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The '''Nadoda''' are a [[Rajput]] community found in the state of [[Gujarat]], India. They are notable for their historic refusal to pay taxes to the sultans.<ref name="poigujarat">{{cite book | title=People of India: Volume XXII : Gujarat | publisher=Popular Prakashan | author=Singh, K. S. | year=2003 | pages=992-995 | isbn=8179911047}}</ref>
The '''Nadoda''' are a [[Rajput]] community found in the state of [[Gujarat]], India. They are notable for their historic refusal to pay taxes to the sultans.<ref name="poigujarat">{{cite book | title=People of India: Volume XXII : Gujarat | publisher=Popular Prakashan | author=Singh, K. S. | year=2003 | pages=992-995 | isbn=8179911047}}</ref>
[[File:Ravi Varma-Rajput soldier.jpg|thumb]]
==Origin==
While having their origins in the regions of [[Malwa]] and [[Rajasthan]],<ref name="People of India: India's communities, Volume 5">{{cite book|title=India's Communities|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g9MVAQAAMAAJ|year=1998|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-563354-2}}</ref> they are primarily found in the [[Saurashtra (region)|Saurashtra]], [[Kutch district|Kutch]]<ref name="EPW">{{cite journal |last=Shah |first=G. |year=1987 |title= Middle Class Politics: Case of Anti-Reservation Agitations in Gujarat (AN 160) |journal=Economic and Political Weekly |volume=22 |issue=19/21 |pages=AN155 |jstor=4377019}}</ref>, [[Patan district|Patan]] <ref name="Gujarat state gazetteers">{{cite book|title= Gujarat Gazetteers: Mehsana , Gujarat (India) |url= https://www.indianculture.gov.in/gazettes/gujarat-state-gazetteers-mehsana-district |year=1975|publisher= The Director, Government Printing, Stationery and Publications, Ahmadabad, Gujarat |type=Gazetter}}</ref> and other region of [[Gujarat]], India.<ref name="EPW">{{cite journal |last=Shah |first=G. |year=1987 |title= Middle Class Politics: Case of Anti-Reservation Agitations in Gujarat (AN 160) |journal=Economic and Political Weekly |volume=22 |issue=19/21 |pages=AN155 |jstor=4377019}}</ref>
==History==
Nadoda Rajput one of the [[Rajput]] communities of [[Gujarat]],they migrated from [[Rajasthan]] about six hundred years ago.The belief is that the Nadoda refuse to pay taxes to the Muslim rulers.Hence,they were called '''Naravaya (defaulters)''' and Nadoda is it’s corrupt form. <ref name="India’s Communities">{{cite book | title=India's Communities, Volume 3 | publisher=Oxford University Press, 1998 | author= Kumar Suresh Singh | year=1998 | pages=2517 | isbn=0195633547}}</ref> The term "Nadoda" dates back to the [[Muslim invasion of India]].<ref name="People of India: India's communities, Volume 5">{{cite book|title=India's Communities|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g9MVAQAAMAAJ|year=1998|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-563354-2}}</ref>
As regards the explanations of the word nadoda,it is to be derived from '''NADAVATA''',transferred to the ——a  declension in Prakrit. Thus ^Nadava give rise to word '''Nadoda'''. <ref name="Sanskrit and Indological Studies">{{cite book | title= Sanskrit and Indological Studies: Dr. V. Raghavan Felicitation Volume | publisher= Motilal Banarsidass, 1975 | author= Venkatarama Raghavan | year=1975 | pages=253 | isbn= 0842608214}}</ref>
==Culture==
Nadoda Rajputs are [[Kshatriya]] by varna.They are followers of [[Swaminarayan Sampradaya]] while some are the followers of Kuldevi.Lord [[Shiva]] and [[Krishna]] are their primary deities. <ref name="poigujarat">{{cite book | title=People of India: Volume XXII : Gujarat | publisher=Popular Prakashan | author=Singh, K. S. | year=2003 | pages=992-995 | isbn=8179911047}}</ref>
Nadoda Rajputs have four ghols(marriage circles) and marital alliances between them is restricted.In case of dress, ornaments,customs,social practices and style of life each ghol is specific in relation to others.They are aligned to '''Rajputs-Darbar''' groups,They are one of the members of '''ther-tasili '''. <ref name="poigujarat">{{cite book | title=People of India: Volume XXII : Gujarat | publisher=Popular Prakashan | author=Singh, K. S. | year=2003 | pages=992-995 | isbn=8179911047}}</ref>
==Clans==
Nadoda Rajputs further have ataks(clans)which enjoy an equal social status.They are [[Kshatriya]] through [[Akhil Bharatiya Kshatriya Mahasabha]]. <ref name="poigujarat">{{cite book | title=People of India: Volume XXII : Gujarat | publisher=Popular Prakashan | author=Singh, K. S. | year=2003 | pages=992-995 | isbn=8179911047}}</ref>
This clans includes Chavda,Chudasma,Jethwa,Rathod,Solanki,Vaja,Vala,Vadher,Vaghela,Parmar,Gohil etc..<ref name="RaoSau">{{cite book | title=The Rajputs of Saurashtra| publisher=Popular Prakashan | author=Vir s. | year=1994 | isbn=8171545467}}</ref>


== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Chavda dynasty]]
* [[Rajputs of Gujarat]]
* [[Jadeja]]
* [[Garasia]]
* [[Molesalam Rajput]]
* [[vantia]]
* [[Jinkara]]
* [[Jinkara]]
* [[Vantia]]
* [[Vantia]]

Latest revision as of 15:28, 30 May 2022

The Nadoda are a Rajput community found in the state of Gujarat, India. They are notable for their historic refusal to pay taxes to the sultans.[1]


Ravi Varma-Rajput soldier.jpg

Origin[edit]

While having their origins in the regions of Malwa and Rajasthan,[2] they are primarily found in the Saurashtra, Kutch[3], Patan [4] and other region of Gujarat, India.[3]

History[edit]

Nadoda Rajput one of the Rajput communities of Gujarat,they migrated from Rajasthan about six hundred years ago.The belief is that the Nadoda refuse to pay taxes to the Muslim rulers.Hence,they were called Naravaya (defaulters) and Nadoda is it’s corrupt form. [5] The term "Nadoda" dates back to the Muslim invasion of India.[2]

As regards the explanations of the word nadoda,it is to be derived from NADAVATA,transferred to the ——a declension in Prakrit. Thus ^Nadava give rise to word Nadoda. [6]

Culture[edit]

Nadoda Rajputs are Kshatriya by varna.They are followers of Swaminarayan Sampradaya while some are the followers of Kuldevi.Lord Shiva and Krishna are their primary deities. [1]

Nadoda Rajputs have four ghols(marriage circles) and marital alliances between them is restricted.In case of dress, ornaments,customs,social practices and style of life each ghol is specific in relation to others.They are aligned to Rajputs-Darbar groups,They are one of the members of ther-tasili . [1]

Clans[edit]

Nadoda Rajputs further have ataks(clans)which enjoy an equal social status.They are Kshatriya through Akhil Bharatiya Kshatriya Mahasabha. [1] This clans includes Chavda,Chudasma,Jethwa,Rathod,Solanki,Vaja,Vala,Vadher,Vaghela,Parmar,Gohil etc..[7]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Singh, K. S. (2003). People of India: Volume XXII : Gujarat. Popular Prakashan. pp. 992–995. ISBN 8179911047.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 India's Communities. Oxford University Press. 1998. ISBN 978-0-19-563354-2.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Shah, G. (1987). "Middle Class Politics: Case of Anti-Reservation Agitations in Gujarat (AN 160)". Economic and Political Weekly. 22 (19/21): AN155. JSTOR 4377019.
  4. ↑ Gujarat Gazetteers: Mehsana , Gujarat (India) (Gazetter). The Director, Government Printing, Stationery and Publications, Ahmadabad, Gujarat. 1975.
  5. ↑ Kumar Suresh Singh (1998). India's Communities, Volume 3. Oxford University Press, 1998. p. 2517. ISBN 0195633547.
  6. ↑ Venkatarama Raghavan (1975). Sanskrit and Indological Studies: Dr. V. Raghavan Felicitation Volume. Motilal Banarsidass, 1975. p. 253. ISBN 0842608214.
  7. ↑ Vir s. (1994). The Rajputs of Saurashtra. Popular Prakashan. ISBN 8171545467.
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