This article is about the Saini community of Punjab. For the Mali community who were not recorded as Saini prior to 1937, see Mali caste. For the communities in North India using the surname, see Saini (surname).
Not to be confused with Siani or Sinai.
Saini
Country
Primarily India
Populated states
Punjab, India, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Chandigarh and Delhi
Saini (pronunciationⓘ) is a caste of northern India. The community is given representation in government jobs and educational institutes as an Other Backward Class (OBC)[1] in the states of Uttar Pradesh,[2] Punjab,[3] Haryana,[4] Rajasthan[5] and Madhya Pradesh.[6]
As both a statutory agricultural tribe and a designated martial race during the British Raj era that followed the Indian Rebellion of 1857, Sainis had been chiefly engaged in both agriculture and military service. Since the independence of India, they have diversified into white-collar professions.[7]
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^"The members of Saini community are employed in business and white-collar jobs and as teachers, administrators, lawyers, doctors and defence personnel." People of India, National Series Volume VI, India's Communities N-Z, p 3091, KS Singh, Anthropological Survey of India, Oxford University Press, 1998
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