Despite unwillingness among some policy makers, the British had to abandon their traditional distinction between martial and non-martial races during the Second World War.
22.
West Pakistanis believed that Bengalis were not " martially inclined " unlike Punjabis; the " Martial Races " notion was dismissed as ridiculous and humiliating by Bengalis.
23.
After 1857, the British applied the Martial Races theory and north Indian troops replaced the South Indians, the regiment eventually being renamed as The Punjab Regiment.
24.
This can be seen in the British theory of Martial Races and the use of a conscious policy of divide and rule in several of the colonial empires.
25.
The major population of the area are Raghav ( clan ) from Suryavanshi Rajput caste . The Rajputs are a martial race and caste of the Indian subcontinent.
26.
Sikhs were classified as a martial race by the officials of the British Empire, who believed they were brave, loyal and well-built for fighting.
27.
He said that he was " desirous of epitomising the chronicles of the martial races of Central and Western India " and that this necessitated study of their genealogy.
28.
The term " agricultural tribe ", according to the Punjab Land Alienation Act, 1900, was at that time synonymous with " martial race ".
29.
Majumadar puts Jats, Rajputs, sainis et al in agriculture tribes and also calssifies them into martial race but nowhere does he mention that sainis are or are not Rajputs.
30.
The British frequently classified the peoples that they conquered with fixed personality or racial traits and regarded the Pashtun Afridi tribesmen as warlike peoples and one of the Martial Race.
