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Saini
Saini () is a farming and landowning caste of northern India. The community is given reservation in India, representation in government jobs and educational institutes as an Other Backward Class (OBC) in the states of Uttar Pradesh, Punjab (India), Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh. Sainis, like other farming castes such as the Jats, play a dominant role in shaping the social and cultural life of rural villages in Punjab. Their size, farming and political visibility, strengthens their position in local society. As both a statutory agricultural tribe and a designated martial race during the British Raj era that followed the Indian Rebellion of 1857, Sainis had been chiefly engaged in both agriculture and military service. Since the independence of India, they have diversified into White-collar worker, white-collar professions. History Mythology The Sainis of Jalandhar and Hoshiarpur districts claim to be the descendants of kings of the Yaduvanshi or Surasena lineag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harnam Singh Saini
Harnam Singh Saini (died March 16, 1917) was a notable Revolutionary movement for Indian independence, Indian revolutionary who participated in the Ghadar Conspiracy and was hanged by British colonial government on 16 March 1917 in Lahore for instigating revolt against the empire. He was tried in the third Lahore Conspiracy Case trial.''"..the second martyr of march 16 was Harnam Singh Saini of Fatehgarh, Hoshiarpur. He was arrested from Battavia by the Dutch."'' A day to remember Lahore's martyrs, 16 Mar 2002, KS Dhaliwal, Time of Indi/ref>Punjab Peasant in Freedom Struggle (Volume II), pp 71-72, Master Hari Singh, Published by People's Pub. House, 1984 Background Harnam Singh Saini was the son of Gopal Saini. He was a resident of village Fatehgarh in district Hoshiarpur.An account of the Ghadr conspiracy, 1913-1915, pp i , pp 161, F C Isemonger; J Slattery ,Publisher: Meerut : Archana Publ., 1998. Involvement in the Ghadar conspiracy Harnam Singh visited Canada and th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
