social community of South Asia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rajput or Thakur(from Sanskrit rajaputra: son of a king) is a community belonging to the Indian subcontinent.[1][2] They claim descent from the Kshatriya dynasties (Chandravanshi and Suryavanshi) .[3][4][5][6]
At present the real Rajputs, in almost all the states, are considered a General caste (forward caste) in India's system of positive discrimination. This means that they have no access to reservations.[7] They were high in number in the armed services of India and at present too this community gives a large number of soldiers to the Indian defence forces.(Army, Navy, Airforce).[8][9]
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