'''Rajput''' '''Mali ( Sainik Kshatriya )''' is a distinctive ethnic group from [[Marwar]], [[Rajasthan]].<ref name="Pathak">Action sociology and development , pp 198, Bindeshwar Pathak, Concept Publishing Company, 1992</ref><ref>The Indian Journal of Social Work, pp 172, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Tata Institute of Social Sciences [etc.], 1956</ref>
{{Not verified|date=April 2022}}
== Origin ==
When Mohammad Ghori invaded India during 1191 A.D. at the time of [[Prithviraj Chauhan|Prithviraj chouhan]], then Prithviraj ji Chauhan defeated Ghori in first battle of tarain ( 1191 A.D. ) and forgave him and later when Mohammad Ghori came to fight, then he deceitfully defeated Prithviraj ji Chauhan in second battle of tarain ( 1192 A.D. ) . Later Ghori tied Prithviraj ji Chauhan's [[Rajput]] army and also Prithviraj ji [[Chauhan]]. Then later Ghori took Prithviraj Chauhan and his Rajput army along with him to [[Ghazni]] where he persecuted Prithviraj Chauhan and his Rajput army. A Rajput soldier who did not accept the religion of Islam was killed and some Rajput soldiers were afraid of dying, so they accepted the religion of Islam, which these Muslim Rajputs today call "Ghori and Pathan". Some Rajputs used to be sold as slaves by Mohammad Ghori and it was the soldiers who did not accept slavery and they had to take a step to protect their country, religion and family, which was going to be very heavy for them. He called Kheti Mahur, a gardener who works in mohammad Ghori's garden, and requested him to get rid of some of the prisoner soldiers by referring to his caste. In a few months, after mutual agreement, Bagwan Kheta Mahur recommended to the emperor Ghori and rescued these Rajput soldiers from their caste as Mali. Later these Rajput soldiers settled in Marwar as a "'''Rajput Mali'''" caste. These included '''Rao Isardas Gehlot''', who later returned to [[Kuchera]]. After the exclusion of these Rajputs from Ghazni by the Rajput society, they decided to form a separate society.<ref name = "Pathak"/><ref name ="Banshidhar-SS Gahlot">Castes and Tribes of Rajasthan, pp 107,Sukhvir Singh Gahlot, Banshi Dhar, Jain Brothers, 1989</ref>
== Community resolution ==
'''Rajput''' '''Mali ( Sainik Kshatriya )''' and also called '''Mandorva Rajput''' is a distinctive ethnic group from [[Marwar]], [[Rajasthan]].<ref name="Pathak">Action sociology and development , pp 198, Bindeshwar Pathak, Concept Publishing Company, 1992</ref><ref>The Indian Journal of Social Work, pp 172, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Tata Institute of Social Sciences [etc.], 1956</ref> {{Better source needed|date=January 2022}}
When the storm had passed the community which had now been cut adrift from the main Rajput group, thought of devising ways and means of ensuring their purity of blood and guard against any vices that may creep in by adoption of new fold. Accordingly, they assembled on at Ajmer 12 January 1201 Saturday and passed a resolution was embodied in a "Parwana" and handed over to a Bhat (genealogist) who was a descendant of Mahakvai Chand Bardai.<ref name ="Banshidhar-SS Gahlot"/> The resolution reads as follows:
<blockquote>When these people in order to get rid of danger to their life and property settled in cities and towns, and got an experience of this new fold, about its social status and condition after living with them for 3 or 4 years, they felt necessity of framing new social rules after reviewing their past and present condition. They would not tolerate many evils which they had found in that new fold in which they and their descendants were to spend their lives as they had their origin of pure Rajput blood, they assembled in Pushkar (Ajmer) under the presidentship of Mahadeo, son of Kushma Ajmera Chauhan on Magh Sudi 7th V.S. 1257 and framed some social rules and regulations for their fold and handed over that document to their Bhat in order to act accordingly.</blockquote>
==Adoption of new identity in 1930–1940==
The meeting unanimously passed 22 reforms for their caste, such as ban on the eating of meat, drinking of wine and killing of animals and widow remarriage etc.<ref name = "Pathak"/>
Rajput Mali community adopted the surname of "''Sainik kshatriya"'' in the 1930-1940 decade during the colonial rule<ref> ...the Malis A Muslim Sub-Caste of North India: Problems of Cultural Integration Partap C. Aggarwal Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 1, No. 4 (10 September 1966), pp. 159-161, Published by: Economic and Political Weekly</ref>{{qn|date=February 2022}} and claimed to be ''Sainik Kshatriya'' when registering for the 1941 census.<ref> ''"At the time of 1941 Census most of them got registered themselves as Sainik Kshatriya."'' pp 7 , Census of India, 1961, Volume 14, Issue 5 , Office of the Registrar General, India.</ref>{{qn|date=February 2022}} The order for adoption of the new surname is given by the maharaja of jodhpur.The original copy of this order is now preserved by "sainik kshatriya sanskratik sanvardhan evam itihas shodh sanstha jodhpur" The order is:
==Adoption of new identity in 1930–1940==
{{Social groups of Rajasthan}}
ORDER
Jodhpur, The 6th February 1937
No.2240
Subject- Recording of Malis as "sainik kshatriya" in pattas and Development department records
References: PWD Ministers no.431 dated 22 October 1936
His highness has stated his personal view that he has no objection to Malis being recorded as 'sainik kshatriyas' in the pattas of the development records.
