]
[[File:Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.jpg|thumb|180px|[[Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto]], former President and Prime Minister of Pakistan]]
* [[Zulfikar Ali Bhutto]], [[List of Presidents of Pakistan|4th President]] and the [[List of Prime Ministers of Pakistan|9th Prime Minister]] of Pakistan<ref name=ancestry>{{cite web|url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/64265/Zulfikar-Ali-Bhutto|title=Zulfikar Ali Bhutto|publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica}}</ref>
* [[Zulfikar Ali Bhutto]], [[List of Presidents of Pakistan|4th President]] and the [[List of Prime Ministers of Pakistan|9th Prime Minister]] of Pakistan<ref name=ancestry>{{cite web|url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/64265/Zulfikar-Ali-Bhutto|title=Zulfikar Ali Bhutto|publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica}}</ref>
*[[Benazir Bhutto]],elected twice as Prime Minister of Pakistan.<ref name="EB">{{Cite news|title=Bhutto, Zulfikar Ali|url=http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9079077/Zulfikar-Ali-Bhutto|access-date=7 November 2006}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Bhutto Family|url=https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/pakistan/bhutto.htm|access-date=2020-09-09|website=www.globalsecurity.org}}</ref>  
*[[Benazir Bhutto]],elected twice as Prime Minister of Pakistan.<ref name="EB">{{cite news|title=Bhutto, Zulfikar Ali|url=http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9079077/Zulfikar-Ali-Bhutto|access-date=7 November 2006}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Bhutto Family|url=https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/pakistan/bhutto.htm|access-date=9 September 2020|website=www.globalsecurity.org}}</ref>  
* [[Allah Bux Soomro]], former chief minister of [[Sindh]]<ref>{{cite book|title=Dictionary of National Biography|page=435|publisher=Research Wing, Indian Bibliographic Centre|year=2000|isbn=978-81-85131-15-3}}</ref>
* [[Allah Bux Soomro]], former chief minister of [[Sindh]]<ref>{{cite book|title=Dictionary of National Biography|page=435|publisher=Research Wing, Indian Bibliographic Centre|year=2000|isbn=978-81-85131-15-3}}</ref>
* [[Shah Nawaz Bhutto|Sir Shah Nawaz Bhutto]], Prime Minister of the princely state [[Junagadh State|Junagarh]]<ref name=ancestry/>
* [[Shah Nawaz Bhutto|Sir Shah Nawaz Bhutto]], Prime Minister of the princely state [[Junagadh State|Junagarh]]<ref name=ancestry/>
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* [[Chaya Singh]], Indian actress<ref>{{cite news |last1=Prabhakaran |first1=Mahalakshmi |title=A new year by any other name |url=https://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/report-a-new-year-by-any-other-name-1666512 |access-date=29 March 2020 |work=DNA India |date=23 March 2012 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Chaya Singh]], Indian actress<ref>{{cite news |last1=Prabhakaran |first1=Mahalakshmi |title=A new year by any other name |url=https://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/report-a-new-year-by-any-other-name-1666512 |access-date=29 March 2020 |work=DNA India |date=23 March 2012 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Preity Zinta]], Indian film actress<ref>{{cite news |title=Preity Zinta rubbishes claims of her 'British ancestry'! |url=https://zeenews.india.com/entertainment/celebrity/preity-zinta-rubbishes-claims-of-her-british-ancestry_22242.html |access-date=9 June 2019 |work=Zee News |date=2 February 2009}}</ref>
* [[Preity Zinta]], Indian film actress<ref>{{cite news |title=Preity Zinta rubbishes claims of her 'British ancestry'! |url=https://zeenews.india.com/entertainment/celebrity/preity-zinta-rubbishes-claims-of-her-british-ancestry_22242.html |access-date=9 June 2019 |work=Zee News |date=2 February 2009}}</ref>
* [[Abhimanyu Singh]], Indian film and TV actor<ref>{{cite news|last1=Sidhu |first1=Gurpreet |title=Abhimanyu Singh's Shades of Reel in Real|url=https://www.nevanta.com/abhimanyu-singh-the-character-overtake-my-personality/|access-date=18 November 2021 |work=Nevanta|date=6 July 2013}}</ref>
* [[Kangana Ranaut]], Indian film actress<ref>{{cite news |last1=Goyal |first1=Divya |title=Kangana Ranaut To Karni Sena On Manikarnika Row: I'm Rajput, Will Destroy You |url=https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/kangana-ranaut-to-karni-sena-on-manikarnika-row-im-rajput-will-destroy-you-1979536 |access-date=9 June 2019 |work=NDTV.com |date=18 January 2019}}</ref>
* [[Kangana Ranaut]], Indian film actress<ref>{{cite news |last1=Goyal |first1=Divya |title=Kangana Ranaut To Karni Sena On Manikarnika Row: I'm Rajput, Will Destroy You |url=https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/kangana-ranaut-to-karni-sena-on-manikarnika-row-im-rajput-will-destroy-you-1979536 |access-date=9 June 2019 |work=NDTV.com |date=18 January 2019}}</ref>
