Mehra Rajput
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The (Mehra Rajput) is a caste found in the states of Punjab and Haryana Himacal India.

All Rajputs are Kashattriya.

Mehra word comes from Baba Moti Ram Mehra.before this word this cast was known jhinwar because of water carrier work. Jhinwar word comes from Jharna of water. This people was bringing water from jharna thats why called jhinwar otherwise this community belongs to Rajput clan.Rajput community had big contribution in india.

Baba Moti Ram Mehra was a also from this community.Baba Himmat Singh ji was his uncle who are in panj pyara sahib.

Bhai Hara Singh father of Baba Moti Ram Mehra Ji

Bhai Kanhyaia Ji who carry mushaq.

Baba Banda Singh Bahadur ji also from dogra rajput community.

Traditionally, the Mehra community found in Punjab and Haryana Himachal was associated with occupations such as boating,[1] carrying water[2] and agriculture.[3]

Communities that are related to the Rajput by occupation in Dogra include the Batham, Bind, Bhar, Dhewar, Dhimar, Gariya, Gaur, Godia, Gond, Guria, Jhimar, Jhir, Jhiwar, Kahar, Kashyap, Keot, Kewat, Kharwar, Khairwar, Kumhar, Machua, Majhi, Majhwar, Mallah, Nishad, Prajapati, Rajbhar, Riakwar, Tura, Turah, Turaha, Tureha and Turaiha. There were proposals in 2013 that some or all of these communities in the state should be reclassified as General under India's system of positive discrimination; this would have involved declassifying them from the Other Backwards Class category.[1] Whether or not this would happen was a significant issue in the campaign for the 2014 Indian general election.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 Shah, Pankaj (6 April 2013), "Political parties eye Lok Sabha polls, bank on boatmen to claim pole position", The Times of India, retrieved 14 April 2014
  2. ↑ Schwartzberg, Joseph E. (2007) [1968], "Caste Regions of the North Indian Plain", in Singer, Milton B.; Cohn, Bernard S. (eds.), Structure and Change in Indian Society (Reprinted ed.), Transaction Publishers, p. 96, ISBN 9780202361383
  3. ↑ Jaffrelot, Christophe (2004), A History of Pakistan and Its Origins (Reprinted ed.), Anthem Press, p. 211, ISBN 9781843311492
  4. ↑ Srivastava, Piyush (25 February 2014), "BJP castes a wider UP net, uses Modi's background to attract OBC votes while seeking blessings by feeding Brahmins", India Today, retrieved 14 April 2014
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