Before 1857 , bengal province comprising soldiers from Eastern UP, BIHAR and WB constituted majority of British Indian Army... But during the sepoy mutiny of 1857 they were the epicenters of the war.BENGAL REGIMENT constituted 90% of the rebellion soldiers.. Famous Mangal pandey The non participants regiments like pathan,sikhs,jats were called by the britishers to fight against the rebel soldiers.. Thus After the war Britishers didn't recruited them for army because of their major role in mutiny... Marathas were also neglected because the leaders of 1857 mutiny like tanatiya tope,nana saheb,laxmibai were from maratha... Britishers categorised them into martial and non martial not because of the sedientary lifestyle but because of the 1857 rebellion by Bengal province sepoys.. And moreover we should keep in mind that the britishers whom they categorised under non martial class (eg:- soldiers from bihar, eastern UP,Bengal) after sepoy mutiny of 1857 those were only responsible for British Indian army triumph before 1857 and due to them britishers defeated many kingdoms and seized the powers...
Those Recruited From UP(Awadh) and Bihar were primarily from 2 castes 1. Rajputs (28.6%) 2. Brahmans (27.2%) It was after 1857 mutiny when most of these Men Rebelled against Britishers due to which there recruitment were stopped and they were declassified
Not true. Pashtuns of the NorthPakistan/Afghanistan. A few of them were amongst the british howrver they were amongst the most disloyal towards the british often Working against the british as double agents with their own people
@@omarshinwari7823 there was no pashtun regiment in british indian army Britisher also made brahman regiment but after mangal pandey incident they stopped recurting brahmans from up
@@shivammudgal1181 there was actually a few. Were called pathan as well and there were included in the punjab regiments however they were really disloyal. and did double crossing on the british
Interesting talk. It seems to have a tilt towards Sikhs however, it would have been great to hear about the others in the British Indian Army especially given that Punjabi Muslims were the single largest class composition of the army (greater than 200,000 vs about 100,000 sikhs). So out of a British Indian Army of 1.5 million, 40-45% were Muslim, 30-35% were HIndu and the remaining 10% were Sikh. It would have been nice to hear more about the Muslims and Hindus.
Muslims were 40% of British Indian army because they composed of nearly 40% of Indian population, whereelse Sikhs composed 15-20% of British Indian army while they were barely 1% of total South Asian population.. This is the reason Sikhs and Gurkhas are more often talked about. The forgotten Muslims though are the Afridi and Mahsud who fought quite bravely for the British..
The prominent ethnic groups from modern India considered martial post-1857 were: Dogras, Garhwalis, Gujjars, Gorkhas, Jats, Kumaonis, Pathans, Rajputs, Sikhs, Janjuas, Mahars, Kodavas, Gakhars, Ghumman, Khokhar and Yadavs. Post 1947, the martial race theory was discarded on paper. The Indian Army now claims to be a secular army, with every Indian having an equal right to serve the nation.
10 may 1857 meerut revolt gurjaro ne keya tha..sabot meerut gaztar bangal gaztar Mumbai gaztar Delhi me sare sabot rakhe ha..yaha tak ke England sarkar ka letter bhe rakha ha..angrejo ne khud likha ha 10 may 1857 meerut revolt ke muzrem gurjar the 🇮🇳🇮🇳 gurjaro ne to 1857 se bhe pahle gurjar reyast kunga bhahdurpur gurjar king Vijay Singh ke netrtav me kiranti kar de the India ke upraterypate vakai naidu ji ne khud vaha gakar gurjaro ke veerta ko Salam keya tha
Those who are watching this video , I would like to share information on Thevar martial caste who were categorized as very dangerous tribes under criminal tribes act of British, particularly Piramalai Kallars. Maravar, Kallar and Agamudayar comprise thevar community.Even the first war declaration was given by agamudayar king Marudhupandiyar brothers of Sivaganga district of Tamil Nadu with coalition of various kings. Their entire family except their youngest son were hanged and beheaded.
Men from madras ,Bengal and gangatic planes fought against sikh,gorkha,maratha ,Burmese,Afghaempires on behalf of east India company defeated them on their behalf. But they revolted against EIC and failed so they thrown out of army .. and company start recruiting soldiers of their former adversaries armies.
@@AbidHussain-io9shevery race has been unloyal, UP-biharis on behalf of British defeated sikhs captured all of their empire and later same sikhs, and other Punjabis defeated the sepoy mutiny of UP biharis
This showcases that the British rule over India was almost entirely voluntary. These fighting classes could have all easily planned and rebelled together against the British. Instead they chose not to, as the internal indifferences (divide and rule) was proven to be the greatest obstacle of Colonial India between different areas.
Not voluntary. The British were quickly disbanding the armies of all kings and kingdoms they conquered. They used to shut down every manufacturing capacity and units. Cease the entire wealth and estate of kings so that they could never raise armies again. They were made extremely poor and so a lot of Kshatriyas became unemployed. To run livelihood they took to British police and other armed services. Or others took work like farming etc which the British used to denigrate many kshatriya clans as lowly.
Since when do people of a religion belong to the same Race? Which race do Hindus, Muslims and Christians belong to then...Non-Martial Races? ROFL British used to have a Jat Regiment where Jats from all 3 religions (Muslim, SIkh & Hindu) were recruited by the British Army. Then to sow the seeds of religious divisions in Punjab they started building regiments based on religion. The vast majority of the sikhs in this regiment however were still from the Jat community. So, the martial race is Jat NOT Sikhs (which is a religion not a race) And the guy lecturing is obviously not a Jat but is eager to take credit for the achievements of Jats under the disguise of his religion. Very deceptive and dishonest.
Self praised. This guy might have gone through the Sikh history. The rebellion Jat,s around Delhi weakened the Mughal empire and due to which many powers benefited including Sikh's. Thirty years ago when the Sikhs struggling with Moghul,s the Jat,s established Bharat Pur kingdom by fighting with not only one front moghul but other front were Rajput s too. Apart from this other Jat kingdom Gohad/Dhaulpur was also existing who invaded Gwalior not only one but three times under the leadership of great King Bhim Singh Rana and Chattar Singh Rana. The guy is highly biased. Apart from this Jat,s played an important and vital role role in Indian and entire Muslim history. But this guy not a single time of Jat,s though himself is a Jat Sikh. During WWI 6th Jat LI/1st Jat awarded with Royal title. My grandfather was part of that regiment in which 80% of soldier were wrestlers. My grandfather told very interesting story that while fighting with German's the entire regiment decided that after beynoting instead of lay down the enemy on earth every Jat soldier will raise the German soldier towards the sky on the beynot. The Christmas festival came in between the ongoing war. On the Christmas Eve one day ceasefire was declared. The gifts were exchanged between British and German's. During the exchange of gifts the Germans made a mercy request cum complaint that we both sides are white and you people allowing these India to give us a very humiliating death. On returns the British officer shared the complaint of the Germans and hails the bravery of his Jat troops.
What about Bhils We were fought against British Empire so they declared as Crminal tribes 5 Bhil kings of Dangs who defated British Empire . BHILS / RAMOSHI / MUTHURAJA / MUTHARIAR / ERUKULA / MEENAS / BEDAR NAYAKA / BOYA / VALMIKI NAYAKA / BILAVA all are same community and Declared as Crminals and Robbers by Brtitsh Government. We Bhils ( Bedar nayaka , muthurair , Erukula , bilava , Ramoshi ) are great warriors who fought against British Afghans mughals marathas Portuguese. We Bhils are orginally hunters and Hill based warriors. In ancient Time Chera dyansty ( Villaver ) Pandya dyansty ( Meenaver ) Kalbhara dyansty ( Muthurair ) Vijaynagar Empire ( bedar nayak or valmiki nayaka or boya ) Keladi dyansty ( bedar nayak valmiki nayaka boya ) Chitradurga dyansty ( valmiki nayaka ) Malva ( Bhils ) Ahmedabad ( Bhils ) Kota ( Bhils ) Dangs ( Bhils ) Banswara ( Bhils ) Drone ( Bhils ) were Ruled by Bhils kings . Jay EKLAVYA Jay Kannapa nayanar Jay valmiki Shivappa nayaka ( Ruler of The keladi dyansty ) who Defated Portuguese army . In 1 th century Shivi Janpad ( Kingdome ) ruled by Bhils Now days Shivi Know as Mevad . Shivi Janapd fought against Alexander Army .
Those who have supported the British in 1957 revolt were called Martial Races by the British. Those are Sikhs, Nepalese, Rajputs initially. In the 20th Century Muslims were added.
@@satwindersingh9061Go through a book titled as "Martial Races of India" ,written by Lt Gen Jacob Mackmoha , and you will find full account of the Martial Races of Indo-Pak Sub Continent dear
Britishers logic Martial race: who support always British empire in India, like Sikh, Jatt, Rajput Non martial race: Maratha who always war against British , like mahadji sindia, Yashwantrao Holkar, Madhavrao Peshwa,or 1857 laxmibai
Jats never supported Britishers Who was raja Nahar Singh then?? Who was raja Mahendra Pratap Singh, Baba sahmal Tomar,raja Devi Singh Mathura,all of them fought again Britishers in 1857 mutiny
@@patel6029 regiment to Maratha bhi hai Maratha lite infantry Anglo-maratha war huye Anglo-sikh war huye Anglo-jat war huye Baki kisi jaaati ne kyun nahi yudh kiya angrezo se kabhi bhi
Funny that the British had to abandon this theory after WWI, when they faced shortages of manpower, they had to recruit men from the so called 'Non' -Martial races. Starting with the tribes/Communities of NE India, where they recruited more than 20,000 men in 1917 -1919 from the tribes whom they deemed as "mere savage warriors who cannot become disciplined soldiers" or because they did not fight nor helped the British during the so called "Sepoy -Mutiny" in 1857. But after 1919 they recruit them by the bulk in the ASSAM RIFLES and other regiments. Then in 1941, when the threat of the Japanese Invasion of North East India was looming, they had to raise the ASSAM REGIMENT from among the locals of the North East again, who then showed them their fighting prowess, by becoming the only regiment in the history of the world to win six battle honours and one theatre honour with three years of its raising. With that, the British had to trash away their "Martial Race" Theory
Not really. The martial race theory remained in force even until the end of British rule. And it is still in force in the minds of racist Indian army officers..
It's really unfortunate that we have bought into the Martial Race Theory. The speaker himself speaks of how the armies of three presidencies comprised of all the classes. The British were in India for a considerable period before the mutiny of 1857. To simplify the buildup to the mutiny as an unrest among the Brahmin community is wrong. Several communities served in the British Indian army and this is reflected in the modern day armies of India and Pakistan which have several regiments that trace its roots to the British Indian Army. They all fought for the empire and fought well. Had they not, the British wouldn't have succeeded in India. The Mutiny was a major event in the history of the empire in India and hence the communities that aided in putting the rebellion down received praise. The British chose the martial race theory as a means to control the region, the men served the British because that's what soldiers do, they serve under the officers who lead them. The Bengal army mutinied due to several factors and not just due to a lack of loyalty. Furthermore the army of Madras was far removed from the theatre of the mutiny and hence did not participate in the quelling of the rebellion. However they were neither disbanded nor classified as a martial race. The Madras army fought some of the bloodiest battles for the empire prior to 1857. However with the south of India secured by the Company the major battles shifted north and invariably the northern troops i.e the Sikhs , Pathans and Gurkhas ended up doing most of the fighting. Madras troops (incl all of South India) , Marathas, Mahars , several tribal communities, troops from Hyderabad and Central India, troops from the North East, the Garhwalis, Kumaounis, Rajputs , Jats , Punjabis, Sikhs, Dogras, Gurkhas, Baluchis, Pathans and the men of Kashmir all fought for the Empire either directly or under their respective princely states. Furthermore the sheer number of auxiliary troops (labourers) that served the empire through all it's campaigns which comprised of all communities including the lowest classes of Indians are unaccounted for. A little bit of broad research does one a lot of good. Buying into a colonial theory because it suits one's point of view is wrong. We cannot accept the "truth" that the British wanted us to believe, we can do better
The Army of the Raj was Magnificent; lets judge history by their time which was a turbulent time and early in nationhood for India and the Indian Colonial experience with Britain was a noble and fine one overall.
