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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 ...
This is a category of Marwari people, a sub ethnic group of Rajasthani Samaj or the category of people whose mother-tongue is Marwari. Subcategories This category has the following 11 subcategories, out of 11 total.
Marwari and its closely related varieties like Dhundhari, Shekhawati and Mewari form a part of the broader Marwari language family. It is spoken in the Indian state of Rajasthan , as well as the neighbouring states of Gujarat and Haryana , some adjacent areas in eastern parts of Pakistan , and some migrant communities in Nepal .
Marwari may refer to: anything of, from, or related to the Marwar region of Rajasthan, India, largely in the Thar Desert Marwari people, an Indian ethnic group originating in the Marwar region; Marwari language, the language of the Marwari people; Marwari horse, a horse breed from the Marwar region; Marwari sheep
The Marwari Muslims or Marwadi Muslims (Marwari: मारवाड़ी मुसलमान, ماروارؕی مسلمان) are an Indian and Pakistani ethnic group that originate from the Rajasthan region of India. Their language, also called Marwari, is a dialect of Rajasthani and is a part of the western group of Indo-Aryan languages. [1]
Marwari people are business-oriented people from Northern Indian Marwar, Shekhawati region who were traders during the era of Rajput kingdoms and later participated in industrialization of India. Today, they own some one of the largest business groups and companies in India.
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]
Marwar suffered more severely than any other part of Rajputana from the famine of 1899–1900. In February 1900 more than 110,000 people were in receipt of famine relief. The kingdom had a population of 1,935,565 in 1901, a 23% decline from the 1891, largely due to the results of the famine.