Meo Muslims

  • The Meos are the inhabitants of Mewat, a region spread across the states of Haryana, Rajasthan and a few areas of western Uttar Pradesh.
  • The word ‘Meo’ is used to describe those who might have been the aboriginal population from the hills and may have links to the Meena tribal group.
  • They were appointed chieftains by the rulers of Delhi during the Mughal period.
  • The Meos have been actively participated in the 1857 revolt and the entire community was declared a “criminal tribe” under the Criminal Tribes Act of 1871, as a punishment.
  • Meos follow syncretic religious traditions. They even ....
Do You Want to Read More?
Subscribe Now
To get access to detailed content

Already a Member? Login here

Take Annual Subscription and get the following Advantage
The annual members of the Civil Services Chronicle can read the monthly content of the magazine as well as the Chronicle magazine archives.
Readers can study all the material since 2018 of the Civil Services Chronicle monthly issue in the form of Chronicle magazine archives.
Be an Annual Subscriber

News Snippets