* [[Sonal Chauhan]], Indian film actress and model<ref>{{Cite news|date=21 August 2014|title=When Sonal Chauhan felt like Rajput princess|url=https://zeenews.india.com/entertainment/glamtalk/when-sonal-chauhan-felt-like-rajput-princess_160480.html|access-date=22 September 2020|work=Zee News|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Sonal Chauhan]], Indian film actress and model<ref>{{cite news|date=21 August 2014|title=When Sonal Chauhan felt like Rajput princess|url=https://zeenews.india.com/entertainment/glamtalk/when-sonal-chauhan-felt-like-rajput-princess_160480.html|access-date=22 September 2020|work=Zee News|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Sushant Singh Rajput]], former Indian TV and film actor<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ramashankar |title=Caste factor turns Sushant Singh Rajput death into emotive issue ahead of Bihar assembly polls {{!}} Patna News - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/caste-factor-turns-sushant-death-into-emotive-issue-ahead-of-assembly-polls/articleshow/77357958.cms |access-date=22 September 2020 |work=The Times of India |date=5 August 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Sushant Singh Rajput]], former Indian TV and film actor<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ramashankar |title=Caste factor turns Sushant Singh Rajput death into emotive issue ahead of Bihar assembly polls |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/caste-factor-turns-sushant-death-into-emotive-issue-ahead-of-assembly-polls/articleshow/77357958.cms |access-date=22 September 2020 |work=The Times of India |date=5 August 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Mohena Singh]], Indian TV actress and member of [[Rewa State|Rewa]] royal family<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jain |first1=Sanya |title=Actress Mohena Kumari Singh Shuts Down Troll Who Questioned Her Veil In Wedding Pic |url=https://www.ndtv.com/offbeat/actress-mohena-kumari-singh-shuts-down-troll-who-questioned-her-veil-in-wedding-pic-2158074 |access-date=22 June 2022 |work=NDTV |date=3 January 2020}}</ref>
* [[Sonarika Bhadoria]], Indian TV actress<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wadhwa |first1=Akash |title=I am the only Parvati for Mahadev: Sonarika - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/I-am-the-only-Parvati-for-Mahadev-Sonarika/articleshow/20872169.cms |access-date=9 June 2019 |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=2 July 2013 }}</ref>
* [[Sonarika Bhadoria]], Indian TV actress<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wadhwa |first1=Akash |title=I am the only Parvati for Mahadev: Sonarika - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/I-am-the-only-Parvati-for-Mahadev-Sonarika/articleshow/20872169.cms |access-date=9 June 2019 |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=2 July 2013 }}</ref>
* [[Disha Patani]], Indian actress<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mukherjee |first1=Madhureeta |title=Disha Patani: The only time I'm not shy is when I'm facing the camera |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Disha-Patani-The-only-time-Im-not-shy-is-when-Im-facing-the-camera/articleshow/53569765.cms |access-date=19 January 2021 |work=The Times of India |date=23 January 2017 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Disha Patani]], Indian actress<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mukherjee |first1=Madhureeta |title=Disha Patani: The only time I'm not shy is when I'm facing the camera |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Disha-Patani-The-only-time-Im-not-shy-is-when-Im-facing-the-camera/articleshow/53569765.cms |access-date=19 January 2021 |work=The Times of India |date=23 January 2017 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Thakur Anoop Singh]], Indian film and TV actor<ref>{{Cite news|date=15 March 2019|title=Thakur Anoop Singh talks about his association with Sunil Kumar Desai|url=https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/south-masala/a-hero-can-land-a-loaded-punch/articleshow/68415745.cms|access-date=22 September 2020|work=Bangalore Mirror|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Thakur Anoop Singh]], Indian film and TV actor<ref>{{cite news|date=15 March 2019|title=Thakur Anoop Singh talks about his association with Sunil Kumar Desai|url=https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/south-masala/a-hero-can-land-a-loaded-punch/articleshow/68415745.cms|access-date=22 September 2020|work=Bangalore Mirror|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Urvashi Rautela]], Indian film actress<ref>[https://bollywoodtoday.in/manushi-chillar-and-urvashi-rautela-reacts-to-swara-bhaskars-open-letter/ Manushi Chillar And Urvashi Rautela Reacts To Swara Bhaskar’s Open Letter] ''Quote'': “I am a Rajput myself, I respect Rani Padmini and I really don’t want to comment much on the film as I haven’t seen it. But all I can say that trolling is such a common thing, it happens to everyone. During Filmfare it happened with me”</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_WEGxEhmsQ Urvashi Rautela interview]</ref>
* [[Urvashi Rautela]], Indian film actress<ref>[https://bollywoodtoday.in/manushi-chillar-and-urvashi-rautela-reacts-to-swara-bhaskars-open-letter/ Manushi Chillar And Urvashi Rautela Reacts To Swara Bhaskar’s Open Letter] ''Quote'': “I am a Rajput myself, I respect Rani Padmini and I really don’t want to comment much on the film as I haven’t seen it. But all I can say that trolling is such a common thing, it happens to everyone. During Filmfare it happened with me”</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_WEGxEhmsQ Urvashi Rautela interview]</ref>
* [[Vishakha Singh]], Indian film actress<ref>[https://planetbollywood.com/displayArticle.php?id=s061008051523 I Am A Maverick´ - Vishakha Singh - Planet Bollywood Features]</ref>
