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Pages in category "Surnames of Indian origin" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,075 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Rajasthani Jains do not eat after sundown and their food does not contain garlic and onions. Rajputs are usually meat eaters; however, eating beef is a taboo within the majority of the culture. [62] [63] Rajasthani cuisine has many varieties, varying regionally between the arid desert districts and the greener eastern areas.
During the 20th century the lower castes in India tried to uplift their social standing by adopting surnames of other castes. The Rajput clan name "Rathore" was adopted as a surname by the Teli community in 1931, who started calling themselves Vaishyas Rathore for caste upliftment. [24]
List of notable Rajputs during the pre-British era, ordered chronologically by reign. Bappa Rawal, one of the first major rulers of the Kingdom of Mewar, credited for rebelling the Arab invasion of India. [5] Anangpal Tomar, ruler of the Tomar dynasty of Delhi [6] Mularaja, founder of the Chaulukya dynasty [7] [page needed]
The surname Rawat is a prominent family name in South Asia, particularly in India and Nepal. [1] It is commonly associated with Rajputs , a warrior and land-owning caste traditionally from the northern and western regions of India, including Rajasthan , [ 2 ] Uttarakhand , Himachal Pradesh , and Uttar Pradesh . [ 3 ]
Genealogies of the Rajput clans were fabricated by pastoral nomadic tribes when they became sedentary. In a process called Rajputization, after acquiring political power, they employed bards to fabricate these lineages which also disassociated them from their original ancestry of cattle-herding or cattle-rustling communities and acquired the name 'Rajput'.
Simple English; Svenska; ... People of Rajasthani descent (1 C) Pages in category "People from Rajasthan" The following 109 pages are in this category, out of 109 total.
Tibrewal is an Indian toponymic surname from Jhunjhunu in Rajasthan, India.Its variants include Tibrewala, Tibdewal and Tibarewal. The word "tibar" (or tiba) in the local Rajasthani-language means small sand hills, and people who had their homes on such hilly areas in the desert region of Rajasthan were called Tibrewal.