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Meena ( pronounced [miːɳa]) is a tribe from northern and western India which is sometimes considered a sub-group of the Bhil community. [5] [6] It used to be claimed they speak Mina language, a spurious language. Its name is also transliterated as Meenanda or Mina.
Meena, also spelled as Mina, is a community principally found in the state of Rajasthan. The name of this community has been derived from the word Meen, which means fish in Sanskrit language. At the time of the British ruling, the Meena tribal community had been acclaimed as the 'Criminal Tribe'.
Jul 4, 2022 · Staying with the central theme of Meena-Rajput struggle for suzerainty one can clearly understand that Meenas were primitive tribe and they maintained their simplistic lifestyle. Their socio-economic-political system was basic in nature.
Jul 30, 2021 · Prasar Bharati Archives presents Meena Tribe, tribe and caste inhabiting Rājasthān and Punjab states in northern India, and Punjab province, Pakistan, who speak Hindi and claim descent from the...
Sep 12, 2021 · Until the twelfth-century A.D., as historical records, genealogies and folk traditions establish, the Meena tribe of Rajasthan ruled over a dozen of independent states after which they gradually lost them to the treachery of the Rajputs.
Some say their roots lie in Iran, others say they are Meena tribes who converted to Islam. 20 lakh Meos are mainly spread across Haryana’s Mewat district and adjoining Alwar and Bharatpur in ...
Mar 6, 2023 · Generally recognised under the banner of scheduled tribes (ST) of India, Meenas are indigenous peoples whose histories trace back to the 6th BC. While the community’s records are predominantly oral in nature, historians such as Nandini Sinha Kapur (2007) have identified a shift beginning from the early 19th century.