* [[Vishakha Singh]], Indian film actress<ref>[https://planetbollywood.com/displayArticle.php?id=s061008051523 I Am A Maverick´ - Vishakha Singh - Planet Bollywood Features]</ref>
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[[File:Cool Maal launches official merchandise of Mahendra Singh Dhoni.jpg|thumb|200px| Former Indian cricketer [[Mahendra Singh Dhoni]]]]
[[File:Cool Maal launches official merchandise of Mahendra Singh Dhoni.jpg|thumb|200px| Former Indian cricketer [[Mahendra Singh Dhoni]]]]
* [[Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji]], former Indian test cricketer<ref>{{cite book |last = Wilde |first = Simon |title = Ranji. The Strange Genius of Ranjitsinhji |publisher = Aurum Press |year = 1999 |location= London |pages=194–195 |isbn = 1-84513-069-3}}</ref>
* [[Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji]], former Indian test cricketer<ref>{{cite book |last = Wilde |first = Simon |title = Ranji. The Strange Genius of Ranjitsinhji |publisher = Aurum Press |year = 1999 |location= London |pages=194–195 |isbn = 1-84513-069-3}}</ref>
* [[Chetan Chauhan]], former Indian cricketer<ref>{{Cite news|last=Lokapally|first=Vijay|title=Chetan Chauhan, the batsman who knew no fear|url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/cricket/chetan-chauhan-tribute-india-madan-lal-sunil-gavaskar-kapil-dev-bishan-bedi-north-zone-delhi-1981-melbourne/article32369227.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200823033916/https://sportstar.thehindu.com/cricket/chetan-chauhan-tribute-india-madan-lal-sunil-gavaskar-kapil-dev-bishan-bedi-north-zone-delhi-1981-melbourne/article32369227.ece|archive-date=23 August 2020|access-date=23 September 2020|work=Sportstar|language=en|date=16 August 2020}}</ref>
* [[Duleepsinhji]], former Indian test cricketer<ref>{{cite book |last1=Haggis |first1=Jane |last2=Midgley |first2=Clare |last3=Allen |first3=Margaret |last4=Paisley |first4=Fiona |title=Cosmopolitan Lives on the Cusp of Empire: Interfaith, Cross-Cultural and Transnational Networks, 1860-1950 |date=23 May 2017 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-3-319-52748-2 |page=81 |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Cosmopolitan_Lives_on_the_Cusp_of_Empire/DiclDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Kumar+Shri+Duleepsinhji+rajput&pg=PA81&printsec=frontcover |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Chetan Chauhan]], former Indian cricketer<ref>{{cite news|last=Lokapally|first=Vijay|title=Chetan Chauhan, the batsman who knew no fear|url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/cricket/chetan-chauhan-tribute-india-madan-lal-sunil-gavaskar-kapil-dev-bishan-bedi-north-zone-delhi-1981-melbourne/article32369227.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200823033916/https://sportstar.thehindu.com/cricket/chetan-chauhan-tribute-india-madan-lal-sunil-gavaskar-kapil-dev-bishan-bedi-north-zone-delhi-1981-melbourne/article32369227.ece|archive-date=23 August 2020|access-date=23 September 2020|work=Sportstar|language=en|date=16 August 2020}}</ref>
* [[Mahendra Singh Dhoni]], former Indian cricketer and captain of India across all formats<ref>{{cite news |title=Interview - M. S. Dhoni |first=S. |last=Dinakar |url=http://www.tssonnet.com/tss2849/stories/20051203001202300.htm |work=Sportstar |publisher=The Hindu |volume=28 |issue=49 |date=9 December 2005 |access-date=30 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120220163914/http://www.tssonnet.com/tss2849/stories/20051203001202300.htm |archive-date=20 February 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Mahendra Singh Dhoni]], former Indian cricketer and captain of India across all formats<ref>{{cite news |title=Interview - M. S. Dhoni |first=S. |last=Dinakar |url=http://www.tssonnet.com/tss2849/stories/20051203001202300.htm |work=Sportstar |publisher=The Hindu |volume=28 |issue=49 |date=9 December 2005 |access-date=30 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120220163914/http://www.tssonnet.com/tss2849/stories/20051203001202300.htm |archive-date=20 February 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Ravindra Jadeja]], Indian cricketer<ref>{{cite news |last1=Goyal |first1=Samarth |last2=Magoo |first2=Sahil |title=Too mooch this Movember |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/too-mooch-this-movember/story-eMi9WkMpvuE69ENUB1WBBO.html |access-date=19 January 2021 |work=Hindustan Times |date=15 November 2013 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Ravindra Jadeja]], Indian cricketer<ref>{{cite news |last1=Goyal |first1=Samarth |last2=Magoo |first2=Sahil |title=Too mooch this Movember |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/too-mooch-this-movember/story-eMi9WkMpvuE69ENUB1WBBO.html |access-date=19 January 2021 |work=Hindustan Times |date=15 November 2013 |language=en}}</ref>
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===Wrestling===
===Wrestling===
[[File:The Great Khali.png|thumb|upright|World Heavyweight Champion The Great Khali alias Dalip Singh Rana, and the first Indian wrestler to win a World Title in WWE.]]
*[[Dalip Singh Rana]] (popularly known as [[The Great Khali]]), WWE wrestler<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpaxh3bStSQ Khali says I am a Rajput : ''YouTube'']</ref>
*[[Dalip Singh Rana]] (popularly known as [[The Great Khali]]), WWE wrestler<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpaxh3bStSQ Khali says I am a Rajput : ''YouTube'']</ref>


