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Mewat is a historical region of Haryana and Rajasthan states in northwestern India. The loose boundaries of Mewat are not precisely determined but generally include Mewat District of Haryana and parts of Alwar, Bharatpur, and Dholpur districts of Rajasthan.〔("Mewat" ) ''The Imperial Gazetteer of India'', 1909, v. 17, ''p. 313''.〕 The region roughly corresponds to the ancient kingdom of Matsya, founded in the 5th century BCE.Mewati language is spoken by the people of Mewat.The word Mewati means a resident of the land of Mewat.This name has been derived from Sanskrit word 'Mina vati',that is,land abounding in fish Mewat district is a district of Haryana state in India. It is located at southern edge of Haryana. Its area is 1,912 square km and the population is one million. It is semi-arid and its economy is mainly rain-fed agriculture. Nuh is the district headquarters of Mewat. The Muslim inhabitants of Mewat are called Meos (मेव). The areas of the three districts where Meos live are collectively called Mewat. Mewat has 1200 villages: 550 in Haryana, 600 in Rajasthan and 50 in Uttar Pradesh. Khanzada Hasan Khan Mewati was a well-known chieftain from Mewat. He fought against Babur in the Battle of Khanwa in 1527. The Delhi–Gurgaon–Alwar–Jaipur highway used to pass through Mewat until the late 1960s when the new national highway NH 8 was constructed bypassing Mewat. Now NH 248 A passes from Mewat. ' Khanzada Hazi Khan Mewati', a great warrior and one of the commanders of Hindu King, Raja Hem Chandra Vikramaditya popular as Hemu, had helped Hemu at a critical juncture to defeat Akbar's army at Battle for Delhi in October 1556 and establish native rule at Delhi and in North India.〔R. S. Tripathi, Rise and Fall of Mughal Empire, Second Edition, Allahabad, 1960, p.174〕 Hazi Khan, had escaped to Gujarat after Raja Hemu's defeat at Second Battle of Panipat and was credited with killing Bairam Khan, the commander of Akbar, at Patan, Gujarat where he was staying after removal from job by Akbar and before going to Hajj on 16 January 1561.〔Bose Mandakranta, Faces of the Feminine in Ancient, Medieval, and Modern India, 2000〕 Meos were always against invading Mughals and supported the native Afghan or Hindu kings. From Sher Shah Suri's regime in 1540 up to Raja Hem Chandra's rule in 1556, Meos held many important positions in the army.〔Nirodh Bhushan Roy, The Successors of Sher Shah, Dacca (1934), page 81〕 Mewat has highest percentage of child growth in Haryana at 22.78% and highest sex ratio of 907.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Haryana Population Sex Ratio in Haryana Literacy rate data )〕 In 2011, Mewat had population of 1,089,263 of which male and female were 571,162 and 518,101 respectively.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Mewat District Population Census 2011, Haryana literacy sex ratio and density )〕 ==Meo and Mewati== (詳細はhindu in Rajasthan. Most of the population of Mewat is of Meo Muslims. They converted from Jat under Sufi influence in the 13th century. Meos follow the clan culture of Pals and Gotra like Hindus Kshatriyas. Meos are divided into 13 pals and 52 gotras. Even Meo and Jat used to be counted in single column in the census registers during British period. (ref Imperial tables-1933). Even after conversion to Islam they retained their Mahabharata culture by creating Gotras and Pals for marriages and social interaction. They can still trace back their brotherhood and links with, Rajputs, Ahirs and Jats in the nearby villages in the region. Meos speak Mewati dialect, a slight variant of the Haryanvi and Rajasthani dialects, of Hindi and live in a tribal culture. The culture and gotra of meos is same as Meena tribe in Rajasthan. The majority is uneducated and is currently classed under Other Backward Class (OBC). Mewati Gharana is well known Gharana of Indian classical music. Mirasi singers keep a wonderful tradition of oral history of their Meo patrons. 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「Mewat」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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