Ravana Rajputs

Ravana Rajput is an Indian caste. They are among the castes known as Descendants Of Poor Rajputs in History ,[1] who claim Kshatriya status.[2] They tremendously fought wars with the King . In Old times King had many sons but only one is proclaimed to be the next in royal line . So the other sons do their duties in the favour of the King . Later they faced Financial crisis as their family grew . So not accepted by the king . Rajput Soldiers who don't get enough paid and had poor life Known to be Ravana Rajputs . So the discrimination in these caste only started by the level of Poverty and Richness that time . Now the caste Ravana Rajput is growing in different sector .Many of them Claimed Rajput Status and Accepted by the Rajput Community . Others are Living still in middle class and Poverty . Ravana Rajputs follows the same culture as Rajputs because they were Rajputs not from the prince's Concubines .

Ravana Rajput is a group / class of Rajput caste divided by Kshatriya, they can't maintain the certain practice and they have no land in their possession. Therefore, living in princely states and places, but livelihoods of their family's they were dependent on working as a farmer and posted in different positions in the princely states.

Origins

The Ravana Rajputs were Local authorities of men from Rajput[3] Their descendants were not originally accepted by the Rajput community as Rajputs.[4] [5][6][7].[5][8] They served the royal Rajputana families as guards, soldiers .[9]

In order to raise their status, these people organized themselves into a caste,[10] and styled themselves as "Ravana Rajputs". The British Indian census authorities, however, rejected their claim to the Rajput status.[11]Ravana Rajput is a society of glorious Kshatriya class, which keeps its separate existence due to love for their motherland renunciation, bravery, dignity, affection and country service. This class of Rajputs has its own glorious past and history. Today this newly created names are prevalent in many districts of Rajasthan by beyond the boundaries of Marwar.

Present status

Historically, the Ravana Rajputs have faced caste-based discrimination.[12] The upper-caste Rajputs regard them as inferior, especially for matrimony.[7] Nevertheless, the Ravana Rajputs place themselves highest in the rural caste hierarchy.[6]

According to a 2021 Business Standard report, the Ravana Rajputs form around 11% of the Rajasthan state's population.[13] They have been granted the Other Backward Class status for affirmative action.[14]

In July 2017, the Ravana Rajput community staged a protest against the alleged fake encounter killing of gangster Anandpal Singh, who belonged to their community and was considered a hero in his village.[15] Singh was known for having escalated the Rajput-Jat rivlary,[16] and the agitation following his death united the local Rajput community And Ravana Rajput Community.[17]

References
  1. Varsha Joshi (1995). Polygamy and Purdah: Women and Society Among Rajputs. Rawat. p. 199. ISBN 978-8-170-33275-6.
  2. K.S.Singh (1998). Rajasthan, Volume 1. Popular. p. 305,306. ISBN 978-8-171-54766-1.
  3. Kothari, komal (1894). The Castes Of Marwar. pp. xi.
  4. Lindsey Harlan (1992). Religion and Rajput Women: The Ethic of Protection in Contemporary Narratives. University of California Press. pp. 145, 167. ISBN 978-0-520-07339-5.
  5. D. D. Gaur (1978). Constitutional Development of Eastern Rajputana States. Usha. p. 49. OCLC 641457000. These slave communities were known by various names Jameedars, Soldiers of King'S army, Huzoor, Ravana- Rajputs, and Khawas.
  6. Vinay Kumar Srivastava (1997). Religious renunciation of a pastoral people. Oxford University Press. p. 266. ISBN 978-0-19-564121-9.
  7. Salik Ahmed (13 July 2017). "Why Rajputs in Rajasthan have erupted in anger over gangster Anandpal's encounter killing". Hindustan Times.
  8. P. S. Choudhry (1968). Rajasthan between the two world wars, 1919-1939. Sri Ram Mehra. p. 97. According to the census report of 1921, there were 1,60,755 slaves in Rajputana, including 10,844 born domestic slaves in Bikaner and 43,100 in Jodhpur. They are following the same culture as the Rajputs because of the hereditary taught them to do what is right
  9. Bindu Manchanda (2001). Jaisalmer: The City of Golden Sands and Strange Spirits. HarperCollins Publishers India. p. 92. ISBN 978-81-7223-434-8.
  10. Narendra Kumar Singhi; Rajendra Joshi (1995). Folk, Faith & Feudalism: Rajasthan Studies. Rawat Publications. p. 119. ISBN 978-81-7033-273-2.
  11. Sarangadhar Das (1940). Bikaner: A Report Submitted to the President, All India States Peoples' Conference. K.B. Menon, Office-secretary, All India States Peoples' Conference. p. 49.
  12. Mahim Pratap Singh (30 June 2017). "Anand Pal Singh, gangster Rajasthan can't forget". The Indian Express. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  13. "Ravana Rajput Samaj warns BJP, Cong of using NOTA in Raj polls". Business Standard. 10 November 2013.
  14. "The Man without a smile". Tehelka Magazine, Vol 9, Issue 13. 31 March 2012.
  15. "Anandpal's family seeks CBI probe; native village protests killing". Hindustan Times. 25 June 2017.
  16. "Gangster Anand Pal Singh: A man who is making news even after his death". Financial Express. 30 June 2017.
  17. Prakash Bhandari (19 July 2017). "DNA ANALYSIS: Raje again demonstrates political acumen in politically sorting out Anandpal case". DNA.
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