19830 men from ahirwal area of haryana fighted for british in ww1 45000 fighted in ww2 80 percent soldier were yadav in netazis INA. FIRST BRITISH Victoria crossed was recieved by rao umrao sing yadav from luki village jhajjar
Brother at that time there was no such thing as Haryana. That whole area was Panjab. Rao Umrao Yadav was Panjabi, and all those men from ahirwal were Panjabi. Haryana never existed until recently.
India's history is lot more distorted by leaned caste to benefit themselves and expoit all other native people of india and Asia. Of course without any doubt Britishers recorded the true history of india for the first time. It was very difficult for them due to diverse and heterogeneous nature of both geography and society in india. Indian society was already fragmented by so called upper caste into different castes. But Britishers were aware of this in human and exploitative system and therefore they didn't bother consider these local norms, traditions, culture, customs and rule india more systematically. For example they first stop the sati system which later on uppercaste gave credit to rajaram mohan roy an uppercaste. Britishers were honest in doing infrastructure development india because which see today centuries old many of the monuments, bridges, building, canals, dam, railway routes, roads are still working. This person should have read on the battle of Bhima koregaon which took place on 1st January 1818. And than he should have decided what dose a martial race means. We all know 300 hundreds but the real history of 500 should also be studied and known by the people.
Hindus didn't make it to the martial races because revolted against the Britishers. The mercenaries or soldiers that could be bought with a job security and british tag made it to the British martial races. Nothing to feel too proud of. Except Bhagat there was no other famous sikh revolutionary. MAXIMUM REVOLUTIONARIES OF india that bore arm against British came from the plains of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Bengal. States specifically kept out of the martial races.
I think he was fighting to defend his sister’s honour and freedom from the Japanese. I support Jinnah and Gandhi’s independence campaigns by the way. I campaign against islamaphobia and imperialism regularly.
Still now indian army belives in this theory. When the 1857 rebellion happned , britishers were helpless in front of a huge protest and rebeliion. In those times punjab , Sindh , Rajputs and small zaminders helped them to get rid of rebelions. And britishers awarded the prestigious title of warrior class to them.
The problem us that many Indians don't have any self respect, Punjabis of which many are Sikhs fought for the British, many Sikhs were hanged by the British or massacred by the british for resisting british occupation, for example the amritsar massacre, yet they thought for the British, no self respect, slave respect
After the Mutiny of 1857, the British systematically selected the races that were abided by their instruction, before that, large number of Bengali Muslims, & Kayastha were recruited to the Army, later they were repressed since they knew they would be the prick that will not leave the body so quickly & eventually again they rise back as the first elements of armed struggle for Independence of the Indian subcontinent, so glad we were able to hold a little bit as Bangladesh, otherwise it would be completely forgotten of the role the Bengalis played, daam right were are a Martial Race of our own rights, we dont need the Brits to certify that, our Punjabi Muslim & Pathan Brothers know that from 1971.
@Shuayb Islam Either You are Misinformed or lying ....Varna System of Hinduism is Karma Based...One who can fight is kshtriya .....Noone is warrior by Birth
Bengali Muslim ? What a joke. It was Bengali only in the name. The vast majority of people were Biharis followed by East UP people, less than 2% were Bengalis - William dalyrymple has called them largely a bihari army )
@@FilesdocumentsAndreposit-kr3vbexactly, the bengal army soldiers were mostly upper caste hindus from Bihar, east UP purvanchal and central UP Oudh (awadh)
Martha's were not seen as true rulers, thats why during the sepoy mutiny they went to the last mughal King to make him the leader and not a maratha leader
@@911beats What you mean when you say not true ruler ? Martha has the post cost "Peshwa" which means Prime Minister they used to decide who will seat on Delhi thrown from 1720, same thing done by british all over world changing rulers who favors them, this comment only shows your lack of knowledge.
@@Indostan03 Marathas were viewed as plunderers by majority of india at that time, and the never have political control like the mughals did with india, thats why the British dealt with the mughals and not marathas, cos marathas had no actual influence
@@911beats oh my god your so ignorant an half learned person, there were three anglo maratha wars. in which british lost 1. more over Moghal had no actual control over India after Aurangzeb it was Marathas who decide who will seat on Mugal throne. i have gone through so many British documents of that time which clearly says what i said above if you want i can send you actual letter from 18th century.
The Britishers created a farce of Martial races after they faced the Mutiny in 1857 they realized that Hindus from UP Bihar were a danger to their imperial designs and started recruiting non Hindu soldiers Sikhs and Muslims from Punjab However during war times when they needed soldiers for World War they recruited again Hindu soldiers from UP Bihar It is common sense to control Hindu majority their strategy was to limit number of Hindu soldiers in Army and use Muslims and Sikhs BR Ambedkar mentions all these facts in his book Pakistan The Partition of India
Bengal regiment was made up of hindus and Muslims, both rebelled, martial race had nothing to do with religion but to do with ethnicities who were loyal
we gujjars never supported any invader instead we fought against them but jats and raputs supported british thats why they created regiment's on your name
@@swajalsingh1622 gujjar were ther but not i large number but in ver minor number thats why we dont see gujjar regiment while rajput and jut were the large number of british army
@@swajalsingh1622 no man we were termed as criminal tribe in tribal act 1857 and thousand of villages were burnt and gujjars were killed after that in world war 1 british gave the theory of martial race which include gujjar jat rajput and others but gujjars never joined the britishers in large number as compaired to the jat and rajput this is it!
Sudarshan G north indian think they are superior but at time they forget history of vijaynager and maratha who fought against forigen invader like mughal sucessfully
@@mipuriguy6608 LMAO. This guy just called Sikhs, Pathans, Gurkhas weak people and slaves LOLOLOL. I wonder where you're from and what you are fucking dravidian
The Kshatriya races were mostly recruted in British Indian army from the begining. Kshatriya races are martial races so it makes sense why they would recruit them.
Tootsie Roll check out data .....during the world war 1 the single battalion of mazbhi sikh pioneers 23,32 nd 34 pioneer regiments...British gave title of "royals" to mazbhi sikhs
@Mustafa Alam LOL absolutely not. These people really like too make stuff up on the internet. Its not hard to actually do some research from reputable sources and see that these people are full of shit. Take a look at all the Sikhs who won Victoria crosses in both world wars, every single one has a jatt last name. Btw there was no such thing as "battalions of Mazhabi Sikhs" the Mazhabi are uneducated idiots that were barley even fit for military service. The Mazhabi are from the untouchable caste which is the lowest of the low and becuase of the intense poverty they come from they couldn't make the cut for military service because they were either too malnourished or lacked the necessary common sense. Also these Mazhabi joined Sikhism way after the jatts had established a strong martial tradition amongst Sikhs and now the Mazhabi like to pretend they were warriors. The vast majority of Mazhabi Sikhs converted to Sikhism from Hinduism in the 1950s before that they didn't even exist among Sikhs, they're basically trying to take credit for the success of others on the battlefield.
in 1857 jats,sikhs supported britishers and got their regiments but Ahirs of ahirwal butchered britishers and their glorious history was vandalised their lands were snatched from them.After independence Ahirs showed again their bravery.first encounter to stop pak army to defend kashmir was by 4 kumaon ahirs.1962 re zangla was due to extremely heavy casualty chinese had to stop war.and so many.
Those who fought in the war of 1947 were not Ahirs . They are Kumaonis from 4 Kumaon . But in 1962 , 13 Kumaon C company consist of maximum ahir soldiers which are something around 100 out of 124 . In 1947 from 4 Kumaon Dewan Singh got MVC and Major Somnath got PVC and no Ahir was in the 4 Kumaon battalion . Jai hind
Jats never supported Britishers, I don't know from where does you read history Jat raja Nahar singh got martyred in 1857, Total 7 jat kings and jagirdars lost their kingdoms in 1857 Sahmal tomar-baghpat Raja Nahar singh-ballabgarh Faridabad Raja devi Singh -mathura Raja mahendra pratap singh-hathras Etc. .Sikhs and rajputs supported Britishers
British disbanded at least 18 (number) Bengal regiments. After Bengali Brahmans and Bengali Muslims jointly ignited the revolt in 1857, British stopped recruiting Bengalis in the army stating that Bengalis are not fit to be soldier because they are indisciplined, insubordinate, cannot take orders etc. One entire Bengal regiment (not all but majority were Bengalis) was executed for taking part in the revolt. Although Aurangzeb had conflict with the guru, after guru had written the famous letter to Aurangzeb, the conflict stopped. Sikhs always had good relations with all other Moguls.
Balochs played a key in it aswell to crush the mutiny and for there distinguished service they were recruited more , khan of kalat sent 6000 baluchs to help brits at lahore.
its not martial races .. its mercenary races .. i think it is not at all honorable to fight just for the salary that your masters give you.. only the people with no character of their own will go for it ..
Pathans and jat Sikhs are well known for being battle worthy before British rightly identified them as martial. They are not tricksters. Even today Indian president guard are jats and rajputs.
Mate, every village on earth was martial pre modern era you retard, bcuz the HAD to be in order to survive There was no geneva convention No human rights bill No agreed upon laws of war (unless if it’s between muslims where you can’t enslave the women of opposing muslim enemies) Every village in every part of the world were hardened warriors to increase survival
An interesting talk but the focus is 95% on the Sikhs. No mention of Muslims from the Punjab and NWFP who certainly outnumbered the Sikhs in the British Indian Army. During WW1, the Rawalpindi District which was largely populated by Muslims had the distinction of contributing the largest number of soldiers amongst all the districts of India.
syed ali Hamid There's no such thing as a martial race. It was a lie propagated by the Brits to drive recruitment in large numbers. You will notice that the rebellion of 1857 was started by the shots fired by a Hindu Brahmin named Mangal Pandey and was largely composed of Hindus and Muslim soldiers from what was then called the United Provinces. This led the Brits to recruit largely from areas that didn't rebel.
The pashtoons and afghans are a hardy people much like the Gorkhas of nepal and Sikhs and Muslims of Punjab. Is that to say that the Muslims of Hyderabad and the Hindus of Maharashtra and Karnataka, Rajputana are any less brave? Not if you take the larger history of the Indian subcontinent into context. Aurangzeb couldn't conquer the Deccan and spent all of his resources on those campaigns and his army was largely from the united provinces. Raja Dahir couldn't stop the Islamic Invaders in the Sindh. It's all about how each people adapted and fought against others. We should move on from the British classification and seek to forge our own identity
@@afwerkieritrean6548 The word Gujjar comes from the Gurjar Partiharas who were the principal empire in the north west of india, during this time india ( and consequently pakistan) was divided into three large empires. Gurjar Pratiharas in the north west, the Rashtrakutas in the south and deccan and the Palas in the east (bengal) who were locked in eternal conflict like the marathas and the mughals. Of these the former two , the Gurjars and the Rashtrakutas took the fight to the Ummayads in the 7th century and defeated large Arab contingents. Why did they do this? For the same reason Chandragupta defeated seleucus. Time and place and adaptation. The rajouts are descended from the Rashtrakutas in the south of india ( a region that is now not considered "martial" , reason being that the hunters from this region rebelled against the Brits and this led them to be removed from the list). If you really think about the realistic mixup of the mughal and maratha armies youd see that the martial theory fell flat. The Mughals had large contingents of Mohyal Brahmins punjab and Bumihar brahmins from bengal. They also had a large number of Rajput generals. The marathas were famous for employing muslim pindaris or irregular troops and had an entire contingent of Arab infantry. When these two empires clashed...it was never a clash of Martial versus non martial or of muslim versus hindu, it was a clash of people of largely the same culture..a civil war before the establishment of countries. If the martial races were anything to go by, then the martial races of india would have conquered pakistan according to the Indian polity and the pakistani martial races would have conquered the indians according to the pakistan polity. And both of these countries would have been conquered by the Afghan martial races since they are so hardy:) but that isnt based in realism. The realistic truth on warfare is that, wars are won not by the strength of arms but the wise judgements and quick actions of seasoned generals. This was the reason why Napoleon was a grand general. Same reason why Aurangzeb was a good strategist. It was also the reason why Baji Rao never lost a battle as a cavalry general bar none. Same reason why the Marathas under Mahadji shinde were able to conquer the northwest's of pakistan and the same reason why Ahmed Shah Abdali was able to defeat Sadashiv Rao in Panipat and finalky..was the same reason the Britishers were such brilliant strategists and administrators. It has little to do with the soldier and a lot to do with the general. Lions led by donkeys dont make for good armies :).
