Talk:Natvarsinh Solanki

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Caste

The Koli claim was added by a confirmed sockpuppet with this edit. I don't have access to that source, but I tried various combinations and Natvarsinh's name didn't appear even once in the book. That's not surprising for me, as that sock master is known for adding fake sources or misrepresenting sources. More importantly, there are multiple scholarly sources which explicitly mention him as Rajput.^[1] Note that I checked many scholarly/reliable sources for the subject's caste, but couldn't find Koli caste claim in any of them. So I will remove it. - ~~NitinMlk (talk) 21:22, 7 April 2022 (UTC)~~ add one more source - NitinMlk (talk) 19:52, 27 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I have received a copy of the relevant page of Lancy Lobo's book, thanks to User:Gazal world (see here). The quotation provided by the anon contains misrepresentations, just like the sock master tends to do. Anyway, I will add both claims to the article. - NitinMlk (talk) 19:58, 27 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

References

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- Kohli, Atul (1990). Democracy and Discontent: India's Growing Crisis of Governability. Cambridge University Press. p. 41. ISBN 978-0-521-39161-0. ... Natwar Singh Solanki, a Rajput and the head of the once-powerful Kshatriya Sabha, ...
- Kothari, Rajni; Maru, Rushikesh (2004) [2002]. "Federating for Political Interests: The Kshatriyas of Gujarat". In Shah, Ghanshyam (ed.). Caste and Democratic Politics in India. Anthem Press. pp. 179–180. ISBN 978-1-84331-085-3. At the same time, Natvarsinh Solanki, another educated Rajput, a talukdar⁶ of Kaira district, a skilful organiser and one with bitter experience of the politically dominant Patidars, was running an association called the Charotar Kshatriya Samaj.
- Jaffrelot, Christophe (2003). India's Silent Revolution: The Rise of the Lower Castes in North India. C. Hurst & Co. p. 180. ISBN 978-1-85065-398-1. From the early 1900s the local Rajput leaders had constituted caste associations for promoting education.¹⁴¹ In the late 1930s, the descendent of one of its leaders, Narvarsingh Solanki, wished co extend these associations to other castes which he considered as Kshatriyas.

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Kohli, Atul (1990). Democracy and Discontent: India's Growing Crisis of Governability. Cambridge University Press. p. 41. ISBN 978-0-521-39161-0. ... Natwar Singh Solanki, a Rajput and the head of the once-powerful Kshatriya Sabha, ...
Kothari, Rajni; Maru, Rushikesh (2004) [2002]. "Federating for Political Interests: The Kshatriyas of Gujarat". In Shah, Ghanshyam (ed.). Caste and Democratic Politics in India. Anthem Press. pp. 179–180. ISBN 978-1-84331-085-3. At the same time, Natvarsinh Solanki, another educated Rajput, a talukdar⁶ of Kaira district, a skilful organiser and one with bitter experience of the politically dominant Patidars, was running an association called the Charotar Kshatriya Samaj.
Jaffrelot, Christophe (2003). India's Silent Revolution: The Rise of the Lower Castes in North India. C. Hurst & Co. p. 180. ISBN 978-1-85065-398-1. From the early 1900s the local Rajput leaders had constituted caste associations for promoting education.¹⁴¹ In the late 1930s, the descendent of one of its leaders, Narvarsingh Solanki, wished co extend these associations to other castes which he considered as Kshatriyas.

[2] Kohli, Atul (1990). Democracy and Discontent: India's Growing Crisis of Governability. Cambridge University Press. p. 41. ISBN 978-0-521-39161-0. ... Natwar Singh Solanki, a Rajput and the head of the once-powerful Kshatriya Sabha, ...

[3] Kothari, Rajni; Maru, Rushikesh (2004) [2002]. "Federating for Political Interests: The Kshatriyas of Gujarat". In Shah, Ghanshyam (ed.). Caste and Democratic Politics in India. Anthem Press. pp. 179–180. ISBN 978-1-84331-085-3. At the same time, Natvarsinh Solanki, another educated Rajput, a talukdar⁶ of Kaira district, a skilful organiser and one with bitter experience of the politically dominant Patidars, was running an association called the Charotar Kshatriya Samaj.

[4] Jaffrelot, Christophe (2003). India's Silent Revolution: The Rise of the Lower Castes in North India. C. Hurst & Co. p. 180. ISBN 978-1-85065-398-1. From the early 1900s the local Rajput leaders had constituted caste associations for promoting education.¹⁴¹ In the late 1930s, the descendent of one of its leaders, Narvarsingh Solanki, wished co extend these associations to other castes which he considered as Kshatriyas.

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