Mali caste

It is consented that Maurya, Kushwaha, Shakya, Saini are the different terms used to describe same community in various parts of North India.

They also demanded 12 percent reservation in government jobs and educational institutions in state for themselves and their sister communities, the Shakya, Kushwaha, Maurya and Saini.

[4] The Mali community of Rajasthan state adopted the surname Saini during the 1930s when India was under British colonial rule.

[16] In 1873, Phule, along with his followers, formed the Satyashodhak Samaj (Society of Seekers of Truth) to attain equal rights for people from lower castes.

Other Mali such as Gyanoba Sasane and Narayan lokhande were leading members and financial supporters of the Samaj in its early years.

[18] The Central Bureau of Statistics of Nepal classifies the Mali as a subgroup within the broader social group of Madheshi Other Caste.