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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]

The Sainthwars are related to the Kshatriyas,[2] and are sometimes described as a division of the Rajput.[3] They are the dominant landholding caste in some districts of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.[4]

The oral tradition of the Sainthwars trace their ancestry to Chandraketu, a son of the legendary hero Lakshmana.[3]

Bharatiya Janata Party politician RPN Singh belongs to the community and is a prominent leader from Eastern Uttar Pradesh.[5]

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+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]
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+The Sainthwars are related to the Kshatriyas,[2] and are sometimes described as a division of the Rajput.[3] They are the dominant landholding caste in some districts of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.[4]
-'''Sainthwar''', also known as '''Mall''',<ref>{{cite book |author=Subodh Kapoor |title=Encyclopaedia of Ancient Indian Geography |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8897ridkczoC&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 }}</ref> is an [[Indian caste]] of landholders<ref name="Shahid_1995">{{cite book |author=Shahid Amin |title=Event, Metaphor, Memory: Chauri Chaura, 1922-1992 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pbYwDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA33 |year=1995 |publisher=University of California Press |isbn=978-0-520-08780-4 |page=33 |quote=Sainthwar: a middle-ranking caste of 'landholers' , closely related to the Rajputs}}</ref> native to the [[Uttar Pradesh]] and [[Bihar]] states.<ref name="KSS_OUP_1998">{{cite book |editor=Kumar Suresh Singh |title=India'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 }}</ref>
-The Sainthwars are closely related to the  [[Rajputs]],<ref name="Shahid_1995"/> and are sometimes described as a division of the Rajput caste.<ref name="Paul_1987">{{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 }}</ref> The Sainthwars are known as "Mall" ("prosperous") as opposed to the historically poorer Kurmis.<ref name="KSS_OUP_1998"/> They are the dominant landholding caste in some districts of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.<ref name="Paul_1987"/>
+The oral tradition of the Sainthwars trace their ancestry to Chandraketu, a son of the legendary hero Lakshmana.[3]
-The oral tradition of the Sainthwars trace their ancestry to Shudras, a son of the legendary hero [[Lakshmana]].<ref name="KSS_OUP_1998"/>
+Bharatiya Janata Party politician RPN Singh belongs to the community and is a prominent leader from Eastern Uttar Pradesh.[5]
 ==References==