Mewat

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Mewat is a historical and cultural region in northwestern India, inhabited primarily by the Meo community and spanning parts of present-day Haryana, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh.

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Mewat canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural region ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
administrativeChange creation of Nuh district (formerly Mewat district) in Haryana ⓘ
associatedWithMovement Meo participation in Indian independence movement ⓘ
borderedBy Delhi ⓘ
climate semi-arid ⓘ
country India ⓘ
culturalPractice endogamous marriage patterns ⓘ
gotra-based clan system ⓘ
demographicFeature high proportion of Meo Muslims ⓘ
high rural population share ⓘ
economySector agriculture ⓘ
ethnicGroup Meo ⓘ
formerDistrictNameUsedFor Nuh district ⓘ
hasMinorityCommunities Gujjars ⓘ
Hindus ⓘ
Jats ⓘ
hasSubregion Alwar district ⓘ
Bharatpur district ⓘ
linked to: Bharatpur

Mathura district ⓘ
Nuh district ⓘ
historicallyAssociatedWith Khanzada rulers of Mewat ⓘ
Mewat State ⓘ
historicallyRuledBy Delhi Sultanate ⓘ
Mughal Empire ⓘ
historicalRegionOf India ⓘ
inhabitedPrimarilyBy Meo community ⓘ
knownFor Meo culture ⓘ
agrarian economy ⓘ
syncretic Hindu-Muslim traditions ⓘ
languageFamily Rajasthani languages ⓘ
locatedIn Haryana ⓘ
Rajasthan ⓘ
Uttar Pradesh ⓘ
northwestern India ⓘ
majorCrops millet ⓘ
mustard ⓘ
wheat ⓘ
partOf North India ⓘ
linked to: northern India
religionMajority Islam ⓘ
religiousSiteInRegion Pahari temples ⓘ
Shrine of Sheikh Musa ⓘ
socioEconomicStatus relatively underdeveloped ⓘ
terrain Aravalli hill ranges ⓘ
linked to: Aravalli Range

alluvial plains ⓘ
traditionalLanguage Mewati ⓘ
traditionalOccupation pastoralism ⓘ
small-scale farming ⓘ

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