Mali caste
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Malis in western India (c. 1855-1862).
The Mali are an occupational caste found among the Hindus who traditionally worked as gardeners and florists. They also call themselves Phul Mali, who derived their names from their occupation of growing flowers. The Mali are found throughout North India, East India as well as the Terai region of Nepal and Maharashtra.[1]
Origin
There are many endogamous groups within Malis. Not all Mali groups have the same origin, culture, history or social standing and there is at least one group from Rajasthan that overlaps with Rajputs and was included under Rajput sub-category in Marwar State Census Report of 1891 CE.[2]
Adoption of surname Saini
The Mali community adopted the surname Saini during the 1930s when India was under British colonial rule.[3][5]
References
- ↑ People of India Uttar Pradesh Volume XLII Part Two edited by A Hasan & J C Das pages 929 to 932 Manohar Publications
- ↑ Action sociology and development, pp 198, Bindeshwar Pathak, Concept Publishing Company, 1992
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "...the Malis (ie gardners who call themselves Saini now).." A Muslim Sub-Caste of North India: Problems of Cultural Integration Partap C. Aggarwal Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 1, No. 4 (Sep. 10, 1966), pp. 159-161, Economic and Political Weekly
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- ↑ "At the time of 1941 Census most of them got registered themselves as Saini (Sainik Kshatriya) Malis." pp 7, Census of India, 1961, Volume 14, Issue 5 , Office of the Registrar General, India.
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Further reading
- People of India: Haryana, Kumar Suresh Singh, Madan Lal Sharma, A. K. Bhatia, Suresh Pushpakar Anthropological Survey of India, Published by Published on behalf of Anthropological Survey of India by Manohar Publishers, 1994
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