(n.) A Hindoo of the second, or royal and military, caste; a Kshatriya; especially, an inhabitant of the country of Rajpootana, in northern central India.
Example Sentences:
(1) Long Y chromosome were observed 5% of the Rajputs and 3% of the Punjabis.
(2) On my visit, pieces included a Keralan teak canoe upended to form a bookcase, and a Rajput palace window frame with a mirror inserted.
(3) Minor chromosome variants were observed in 18% of the Rajputs and 19% of the Punjabis.
(4) Rajput women have the highest age at marriage regardless of cohort, then followed by the Brahmans, who also have the lowest age of marriage among the oldest and youngest cohorts.
(5) Growth in the thoracic region and its adaptation to higher altitude was investigated in boys between 5 to 18 years of Rajput origin at two altitudes, i. e. Rampur Bushahr (800 m above sea level) and Kinnaur (3,000 m above sea level).
(6) The Y indices of Rajputs were consistently higher than those of Punjabis.
(7) Sea-level performance of 120 subjects equally drawn from Gorkha, Madrasi, and Rajput groups was compared with that at an altitude of 4,000 m after 10 months' stay.
(8) Significant differences were noted between Rajputs and Punjabis with respect to the 5 Y indices.
(9) The lowest age at marriage is among the Sudra women, who are poor and dependent on the Rajputs and Brahmans and marry off daughters early for the bride price.
(10) However, a month after Chaudhury’s statement, his coalition colleague Maneka Gandhi, the women and children’s development minister, went against her party’s stand, saying: “Marital rape is not always about a man’s need for sex; it is only about his need for power and subjugation.” In July, the government-appointed panel on the status of women in India, the Pam Rajput committee , said marital rape must be considered an offence irrespective of the age of the wife and the relationship between the perpetrator and survivor.
(11) The calm waters and Rajput palaces of this pretty lakeside city hide a murky secret: Udaipur is one of the Rajasthan districts which "lost" girls between the 2001 and 2011 censuses: there are now just 920 girls per 1,000 boys; 28 fewer than 10 years ago.
(12) Rh negative frequency was much higher in Baluchs, Awans and Gujjars than Rajputs, Jats and Arains.
(13) The genetic affinities of the Hindu Gujjars with the Jats and Rajputs provide strong evidence for their common ethnic origin and probably their recent fissioning owing to biosocial practices and occupational patterns.
(14) Karotypic evaluation of 100 Rajputs and 100 Punjabis revealed different frequencies of Y chromosome polymorphism and minor chromosome variants.
(15) So far, there has been no response from the government on the Pam Rajput panel recommendations.
(16) Frequency distributions of colour blindness, midphalangeal hair, ear lobe attachment, hand clasping, arm folding, leg folding and handedness are reported for different population groups from Himachal Pradesh, North India, namely Pangwalas, Transhumant Gaddis (Brahmans, Rajputs and Scheduled Castes) and Settled Gaddis (Brahmans, Rajputs and Schedules Castes).
(17) However, the frequency distribution of dermatoglyphics of the Hindu Gujjars resembles those of the Rajputs, Jats, and Ahirs, suggesting an infrequent inflow of genes from neighboring populations and probably their recent isolation.
(18) Venous blood samples of 2922 apparently healthy individuals (both male and female) belonging to four scheduled tribes (408 Bhil, 340 Damor, 190 Garasia, and 186 Mina), five scheduled castes (108 Meghwal, 93 Labana, 86 Mochi, 76 Garg, and 58 Yadaw) and eleven general castes (215 Baniya, 156 Brahmin, 153 Muslim, 130 Patel, 128 Bohra-Muslim, 122 Suthar, 115 Patidar, 112 Rajput, 92 Bhoi, 92 Sompura, and 62 Panchal) of the Dungarpur district of Rajasthan state were investigated by standard techniques for evidence of erythrocyte genetic disorders, abnormal haemoglobins, thalassaemia syndromes, and G-6-PD enzyme deficiency (Gd).