Sainthwar

Sainthwar, also known as Mall,[1] is an Indian caste of landholders[2] native to the Uttar Pradesh state.[3]

The Sainthwars are closely related to the Rajputs,[2] and are sometimes described as a division of the Rajput caste.[4] The Sainthwars are known as "Mall" ("prosperous") as opposed to the historically poorer Kurmis.[3] They are the dominant landholding caste in some districts of Uttar Pradesh.[4]

The oral tradition of the Sainthwars traces their ancestry to Chandraketu, a son of the legendary hero Lakshmana.[3]

References
  1. Subodh Kapoor (2002). Encyclopaedia of Ancient Indian Geography. Cosmo. p. 413. ISBN 978-81-7755-299-7.
  2. Shahid Amin (1995). Event, Metaphor, Memory: Chauri Chaura, 1922-1992. University of California Press. p. 33. ISBN 978-0-520-08780-4. Sainthwar: a Kshtriya caste of landholders, closely related to the Rajput
  3. Kumar Suresh Singh, ed. (1998). India's Communities. A–G. Oxford University Press. p. 2163. ISBN 978-0-19-563354-2.
  4. Paul R. Brass; Francis Robinson, eds. (1987). The Indian National Congress and Indian society, 1885-1985: ideology, social structure, and political dominance. Chanakya. ISBN 9788170010265.

Gorakhpur Janpad aur uski kshtriya jatiyo ka itihas

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