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Mahyavanshi are a caste of India, who were originally Mayavat Rajputs who started a successful movement in the early 20th Century to establish their identity as a branch of Mayavat Rulers.〔〔〔〔〔 ==Historical revision== The new nomenclature of ''Mahyavanshi'' was given to them via a Government of India circular in the year 1939, due largely to the efforts of K. M. Munshi, then Home Minister of Bombay and Dr. Purshottam Solanki, representative of Depressed Classes of Gujarat, who stressed that Mahyavanshis are indeed descendants of ancient rulers and hence also alternately identified as Mayavat Rulers.〔〔〔〔〔 Later on in year 1968, via a Government of India circular, the mahyavanshi's of Daman, were also given the status of Mahyavanshi after the Indian annexation of Daman from the Portuguese.〔〔〔〔〔 A prominent figure in re-writing the history of Mahyavanshis was Makanji Kuber Makwana, who wrote several works on the ancient history of Mahyavnashi and linking them with the Mayavat Rajputs (a branch of Parmara clan), and started the new social movement to "regain" their Rajput and Kshatriya status, which has been successful.〔(Shri Makanji Kuber Makwana, The only Historian who gave Mahyavanshi, their Lost Pride! ) at Mahyavanshi Foundation〕〔(Dr. P. G. Solanki: The Man Who Wrote the Destiny of Kshatriya Mahyavanshi Community ). At Mahyavanshi Foundation〕〔 The reason behind Mahyavanshi success to gain Kshatriya status was that they were able to mobilize public opinion and procured support for their cause from both from British and Indian leaders and historical research books on their community published by Makanji Kuber Makwana, which strengthened their case.〔 Dr. Kanhaiyalal Maneklal Munshi, then the Home Minister of Bombay State, in a 1931 lecture delivered in Kasavji Hall in Bombay stressed that the Mahyavanshi were the descendents of the Hattiavanshi King Arjuna, arguing that it was because of the slaughter of Parsuram they were relegated to a lower caste.〔〔〔 Also Purshottam Solanki, representative of Depressed Classes of Gujarat in a speech given in Bombay Legislative Council, vehemently stressed that Mahars were martial races and their occupation was military too in past. He further said, thau were not drags of society but have been rulers of Gujarat and other areas of India in past and were descendants of Kshatriya or Rajput clans and should therefore be legitimized as a Kshatriya clan.〔 Others involved in this affirming this identity were Garibdasji Ramdasji and other Mahants of Ramanandi sect, Phakir Jeevan Mevasi, besides several of their community leaders spread across Bombay State (present day Maharashtra and Gujarat), Sindh ( Karachi and Raban ), Portuguese India ( Nani and Moti Daman ) and also from South Africa, where their population was living in cities like Johannesburg and Pretoria, who in unison impressed upon the government for revision of their social status.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mahyavanshi」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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