Rao Shekha
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MahaRao Shekha (1433–1488), was a chieftain in 15th-century India. The Shekhawati gets its name from him, comprising the districts of Sikar, Churu and Jhunjhunu in the present-day Indian state of Rajasthan. The descendants of him known as the "Shekhawat".
He was born to the Kachwaha chief Mokul singh. His parents, previously childless, are said to have sought the religious intercession of the Muslim pir Shaikh Burhan, for whom Shekha was named.
In due time shaikh burhan had an heir,who according to the injunctions of boorhan, was styled after his own tribe,Shekh. He directed that child should wear the buddea(a strings or threads) which, when laid aside , was to be suspended at the saint's durgah; and further ,that he should assume the blue tunic and cap, abstain from hog's flesh and eat no meat"in which the blood remained." He also ordained that at the birth of every Shekhawat male infant a goat should be sacrificed. These obligations religiously maintained by a couple of centuries. [1]
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- ^ James tod (1873). Annals & Antiquities of Rajasthan or the central & western Rajput states of India. madras Higginbotham and co 165 mount road. p. 359[1].
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