The Zamindar Meenas belongs to Meenas

Meenas

Meenas, Meena, Meenoat or Mina is a caste and community mainly found in Rajasthan, India. The name Mina is derived from Meen,meaning 'fish' in Sanskrit, and the Minas claim descent from the Matsya Avatar, or fish incarnation, of Vishnu.Meenas celebrate Meenesh Jayanti in the name of Vishnu on 3...

 and are a clan of the state of Rajasthan

Rajasthan

Rājasthān the land of Rajasthanis, , is the largest state of the Republic of India by area. It is located in the northwest of India. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with...

 in northern India.They are traditionally connected with the farming profession. According to the book People of India by Kumar Suresh Singh

Kumar Suresh Singh

Kumar Suresh Singh was an Indian Administrative Service officer, who served as a Director-General of the Anthropological Survey of India. He is known principally for his oversight and editorship of the People of India survey and for his studies of tribal history.-Life:Kumar Suresh Singh came from...

, the Zamindar Meenas enjoys the highest status among all Meena

Meenas

Meenas, Meena, Meenoat or Mina is a caste and community mainly found in Rajasthan, India. The name Mina is derived from Meen,meaning 'fish' in Sanskrit, and the Minas claim descent from the Matsya Avatar, or fish incarnation, of Vishnu.Meenas celebrate Meenesh Jayanti in the name of Vishnu on 3...

 groups. They claim a Kshatriya status equivalent to that of the Rajputs. In the local socio-ritual hierarchy they enjoy a clean caste status. According to the book Rajasthan by Pauline Lynden, the Zamindar Minas are landowners who are vegetarian Hindus. As found in history, Many clans of Zamidar Meenas were completely annihilated , their culture and natural habitat destroyed during the war with Kachwaha

Kachwaha

Kachwaha are a Suryavanshi Kshatriya clan who ruled a number of kingdoms and princely states in India such as Alwar, Maihar, Talcher, while the largest kingdom was Jaipur which was founded by Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II in 1727...

 Rajputs and Mughals.

Clans of Zamindar Meenas

Chanda Chanda Meena In ancient times North of India was mainly ruled by clans of Chauhans. Chanda is one of the branch from Chauhans. Chandas were ruling Khoganw and were head of confederation of Meena kingdoms then [1]. Khoganw was the last kingdom which was overtaken by Kachwaha... Sheera Sehra Rajalwad sattawan Dhanya Lalsothya dhankrya Neemrot Mandad Soosawut Barwal lodwal Badgoti Bagdi Beflawat Basanwal Byadwal Gothwal Bhodna Bhorawat Bandwal Bamnawat Bardawat Bohra Cholak Chandrawat Gohli Gunawat Ghlot Naurawat Gomladu Jagarwal Jorwal Nandla Singhalwal Jiandhada Chandwada Dewadwal Saugun Dobwal Bainad Mehar Bohra Jareda mainawat Nareda ghushinga Rawat Rawat Rajputs Rawat Rajputs are a group of people who reside in Ajmer, Ballabgarh, Faridabad, Palwal Rajsamand, Bhilwara, Chittorgarh and Pali districts of Rajasthan, the area known as Magra-Merwara and the Kumaon division and Garhwal Divisions of Uttarakhand, India....