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{{short description|Social community of South Asia}} {{other uses|Rajput (disambiguation) }} {{pp-extended|small=yes}} {{Update|part=Infobox|reason=Please check this article [[Jat]] and [[Gurjar]]|date=May 2025}} {{EngvarB|date=November 2021}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}} {{Infobox caste | region = [[Rajasthan]], [[Haryana]], [[Gujarat]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[Punjab, India|Eastern Punjab]], [[Punjab, Pakistan|Western Punjab]], [[Himachal Pradesh]], [[Uttarakhand]], [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]], [[Azad Kashmir]], [[Bihar]], [[Jharkhand]], [[Madhya Pradesh]], [[Maharashtra]],<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=78rfCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA217 |page=217 |title=Rise of the Plebeians?: The Changing Face of the Indian Legislative Assemblies (Exploring the Political in South Asia) |editor1=Christophe Jaffrelot |editor2=Sanjay Kumar |author=Rajendra Vora |publisher=Routledge India |year=2009 |isbn=9781136516627 |quote=[In Maharashtra]The Lingayats, the Gujjars and the Rajputs are three other important castes which belong to the intermediate category. The lingayats who hail from north Karnataka are found primarily in south Maharashtra and Marthwada while Gujjars and Rajputs who migrated centuries ago from north India have settled in north Maharashtra districts.}}</ref> and [[Sindh]] | languages = [[Hindi]]-[[Urdu]], [[Haryanvi]], [[Bundeli language|Bundeli]], [[Bagheli language|Bagheli]], [[Chhattisgarhi language|Chhattisgarhi]], [[Marwari language|Marwari]], [[Mewari language|Mewari]], [[Shekhawati language|Shekhawati]], [[Dhundari language|Dhundari]], [[Malwi language|Malwi]], [[Bhojpuri language|Bhojpuri]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TcvjAAAAMAAJ&q=bhojpuri+language+rajput |title=Folk-lore, Volume 21 |access-date=9 April 2017 |pages=79 |year=1980}}</ref> [[Awadhi language|Awadhi]], [[Braj Bhasha]], [[Magahi language|Magahi]], [[Maithili language|Maithili]],<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gZDXAAAAMAAJ&q=Maithila |title=Samaskaras in Indian Tradition and Culture |access-date=4 March 2017 |pages=195 |isbn=9788175411401 |last1=Roy |first1=Ramashray |date=1 January 2003|publisher=Shipra Publications }}</ref> [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]], [[Sindhi language|Sindhi]], [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]], [[Marathi language|Marathi]], [[Western Pahari language|Western Pahari]], [[Dogri language|Dogri]], [[Kumaoni language|Kumaoni]], [[Garhwali language|Garhwali]] | religions = [[Hinduism]], [[Islam]], [[Sikhism]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Cohen |first1=Stephen Philip |title=The idea of Pakistan |date=2006 |publisher=Brookings Institution Press |location=Washington, D.C. |isbn=978-0815715030 |pages=35–36 |edition=Rev. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=42XRDAAAQBAJ&q=pakistan+RAJPUT+tribe+conversion&pg=PP1 |access-date=18 July 2017}}</ref> | image = | caption = |country=[[India]], [[Pakistan]], [[Nepal]] | classification = [[Forward caste]]<br>(except in [[Karnataka]]) }} '''Rājpūt''' ({{ipa|hi|ɾaːd͡ʒpuːt̪|ipa}}, from [[Sanskrit]] ''rājaputra'' meaning "son of a king"), also called '''Thākur''' ({{ipa|hi|ʈʰaːkʊɾ|ipa}}),<ref> *{{Cite book|title=Communities, Segments, Synonyms, Surnames and Titles|author=[[Kumar Suresh Singh]]|publisher=Anthropological Survey of India|page=1706|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bfAMAQAAMAAJ&dq=Rajput+thakur+synonymous&pg=PA1706|year=1996|isbn=978-0-19-563357-3 }} *{{Cite book|title=Theft of an Idol|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q55rb_-NnugC&q=Rajput+is+used+interchangeably+with+Rajput+&pg=PA151|publisher=Princeton University Press|page=151|isbn=9780691026503|author=Paul R. Brass|year=1997|quote=Thakur is used interchangeably with Rajput to refer to persons from this cluster of upper castes. Thakur is really the common title used for persons of this caste grouping , as Pandit is for the Brahman castes.}}</ref> is a large multi-component cluster of castes, kin bodies, and local groups, sharing social status and ideology of genealogical descent originating from the northern part of the [[Indian subcontinent]]. The term ''Rajput'' covers various [[patrilineal]] clans historically associated with [[warrior]]hood: several clans claim Rajput status, although not all claims are universally accepted. According to modern scholars, almost all Rajput clans originated from peasant or pastoral communities. Over time, the Rajputs emerged as a social class comprising people from a variety of ethnic and geographical backgrounds. From the 12th to 16th centuries, the membership of this class became largely hereditary, although new claims to Rajput status continued to be made in later centuries. Several [[List of Rajput dynasties and states|Rajput-ruled kingdoms]] played a significant role in many regions of central and [[North India|northern India]] from the seventh century onwards. The Rajput population and the former Rajput states are found in northern, western, central and eastern India, as well as southern and eastern Pakistan. These areas include [[Rajasthan]], [[Delhi]], [[Haryana]], [[Gujarat]], [[Punjab, India|Eastern Punjab]], [[Punjab, Pakistan|Western Punjab]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[West Bengal]], [[Himachal Pradesh]], [[Jammu region|Jammu]], [[Uttarakhand]], [[Bihar]], [[Madhya Pradesh]], [[Sindh]] and [[Azad Kashmir]].
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