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"In like manner, the Rachewars, Row-wars, and Velamas,*[1] of which denominations the principal Zemindars in the Circars are actually
composed, affect the warlike character and manners of Rajputs to entitle themselves to be ranked with the more genuine offspring of the
Chesteree or second class."
The foot-note on the same page runs as follows:—
- ↑ * "Rachewars, or Row-wars, Telinga corruptions of Rajah, or of its diminutive Rai, joined with the personal or local appellation, war, to express the people or descendants of chiefs of foreign extracts, or of modern upstart race. The Velamawars among the Telinganians are equivalent to the Nairs of Malabar, or Naigs of Canara, and are the Native gentry or military of the country, claiming descent from, or adopted into, the families sprung from the ancient princes of Worungel."
