u/ExcitementDefiant837

https://www.reddit.com/r/Rajputana/s/nD4Xo3AzJg

A follow up post to the above, just some days back a Brahmin reached out to me in pm trying to act smart. He was clear cut anti Rajput acct, was mocking Rajputs.

It is weird that on this sub Rajputs miss ​that Brahmins are clearly ​against Rajputs.

Rajputs must accept that their real enemies come from the Brahmin community in every field. They are against you. An enemy from behind is the most dangerous kind of enemy. These people ​have problem with Rajput ​identity.

Rajputs should stop this online petty fighting against Jats, Gujjars, Ahirs, etc., because those communities are merely the masks; the real handlers are Brahmins and their agenda.

Rajputs in the medieval age did not give any special preference to Jats, Ahirs, etc. Our forefathers were, unfortunately, donating to these cunning Brahmins, strengthening Hindu faith and promoting Brahminism. Those other castes moved ahead over the last 100 years and achieved development based on their own merit. Their present generations may be against Rajputs in the context of democracy, but their older generations in the distant past were not necessarily against Rajputs. If you read history, you will understand this argument.

The Rajput community is generally straightforward in its thought process and character, lacking the kind of political cunning often seen elsewhere. These pastoral and landed groups, such as Jats, are also generally straightforward in their thinking. Both camps fail to recognize the more complex game allegedly played by one particular priestly caste.

How did this priestly caste work against Rajputs?

Look at history up to 1947. The elite section of Rajputs consisted of princely state rulers, large taluqdars, and zamindars, depending on the region. Through Congress and in the name of the Independence Movement, Brahmins allegedly hijacked the party. At the same time, many of the jobs offered by the British administration and civil services were captured by Brahmins.

These people carefully cultivated various movements against Rajput elites. You can read Rise of the Plebeians by Christophe Jaffrelot for this argument. You may find its analysis surprising.

By the time of Independence, they had allegedly taken complete control of the Congress Party and passed laws that significantly weakened Rajput elites. Most Chief Ministers were chosen either from the Brahmin caste or from social groups that Brahmins would not challenge because of their own limited numbers. Whenever an elite group takes a major hit, the wider community loses its primary voice. Gradually, the political capital of Rajputs declined.

During the same period, Brahmins allegedly promoted an "obsession with being Kshatriya" among newly mobilized castes. Why? they understood that the Kshatriya role had become largely redundant in a democratic system and could serve as a distraction. This encouraged those castes to focus on claims to Kshatriyahood rather than questioning the disproportionate privileges that Brahmins had accumulated during the previous century through British institutions and later through Congress. In this view, it killed two birds with one stone.

Rajputs became locked in perpetual conflict with these castes over an outdated notion of "Kshatriyahood," creating unnecessary bitterness between communities. At the same time, these groups remained engaged with Rajputs rather than questioning Brahmins for what had happened in the past.

I can confidently say that on any multi-community platform, handles associated with Brahmins appear to be among the most hostile groups toward Rajputs behind the scenes. This is my personal observation.

The sad part is that many Rajputs remain stuck in the rhetoric of "Upper Caste ​" and, in doing so, end up supporting narratives promoted by Brahmins and organizations they allegedly control.

In the coming years, Rajputs may be digging their own graves through this behavior.

I hope the moderators allow this post.

Recently, I got to know a peculiar case of a Rajput friend from East UP, ​his clan is X ​but family say their sept is Chauhan connected. I knew name of his "sept" and that is c​ertainly not Chauhan connected based on historical ​records. Now, he was getting married to a girl from ​Y ​clan Rajput in East UP and they ​also claimed themselves to be Chauhan connected. Now, th​eir marriage didn't got fixed because of a "fake reason" that both are Chauhan. I haven't mentioned the X & Y sept here, important is ​both are from same region Rajputs. The ​marriage proposal is valid, but​ ​because Rajputs in East are leaving their sept name you have this pathetic comical case.

Why are Rajput from East ditching their​ kul ​for certain famous Rajput clans? It will not help them, if anything this will lead to more confusion and more ​such cases. Ultimately, both would to ​do inter caste marriage.

Edited: ​pls don't bring Nonia, Lonia, XYZ community. Here I am talking about​ Rajputs of EUP.

Mods must look into this, Pardeshi Rajput is sanskritised term picked up by​ Chhaparband​ caste, they were connected to ​occupational castes of Rajasthan. These people were "roof builders", never warriors.

This has nothing to do with Rajputs of Rajasthan.

Mods of this sub should remove such>!<