==Criminals==
==Criminals==
* [[Man Singh (dacoit)|Man Singh]], the leader of Indian dacoits and a Robin Hood figure from [[Chambal division|Chambal]] region of India.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hansen |first1=Kathryn |title=Grounds for Play: The Nautanki Theatre of North India |date=13 December 1991 |publisher=University of California Press |isbn=978-0-520-91088-1 |page=140-141 |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Grounds_for_Play/INEnJvlv6JsC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=daku+man+singh+rajput&pg=PA140&printsec=frontcover |language=en}}</ref> Between 1939 and 1955, he is credited with 1,112 robberies and 185 murders, including the killing of 32 police officers.<ref>https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2018/dec/23/a-village-which-revers-daku-man-singh-as-god-in-a-temple-1915216.html</ref>
* [[Man Singh (dacoit)|Man Singh]], the leader of Indian dacoits and a Robin Hood figure from [[Chambal division|Chambal]] region of India.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hansen |first1=Kathryn |title=Grounds for Play: The Nautanki Theatre of North India |date=13 December 1991 |publisher=University of California Press |isbn=978-0-520-91088-1 |pages=140–141 |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Grounds_for_Play/INEnJvlv6JsC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=daku+man+singh+rajput&pg=PA140&printsec=frontcover |language=en}}</ref> Between 1939 and 1955, he is credited with 1,112 robberies and 185 murders, including the killing of 32 police officers.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2018/dec/23/a-village-which-revers-daku-man-singh-as-god-in-a-temple-1915216.html| title = A village which revers Daku Man Singh as God in a temple- The New Indian Express}}</ref>
*[[Anandpal Singh]], a most-wanted gangster with a reward of ₹10 lakh on his head, accused of multiple murders as well as extortion.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-07-13|title=Who is Anandpal Singh and why Rajputs in Rajasthan erupted in anger at his killing?|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/who-is-anandpal-singh-and-why-rajputs-in-rajasthan-erupted-in-anger-at-his-killing/story-YPpyFhIUSPzE3XEtMBsYGJ.html|access-date=2020-10-06|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Anandpal Singh]], a most-wanted gangster with a reward of ₹10 lakh on his head, accused of multiple murders as well as extortion.<ref>{{Cite web|date=13 July 2017|title=Who is Anandpal Singh and why Rajputs in Rajasthan erupted in anger at his killing?|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/who-is-anandpal-singh-and-why-rajputs-in-rajasthan-erupted-in-anger-at-his-killing/story-YPpyFhIUSPzE3XEtMBsYGJ.html|access-date=6 October 2020|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