Just found this, fascinating insights. I am making up some sets of toy soldiers to be passed to the Sikh temple for distribution to the less well off and sorting out who fought alongside whom has proved somewhat difficult (I had assumed that differing dietary requirements would see sub units formed of people of particular religions). I have been loaned a copy of the official history of the 4th Indian Division but it does not detail how class, caste and religion affected the structure of the force. One thing was very clear however, it was fortunate for the British that these troops chose to fight on the side of the allies!
Marathas were not great. Crushed by Durrani empire of Afghanistan under Ahmad shah Durrani. They were unfit to fight, and British removed them from Martial Race. It was the Punjabi Sikh empire under Ranjit Singh where Jatts, Rajput/Khatri Sikhs fought off the Muslims.
@PakMan We weren't slaves. We were mercenaries and paid heavily in the end of the partition. Still, I agree with you. We were idiots for not fighting them first
Argument falls thin when the East India company was made up of non martial races and dominated India. For example the Bengali regiment was made up of middle class individuals and poets!
informative lecture, but with under currents of self praise etc. no detailed mention of the valour of Pathans.......interesting. Do we need a british certificate to tell us who we are.
When people talk about Martial race. Gurkhas and Jatts are the bravest of them all in term of races. Even today its evident through the way Jaat talks. Its in their language blood attitude.
@@thethreespikes9737 okay sure , But iam saying these things from the perspective of British officers, Main recruitment for world wars took place from Punjab in which Sikhs contributed the most mainly jatt sikhs ,and also Punajbi musalmans mainly muslim jatt and muslim rajputs ,and hindus were mainly from Haryana Rohtak Jaats and Mian Dogras of Kangra That's why I said undivided punjab
There are many South Indian castes that were considered martial and at one point, made up the majority of the British Raj army. But the Sepoy Rebellion happened which changed the view of the British and South Indians were also highly educated which made loyalty to the British extremely untrustworthy. British wanted soldiers that were less educated like Gurkhas, Dogras, and Jatts who were easier to manipulate to make them serve for the British Army.
What qualities constitute people being 'martial' - " To resist to the last to uphold our rights, our dignity and our freedom" Pazhassi Raja(1774-1805), Kozhikode. And happily the denizens of this landmass have accepted this COLONIAL RACIAL BIGOTRY, militarisation of colonial India basis class, caste and economical status-quo! It was considered to be martially INFERIOR to wear the uniforms of the oppressive forces and fight their wars, sadly to this day our regimental approach have been on such bigotry colonial racial past !! BIG REVISION NEEDED
The Martial Race label wasn't just to sweeten and befriend the people but based on physical capabilities. Punjabis were identified by the British as physically strong people that would make good soldiers. People from desert areas possess genes that make them great warriors. Its all genetics. "The primacy of Punjab in the British Indian army was codified under the “Martial Races” theory. Propagated by the British, this theory held that certain ethnic groups in India were culturally and genetically predisposed to make excellent soldiers. The agricultural-pastoral tribes of Punjab were lauded as the pinnacle of manliness and chivalry, the Muslims and Sikhs praised for their natural affinity for war."
@@ashirsiddique7131 Gujjars were Tribal people even today they are classified as scheduled Tribe in Jammu Kashmir and Himachal they were nomadic tribe and no they were not Rulers in any of the province you have mentioned above
+Hamza Zaman Pathans are weak and so are Sikhs and Gurkhas. The hardy races were a certain race of Pathans like the Karlani tribes and also Gujjars who were the main enemies of the British in the past.
Gurkhas are not a caste, gurkha is a geographic identity, all gurkhas are themselves divided into two castes the khas chettri(kshatriya) and the khas brahmins.
Gorkha is a district of Nepal came from guru gorkhnath or the place that protect cows gau+rakshya=Gorkha. And the king Prithibinarayan shah unified all the land from tista to kangra and formed Nepal empire. Who were in the army of king . In the pm posts khas were taken (Basnyat,Pandey,Thapa,Panta,) sipahi(Gurung,Magar) they were mostly choosen . And in strategy making obviously brahmin(aryal,dhakal,khanal) . After the anglo nepal war. A gorkha regiment was form where all the people from Nepal were recuirted but after 1857 revolt britishers found that brahmin community is rebellion so they demand 75% gurung magars to recuirt in their army ..
This is actually worse than even mercenaries, who never adorned uniforms of their own oppressors. The colonial brits used the then prevalent economic grounds post the anglo-sikh wars to recruit large Sikh soldiers to assimilate into the British Army. Whilst other parts of India they encountered stiff resistance which eventually took them to even ban these southern martial traditions like kalaripayattu, Kathi Sami, Silambakam are predated in early vedic inscription and does signify the Indic martial heritage, " OF COURSE NOT COL. BRITSH APPROVED". As these martial arts were a clear threat to the Brits. They nor only inflicted these marital forms to resist and but never got recruited by the colonial British army. Let's not forget the early 13th to 15th century of islamic occupation of large parts of north India, it was the Vijayayanagar Kingdom in the south that was fiercefully independent and had much genius military system with a 10 lakh army on foot !
Bilal Khan Muhammadzai Punjabi Musalman we’re recruited from Jats, Gujar, Rajput, and Pathans The Sikhs are emphasized because they were only 1.5% of the population but made up 22% of the British Indian army. They basically gave almost 1/3 of their men to the Army
@Ra JeShj i mean the last section of your comment is purely some conspiracy theory shit for sure pathans and sikhs could fight better than bengalis kannadas and tamils
No. They weren't even considered a Martial race after the decline of the Mughals. Gujjars are also from the place Punjabis are from, so they're a martial race. Look at the size difference. Pathan, Rajput, Jatt, Gurjar are absolutely massive and taller than others in South Asia
@@zoro2266 Only gurjars are. You need to understand, the only people who were "Martial Race" were people who've been soldiers their entire lives and actually successful. That would be Baloch, Pashtun, various Punjabi tribes
@@zoro2266 Also, Gujarati/Marath are not martial races. All they knew was to die and lose. 100,000 Marathi women kidnapped and taken to Central Asia as slaves. How fucking embarassing
I am from the Gilgit-Baltistan. My tribe have been victim of these Sikh's atrocities. British used these people to subjugate free tribes like mine. Now this man is proudly sharing the dark history. Shame on you.
In the spring of 1863 a large force was secretly collected in Gilgit (by Kashmir Ruler). The force assembled consisted of the “Ram Gol Pultun” of the service of the Maharaja, and other Dogra troops, from 2,000 to 3,000 sepoys, chiefly men of Eusufzye, Boonair, Swat and Pathans - in all, from 5,000 to 6,000 men, under the command of General Hooshiara Singh, Jawahir .Singh, Sardar Samad Khan, Kyberi, the Dogra leaders, and Esau Bahadur. They invaded the Yasin (Gilgit-Baltistan). The Yasin villagers who escaped to the hill of Madoori endeavored to make terms with the Dogra leaders. A harrowing tale is told by one George Hayward as to what happened hereafter. They were assured that no harm would be done to them if they would evacuate the fort and lay down their arms. They did so in the simple faith that as sworn to them no injury would be done to them. A part of the Dogra forces, which had gone round the fort, then made their appearance amongst the women and children. The men who had surrendered their arms were outside the fort, and unable to protect their wives and little ones, for whom they would doubtless have shed their blood had not treachery beguiled them of their weapons. The Dogras immediately commenced massacring the women and children. They threw the little ones into the air and cut them in two as they fell. It is said that the pregnant women, after being killed, were ripped open, and their unborn babies were cut to pieces. The women who had been wounded, but were not yet dead, were dragged to one spot and were there burnt to death. In all from 1,200 to 1,400 of the Yasin villagers were massacred by the foulest treachery and cruelty. The Gilgit Agency 1877-1935 by Amar Singh Chohan (page 10-15) available on archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.507866
This happened in Yasin now District Ghazir. Our people speak Brusheski language. Such atrocities happened with all people of Gilgit-Baltistan. Skerdu, Ladakh, Hunza Nager, Chilas and Chitral. First Ranjit Singh subjugated.After subjugating Jammu and Kashmir, Hari Sing expedited the atrocities under the guidance and support of British. Yes such tragedies took place during partition. But partition issue is different because during partition, all sides (Muslims, Hindues and Sikhs) played their part in blood shade. Its worth sharing with you that during partition, a big number of Sikhand Hinduse were in Gilgit-Baltistan. People of Giilgit-Baltistan did not harm any single civilian. They were sent safe and sound. My point was, this Sardar sab in the video proudly glorifying the Ranjit Sing and Hari Sing. Yes we understand, it is like 'Your Villain My Hero' however we are now living in so called 'humanism' era. We have to be conscious while talking bout past.
These Sikhs were basically puppet. British used them against last Mugal,then WWII, then against small tribes. When British achieved their aim, they left them like old concubine. This is the reality. Ranjit sing was the man who killed his own mother! why he did, even I cannot write, my culture does allow. There are much to say. Nice to meet you. I feel you are also from GB.
What bullshit. Only certain races of the subcontinent were considered martial by the British. They considered bengalis as NON martial because of their narrow mindedness views. They only designated the punjabis and other martial races as martial because those races fought for the British during the rebellion in 1857
JimboParadox you coward insulting people from a screen who actually fight. Why did they not give up their religion then?! They were simply protecting their clans and races as well as following sacred oaths(a Chivalric obligation in Hinduism, Sikhism and Islam). I agree the empire was unjust and tyrannical and I actually have people who non-violently stood up to the empire in my ancestors but I also have people praised and decorated for bravery. They had an Indian officer class as well so not just slaves. At times they fought worse oppressors like the Japanese.
@@wojak5308 these guys won most of the battles for the British. It was only their ethnic pride that they fought for it. Later the British declared and degenerated them all as "lower castes" in official papers and caste censuses.
@@wojak5308 the Sikhs , the gorkhas , the Bengalis ( yes they were not actually Bengalis ), the Marathas , the Afghans , the rohillas and many others like the Sindh rulers etc were all defeated by these very Biharis . All of them. They were used up until 1915. All major wars were won by them.
I am sorry, but this lecture needs broader research and a broader mind.I say this because i have evidence and know of martial races down south who defeated the english. Needless to say,but the rajputs massacred the sikhs and defeated the tribes of north western province multiple times. further more you might want to include the Ahom's the martha's the the chola's and vadake veeran's of kerela.I am sorry, but i find this study rather incomplete, if you intended to talk about the"The martial races of India".Perhaps, change the name or do a comprehensive research on the topic.
