Sainthwar

Sainthwar is an Indian caste of peasants^[1] native to the Uttar Pradesh state.^[2]

The Sainthwars are closely related to the Kurmis,^[1] and are sometimes described as a division of the Kurmi caste.^[3] The Sainthwars are known as "Mall" ("prosperous") as opposed to the historically poorer Kurmis.^[2] They are the dominant landholding caste in some districts of Uttar Pradesh.^[3]

The oral tradition of the Sainthwars traces their ancestry to Chandraketu, a son of the legendary hero Lakshmana.^[2]

References

1 2 Shahid Amin (1995). Event, Metaphor, Memory: Chauri Chaura, 1922-1992. University of California Press. p. 33. ISBN 978-0-520-08780-4. Sainthwar: a middle-ranking caste of 'industrious' peasants, closely related to the Kurmi
1 2 3 Kumar Suresh Singh, ed. (1998). India's Communities. A–G. Oxford University Press. p. 2163. ISBN 978-0-19-563354-2.
1 2 Paul R. Brass; Francis Robinson, eds. (1987). The Indian National Congress and Indian society, 1885-1985: ideology, social structure, and political dominance. Chanakya.

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[Shahid_1995-1] 1 2 Shahid Amin (1995). Event, Metaphor, Memory: Chauri Chaura, 1922-1992. University of California Press. p. 33. ISBN 978-0-520-08780-4. Sainthwar: a middle-ranking caste of 'industrious' peasants, closely related to the Kurmi

[KSS_OUP_1998-2] 1 2 3 Kumar Suresh Singh, ed. (1998). India's Communities. A–G. Oxford University Press. p. 2163. ISBN 978-0-19-563354-2.

[Paul_1987-3] 1 2 Paul R. Brass; Francis Robinson, eds. (1987). The Indian National Congress and Indian society, 1885-1985: ideology, social structure, and political dominance. Chanakya.