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Usage of the term Rajanya possibly indicates the 'kinsmen of the Rajan' (i.e., kinsmen of the ruler) had emerged as a distinct social group then, [10] such that by the end of the Vedic period, the term rajanya was replaced by Kshatriya; where rajanya stresses kinship with the Rajan and Kshatriya denotes power over a specific domain. [10]
Karni Sena (/ ˈ k ə ˈ r n i s eɪ n ɑː /; Karaṇī sēnā), known as Karni Sena (Unity of Rajput/Kshatriya), abbr.: KS), is an organisation based in Rajasthan, India. Founded by Lokendra Singh Kalvi, [1] Pratap Singh Kalvi, [2] Dr Raj Shekhawat [3] and others. It takes its name from Karni Mata, who is believed to be incarnation of Hinglaj ...
Gurjar Kshatriya, also known as Gurjar Kshatriya kadia/ Kutchi Gurjar Kshatriya Samaj, and Kadia Kshatriya are a Hindu community mostly in Gujarat and Maharashtra. [1] [2] In Rajasthan, many people lost their lives in battles against Muslim rulers, and after suffering defeats, the surviving some Kshatriyas Rajputs moved towards Gujarat to keep their identity, Those Kshatriyas.
These sources provide evidence that the Hindu caste system was widespread. Chronicles mention more castes than the four basic castes in the Hindu social system known today, some as many as seven castes. [1] One traveller's account mentions sixteen castes including the four basic castes of Brahmins, Kshatriya, Vaishya and Chandalas. [2]
The community requested the census authorities in 1871 to be classified as Kshatriya. Vanniyars attempted to establish their status and identity by fusing actual history with mythology and claimed to be the AgniKula (fire race), kshatriyas, and the Pallava dynasty's descendants. In 1888, the Chennai Vanniyakula Kshatriya MahaSangam was founded.
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The claim of Kshatriyas was, of course, historically completely unfounded. The Rajputs as well as other autochthonous Indian gentry groups who claimed Kshatriya status by way of putative Rajput descent, differed widely from the classical varna of Kshatriyas which, as depicted in literature, was made of aristocratic, urbanite and educated clans...