Rohit Anand when rajputs massacred sikhs like whats the dates by whom ?? What an irony you were talking about facts and didn’t gave a single. Many rajputs became sikh because their valour and bravery was sold by their leaders . Sikhs saved rajput asses from being torn apart by mugals afgans
I cannot give you all the evidence over here. Although, I must state that "massacre" is strong word to use between two Indo forces, I am not here to prove a point. I was just trying to state some facts. The Sikh empire come to bloom at its peek under the reign of Maharaja Ranjit Singh Ji, needless to state the greatest victory and perhaps the only Kingdom to defeat the Afghans in Afghanistan was the, Raja Ranjit singh's army other than the Maurayan empire; which was from the modern state of Bihar.The Sikh had some indigenous defeats fighting against the Rajputs of Rajasthan and against the bhumihar Kingdoms of modern day Bihar and Uttarpradesh as well as the Ahoms. Try and read a book "how britain made the modern world" by Niall Ferguson its published by penguins and states one of the reasons as the constant bickering between the Indian kingdoms as one of the reasons why the Europeans were able to set shop in India. Also read a book called the trial and tribulations of the Indian royal Dynasty, which is a historical account of the wars lost and won by the Marathas, Sikh, Dogra, Ahom's Bhumihar and Gurkha Kingdoms of India. Its a good read and is quite informative.Try and read them with an objective prespective.Again I am not trying to prove a point but a lot misconception are there amidst us in relation to the prowess and achievements of our four fathers.Best of Luck!! :)
saksham kumar do some research. If sikhs didn’t save Rajput against mughal invasion, they all were converted to islam . In order to stop them from conversion sikhs fight
My Dear Speaker ...you seemed either hesitant or didn't have time to do enough research on the Chamar Regiment. All of Indian castes played a part and maybe as a suggestion a talk on all individual regiments a video should be produced, so its a level playing field. God bless Mother India and all those who took part in all the wars . 🙏 The Chamar Regiment was an infantry regiment formed by the British during World War II. Raised on 1 March 1943, the regiment was initially assigned to the 268th Indian Infantry Brigade, which was part of 43rd Armoured Division in July 1943 and when the division was broken up to form the 44th Armoured Division the Chamar Regiment was included in the new division.[2] During this time the regiment did not take part in any fighting.[citation needed] The Chamar Regimentचमार रेजिमेंटActive1943-1946[1]Country British IndiaBranch Indian ArmyTypeInfantryGarrison/HQJabalpur, Madhya PradeshEngagementsBattle of KohimaDecorations3 military medals 3 military crosses 1 battle honour Later, the Chamar Regiment became part of 23rd Indian Infantry Division. In mid-1944, the regiment's 1st Battalion was committed to the Burma Campaign to fight against Imperial Japanese Army in Nagaland.[3] The fighting lasted over three months, during which time the regiment took part in the Battle of Kohima. During the 2nd world war, the British Indian Empire pitted the Chamar Regiment against the Japanese Imperial army supported by Indian National Army, headed by Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose. Defeat in Singapore in 1942, Many Indian Prisoners of War joined Netaji (INA); the most prominent member from the Chamar Regiment was Captain Mohan Lal Kureel.[4]23 थी। On August 23, 1945, Tokyo Radio reported that Bose was arriving in Saigon on a large bomber plane when his plane crashed near Taihoku (Japanese language: 臺北帝國大學, Taihoku Teikoku Daigaku) airport on August 18. Japanese General Shodei, Pilot and some others were killed on board the plane. Netaji was seriously burnt. He was taken to Taihoku Sainik Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries. According to Col. Habibur Rahman, his last rites were performed in Taihoku. In mid-September, their bones were stored and placed in the Rankoji Temple in Tokyo, the capital of Japan. According to a document received from the National Archives of India, Netaji died on August 18, 1945 at 21.00 pm at Sainik Hospital in Taihoku. In 1946, (Indian Interim Government 1946 ) the regiment denied to fight against subash chandra bose headed Indian national party that led to its disbanding by the British government.The Regiment, with one year of service, received three Military Crosses and three Military Medals and also the regiment was awarded battle honours for service in Battle of Kohima.[5] Since then, many Dalit and non-Dalit leaders like Chandrasekhar Azad Ravan,[6] RJD leader Raghuvansh Prasad Singh,[7] Congress lawmaker Udit Raj,[8] and Rajesh Bagha, the Chairman of Punjab S.C Commission,[9] have suggested that the Chamar Regiment be re-raised.[citation needed]
sikhs too hv castes they take reservation .. he has given soo many wrong perspective 1) other communities had refused to participate..they were up for no cooperation with the british..and 2) prior to british the marathas were the dominant power who ruled 70% of indian subcontinent not the mughals... and after british got defeated by marathas in first anglo maratha war sikhs supported the british in second anglo maratha war which marathas lost.. we hv been betrayed by our own people .3) gurkhas are not mangloid ..they were hindus since ancient times
Not martial race : Maratha who rule150 years on India , who defete Mughals, aura gzeb who 27 year's spend in Deccan Maratha who saved north Indian from mughal and Afghan and rule Karnataka to attock now in Pakistan , Afghan , rohille, Suja ud daula baloch unite against Maratha but not single north Indian so called martial race help Maratha against Afghan, Martha after panipat again win India in 10 years and rulef on Delhi and make mughal puppet Maratha warriers like mahadji sindhia, Yashwantrao Holkar defete Britishers trained army, 1857 leadership held by Maratha nabasaheb Peshwa, tatya tope, Rani laxmibai Martial race Sikh : ruled smaller size empire in whole world, ruled 30years on Punjab, not going out of Punjab, bulilt smallest empire with help British, British help Sikh because Afghan away from India, Sikh bet Yashwantrao Holkar against British, also 1857betryed again Indian and got reward as a martial race
I guess he didn't did any research I come from a tribe of head Hunter's from Meghalaya called the Garo's during the British Raj they were so afraid of us that they wouldn't venture out in the open n my great grandfather was the appointed the title Raja by the British for the work he did in bringing other tribes n other clan's into submission
Before 1857 , bengal province comprising soldiers from Eastern UP, BIHAR and WB constituted majority of British Indian Army...
But during the sepoy mutiny of 1857 they were the epicenters of the war.BENGAL REGIMENT constituted 90% of the rebellion soldiers..
Famous Mangal pandey
The non participants regiments like pathan,sikhs,jats were called by the britishers to fight against the rebel soldiers..
Thus After the war Britishers didn't recruited them for army because of their major role in mutiny...
Marathas were also neglected because the leaders of 1857 mutiny like tanatiya tope,nana saheb,laxmibai were from maratha...
Britishers categorised them into martial and non martial not because of the sedientary lifestyle but because of the 1857 rebellion by Bengal province sepoys..
And moreover we should keep in mind that the britishers whom they categorised under non martial class (eg:- soldiers from bihar, eastern UP,Bengal) after sepoy mutiny of 1857 those were only responsible for British Indian army triumph before 1857 and due to them britishers defeated many kingdoms and seized the powers...
Yae sala punjabi mard comb angrejo ka pitto tha,
@e yepp
Those Recruited From UP(Awadh) and Bihar were primarily from 2 castes
1. Rajputs (28.6%)
2. Brahmans (27.2%)
It was after 1857 mutiny when most of these Men Rebelled against Britishers due to which there recruitment were stopped and they were declassified
Five Jat kings hanged post 1857 war of independence !
Jo riyasat thi us samay wo Rajput or maratho ki thi ...Jo angrejo ki gulami krti th
Races which are loyal to Britisher were martial races according to them
Not true. Pashtuns of the NorthPakistan/Afghanistan. A few of them were amongst the british howrver they were amongst the most disloyal towards the british often Working against the british as double agents with their own people
@@omarshinwari7823 there was no pashtun regiment in british indian army Britisher also made brahman regiment but after mangal pandey incident they stopped recurting brahmans from up
@@shivammudgal1181 there was actually a few. Were called pathan as well
and there were included in the punjab regiments however they were really disloyal. and did double crossing on the british
@@shivammudgal1181 Don't worry they will still able to call Brahman 'An Oppressor'
Don't forget maher regiment.. Who help Britishers to breakdown peswas in India.. This was the first mistake by backward classes
Interesting talk. It seems to have a tilt towards Sikhs however, it would have been great to hear about the others in the British Indian Army especially given that Punjabi Muslims were the single largest class composition of the army (greater than 200,000 vs about 100,000 sikhs). So out of a British Indian Army of 1.5 million, 40-45% were Muslim, 30-35% were HIndu and the remaining 10% were Sikh. It would have been nice to hear more about the Muslims and Hindus.
Yes I agree, your facts are accurate.
Exactly
OnIy 30 % musIims were in British Indian army.
The jats did the most weather Hindu Muslim or Sikh Jats did what they did!
Muslims were 40% of British Indian army because they composed of nearly 40% of Indian population, whereelse Sikhs composed 15-20% of British Indian army while they were barely 1% of total South Asian population.. This is the reason Sikhs and Gurkhas are more often talked about. The forgotten Muslims though are the Afridi and Mahsud who fought quite bravely for the British..
The prominent ethnic groups from modern India considered martial post-1857 were: Dogras, Garhwalis, Gujjars, Gorkhas, Jats, Kumaonis, Pathans, Rajputs, Sikhs, Janjuas, Mahars, Kodavas, Gakhars, Ghumman, Khokhar and Yadavs.
Post 1947, the martial race theory was discarded on paper. The Indian Army now claims to be a secular army, with every Indian having an equal right to serve the nation.
Gujjar are the strongest
Gujjars were not at all prominent in the Army , all of them were booked under Criminal Tribal act due to which they were not considered in the Army
Indian army is racist and so are their officers. The martial race is still practiced.
10 may 1857 meerut revolt gurjaro ne keya tha..sabot meerut gaztar bangal gaztar Mumbai gaztar Delhi me sare sabot rakhe ha..yaha tak ke England sarkar ka letter bhe rakha ha..angrejo ne khud likha ha 10 may 1857 meerut revolt ke muzrem gurjar the 🇮🇳🇮🇳 gurjaro ne to 1857 se bhe pahle gurjar reyast kunga bhahdurpur gurjar king Vijay Singh ke netrtav me kiranti kar de the India ke upraterypate vakai naidu ji ne khud vaha gakar gurjaro ke veerta ko Salam keya tha
I am seeing that a caste full of people who had decoupled with his caste identity eventually falls.
Same had happened with the Kurmis .
Those who are watching this video , I would like to share information on Thevar martial caste who were categorized as very dangerous tribes under criminal tribes act of British, particularly Piramalai Kallars. Maravar, Kallar and Agamudayar comprise thevar community.Even the first war declaration was given by agamudayar king Marudhupandiyar brothers of Sivaganga district of Tamil Nadu with coalition of various kings. Their entire family except their youngest son were hanged and beheaded.
Men from madras ,Bengal and gangatic planes fought against sikh,gorkha,maratha ,Burmese,Afghaempires on behalf of east India company defeated them on their behalf. But they revolted against EIC and failed so they thrown out of army .. and company start recruiting soldiers of their former adversaries armies.
I salute them.
Only the Bengal army revolted ( mostly Biharis and some UP wallahs )
Bengal ? Not really? Entire bengal army was full of Biharis... it's extremely rare to find a single Bengali there
Loyal to British, due to these races India was slave.
It is matter of Shame not Proud.
@@AbidHussain-io9shevery race has been unloyal, UP-biharis on behalf of British defeated sikhs captured all of their empire and later same sikhs, and other Punjabis defeated the sepoy mutiny of UP biharis
This showcases that the British rule over India was almost entirely voluntary. These fighting classes could have all easily planned and rebelled together against the British. Instead they chose not to, as the internal indifferences (divide and rule) was proven to be the greatest obstacle of Colonial India between different areas.