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This is a list of notable members of the Rajput community.

Historical figures

Prithviraj Chauhan, King of Ajmer
Rana Sanga, king of Mewar
Maharana Pratap of Mewar, by Raja Ravi Varma
Durgadas Rathore, by Har Bilas Sarda
An illustration of Veer Kunwar Singh in The History of the Indian Empire, c. 1858

List of notable Rajputs up till 1947, ordered chronologically by reign.

Freedom fighters

Politicians of India

V.P. Singh, former Indian Prime Minister
Jaswant Singh

Indian armed forces

Rajendrasinhji Jadeja, former Chief of Indian Army
Madhvendra Singh, former Chief of Indian Navy

Pakistani politicians and lawyers

Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, former President and Prime Minister of Pakistan

Pakistani armed forces

Film and television

Sushant Singh Rajput (actor)
Disha Patani (actress)

Sports

Athletics

Cricket

Former Indian cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni

Hockey

Boxing

Wrestling

Criminals

  • Man Singh, the leader of Indian dacoits and a Robin Hood figure from Chambal region of India.[160] Between 1939 and 1955, he is credited with 1,112 robberies and 185 murders, including the killing of 32 police officers.[161]
  • Anandpal Singh, a most-wanted gangster with a reward of ₹10 lakh on his head, accused of multiple murders as well as extortion.[162]

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