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Landowner and Criminal Tribe which lead them OBC

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1.The Criminal Tribes Act 1871 was posed widely as a measure to reform criminals socially through work. This got them a large amount of public support. The major caste groups considered criminal by birth iincluded Lodhi.

2.According to the the book - Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I. Short summary - https://qr.ae/psWHEu

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulab_Singh_Lodhi#

Etymology

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Robert Vane Russell, an administrator of the British Raj, described several possible etymologies for Lodhi, including derivation from lod ("clod"), or lodh, a tree whose bark the Lodhi of Northern India gather to make dye. Russell also stated that Lodha was the original term, later corrupted to Lodhi in the Central Provinces.[1] Another theory derives the name from the district of Ludhiana, supposing it the Lodhi homeland.[2]

History

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A historical mention of a Lodhi village chief (nagar chaudhari) occurs in Navalshah Chanderia's Vardhamana Purana, written in Samvat 1825. It mentions a Gajrath pratishtha function organized by Bhisham Sahu, an ancestor of the author in Samvat 1651 (1594 AD) when a temple at Bhelsi was consecrated.[3] The temple built during the rule of the Bundela ruler Jujhar Singh, still exists.[4]

British sources described the Lodhi as "immigrants from the United Provinces", who spread from that area, and in doing so were able to raise their social status, becoming landholders and local rulers ranking only below the Brahmin, Thakur, ]. Some of these large landholders gained the title of thakur, and some Lodhi families in Damoh and Sagar were labeled as rajas, diwans and lambardars by the Raja of Panna.[2] These now-powerful Lodhi played a significant role in the 1842 Bundela rising.[5]

20th-century caste politics

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See also: De-Sanskritisation

Members of the community developed a myth of origin, claiming that they are originally from Kazakhstan and that they were the only surviving kshatriyas following Parashurama's cleansing of the earth, thus enabling them to become kings.[6]

Following the 1911 census of India, the Lodhi began to further organise politically, and prior to the 1921 census claimed the name Lodhi-Rajput at a conference in Fatehgarh.[7] At the 1929 conference, the Akhil Bharatiya Lodhi-Kshatriya (Rajput) Mahasabha was drafted.[8] The first part of the century also saw the publication of various books outlining Lodhi claims to the status of Rajput and Kshatriya, including the 1912 Maha Lodhi Vivechana and 1936 Lodhi Rajput Itihas.[9]

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To include the Lodhis in the Kshatriya Varna, some new Puranas and Codes were written or Kshepak were added. Thus the Lodhis were proved to be Chandravanshi Kshatriyas. Although the Lodhi kings (aristocrats) of Bundelkhand and Mahakoshal region maintained their intimate relations with the subjects and farmers, which came in handy during the 1842 rebellion and the 1857 independence war. At present, the Lodhis claim to be Rajputs or Kshatriyas, like other Hinduised local communities, but this claim is considered ridiculous outside the Bundelkhand and Mahakoshal regions. The writers of charan vritti did not give any place in history books to the people who died for the country. King Hirdeshah Lodhi and his entire family are among such great freedom fighters


Reference:- ISSN-2394-6326 Journal de Brahmavart DIO: 10.13140/RG.2.2.21086.51526 .

Request to Add Verified Historical Rajput Connection

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Please consider adding a historically sourced note that the Lodha (Lodhi) Rajputs of Rajasthan, particularly those who ruled Lodhorva.

Based on: James Tod, Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, Vol. II, pp. 542–544 (Oxford Univ. Press, 1920), the Lodha Rajputs (also spelled Lodra) were rulers of Lodhorva and are believed to have descended from the Pramara or Puar Rajput clan. Their rule ended when Deoraj Bhatti captured Lodhorva.

Suggested insertion: "A distinct group known as Lodha/Lodhi Rajputs, believed to be of Pramara Rajput origin, ruled Lodhorva in Rajasthan before being displaced by the Bhatti Rajputs in the medieval period."

