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Sarna (Punjabi:, Hindī: ), originally Sarna is an Indo-Aryan Hindu Punjabi Rajput surname originating in the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent. It is part of the broad Kshatriya caste. The Kshatriyas in Hinduism are one of the four varnas. They are traditionally members of the military or ran in an administrative capacity. The Kshatriya were assigned to protecting the Hindu dharma. Over the course of time, Sarnas migrated to places across Punjab from their original homeland in Ajmer-Merwara and Rajputana.

Sarnas came to be known as Mair Rajputs from within amongst the Punjabi Hindu Bhatti / Bhati Rajputs and originate from the Rajput clans of Rajasthan in Ajmer and migrated to the Punjab later in their history.^{[2][unreliable source?]}

When the Muslim country of Pakistan was created in 1947 with the partition of India, most of the Sarnas living in West Punjab migrated to India. Several Sarna families before having to migrate to India after Indian Partition can trace their origins in West Punjab, which was in former Undivided India but now in Pakistan. Many who converted to Islam moved to Sindh particularly to Badin District and therefore being called as Sindhi Rajput.

Today, Sarnas live in numerous regions within India, but are mostly concentrated in Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh. Sarnas are Hindu, Sikh and Muslim Rajputs, as the religions are generally very close in the Punjab region.^[3][4][5]

Mair Rajput Gotra [link]

Sarna is a Hindu "Mair Rajput of Punjab" Gotra; Rose in 1914 wrote: "The Sarna trace their origin to the Yadu[vanshi] clan of the Bhatti Rajputs...They say that the Sur, Shinh and Jaura Sunars are all descended from a Raja Jandhan, as are the Randhawa, Sara, and Nijjar Jats. They too observe some old Rajput customs" (441).,^{[6][7][unreliable source?]}

See also [link]

• Mair Rajput
• Sindhi Rajput
• Ajmer-Merwara
• Rajput Mers (also known as the Maher, Mihir, Mair or Mehr)
• Rajput Clans
• Bhati (Rajasthan) / Bhatti (Punjab)
• Martial Race
• Sikh Rajputs
• Punjab (India) State of Punjab, India.
• Hinduism and Sikh Panth

References cited [link]

1. ^ Mair Rajput Gotras
2. ^ History of the Mair Rajputs
3. ^ Temple, R.C. The Legends of The Panjab, 1884. Many reprints 1977, 2002 (ISBN 81-7167-636-7, ISBN 0-405-10128-7)
4. ^ "Imperial Rule in the Punjab: The Conquest and Administration of Multan, 1818-1881" by J[ames] Royal Roseberry, III. Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 110, No. 1 (Jan. - Mar., 1990), p. 176
5. ^ Griffin, Lepel Henry. The Panjab chiefs, historical and biographical notices, 1865
6. ^ Page 441; Rose, H.A. A Glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North-West Frontier Province. Lahore: Civil and Military Gazette Press, 1914
7. ^ Notable Mair Rajput Gothras (Families); "The Mair Rajputs of Punjab" by Mr. Rajesh K Verma.

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• Chapter on "The Meds" from the book (available online): The History of India as told by its own Historians. The Muhammadan Period, by Sir H. M. Elliot, Edited by John Dowson; London, Trubner Company; 1867–1877 Chapter on "The Meds" From the online version of this historical book, check all three pages of this chapter & Also see page: NOTE (C.).—ETHNOLOGICAL. Native Opinions on the Aborigines of Sind.
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External links [link]

• The Mair Rajputs of Punjab
• Gothras of the Mair Rajputs from "The Mair Rajputs of Punjab" by Mr. Rajesh K Verma.
• Rajputs Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition; 2005
• Rajput Encyclopædia Britannica; 1911