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Kshatriya (transl. Warriors) is a 1993 Indian Hindi-language action film directed and co-written by J. P. Dutta. It features an ensemble cast of Sunil Dutt , Dharmendra , Vinod Khanna , Sunny Deol , and Sanjay Dutt , with Rakhee Gulzar , Meenakshi Seshadri , Raveena Tandon , Divya Bharti (brief role) and Sumalatha .
Bhim Chand was the Rajput King of Bilaspur state (reigned 1665 – 1692) [46] Rani Karnavati of Garhwal, the Parmar Rajput Queen of Garhwal, credited for defending the kingdom against the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan. [47] Durgadas Rathore, was a minister of Marwar who was successful in preserving Marwar against Mughal rule [48]
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'.
Bhadauria also referred as Bhadoria, Bhadouria, Bhadauriya, Bhadoriya or Bhaduria are a Kshatriya Rajput clan belonging to the Chauhans of Shakambhari and Ajmer.They were historically mainly concentrated in the ethno-linguistic and geographical regions of the modern day Braj and the Chambal river valley, in what are now the districts of Agra, Etawah, Bhind and Dholpur, in the states of Uttar ...
The term kshatriya comes from kshatra and implies temporal authority and power which was based less on being a successful leader in battle and more on the tangible power of laying claim to sovereignty over a territory, and symbolising ownership over clan lands. This later gave rise to the idea of kingship.
According to some claims, Shivaji was a Rajput of the Sisodia Rajput clan while other claims say that he was a Kunbi Maratha and the sole purpose of the lineage claim as a Rajput was to guarantee Shivaji's consecration as a Kshatriya, in a tactic that had clear parallels to Rajputisation.
As per historian W. H. McLeod and Louis Fenech, Khatri is a Punjabi form of the word Kshatriya. [37] Peter Hardy and A. R. Desai also agree that Khatri is derived from Kshatriya. Despite the etymology, Hardy says that Khatri is "a mercantile class" and Desai says the Khatris were "traditionally tradesmen and government officials".
Kanhpuriya or Kanhvanshi are a dynasty of Kshatriyas ().They are from the Chandravansh.Maharaja Kanhdev was the originator of Kanhpuria dynasty, by the name of Maharaja Kanhdev and due to residence in Kanhpur (situated in Salon Rae Bareli on the banks of river Sai).