U got it
I like your explanation compared to other people who claim it to be 'brutally forces'
:)
Not voluntary. The British were quickly disbanding the armies of all kings and kingdoms they conquered. They used to shut down every manufacturing capacity and units. Cease the entire wealth and estate of kings so that they could never raise armies again. They were made extremely poor and so a lot of Kshatriyas became unemployed. To run livelihood they took to British police and other armed services. Or others took work like farming etc which the British used to denigrate many kshatriya clans as lowly.
Since when do people of a religion belong to the same Race? Which race do Hindus, Muslims and Christians belong to then...Non-Martial Races? ROFL
British used to have a Jat Regiment where Jats from all 3 religions (Muslim, SIkh & Hindu) were recruited by the British Army. Then to sow the seeds of religious divisions in Punjab they started building regiments based on religion.
The vast majority of the sikhs in this regiment however were still from the Jat community.
So, the martial race is Jat NOT Sikhs (which is a religion not a race)
And the guy lecturing is obviously not a Jat but is eager to take credit for the achievements of Jats under the disguise of his religion.
Very deceptive and dishonest.
Lol nope
Self praised. This guy might have gone through the Sikh history. The rebellion Jat,s around Delhi weakened the Mughal empire and due to which many powers benefited including Sikh's. Thirty years ago when the Sikhs struggling with Moghul,s the Jat,s established Bharat Pur kingdom by fighting with not only one front moghul but other front were Rajput s too. Apart from this other Jat kingdom Gohad/Dhaulpur was also existing who invaded Gwalior not only one but three times under the leadership of great King Bhim Singh Rana and Chattar Singh Rana. The guy is highly biased. Apart from this Jat,s played an important and vital role role in Indian and entire Muslim history. But this guy not a single time of Jat,s though himself is a Jat Sikh. During WWI 6th Jat LI/1st Jat awarded with Royal title. My grandfather was part of that regiment in which 80% of soldier were wrestlers. My grandfather told very interesting story that while fighting with German's the entire regiment decided that after beynoting instead of lay down the enemy on earth every Jat soldier will raise the German soldier towards the sky on the beynot. The Christmas festival came in between the ongoing war. On the Christmas Eve one day ceasefire was declared. The gifts were exchanged between British and German's. During the exchange of gifts the Germans made a mercy request cum complaint that we both sides are white and you people allowing these India to give us a very humiliating death. On returns the British officer shared the complaint of the Germans and hails the bravery of his Jat troops.
before bahadurpur sikhs had established ptiala and during third invasion of abdali raja of bahadurpur asked helped from khalsa
for them only sikhs matter...not us
Jatts and Sikhs are warrior philosophers
@@jattnijjerable STFU idiot
What about Bhils
We were fought against British Empire so they declared as Crminal tribes
5 Bhil kings of Dangs who defated British Empire .
BHILS / RAMOSHI / MUTHURAJA / MUTHARIAR / ERUKULA / MEENAS / BEDAR NAYAKA / BOYA / VALMIKI NAYAKA / BILAVA all are same community and Declared as Crminals and Robbers by Brtitsh Government.
We Bhils ( Bedar nayaka , muthurair , Erukula , bilava , Ramoshi ) are great warriors who fought against British Afghans mughals marathas Portuguese.
We Bhils are orginally hunters and Hill based warriors.
In ancient Time
Chera dyansty ( Villaver )
Pandya dyansty ( Meenaver )
Kalbhara dyansty ( Muthurair )
Vijaynagar Empire ( bedar nayak or valmiki nayaka or boya )
Keladi dyansty ( bedar nayak valmiki nayaka boya )
Chitradurga dyansty ( valmiki nayaka )
Malva ( Bhils )
Ahmedabad ( Bhils )
Kota ( Bhils )
Dangs ( Bhils )
Banswara ( Bhils )
Drone ( Bhils ) were
Ruled by Bhils kings .
Jay EKLAVYA Jay Kannapa nayanar
Jay valmiki
Shivappa nayaka ( Ruler of The keladi dyansty ) who Defated Portuguese army .
In 1 th century Shivi Janpad ( Kingdome ) ruled by Bhils
Now days Shivi Know as Mevad .
Shivi Janapd fought against Alexander Army .
so sad to see people in comment sections.. everyone wants the certification of britishers whether they are a warrior clan of people or not..
True
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Those who have supported the British in 1957 revolt were called Martial Races by the British. Those are Sikhs, Nepalese,
Rajputs initially. In the 20th Century Muslims were added.
It's 1857 revolt
this is true man
Also the pathans
Where did you read about this?
@@satwindersingh9061Go through a book titled as "Martial Races of India" ,written by Lt Gen Jacob Mackmoha , and you will find full account of the Martial Races of Indo-Pak Sub Continent dear
Britishers logic
Martial race: who support always British empire in India, like Sikh, Jatt, Rajput
Non martial race: Maratha who always war against British , like mahadji sindia, Yashwantrao Holkar, Madhavrao Peshwa,or 1857 laxmibai
Jats never supported Britishers
Who was raja Nahar Singh then??
Who was raja Mahendra Pratap Singh, Baba sahmal Tomar,raja Devi Singh Mathura,all of them fought again Britishers in 1857 mutiny
@@theformertimes3103 ha bhai fir jat regiment kaise bani ?
@@patel6029 Gujjars were enemy of arabs, mughals british and all foreigners
@@patel6029 regiment to Maratha bhi hai
Maratha lite infantry
Anglo-maratha war huye
Anglo-sikh war huye
Anglo-jat war huye
Baki kisi jaaati ne kyun nahi yudh kiya angrezo se kabhi bhi
Martial race who are good looking and physically strong💪🏻
Funny that the British had to abandon this theory after WWI, when they faced shortages of manpower, they had to recruit men from the so called 'Non' -Martial races. Starting with the tribes/Communities of NE India, where they recruited more than 20,000 men in 1917 -1919 from the tribes whom they deemed as "mere savage warriors who cannot become disciplined soldiers" or because they did not fight nor helped the British during the so called "Sepoy -Mutiny" in 1857. But after 1919 they recruit them by the bulk in the ASSAM RIFLES and other regiments. Then in 1941, when the threat of the Japanese Invasion of North East India was looming, they had to raise the ASSAM REGIMENT from among the locals of the North East again, who then showed them their fighting prowess, by becoming the only regiment in the history of the world to win six battle honours and one theatre honour with three years of its raising. With that, the British had to trash away their "Martial Race" Theory
Not really. The martial race theory remained in force even until the end of British rule. And it is still in force in the minds of racist Indian army officers..
It's really unfortunate that we have bought into the Martial Race Theory. The speaker himself speaks of how the armies of three presidencies comprised of all the classes. The British were in India for a considerable period before the mutiny of 1857. To simplify the buildup to the mutiny as an unrest among the Brahmin community is wrong.
Several communities served in the British Indian army and this is reflected in the modern day armies of India and Pakistan which have several regiments that trace its roots to the British Indian Army. They all fought for the empire and fought well. Had they not, the British wouldn't have succeeded in India.
The Mutiny was a major event in the history of the empire in India and hence the communities that aided in putting the rebellion down received praise. The British chose the martial race theory as a means to control the region, the men served the British because that's what soldiers do, they serve under the officers who lead them. The Bengal army mutinied due to several factors and not just due to a lack of loyalty.
Furthermore the army of Madras was far removed from the theatre of the mutiny and hence did not participate in the quelling of the rebellion. However they were neither disbanded nor classified as a martial race. The Madras army fought some of the bloodiest battles for the empire prior to 1857. However with the south of India secured by the Company the major battles shifted north and invariably the northern troops i.e the Sikhs , Pathans and Gurkhas ended up doing most of the fighting.
Madras troops (incl all of South India) , Marathas, Mahars , several tribal communities, troops from Hyderabad and Central India, troops from the North East, the Garhwalis, Kumaounis, Rajputs , Jats , Punjabis, Sikhs, Dogras, Gurkhas, Baluchis, Pathans and the men of Kashmir all fought for the Empire either directly or under their respective princely states.
Furthermore the sheer number of auxiliary troops (labourers) that served the empire through all it's campaigns which comprised of all communities including the lowest classes of Indians are unaccounted for.
A little bit of broad research does one a lot of good. Buying into a colonial theory because it suits one's point of view is wrong. We cannot accept the "truth" that the British wanted us to believe, we can do better
The Army of the Raj was Magnificent; lets judge history by their time which was a turbulent time and early in nationhood for India and the Indian Colonial experience with Britain was a noble and fine one overall.
19830 men from ahirwal area of haryana fighted for british in ww1 45000 fighted in ww2 80 percent soldier were yadav in netazis INA. FIRST BRITISH Victoria crossed was recieved by rao umrao sing yadav from luki village jhajjar
Brother at that time there was no such thing as Haryana. That whole area was Panjab. Rao Umrao Yadav was Panjabi, and all those men from ahirwal were Panjabi. Haryana never existed until recently.
India's history is lot more distorted by leaned caste to benefit themselves and expoit all other native people of india and Asia. Of course without any doubt Britishers recorded the true history of india for the first time. It was very difficult for them due to diverse and heterogeneous nature of both geography and society in india. Indian society was already fragmented by so called upper caste into different castes. But Britishers were aware of this in human and exploitative system and therefore they didn't bother consider these local norms, traditions, culture, customs and rule india more systematically. For example they first stop the sati system which later on uppercaste gave credit to rajaram mohan roy an uppercaste.
Britishers were honest in doing infrastructure development india because which see today centuries old many of the monuments, bridges, building, canals, dam, railway routes, roads are still working.
This person should have read on the battle of Bhima koregaon which took place on 1st January 1818. And than he should have decided what dose a martial race means. We all know 300 hundreds but the real history of 500 should also be studied and known by the people.
Imagine licking British writing during colonial period.
Hindus didn't make it to the martial races because revolted against the Britishers. The mercenaries or soldiers that could be bought with a job security and british tag made it to the British martial races.
Nothing to feel too proud of. Except Bhagat there was no other famous sikh revolutionary. MAXIMUM REVOLUTIONARIES OF india that bore arm against British came from the plains of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Bengal. States specifically kept out of the martial races.
Very intresting. My grandad fought in the war and I found this enlightening
Why wasn't your grandad fighting against the british
I think he was fighting to defend his sister’s honour and freedom from the Japanese. I support Jinnah and Gandhi’s independence campaigns by the way. I campaign against islamaphobia and imperialism regularly.
Still now indian army belives in this theory. When the 1857 rebellion happned , britishers were helpless in front of a huge protest and rebeliion. In those times punjab , Sindh , Rajputs and small zaminders helped them to get rid of rebelions. And britishers awarded the prestigious title of warrior class to them.
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Where can i find pdf of these National Army Museum books if anyone know please tell
The problem us that many Indians don't have any self respect, Punjabis of which many are Sikhs fought for the British, many Sikhs were hanged by the British or massacred by the british for resisting british occupation, for example the amritsar massacre, yet they thought for the British, no self respect, slave respect
Jatts and Sikhs are warrior philosophers
When jatts became sikh no one was equal
Rajput entered
yeah ofc thats why all guru's were bhappe and majority of the generals were rajputs and khatri. jatts were foot soldiers thats it. 🤣
@@harveyepstein8256lmao bro mostly sikh misls were all jatts
Khatri are Sikh all gurus are khatris where kheti badi jat jatts come from
After the Mutiny of 1857, the British systematically selected the races that were abided by their instruction, before that, large number of Bengali Muslims, & Kayastha were recruited to the Army, later they were repressed since they knew they would be the prick that will not leave the body so quickly & eventually again they rise back as the first elements of armed struggle for Independence of the Indian subcontinent, so glad we were able to hold a little bit as Bangladesh, otherwise it would be completely forgotten of the role the Bengalis played, daam right were are a Martial Race of our own rights, we dont need the Brits to certify that, our Punjabi Muslim & Pathan Brothers know that from 1971.
