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Rajput Mali
Rajput Mali ( Sainik Kshatriya ) and also called Mandorva Rajput is a distinctive ethnic group from Marwar, Rajasthan.[1][2] [better source needed]
Adoption of new identity in 1930–1940[edit]
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:
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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.
References[edit]
- ↑ 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.