>British-declared martial races in the Indian subcontinent included some groups that were officially designated instead as "agricultural tribes" under the provisions of the Punjab Land Alienation Act of 1900. These terms were considered to be synonymous when the administration compiled a list in 1925. Among the communities listed as martial were:
Ahir
Arain
Awan
Baloch
Dogra
Gakhar
Gaur Brahmins
Gurjars
Janjua
Jat
Kamboh
Kodava
Khokhar
Labana
Mahton
Mughal
Saini
Pathan
Rajputs
Rona/Ranas
Rowthers
Qureshi
Sial
Syed
Communities that were at various times classified as martial races include:
Sudhan
Bhumihars
Garhwali
Gowdas
Gurkhas
Kumaoni
Marathas
Mohyal Brahmin
Agricultural Brahmins of Oudh
Nairs
Vellalar
Kurmi
Half of these tribes are from Pakistan. Conincidence?
Most Indian tribes mentioned here are from Northwestern India.
Coincidence again?
Most tribes mentioned here shows relatively higher % of indo aryan ancestry.
Coincidence or not?
>>17021
And it isn't just because they conduct more rounds in those regions, the reality is people from NW make up better, smarter and braver recruits on average.
>>17020
Its just tradition and genes. Even during mughal times those groups were overrepresented in imperial army. Even chandragupta maurya and chanakya used northwestern tribes to raise an army and invaded pataliputra to overthrow nandas.
>>17027
theres this story that the brit admins then offered him land but some chutads of the village told him that land is useless so he didnt accept it
>>17021
Let's classify it better.
All the indian tribes,
Ahirs
Jaats (Most martial sikhs have jaat ancestry, khokhars either come under jaat or rajput)
Rajputs (Januja is a a rajput clan, Mahton claim rajput origin, dogras, kumaoni & garhwalis are either brahmin or rajput, rana is also rajput title)
Brahmins (Mohyals, gaurs, oudh, dogras/garhwali/kumaoni, bhumihars)
Kodava
Kamboh
Saini
Pathans
Rowthers (South indian muslims who are descended of north indians)
Qureshi
Syed (high caste indian muslims claims origin from pedomohammad)
Gowdas
Gurkhas
Marathas
Nairs
Vellalar
Kurmi
>>17033
Ahir, Saini, Vellalar, Gowdas, kodava and Kurmi are the only OBCs. Vellalar, kodava and Gowdas are UC but have OBC.
Only south indian tribes are Nairs, Vellalars, Kodava and Gowdas.
Nairs and kodava have high ANI, Gowdas also have relatively higher ANI compared to rest of the region.
