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Marwari, or Marrubhasha, as it is referred to by Marwaris, is the traditional, historical, language of the Marwari ethnicity. The Marwari language is closely related to the Rajasthani language. The latter evolved from the Old Gujarati (also called Old Western Rajasthani , Gujjar Bhakha or Maru-Gurjar ), language spoken by the people in Gujarat ...
Originated in the Marwar region of the state is the concept Marwari Bhojnalaya or vegetarian restaurants, today found in many parts of India, which offer vegetarian food of the Marwari people. Historically, Rajputs prefer largely a non-vegetarian diet while the Brahmins, Jains, Bishnois and others prefer a vegetarian diet. Consequently the ...
They assimilate with others so well and respect the regional culture, customs, and people. [77] It is a rare and most revered quality for any successful businessman. Today, they are among the major business classes in India. The term Marwari has come to mean a canny businessman from the State of Rajasthan. The Bachhawats, Birlas, Goenkas ...
Today, they own some one of the largest business groups and companies in India. Most of Marwari business belongs to Shekhawati area. Like Birla, Mittal, Bajaj, Goenka, Piramal and so more. Shekhawati includes Jhunjhunu, Sikar and Churu districts. Following is the list of businesses owned and operated by Marwari families: [1]
Bania (also spelled Baniya, Banija, Banya, Vaniya, Vani, Vania, and Vanya) [1] is a mercantile caste primarily from the Indian states of Rajasthan and Gujarat, with significant diasporic communities in Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, Maharashtra (particularly Mumbai) and northern states of India.
Indian Nepali, Indian Nepalese or Indo Nepalese, are people of Indian origin who migrated from India to Nepal, predominantly since British India. [1] [2]The Marwari people have lived in Nepal for several hundred years.
Jagat Seth was a wealthy merchant, banker and money lender family from Murshidabad in Bengal [2] during the time of the Nawabs of Bengal. [3] [4]Though not at the same scale, but the influence exercised by this family in the finances of the Mughal Empire during the 17th and 18th century would be akin to that exercised by the Rothschild family in Europe.
Maheshwaris were among the Marwari merchants who moved to the Deccan Plateau in the early 19th century, where the opium trade was prominent; [12] they were present as bankers in Hyderabad State by 1850; [8] and in the last quarter of the century emerged as a significant group in the cotton trade of Bombay. [11]