@Shuayb Islam Either You are Misinformed or lying ....Varna System of Hinduism is Karma Based...One who can fight is kshtriya .....Noone is warrior by Birth
@@anandsaini varna is based on occupation, brahmins made up the theory of karma to maintain their brahmin status by birth.
Bengali Muslim ? What a joke. It was Bengali only in the name. The vast majority of people were Biharis followed by East UP people, less than 2% were Bengalis - William dalyrymple has called them largely a bihari army )
@@FilesdocumentsAndreposit-kr3vbexactly, the bengal army soldiers were mostly upper caste hindus from Bihar, east UP purvanchal and central UP Oudh (awadh)
This video was although good but highly sikh oriented
Excuse me :- It was Maratha Empire ruled all over India before British Maratha didnt mentioned here will not change the history.
Martha's were not seen as true rulers, thats why during the sepoy mutiny they went to the last mughal King to make him the leader and not a maratha leader
@@911beats What you mean when you say not true ruler ? Martha has the post cost "Peshwa" which means Prime Minister they used to decide who will seat on Delhi thrown from 1720, same thing done by british all over world changing rulers who favors them, this comment only shows your lack of knowledge.
@@Indostan03 Marathas were viewed as plunderers by majority of india at that time, and the never have political control like the mughals did with india, thats why the British dealt with the mughals and not marathas, cos marathas had no actual influence
@@911beats oh my god your so ignorant an half learned person, there were three anglo maratha wars. in which british lost 1. more over Moghal had no actual control over India after Aurangzeb it was Marathas who decide who will seat on Mugal throne. i have gone through so many British documents of that time which clearly says what i said above if you want i can send you actual letter from 18th century.
@@911beats not majority, but gays like you
The Britishers created a farce of Martial races after they faced the Mutiny in 1857 they realized that Hindus from UP Bihar were a danger to their imperial designs and started recruiting non Hindu soldiers Sikhs and Muslims from Punjab However during war times when they needed soldiers for World War they recruited again Hindu soldiers from UP Bihar
It is common sense to control Hindu majority their strategy was to limit number of Hindu soldiers in Army and use Muslims and Sikhs BR Ambedkar mentions all these facts in his book Pakistan The Partition of India
Bengal regiment was made up of hindus and Muslims, both rebelled, martial race had nothing to do with religion but to do with ethnicities who were loyal
Very interesting even for a Greek.Thanks for this wonderful presentation .
*cough* *cough* the royal gharwal rifles *cough
we gujjars never supported any invader instead we fought against them but jats and raputs supported british thats why they created regiment's on your name
@@swajalsingh1622 gujjar were ther but not i large number but in ver minor number thats why we dont see gujjar regiment while rajput and jut were the large number of british army
@@swajalsingh1622 no man we were termed as criminal tribe in tribal act 1857 and thousand of villages were burnt and gujjars were killed after that in world war 1 british gave the theory of martial race which include gujjar jat rajput and others but gujjars never joined the britishers in large number as compaired to the jat and rajput this is it!
@Mustafa Alam no bro come to Pakistan a large number of gujjars live here in indian controlled Kashmir gujjars are in large number !
Lol Gujjars themselves were invaders in amcient India. Read about Gurjars they came from same stock of Huns, Sakas and others.
@Mustafa Alam Yes Rajput, Jat, Gurjar, Awans, Khokhar, Khatri,etc all are Central Asian tribes not indigenous to India.
where is south INDIA ? Indias first freedom fighter from Thevar Martial Race
freedom struggle started in 17th century in south India and maruthu pandi brothers were the first to declare war against British co.
sry, it was pulithevar of present Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu not maruthu pandiyar.
@FactCheckInt because he lived in a period before marudu brothers. Both were killed by British
@FactCheckInt ohh.. I didnt do any research jst believed wts told vocally.. Tnx for ur info
Do we need validation from the Sikh ? The first martial art comes from Southern India. Rajputs defenders of India.? Lol what India?
What about Nairs Kodavas Bunts? Only North Indian Races are shown so don't call it martial races of India only North India
Snow 123 care to explain why? or are you going to spout shit without justification?
Sudarshan G north indian think they are superior but at time they forget history of vijaynager and maratha who fought against forigen invader like mughal sucessfully
Nairs and Kodavas were declared as martial races...check it on Wikipedia
@@mipuriguy6608 LMAO. This guy just called Sikhs, Pathans, Gurkhas weak people and slaves LOLOLOL. I wonder where you're from and what you are fucking dravidian
martial race theory has been dropped by pak army itself that tto after 1965 itself
Summary is that he said sikh sikh sikh sikh sikh sikh.....
The Kshatriya races were mostly recruted in British Indian army from the begining.
Kshatriya races are martial races so it makes sense why they would recruit them.
First regiment was Brahman regiment, i wonder why
mazbhi sikhs are the most loyal and martial community of Punjab...the sons of guru gobind singh ji
Aman Singh nothing to be proud of you idiot. You need to take the larger picture into context. Your loyalty should be to India and not the Brits.
Tootsie Roll check out data .....during the world war 1 the single battalion of mazbhi sikh pioneers 23,32 nd 34 pioneer regiments...British gave title of "royals" to mazbhi sikhs
aman singh Chandigarh you're joking right? I'm assuming you live in India if you're this misinformed
@Mustafa Alam
LOL absolutely not. These people really like too make stuff up on the internet. Its not hard to actually do some research from reputable sources and see that these people are full of shit. Take a look at all the Sikhs who won Victoria crosses in both world wars, every single one has a jatt last name. Btw there was no such thing as "battalions of Mazhabi Sikhs" the Mazhabi are uneducated idiots that were barley even fit for military service. The Mazhabi are from the untouchable caste which is the lowest of the low and becuase of the intense poverty they come from they couldn't make the cut for military service because they were either too malnourished or lacked the necessary common sense. Also these Mazhabi joined Sikhism way after the jatts had established a strong martial tradition amongst Sikhs and now the Mazhabi like to pretend they were warriors. The vast majority of Mazhabi Sikhs converted to Sikhism from Hinduism in the 1950s before that they didn't even exist among Sikhs, they're basically trying to take credit for the success of others on the battlefield.
@@SunnySide388 Your hate knows no boundaries..
in 1857 jats,sikhs supported britishers and got their regiments but Ahirs of ahirwal butchered britishers and their glorious history was vandalised their lands were snatched from them.After independence Ahirs showed again their bravery.first encounter to stop pak army to defend kashmir was by 4 kumaon ahirs.1962 re zangla was due to extremely heavy casualty chinese had to stop war.and so many.
Those who fought in the war of 1947 were not Ahirs . They are Kumaonis from 4 Kumaon . But in 1962 , 13 Kumaon C company consist of maximum ahir soldiers which are something around 100 out of 124 . In 1947 from 4 Kumaon Dewan Singh got MVC and Major Somnath got PVC and no Ahir was in the 4 Kumaon battalion . Jai hind
Jats never supported Britishers, I don't know from where does you read history
Jat raja Nahar singh got martyred in 1857,
Total 7 jat kings and jagirdars lost their kingdoms in 1857
Sahmal tomar-baghpat
Raja Nahar singh-ballabgarh Faridabad
Raja devi Singh -mathura
Raja mahendra pratap singh-hathras
Etc. .Sikhs and rajputs supported Britishers
Jaat identity is not the natural identity. Today many diverse communities were classified as jaats by the British.
The one who stopped pakis were kumaonis not ahirs, however in Rezang La, the Ahir portion of kumaon regiment fought maximum
When is the digitised information available online?
British disbanded at least 18 (number) Bengal regiments. After Bengali Brahmans and Bengali Muslims jointly ignited the revolt in 1857, British stopped recruiting Bengalis in the army stating that Bengalis are not fit to be soldier because they are indisciplined, insubordinate, cannot take orders etc. One entire Bengal regiment (not all but majority were Bengalis) was executed for taking part in the revolt. Although Aurangzeb had conflict with the guru, after guru had written the famous letter to Aurangzeb, the conflict stopped. Sikhs always had good relations with all other Moguls.
Lol wouldn't that make Bengalis more martial then
They don't accept subjugation
Balochs played a key in it aswell to crush the mutiny and for there distinguished service they were recruited more , khan of kalat sent 6000 baluchs to help brits at lahore.
Totally fascinating lecture. Thank you.
its not martial races .. its mercenary races .. i think it is not at all honorable to fight just for the salary that your masters give you.. only the people with no character of their own will go for it ..
shut up we Dogras are really martial but gentle
@@tajindersinghsandhu2897 Same as us kumaonis and Garwhalis
🔰Kallars, Maravars and Ahambadiyars of Tamilnadu🔰
Pathans and jat Sikhs are well known for being battle worthy before British rightly identified them as martial. They are not tricksters. Even today Indian president guard are jats and rajputs.
Pashtuns are
Sikhs are just cannon fodders
Mate, every village on earth was martial pre modern era you retard, bcuz the HAD to be in order to survive
There was no geneva convention
No human rights bill
No agreed upon laws of war (unless if it’s between muslims where you can’t enslave the women of opposing muslim enemies)
Every village in every part of the world were hardened warriors to increase survival
not all gorkha were mongol race many were khas khastriya of Caucasian descendent.
An interesting talk but the focus is 95% on the Sikhs. No mention of Muslims from the Punjab and NWFP who certainly outnumbered the Sikhs in the British Indian Army. During WW1, the Rawalpindi District which was largely populated by Muslims had the distinction of contributing the largest number of soldiers amongst all the districts of India.
syed ali Hamid There's no such thing as a martial race. It was a lie propagated by the Brits to drive recruitment in large numbers. You will notice that the rebellion of 1857 was started by the shots fired by a Hindu Brahmin named Mangal Pandey and was largely composed of Hindus and Muslim soldiers from what was then called the United Provinces. This led the Brits to recruit largely from areas that didn't rebel.
The pashtoons and afghans are a hardy people much like the Gorkhas of nepal and Sikhs and Muslims of Punjab. Is that to say that the Muslims of Hyderabad and the Hindus of Maharashtra and Karnataka, Rajputana are any less brave? Not if you take the larger history of the Indian subcontinent into context. Aurangzeb couldn't conquer the Deccan and spent all of his resources on those campaigns and his army was largely from the united provinces. Raja Dahir couldn't stop the Islamic Invaders in the Sindh. It's all about how each people adapted and fought against others. We should move on from the British classification and seek to forge our own identity
Tootsie Roll - I like your well measured count.
@@afwerkieritrean6548 The word Gujjar comes from the Gurjar Partiharas who were the principal empire in the north west of india, during this time india ( and consequently pakistan) was divided into three large empires. Gurjar Pratiharas in the north west, the Rashtrakutas in the south and deccan and the Palas in the east (bengal) who were locked in eternal conflict like the marathas and the mughals. Of these the former two , the Gurjars and the Rashtrakutas took the fight to the Ummayads in the 7th century and defeated large Arab contingents. Why did they do this? For the same reason Chandragupta defeated seleucus. Time and place and adaptation. The rajouts are descended from the Rashtrakutas in the south of india ( a region that is now not considered "martial" , reason being that the hunters from this region rebelled against the Brits and this led them to be removed from the list).
If you really think about the realistic mixup of the mughal and maratha armies youd see that the martial theory fell flat. The Mughals had large contingents of Mohyal Brahmins punjab and Bumihar brahmins from bengal. They also had a large number of Rajput generals.
