Kshatriya (Sanskrit: क्षत्रिय, romanized: Kṣatriya) (from Sanskrit kṣatra, "rule, authority"; also called Rajanya) is one of the four varnas (social orders)...
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Kurmi (redirect from Kurmi Kshatriya)
when Asaf-Ud-Dowlah, the fourth Nawab of Awadh, attempted to grant the kshatriya title of Raja to a group of influential landed Ayodhya Kurmis, he was...
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Kshatriya (transl. Warriors) is a 1993 Indian Hindi-language action film directed and co-written by J. P. Dutta. It features an ensemble cast of Sunil...
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The Samantha Kshatriya are a community of Kerala, India. They were historically ruling elites and feudal aristocrats in the Kingdom of Cochin and Kingdom...
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Vanniyar (redirect from Vanniyakula Kshatriya)
notes that South Indian society traditionally recognised neither the Kshatriya (warrior) nor Vaishya (merchant) varnas, being divided instead between...
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Nagavanshi (redirect from Nagavamshi Kshatriya)
Nagavanshi (IAST: Nāgavaṃśī) refers to any of the several Indian Kshatriya dynasties or ruling groups claiming descent from the mythical Nāgas. Along...
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Swadhin Kshatriya was the Chief Secretary Government of Maharashtra and senior most Civil service IAS officer in Maharashtra. He was appointed to organize...
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Yadav (redirect from Ahir Yadav Kshatriya Mahasabha)
effort has been invested in recasting the group narrative to emphasise kshatriya-like valour, however, the overall tenor of their movement has not been...
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Raju (redirect from Andhra Kshatriya)
"locally dominant landed gentry", claims Kshatriya status in the varna system despite there being "no real Kshatriya varna" in the Andhra region. Raju is...
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Shivaji (redirect from Kshatriya Kulavantas)
Maratha, not a Kshatriya. They noted that Shivaji had never had a sacred thread ceremony, and did not wear the thread, such as a kshatriya would. Shivaji...
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