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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