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The Kathi people is a small group of clans found in the peninsular Kathiawar (now called Saurashtra) region of Gujarat, western India. It was from the Kathis that the Maratha Empire and later the British Raj named the Saurashtra region as Kathiawar until it was renamed Saurashtra, as the Kathis were prominent there during the 17th-18th centuries. The Kathis are a peasant caste, and have historically married with Rajputs, Ahirs, and Barbarias.
The Kathis practiced the partition of territory upon a rulers death, in which his territory would be carved out among his sons. However, the British encourage the practice of
''International Encyclopedia of Horse Breeds''
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. . Pages 251–252.
History of Kathiawad from the Earliest Times by Captain Wilberforce-Bell
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The Kathi people is a small group of clans found in the peninsular Kathiawar (now called Saurashtra) region of Gujarat, western India. It was from the Kathis that the Maratha Empire and later the British Raj named the Saurashtra region as Kathiawar until it was renamed Saurashtra, as the Kathis were prominent there during the 17th-18th centuries. The Kathis are a peasant caste, and have historically married with Rajputs, Ahirs, and Barbarias.
The Kathis practiced the partition of territory upon a rulers death, in which his territory would be carved out among his sons. However, the British encourage the practice of primogeniture
Primogeniture ( ) is the right, by law or custom, of the firstborn legitimate child to inherit the parent's entire or main estate in preference to shared inheritance among all or some children, any illegitimate child or any collateral relativ ...
, in which a ruler's territory would be completely inherited by his eldest son (or whomever was next in succession). The British favored this practice because it was easier to maintain control over a few large states rather than hundreds of small ones. However by the late 1920s, only a few Kathi rulers had adopted primogeniture.International Encyclopedia of Horse Breeds Page 251-252 Government of India has added them in Other Backward Class in the central list of Gujarat due to their educational backwardness.
Culture
Kathi people are horse lovers and keep Kathiawari horses, which are known worldwide.International Encyclopedia of Horse Breeds Page 251-252, Bonnie Hendricks (1995)''International Encyclopedia of Horse Breeds''
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. . Pages 251–252.
References
6. Books of ThHistory of Kathiawad from the Earliest Times by Captain Wilberforce-Bell
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