RAJPUTS

Meaning of RAJPUTS in English

n. dominant people of Rajputana in north-west India

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RAJPUT — Any member of a caste of landowners located mainly in central and northern India. The Rajputs are organized in patrilineal …
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BUNDELKHAND — Historic region, central India. Long inhabited by various dynasties, it was finally settled by the Bundela Rajputs in the 14th …
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GURKHA — n. member of Hindu people who belongs to the Rajputs ethnic group who lives in Nepal; soldier from Nepal who …
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GURKHA — adj. of or pertaining to Hindu people who belong to the Rajputs ethnic group who live in Nepal; pertaining to …
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SUTTEE — Sanskrit sati former Indian custom of a widow burning herself, either on the funeral pyre of her dead husband or …
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MANSABDAR — member of the imperial bureaucracy of the Mughal Empire in India. The mansabdars governed the empire and commanded its armies …
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KUL — also spelled Kula (Sanskrit: assembly, or family), throughout India, except in the south, a family unit or, in some instances, …
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JATI — also spelled Jat, caste, in Hindu society. The term is derived from the Sanskrit jata, born or brought into existence, …
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VADODARA — also called Baroda, city, administrative headquarters of Vadodara district, east central Gujarat state, west central India, on the Visvamitra River, …
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UDAIPUR — also spelled Udaypur, city, southern Rajasthan state, northwestern India. It lies in the hills of the Aravali Range. Udaipur (City …
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TARAORI, BATTLES OF — (1191), Taraori also spelled Tarain, series of engagements that opened all of North India to Muslim control. The battles were …
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SUR DYNASTY — Afghan family that ruled in northern India from 1540 to 1556. Its founder, Sher Shah Sur, was descended from an …
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SINDHIA FAMILY — Maratha ruling family of Gwalior, which for a time in the 18th century dominated the politics of northern India. The …
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SHEOPUR — also called Sheopur Kalan town, northwestern Madhya Pradesh state, central India. The town and fort were founded in 1537 by …
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REWA — also spelled Rewah, or Riwa town, northeastern Madhya Pradesh state, central India. The town was chosen as the capital of …
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RAJPUTANA — also called Rajwar, former group of princely states chiefly comprising what is now Rajasthan state, India. The name means land …
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RAJPUT — (from Sanskrit raja-putra: son of a king), any of about 12,000,000 landowners organized in patrilineal clans and located mainly in …
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RAJGARH — town, northwestern Madhya Pradesh state, central India, situated between the Newaj and Parbati rivers. Founded in about 1640, it served …
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RAJASTHAN — state of India. It is located in the northwestern part of the subcontinent. It is bounded on the west and …
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QUTB-UD-DIN AYBAK — died 1210 a founder of Muslim rule in India and an able general of Mu'izz-ud-Din Muhammad of Ghur. In childhood …
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PORBANDAR — town, Junagadh district, Gujarat state, west central India, on the Arabian Sea. The birthplace of Mahatma Gandhi, it was controlled …
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PAKISTAN, FLAG OF — national flag consisting of a green field with a large white crescent and star; at the hoist end is a …
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NARWAR — historic town, northern Madhya Pradesh state, central India, just east of the Sind River. Traditionally said to have been the …
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NAGAUR — also spelled Nagor town, administrative headquarters of Nagaur district, Rajasthan state, western India. Nagaur, a walled town held successively by …
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MUGHAL DYNASTY — also spelled Mogul, Arabic Mongol Muslim dynasty that ruled most of northern India from the early 16th to the mid-18th …
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MINA — also called Meo, or Mewati, tribe and caste inhabiting Rajasthan and Punjab states in northern India, and Punjab province, Pakistan, …
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MEHSANA — town, administrative headquarters of Mehsana district, Gujarat state, west central India, in the lowlands between the Aravalli Range and the …
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ISLAMIC CASTE — any of the units of social stratification that developed among Muslims in India and Pakistan as a result of the …
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CHITTAURGARH — also spelled Chittorgarh, also called Chitor, city, south-central Rajasthan state, northwestern India. Served by rail and road, it is an …
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BUNDELKHAND — historic region of central India, now included in northern Madhya Pradesh state, comprising the hilly Vindhyan region, cut by ravines, …
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RAJPUT — n. Any member of a caste of landowners located mainly in central and northern India. The Rajputs are organized in …
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