7 August 2011 04:04:25 AM
Email: shoorsaini@yahoo.com
Thanks, Mr. Dhamrait.
Manjit Singh Saini has done a great job building this website, although I do feel that its content could be improved , especially the section “Saini History” which is basically a blurb from an old controversial website which does not exist anymore.
Coming back to the historical issues, I would like to point out that there are many other misconceptions about Saini History which are inadvertently propagated by Sainis themselves. Some Sainis mistakenly believe that royal lineage of Sainis , which is given in Mahabharata and Puranas, had ended around 3 BC They are unable to account for any history in the common era. i.e historical era denoted as AD. This is a big mistake, although a mistake of omission than commission. This misconception is also repeated in the following otherwise well-meaning Ajit Weekly article authored by Mr. S.S. Pama:
http://www.ajitweekly.com/content/view/5771/32/lang,punjabi/
These well-meaning people do not realize that a Tomara-Yaduvanshi Rajput dynasty known as Saini was in control of Mathura, Delhi, Bayana, Bharatpur, etc right up to about 11 AD. The accounts given by late 19th century and earlier 20th century Saini elders to English census officials traced the ancestry of Sainis to this Rajput dynasty, not to some remote and vague Kshatriya dynasty whose reign had ended in B.C. era or the one whose existence was only indicated in Puranas, etc which are not always regarded as historically correct. See the following excerpt from Trevaskis account of 1928:
“The Muhammadan invasions drove a wedge through the Rajput principalities of the eastern Punjab. Some of the Rajput clans fled to the deserts of Rajputana in the south, others overcame the petty chiefs of Himalayan districts and established themselves there. A few adventurers came to terms with the invaders and obtained from them grants of land. The Sainis trace their origin to a Rajput clan who came from their original home near Muttra [sic] on Jumna, south of Delhi, in defence of the Hindus against the first Muhammadan invasions.”
-The land of the five rivers; an economic history of the Punjab from the earliest times to the year of grace 1890, pp 100, Hugh Kennedy Trevaskis, [London] Oxford University press, 1928
Accordingly, the first Saini Sabha that was founded in 1920 was aptly called “Saini Rajput Mahasabha” as Sainis are people of purest Rajput blood and ethos. Farming is permissible to Rajputs as a vocation when in distress as was the condition of self-respecting Hindu Rajputs like Rana Pratap in the era of Turk rule of North India, especially in Punjab where the rule was most oppressive. Converting to other religion , or aiding them against fellow Hindus, or giving daughters to Malechhas was more prejudicial to Rajput traditions and honour.
In my previous post I cited a study published in American Journal of Physical Anthropology proving that serologically and genetically Sainis are identical as Rajputs found on the neighbouring hill regions. The results of this serological study fully correspond with Trevaskis’ thesis cited above.
Just for you and others who might want to further explore this connection, following is a *partial* list of Saini clans overlapping with the hill Rajputs:
1. Annhe (Anotra)
2. Bachar (Bacha)
3. Badwal
4. Baghaal
5. Bajial (Bajwalia)
6. Baloria
7. Banga (Bangwai/Bangowal)
8. Banwait (Banawat)
9. Basuta, Bhaura (Bhao)
10. Bhela (Bhelwal)
11. Bule (Bulwal)
12. Chandel
13. Darar (Darore)
14. Dhanota (Dhanotra/Dhantial)
15. Dhamrait (Dhamrial)
16. Dheri (Dheria)
17. Dhoor (Dhurial)
18. Dolay (Dolariye)
19. Gaheer (Gahotra)
20. Gahunia (Gohena),
21. Gangian (Gangait)
22. Hadwal (Harial)
23. Hansi (Hans)
24. Jagait
25. Janglia
26. Kaloty (Kaloth/Kalotra)
27. Kharh Khatri (Kharakhatr),
28. Lair (Luria)
29. Ladda (Laddu)
30. Langiye/Longia (Langeh)
31. Lalariye (Lalotra)
32. Mangar (Mangwal/Mangral)
33. Masuta (Masotra)
34. Maheru (Mahotra)
35. Mundra (Mundial)
36. Oghre (Oghial),
37. Pangliya (Pangalana),
38. Pundrak
39. Salariya
40. Sandal
41. Satrola
42. Shahi/Shahnan
43. Togar (Togotra),
44. Tarotiya
45. Thinday (Thandial)
46. Vaid
Please also note that these clans went from Sainis into other groups and not vice versa. We can confidently say so because many of these clans were formed in Mewat and Malwa regions- areas that were ruled by the historical Saini rulers- and some of these clans are still found among in communities found there or groups like Marathas some of whom also trace their origin to the same lineages. So these clans came from around Mathura region, from a stock which was originally called Saini or Shoorsaini.
Some of the other Saini clans found among Marathas are Pablay as Pawlay, Bhondi as Bhond, Attar as Attarde, Partole as Patole, Pingalia as Pingle, Ughre or Oghre as Ughadhe, Chandel as Chandle, Khobe as Khobre, Dolle as Dhole, Khargal as Kharale or Kharag, Badwal or Badhwal as Wadhale, Dulku as Dalu, Dhak as Dhake, Buteral as Bute, Bhauray as Bhoware, Toggar or Taggar as Tigharkar, Nawe as Nawre, etc.
More later…
Cheers
-Chaudhary