08-29-2012, 07:39 AM
The problem with UP is that it was demilitarized thoroughly after 1857: even the names of the kshatriya castes in the Ganga Valley were erased from the Hindu memory, and not just in the minted history books. This also happened in Bengal to an extent. Into this void, the thakur sepoys were placed by the Brits. Thakurs are not kshatriya castes.`
As GSub said, a kshatriya nucleus is needed for all communities to coalesce around.
As GSub said, a kshatriya nucleus is needed for all communities to coalesce around.