Mehkamas D.M. Field L.T. COL. CIE. Jodhpur.
Chief Minister.
Rajput Mali community adopted the surname ''Saini'' in the 1930-1940 decade during the colonial rule<ref name="Neo Saini2">''"...the Malis (ie gardners who call themselves Saini now).."'' A Muslim Sub-Caste of North India: Problems of Cultural Integration Partap C. Aggarwal Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 1, No. 4 (10 September 1966), pp. 159-161, Published by: Economic and Political Weekly</ref> and claimed to be ''Sainik Kshatriya'' when registering for the 1941 census.<ref name = Neo-Saini3>''"At the time of 1941 Census most of them got registered themselves as Sainik Kshatriya."'' pp 7 , Census of India, 1961, Volume 14, Issue 5 , Office of the Registrar General, India.</ref>
January 23, 1937
==Rajput Mali Surnames (Gotras)==
These following are the surnames of Rajput Mali community of Rajasthan.
[[Raijada]], [[Sarvaiya]], [[Tomar]], [[Chauhan]], [[Parmar]], [[Parihar]], [[Solanki]], [[Gahlot]], [[SANKHLA]].<ref>The Marwar State Census Report of 1891 A.D.</ref>
==See also==
Government of Jodhpur.
*[[Mali caste]]
[[File:Original_copy_of_Order_of_recording_Malis_as_sainik_kshatriya_given_by_jodhpur_maharaja_in_1937.jpg|thumb|Original copy of Order of recording Malis as sainik kshatriya]]
Rajput Mali community adopted the surname of "Sainik kshatriya" in the 1930-1940 decade during the colonial rule[3][need quotation to verify] and claimed to be Sainik Kshatriya when registering for the 1941 census.[4][need quotation to verify] The order for adoption of the new surname is given by the maharaja of jodhpur.The original copy of this order is now preserved by "sainik kshatriya sanskratik sanvardhan evam itihas shodh sanstha jodhpur" The order is:
ORDER
Jodhpur, The 6th February 1937
No.2240
Subject- Recording of Malis as "sainik kshatriya" in pattas and Development department records
References: PWD Ministers no.431 dated 22 October 1936
His highness has stated his personal view that he has no objection to Malis being recorded as 'sainik kshatriyas' in the pattas of the development records.
Mehkamas D.M. Field L.T. COL. CIE. Jodhpur.
Chief Minister.
January 23, 1937
Government of Jodhpur.
Original copy of Order of recording Malis as sainik kshatriya
References
↑Action sociology and development , pp 198, Bindeshwar Pathak, Concept Publishing Company, 1992
↑The Indian Journal of Social Work, pp 172, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Tata Institute of Social Sciences [etc.], 1956
↑ ...the Malis A Muslim Sub-Caste of North India: Problems of Cultural Integration Partap C. Aggarwal Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 1, No. 4 (10 September 1966), pp. 159-161, Published by: Economic and Political Weekly
↑"At the time of 1941 Census most of them got registered themselves as Sainik Kshatriya." pp 7 , Census of India, 1961, Volume 14, Issue 5 , Office of the Registrar General, India.