Lodhorva, located 10 miles north of present-day Jaisalmer, was once a prominent Rajput capital before the foundation of Jaisalmer. The earliest known rulers of Lodhorva were the Lodha Rajputs Capital and Power

The Lodha Rajputs ruled from Lodhorva, described by Tod as “an immense city having twelve gates”. This suggests a significant political and military presence in the Thar Desert region.

Downfall and the Conquest by Deoraj Bhatti

The turning point came when the Bhatti Rajput prince Deoraj, from Derawar, was approached by a Purohit (family priest) who had been insulted by the Lodha chief. The Purohit took sanctuary with Deoraj and encouraged him to seize Lodhorva.

Deoraj proposed marriage to the daughter of Nripbhan, the Lodha chief. The proposal was accepted, and Deoraj arrived at Lodhorva with 1,200 chosen horsemen. As the wedding procession entered, the gates were thrown open—but once inside, swords were drawn and the Lodha forces were overwhelmed. Deoraj married the chief’s daughter, installed a Bhatti garrison in Lodhorva, and returned to Derawar, having effectively ended Lodha Rajput rule. The Lodha Rajputs ruled Lodhorva during a period when it was a major fortified city and a Jain religious hub. Their history—though overshadowed by the rise of the Bhattis—reflects a rich legacy of regional power and religious patronage in the early medieval desert frontier of Rajasthan. [Ref: Tod]

--Vikky231 (talk) 08:09, 25 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]


[14] Vikky231 (talk) 06:48, 25 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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  2. ^ a b Mishra, J. P. (2001). "A Demographic Study of Jabalpur". In Abbasi, A. A.; Tiwari, Shiv Kumar (eds.). Dimensions of Human Cultures in Central India. Sarup & Sons. p. 71. ISBN 978-817625-186-0.
  3. ^ Shilalekhin me Golapurvanvaya, Parmananda Jain Shastri, Anekanta, V. 24, No. 3, July 1971, p. 102-109
  4. ^ भेलसी में शांतिनाथ प्राचीन दक्षिणमुखी जैन मंदिर श्रद्घालुओं की आस्था का केंद्र, nai Dunia, 04 Dec 2019
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  6. ^ Jaffrelot, Christophe (2003). India's Silent Revolution: The Rise of the Castes in North India. C. Hurst & Co. p. 486. ISBN 978-1-85065-670-8.
  7. ^ Chauhan, Brij Raj (1980). Extending frontiers of sociological learning. Meerut University. Institute of Advanced Studies. Dept. of Sociology, Institute of Advanced Studies, Meerut University. p. 63. The claim of a new caste name 'Lodhi-Rajput' was made at an All India conference, held at Fathegarh before 1921. The history of Lodhi organization is about 57 years old.
  8. ^ Chauhan, Brij Raj (1980). Extending frontiers of sociological learning. Meerut University. Institute of Advanced Studies. Dept. of Sociology, Institute of Advanced Studies, Meerut University. p. 55.
  9. ^ Narayan, Badri (2009). Fascinating Hindutva: Saffron Politics Mobilisation. SAGE Publications. p. 25. ISBN 978-8-17829-906-8.
  10. ^ Gupta, Charu (18 May 2007). "rajput 'Viranganas' and Reinvention of 1857". Economic and Political Weekly. 42 (19): 1742. JSTOR 4419579.
  11. ^ Srinivas, MN (2000). Caste: Its 20Th Century Avatar. Penguin Books Limited. p. 17.
  12. ^ "Rammurti Singh Verma". Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly. Archived from the original on 25 July 2023. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  13. ^ "Uma Bharti in Aap Ki Adalat (Part 1)". India TV News. Retrieved 10 August 2023. See from 10:12 to !0:16, "I belong to Lodhi caste"
  14. ^ James Tod, Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, Vol. 1, Page 542
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