Sainthwar Mall Mahasabha

Sainthwar-Mall is a group of warrior landholding clans settled primarily in eastern Uttar Pradesh.

Sainthwar Mall Mahasabha

Sainthwar-Mall is a group of warrior landholding clans settled primarily in eastern Uttar Pradesh. They rose to prominence in late Vedic period, established oligarchy system as ganas or sanghas and remained a strong force till defeat by Magadha Empire in 5 th century BC. After defeat and under an arrangement, the group continued to control the local administrations of their territory in coming years and in return paid taxes or revenues to their respective monarchs. The group was recorded as one of the four landholding castes in the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh in the census of British India. The Sainthwar-Mall population is thickly settled in Gorakhpur, Maharajganj, Kushinagar and Deoria districts of eastern Uttar Pradesh, India, the prosperity of which was at peak between 3 rd century BC till 5 th century AD i.e. from the period of Mauryas till Guptas. Small population is settled in Basti, Mau, western Bihar and Kapilvastu, Rupandehi, Nawalparasi and Chitwan districts of Terai Belt of Nepal. The ancestors of this group were closely associated with Buddha and Mahavira and participated in rebellion against Emperor Jahangir in 1626 AD, against East India Company in 1760 -1795 AD and in Indian Rebellion of 1857. They find their mention in epics Ramayana and Mahabharata.