The Khanteds were designated by the British as a " Martial Race ", just like all the other castes.
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Most of them Sikhs as according to the British Sikhs were good warriors and could handle the martial race of Yusufzai Pakhtuns.
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These petitions were supported in principle by the politician and social reformer Gopal Krishna Gokhale, who was opposed to the Martial Races theory.
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During the nineteenth century, the British rulers of India acknowledged the martial potential of the Janjua, designating them as a martial race.
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The Manzhou Yuanliu Kao also bolstered Qianlong's conception of the Manchu people as a " wu ", or martial race.
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After the Third Anglo-Maratha war in 1818, Britain listed the Marathas as one of the Martial Races to serve in British Indian Army.
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The British took advantage of communities with a heavily militaristic culture, characterising them as " martial races " and employing them in the armed forces.
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The area was once used as an avenue for military excursions in India by various Arab, Afghan, Iranian, and Central Asian martial races.
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Nandvanshi Ahirs constituted the Martial races, who were socially, religiously and geographically closely related to the groups already recruited in the British Indian Army.
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:: : : : Well, ethnicity was used in the recruitment of troops to the British Indian Army, using the Martial Race theory.
