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Meena (pronounced) is a tribe from northern and western India which is sometimes considered a sub-group of the Bhil community. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] It used to be claimed they speak Mina language, a spurious language .
The Bhil Meena (also spelled Bhil Mina) are a tribal group found in the state of Rajasthan, India. [5] Mainly they are mixed tribe of tribal Meenas and Bhils. [6]
Kshatriya (Sanskrit: क्षत्रिय, romanized: Kṣatriya) (from Sanskrit kṣatra, "rule, authority"; also called Rajanya) [1] is one of the four varnas (social orders) of Hindu society and is associated with the warrior aristocracy. [2]
However, he adds that this Vaishya occupation fact was balanced by their origin myths, the "possible" derivation of the word Khatri from Kshatriya, their large physical stature, the superior status accorded to them by other Punjabis as well as the willingness of the Saraswat Brahmins, their chaplains, to accept cooked food from them. [149]
Hindu inhabitants of Mewat, although belonging to the same Kshatriya castes to which the Meos belonged before conversion to Islam, are not called Meo. Thus the word Meo is both region-specific and religion-specific.
The exception to this were the military elites among the Samantha Kshatriyas and the Nairs, who were ritually promoted to the status of Kshatriya by means of the Hiranyagarbha ceremony. [1] [2] [3] This was done so that the Samanthans and Nairs could wield temporal ruling powers over the land, as they constituted the aristocratic class.
The Kumbh has seen stampedes before, in 1840, 1906, 1954 and 1986, according to The New York Times.On the same day of the last Maha Kumbh, 12 years ago, a stampede at the local train station to ...
Tan Singh, former Indian politician, founded the Shri Kshatriya Yuvak Sangh [113] which became a milestone for Rajput society. Yashwant Singh Parmar, former Chief Minister and widely considered the maker of modern Himachal Pradesh [114] Karan Singh, former governor of Jammu and Kashmir [115] Raghuvansh Prasad Singh, former Bihar politician [116]