The marathas were famous for employing muslim pindaris or irregular troops and had an entire contingent of Arab infantry. When these two empires clashed...it was never a clash of Martial versus non martial or of muslim versus hindu, it was a clash of people of largely the same culture..a civil war before the establishment of countries.
If the martial races were anything to go by, then the martial races of india would have conquered pakistan according to the Indian polity and the pakistani martial races would have conquered the indians according to the pakistan polity. And both of these countries would have been conquered by the Afghan martial races since they are so hardy:) but that isnt based in realism.
The realistic truth on warfare is that, wars are won not by the strength of arms but the wise judgements and quick actions of seasoned generals.
This was the reason why Napoleon was a grand general. Same reason why Aurangzeb was a good strategist. It was also the reason why Baji Rao never lost a battle as a cavalry general bar none. Same reason why the Marathas under Mahadji shinde were able to conquer the northwest's of pakistan and the same reason why Ahmed Shah Abdali was able to defeat Sadashiv Rao in Panipat and finalky..was the same reason the Britishers were such brilliant strategists and administrators.
It has little to do with the soldier and a lot to do with the general. Lions led by donkeys dont make for good armies :).
for them only sikhs matter...they are mad guys
Just found this, fascinating insights. I am making up some sets of toy soldiers to be passed to the Sikh temple for distribution to the less well off and sorting out who fought alongside whom has proved somewhat difficult (I had assumed that differing dietary requirements would see sub units formed of people of particular religions). I have been loaned a copy of the official history of the 4th Indian Division but it does not detail how class, caste and religion affected the structure of the force. One thing was very clear however, it was fortunate for the British that these troops chose to fight on the side of the allies!
Great lecture, thanks very much!
Jats sikh marathas were furious martial race ........ all though rajputs and guzzar also great
Marathas were not great. Crushed by Durrani empire of Afghanistan under Ahmad shah Durrani. They were unfit to fight, and British removed them from Martial Race. It was the Punjabi Sikh empire under Ranjit Singh where Jatts, Rajput/Khatri Sikhs fought off the Muslims.
@@G5Nvm gujjars were also there
@@ashirsiddique7131 I know that. Punjabi muslim tribes are also strong
@PakMan We weren't slaves. We were mercenaries and paid heavily in the end of the partition. Still, I agree with you. We were idiots for not fighting them first
Ahirs too bro search wikipedia
No group is martial ... Individual can be martial ...
Ever heard of the comache? Or the mongols or the spartans?
Brahimins from Kangra Valley used to serve in 10th Baloch regiment and Dogra regiment, can any one provide more info?
Argument falls thin when the East India company was made up of non martial races and dominated India. For example the Bengali regiment was made up of middle class individuals and poets!
I am bangladeshi, a native bangalee . I never heard bengali took part of british army.
@@champasama6839not Bengali... It were Eastern UP and Bihar people
Fascinating, thank you.
informative lecture, but with under currents of self praise etc. no detailed mention of the valour of Pathans.......interesting. Do we need a british certificate to tell us who we are.
for them only sikhs matter...not rajputs,pathans or gurkhas
When people talk about Martial race. Gurkhas and Jatts are the bravest of them all in term of races. Even today its evident through the way Jaat talks. Its in their language blood attitude.
I think you means gurkhas and sikhs
@@Akv6 yes gurkha sikhs jaats.
Only sikh jatt ,not other jaats
@@wayne7594Vruce Go to Haryana bro. Its engraved in the roughness of their languages bro..
@@thethreespikes9737 okay sure ,
But iam saying these things from the perspective of British officers,
Main recruitment for world wars took place from Punjab in which Sikhs contributed the most mainly jatt sikhs
,and also Punajbi musalmans mainly muslim jatt and muslim rajputs ,and hindus were mainly from Haryana Rohtak Jaats and Mian Dogras of Kangra
That's why I said undivided punjab
What about the South Indians ????
There are many South Indian castes that were considered martial and at one point, made up the majority of the British Raj army. But the Sepoy Rebellion happened which changed the view of the British and South Indians were also highly educated which made loyalty to the British extremely untrustworthy. British wanted soldiers that were less educated like Gurkhas, Dogras, and Jatts who were easier to manipulate to make them serve for the British Army.
Weak. They good only in action movies drifting horse and stuff😂
The gut is not even an amateur historian.
Gujjar is the most brave caste
You can't serve somebody and be considered brave.
@@AliAhmed-ve5xl The Gujjars were labelled as the most turbulent and rebellious by the British.
Then y there no Gujjar regiment ???
@@AliAhmed-ve5xl Most brave caste in serving milk
What qualities constitute people being 'martial' - " To resist to the last to uphold our rights, our dignity and our freedom" Pazhassi Raja(1774-1805), Kozhikode. And happily the denizens of this landmass have accepted this COLONIAL RACIAL BIGOTRY, militarisation of colonial India basis class, caste and economical status-quo! It was considered to be martially INFERIOR to wear the uniforms of the oppressive forces and fight their wars, sadly to this day our regimental approach have been on such bigotry colonial racial past !! BIG REVISION NEEDED
The Martial Race label wasn't just to sweeten and befriend the people but based on physical capabilities. Punjabis were identified by the British as physically strong people that would make good soldiers. People from desert areas possess genes that make them great warriors. Its all genetics.
"The primacy of Punjab in the British Indian army was codified under the “Martial Races” theory. Propagated by the British, this theory held that certain ethnic groups in India were culturally and genetically predisposed to make excellent soldiers. The agricultural-pastoral tribes of Punjab were lauded as the pinnacle of manliness and chivalry, the Muslims and Sikhs praised for their natural affinity for war."
Bollocks, you Punjabis and sikhs are bootlickers of the west
I know generally sardarjis are fun and cordial people, love their jokes too but here they have totally shot their foot !
Sikhs were badly beaten by the British in all battles
Correction - British took power from Marathas, Rajputs, Sikhs, Gurkhas not Mughals
Anglo-Sikh war
Anglo-Maratha war
Anglo-Gurkha war
Change the title to we sikh are brave solders we are built for war 😂
Where is yadav most sacrifice in army and most awards in army always against foreign leaders
Kuch bhi
@@wayne7594Vruce ek bar search kr Dhang t
@@gagandeepyadav5350 Undivided punjab contributed most both in Pakistan and India,
Gangetic plane people cannot fight
@@wayne7594Vruce bro search the history of ahirwal of haryana
@@gagandeepyadav5350 Haryana Yadav contributed but not up bihar
Himachal Punajb Haryana together got 9 pvc
Marathas were the only community that had a pan India presence.
remember gujjars in kashmir in nwfp in punjab in rajistan in gujrat in balochistan in sindh whole over india
@@ashirsiddique7131 Gujjars ruled india for over 1200 years
@@ashirsiddique7131 Gujjars were Tribal people even today they are classified as scheduled Tribe in Jammu Kashmir and Himachal they were nomadic tribe and no they were not Rulers in any of the province you have mentioned above
The British recruited from the north not cause of toughness but to Counter supposed Russian threat
+Hamza Zaman Pathans are weak and so are Sikhs and Gurkhas. The hardy races were a certain race of Pathans like the Karlani tribes and also Gujjars who were the main enemies of the British in the past.
Afwerki Eritrean study showing Pashtuns are weak?
@@afwerkieritrean6548 Gujjar are the strongest as proved by history
@@afwerkieritrean6548 Gurkhas are weak?Are you on drugs😂😂
Gurkhas are not a caste, gurkha is a geographic identity, all gurkhas are themselves divided into two castes the khas chettri(kshatriya) and the khas brahmins.
Gorkha is a district of Nepal came from guru gorkhnath or the place that protect cows gau+rakshya=Gorkha. And the king Prithibinarayan shah unified all the land from tista to kangra and formed Nepal empire. Who were in the army of king . In the pm posts khas were taken (Basnyat,Pandey,Thapa,Panta,) sipahi(Gurung,Magar) they were mostly choosen . And in strategy making obviously brahmin(aryal,dhakal,khanal) . After the anglo nepal war. A gorkha regiment was form where all the people from Nepal were recuirted but after 1857 revolt britishers found that brahmin community is rebellion so they demand 75% gurung magars to recuirt in their army ..
This is actually worse than even mercenaries, who never adorned uniforms of their own oppressors. The colonial brits used the then prevalent economic grounds post the anglo-sikh wars to recruit large Sikh soldiers to assimilate into the British Army. Whilst other parts of India they encountered stiff resistance which eventually took them to even ban these southern martial traditions like kalaripayattu, Kathi Sami, Silambakam are predated in early vedic inscription and does signify the Indic martial heritage, " OF COURSE NOT COL. BRITSH APPROVED". As these martial arts were a clear threat to the Brits. They nor only inflicted these marital forms to resist and but never got recruited by the colonial British army. Let's not forget the early 13th to 15th century of islamic occupation of large parts of north India, it was the Vijayayanagar Kingdom in the south that was fiercefully independent and had much genius military system with a 10 lakh army on foot !
Iam amused someone bis feeling pride in this
After 1857 revolution britishers change their mind and stop the recruiting of Brahmans and Bhumihaar.
Was hoping for an edcuational docuemntary here, buy its quickly turned into anti-British victim platform.
it stresses very much on sikhs only.
Bilal Khan Muhammadzai
Punjabi Musalman we’re recruited from
Jats, Gujar, Rajput, and Pathans
The Sikhs are emphasized because they were only 1.5% of the population but made up 22% of the British Indian army. They basically gave almost 1/3 of their men to the Army
Obviously the speaker is a Sikh!
@Ra JeShj i mean the last section of your comment is purely some conspiracy theory shit for sure pathans and sikhs could fight better than bengalis kannadas and tamils
British People who made detailed collections of each cast and jaat and still shows it off in their museum: uGH inDIA isS Filed wiTH CAsTiesm.....
What about Gurjars, Marathas, Ahirs , Yadavas ? Weren't they brave ?
No. They weren't even considered a Martial race after the decline of the Mughals. Gujjars are also from the place Punjabis are from, so they're a martial race. Look at the size difference. Pathan, Rajput, Jatt, Gurjar are absolutely massive and taller than others in South Asia
@@G5Nvm Why is that? I ak curious, some say they orginate from central asia
@@zoro2266 Only gurjars are. You need to understand, the only people who were "Martial Race" were people who've been soldiers their entire lives and actually successful. That would be Baloch, Pashtun, various Punjabi tribes
@@zoro2266 Also, Gujarati/Marath are not martial races. All they knew was to die and lose. 100,000 Marathi women kidnapped and taken to Central Asia as slaves. How fucking embarassing
@@G5Nvm 90000 Martial Eunuchs surrendered to the Army consisting of Non Martial bravehearts like Marathas, South Indians, Bengalis etc.
I am from the Gilgit-Baltistan. My tribe have been victim of these Sikh's atrocities. British used these people to subjugate free tribes like mine. Now this man is proudly sharing the dark history. Shame on you.
