Rajput Mali

When Mohammad Ghori invaded India during 1191 A.D. at the time of Prithviraj chouhan, then Prithviraj ji Chauhan defeated Ghori in first battle of tarain ( 1191 A.D. ) and forgave him and later when Mohammad Ghori came to fight, then he deceitfully defeated Prithviraj ji Chauhan in second battle of tarain ( 1192 A.D. ) . Later Ghori tied Prithviraj ji Chauhan's Rajput army and also Prithviraj ji Chauhan. Then later Ghori took Prithviraj Chauhan and his Rajput army along with him to Ghazni where he persecuted Prithviraj Chauhan and his Rajput army. A Rajput soldier who did not accept the religion of Islam was killed and some Rajput soldiers were afraid of dying, so they accepted the religion of Islam, which these Muslim Rajputs today call "Ghori and Pathan". Some Rajputs used to be sold as slaves by Mohammad Ghori and it was the soldiers who did not accept slavery and they had to take a step to protect their country, religion and family, which was going to be very heavy for them. He called Kheti Mahur, a gardener who works in mohammad Ghori's garden, and requested him to get rid of some of the prisoner soldiers by referring to his caste. In a few months, after mutual agreement, Bagwan Kheta Mahur recommended to the emperor Ghori and rescued these Rajput soldiers from their caste as Mali. Later these Rajput soldiers settled in Marwar as a "Rajput Mali" caste. These included Rao Isardas Gehlot, who later returned to Kuchera. After the exclusion of these Rajputs from Ghazni by the Rajput society, they decided to form a separate society.[1][3]

When the storm had passed the community which had now been cut adrift from the main Rajput group, thought of devising ways and means of ensuring their purity of blood and guard against any vices that may creep in by adoption of new fold. Accordingly, they assembled on at Ajmer 12 January 1201 Saturday and passed a resolution was embodied in a "Parwana" and handed over to a Bhat (genealogist) who was a descendant of Mahakvai Chand Bardai.[3] The resolution reads as follows:

When these people in order to get rid of danger to their life and property settled in cities and towns, and got an experience of this new fold, about its social status and condition after living with them for 3 or 4 years, they felt necessity of framing new social rules after reviewing their past and present condition. They would not tolerate many evils which they had found in that new fold in which they and their descendants were to spend their lives as they had their origin of pure Rajput blood, they assembled in Pushkar (Ajmer) under the presidentship of Mahadeo, son of Kushma Ajmera Chauhan on Magh Sudi 7th V.S. 1257 and framed some social rules and regulations for their fold and handed over that document to their Bhat in order to act accordingly.

The meeting unanimously passed 22 reforms for their caste, such as ban on the eating of meat, drinking of wine and killing of animals and widow remarriage etc.[1]

Rajput Mali community adopted the surname Saini in the 1930-1940 decade during the colonial rule[4] and claimed to be Sainik Kshatriya when registering for the 1941 census.[5]

These are the following surnames of Rajput Mali community of rajasthan. Kachwaha,Pundir,Rathore, Sakarwar,Sisodia,Bhati,Chandel, Jadaun,Jadeja,Jaswal,Kansara Raijada,Sarvaiya,Tomar,Chauhan, Parmar,Parihar,Solanki,Gahlot.[6]

Ashok Gahlot the chief Minister of rajasthan belongs to the rajput mali community of rajasthan.

• Mali caste