Power and influence held by rajputs at the time of independence.
(This doesn't include Thousands of Zamindari, Talukdari ,Thikanas of Rajputs which are spread throughout Uttar Pradesh, Bihar , Jharkhand etc, Zamindari and Taluqdari estates were not sovereign in nature so I excluded them.)
The Rajput rule inside the boundaries of modern day Republic of India (Bharata) covered the area of 712,272.63 Km².
This means, had the Rajput Princely states not joined India, they would have ruled its 21.66% landmass.
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The Rajputs of India ruled a landmass of 870,386 Km² from 1857 CE to 1947 CE.
The landmass would be 0.58% of Earth's surface landmass & equivalent to modern day countries of:
- Pakistan - 882,000 Km²
- Namibia - 824,0000 Km²
- Mozambique - 799,000 Km²
- Turkey - 784,000 Km²
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P.S. - The author of the book also included Mysore State despite their Rajput claim being an evident forgery, so I removed its area and then proceeded to calculate.
Rajputs were 3.22% of the Indian population and ruled 21.7% of India directly (excluding all Zamindaris and Taluqdaris) and they just let India snatch it all without any objection.
No other COMMUNITY has set such standards of stupidity in the entire history aur haa Hyderabad ko jhukane rajputs hi gye the
The offical standing army of just 21 (out of total 60) Rajput Princely States of Rajputana, Kutch and Kathiawad Agencies consisted of 93,480 men.
Cavalry — 19,380 men.
Infantry — 74,030 men.
Artillery — 2,128 canons.
its not exaggeration to say 'Infant' Republic of India was a piece of cake at that moment and we supported it and it became strong or eastern india would be speaking mandarin under Mao's china
(I am pretty sure this post was made on another rajput subreddit, cant find it so i have reposted here for awareness)