In the spring of 1863 a large force was secretly collected in Gilgit (by Kashmir Ruler). The force assembled consisted of the “Ram Gol Pultun” of the service of the Maharaja, and other Dogra troops, from 2,000 to 3,000 sepoys, chiefly men of Eusufzye, Boonair, Swat and Pathans - in all, from 5,000 to 6,000 men, under the command of General Hooshiara Singh, Jawahir .Singh, Sardar Samad Khan, Kyberi, the Dogra leaders, and Esau Bahadur. They invaded the Yasin (Gilgit-Baltistan). The Yasin villagers who escaped to the hill of Madoori endeavored to make terms with the Dogra leaders. A harrowing tale is told by one George Hayward as to what happened hereafter. They were assured that no harm would be done to them if they would evacuate the fort and lay down their arms. They did so in the simple faith that as sworn to them no injury would be done to them. A part of the Dogra forces, which had gone round the fort, then made their appearance amongst the women and children. The men who had surrendered their arms were outside the fort, and unable to protect their wives and little ones, for whom they would doubtless have shed their blood had not treachery beguiled them of their weapons. The Dogras immediately commenced massacring the women and children. They threw the little ones into the air and cut them in two as they fell. It is said that the pregnant women, after being killed, were ripped open, and their unborn babies were cut to pieces. The women who had been wounded, but were not yet dead, were dragged to one spot and were there burnt to death. In all from 1,200 to 1,400 of the Yasin villagers were massacred by the foulest treachery and cruelty. The Gilgit Agency 1877-1935 by Amar Singh Chohan (page 10-15) available on archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.507866
This happened in Yasin now District Ghazir. Our people speak Brusheski language. Such atrocities happened with all people of Gilgit-Baltistan. Skerdu, Ladakh, Hunza Nager, Chilas and Chitral. First Ranjit Singh subjugated.After subjugating Jammu and Kashmir, Hari Sing expedited the atrocities under the guidance and support of British. Yes such tragedies took place during partition. But partition issue is different because during partition, all sides (Muslims, Hindues and Sikhs) played their part in blood shade. Its worth sharing with you that during partition, a big number of Sikhand Hinduse were in Gilgit-Baltistan. People of Giilgit-Baltistan did not harm any single civilian. They were sent safe and sound. My point was, this Sardar sab in the video proudly glorifying the Ranjit Sing and Hari Sing. Yes we understand, it is like 'Your Villain My Hero' however we are now living in so called 'humanism' era. We have to be conscious while talking bout past.
These Sikhs were basically puppet. British used them against last Mugal,then WWII, then against small tribes. When British achieved their aim, they left them like old concubine. This is the reality. Ranjit sing was the man who killed his own mother! why he did, even I cannot write, my culture does allow. There are much to say. Nice to meet you. I feel you are also from GB.
Do not confuse Sikh with dogras...who used same surname Singh and have beards and turbans just like sikhs
J0nesjr
Dogras always backstabbed
Very interesting.
This martial race theory is crap...Those who were loyal to Britishers were declared as Martial and those who resisted were as Non Martial...
What bullshit. Only certain races of the subcontinent were considered martial by the British. They considered bengalis as NON martial because of their narrow mindedness views. They only designated the punjabis and other martial races as martial because those races fought for the British during the rebellion in 1857
JimboParadox you coward insulting people from a screen who actually fight.
Why did they not give up their religion then?! They were simply protecting their clans and races as well as following sacred oaths(a Chivalric obligation in Hinduism, Sikhism and Islam). I agree the empire was unjust and tyrannical and I actually have people who non-violently stood up to the empire in my ancestors but I also have people praised and decorated for bravery. They had an Indian officer class as well so not just slaves. At times they fought worse oppressors like the Japanese.
Salty soyboy
Talk about the clans and races who fought for the British before 1857 rebellion. Weren't they from UP- Bihar plains ?
Every human can fight but doesn't make them warrior
@@wojak5308 these guys won most of the battles for the British. It was only their ethnic pride that they fought for it. Later the British declared and degenerated them all as "lower castes" in official papers and caste censuses.
@@wojak5308 the Sikhs , the gorkhas , the Bengalis ( yes they were not actually Bengalis ), the Marathas , the Afghans , the rohillas and many others like the Sindh rulers etc were all defeated by these very Biharis . All of them. They were used up until 1915.
All major wars were won by them.
@@piyushjaiswal9283 so what ? It doesn't matter they fought for whom . Punjabi , pasthun are fighter by race
@@piyushjaiswal9283 when did biharis defeat pashtuns ?
What about Nairs of Kerala? please refer military castes of India on British Malabar manual 1879.
This guy is just a British Indian trying to find his narrow "root(s)" and has no clue about our true History 🙄
Not 3 proviences, but two provinces & one country
Marthas and rajputs are also martial race ...maynot be that loyal to the British.
dude do we still need certificate of martial race from british its fascinating how every human tries to above in race to another human
Lol its called being a slave
Only Pashtuns can be called martial because they took down the British
Pashtuns were defeated by sikhs/Punjabi
pashtuns were smothered by sikhs
Did they die for Hind or tot to colonize Hind??? We colonized ourselves and we are doing it again!!!
I am sorry, but this lecture needs broader research and a broader mind.I say this because i have evidence and know of martial races down south who defeated the english. Needless to say,but the rajputs massacred the sikhs and defeated the tribes of north western province multiple times. further more you might want to include the Ahom's the martha's the the chola's and vadake veeran's of kerela.I am sorry, but i find this study rather incomplete, if you intended to talk about the"The martial races of India".Perhaps, change the name or do a comprehensive research on the topic.
Rohit Anand So True. It is important to know the truth before presenting IT.
Rohit Anand when rajputs massacred sikhs like whats the dates by whom ?? What an irony you were talking about facts and didn’t gave a single. Many rajputs became sikh because their valour and bravery was sold by their leaders . Sikhs saved rajput asses from being torn apart by mugals afgans
I cannot give you all the evidence over here. Although, I must state that "massacre" is strong word to use between two Indo forces, I am not here to prove a point. I was just trying to state some facts. The Sikh empire come to bloom at its peek under the reign of Maharaja Ranjit Singh Ji, needless to state the greatest victory and perhaps the only Kingdom to defeat the Afghans in Afghanistan was the, Raja Ranjit singh's army other than the Maurayan empire; which was from the modern state of Bihar.The Sikh had some indigenous defeats fighting against the Rajputs of Rajasthan and against the bhumihar Kingdoms of modern day Bihar and Uttarpradesh as well as the Ahoms. Try and read a book "how britain made the modern world" by Niall Ferguson its published by penguins and states one of the reasons as the constant bickering between the Indian kingdoms as one of the reasons why the Europeans were able to set shop in India. Also read a book called the trial and tribulations of the Indian royal Dynasty, which is a historical account of the wars lost and won by the Marathas, Sikh, Dogra, Ahom's Bhumihar and Gurkha Kingdoms of India. Its a good read and is quite informative.Try and read them with an objective prespective.Again I am not trying to prove a point but a lot misconception are there amidst us in relation to the prowess and achievements of our four fathers.Best of Luck!! :)
saksham kumar do some research. If sikhs didn’t save Rajput against mughal invasion, they all were converted to islam . In order to stop them from conversion sikhs fight
saksham kumar how dare you call sikhs as illiterate
You Fucking piece of shit . Your comment was full of radical leftist liberals Hindu thoughts
Loyalties
What about maratha, mahar they also belong to martial race only north Indian community has martial are what????
But he is talking about the best amongst best so some martial races were not included ..
No offences!
gujjar
May be rajputs and marathas were not so loyal to the British
@@amitpatil9895 Marathas were hired too , Maratha lite infantry formed in 1768 clear your facts fisrt
@@arunavabasu5768 lol rajputs were the most loyal people to Mughals and Britishers
Surely self praise.
Hmmm
This is 100% wrong. The Only Martial Race is India is the Tam Brahmin
My Dear Speaker ...you seemed either hesitant or didn't have time to do enough research on the Chamar Regiment. All of Indian castes played a part and maybe as a suggestion a talk on all individual regiments a video should be produced, so its a level playing field. God bless Mother India and all those who took part in all the wars . 🙏
The Chamar Regiment was an infantry regiment formed by the British during World War II. Raised on 1 March 1943, the regiment was initially assigned to the 268th Indian Infantry Brigade, which was part of 43rd Armoured Division in July 1943 and when the division was broken up to form the 44th Armoured Division the Chamar Regiment was included in the new division.[2] During this time the regiment did not take part in any fighting.[citation needed]
The Chamar Regimentचमार रेजिमेंटActive1943-1946[1]Country British IndiaBranch Indian ArmyTypeInfantryGarrison/HQJabalpur, Madhya PradeshEngagementsBattle of KohimaDecorations3 military medals
3 military crosses
1 battle honour
Later, the Chamar Regiment became part of 23rd Indian Infantry Division. In mid-1944, the regiment's 1st Battalion was committed to the Burma Campaign to fight against Imperial Japanese Army in Nagaland.[3] The fighting lasted over three months, during which time the regiment took part in the Battle of Kohima.
During the 2nd world war, the British Indian Empire pitted the Chamar Regiment against the Japanese Imperial army supported by Indian National Army, headed by Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose. Defeat in Singapore in 1942, Many Indian Prisoners of War joined Netaji (INA); the most prominent member from the Chamar Regiment was Captain Mohan Lal Kureel.[4]23 थी। On August 23, 1945, Tokyo Radio reported that Bose was arriving in Saigon on a large bomber plane when his plane crashed near Taihoku (Japanese language: 臺北帝國大學, Taihoku Teikoku Daigaku) airport on August 18. Japanese General Shodei, Pilot and some others were killed on board the plane. Netaji was seriously burnt. He was taken to Taihoku Sainik Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries. According to Col. Habibur Rahman, his last rites were performed in Taihoku. In mid-September, their bones were stored and placed in the Rankoji Temple in Tokyo, the capital of Japan. According to a document received from the National Archives of India, Netaji died on August 18, 1945 at 21.00 pm at Sainik Hospital in Taihoku.
In 1946, (Indian Interim Government 1946 ) the regiment denied to fight against subash chandra bose headed Indian national party that led to its disbanding by the British government.The Regiment, with one year of service, received three Military Crosses and three Military Medals and also the regiment was awarded battle honours for service in Battle of Kohima.[5] Since then, many Dalit and non-Dalit leaders like Chandrasekhar Azad Ravan,[6] RJD leader Raghuvansh Prasad Singh,[7] Congress lawmaker Udit Raj,[8] and Rajesh Bagha, the Chairman of Punjab S.C Commission,[9] have suggested that the Chamar Regiment be re-raised.[citation needed]
sikhs too hv castes they take reservation .. he has given soo many wrong perspective 1) other communities had refused to participate..they were up for no cooperation with the british..and 2) prior to british the marathas were the dominant power who ruled 70% of indian subcontinent not the mughals... and after british got defeated by marathas in first anglo maratha war sikhs supported the british in second anglo maratha war which marathas lost.. we hv been betrayed by our own people .3) gurkhas are not mangloid ..they were hindus since ancient times
Not martial race : Maratha who rule150 years on India , who defete Mughals, aura gzeb who 27 year's spend in Deccan
Maratha who saved north Indian from mughal and Afghan and rule Karnataka to attock now in Pakistan , Afghan , rohille, Suja ud daula baloch unite against Maratha but not single north Indian so called martial race help Maratha against Afghan,
Martha after panipat again win India in 10 years and rulef on Delhi and make mughal puppet
Maratha warriers like mahadji sindhia, Yashwantrao Holkar defete Britishers trained army, 1857 leadership held by Maratha nabasaheb Peshwa, tatya tope, Rani laxmibai
Martial race Sikh : ruled smaller size empire in whole world, ruled 30years on Punjab, not going out of Punjab, bulilt smallest empire with help British, British help Sikh because Afghan away from India, Sikh bet Yashwantrao Holkar against British, also 1857betryed again Indian and got reward as a martial race
LOL. this guys provoking me to make another jock on him.
Vaishya are merchants.
Deepak shandilya
Guptas
I guess he didn't did any research I come from a tribe of head Hunter's from Meghalaya called the Garo's during the British Raj they were so afraid of us that they wouldn't venture out in the open n my great grandfather was the appointed the title Raja by the British for the work he did in bringing other tribes n other clan's into submission
Good research but incomplete and sufficient British bias and British version of Indian history
Obviously he is from the British Museum what can you expect from them
Garhwalis 🔥
I feel this dude totally missed the point