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The Kannuaja Kumhars are considered to be a decent caste in both Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. Although they sometimes use the term Pandit as their Surname. The Magahiya Kumhars are treated little inferior to the Kanaujias and the Turkaha (Gadhere). [14] They belong to other backward classes .
Jogi (caste) A yogi seated in a garden, North Indian or Deccani miniature painting, c.1620-40. The Jogi (also spelled Jugi or Yogi) [1] [2] is a Hindu community found in North India. Jogi surname is associated with the ancient migrants of the southern Indian states Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, and Kerala and Gujarat. [1] [3] [4] [5] [6]
Due to the spread of Christianity and Islam among scheduled caste communities, the converted individuals are not protected under the Indian Reservation policy. Hence, these societies usually forge their community certificate as Hindus and practice Christianity or Islam, afraid for their loss of reservation. Scheduled Castes Sub-Plan
Caste system in India. Mahatma Gandhi visiting Madras (now Chennai) in 1933 on an India-wide tour for Dalit (he used Harijan) causes. His writings, and speeches during such tours, discussed the discriminated-against castes of India. The caste system in India is the paradigmatic ethnographic instance of social classification based on castes.
Maratha (caste) The Maratha caste [note 1] is composed of 96 clans, originally formed in the earlier centuries from the amalgamation of families from the peasant ( Kunbi ), shepherd ( Dhangar ), blacksmith ( Lohar ), carpenter (Sutar), Bhandari, Thakar and Koli castes in Maharashtra. Many of them took to military service in the 16th century for ...
Hindi. Bhojpuri. Nepali. Religion. Hinduism. Kushwaha (sometimes, Kushvaha) [4] is a community of the Indo-Gangetic Plain that has traditionally been involved in agriculture, including beekeeping. [5] The term has been used to represent different sub-castes of the Kachhis, Kachhvahas, [6] Koeris and Muraos.
Jhora is a caste found in the states of Jharkhand, Chhatishgarh and Odisha in India. Their traditional occupation was fishing and boating. History. The traditional occupation of Jhora caste was fishing, boating and farming. They found in district of Simdega, Khunti, Jashpur, Sundargarh and Sambalpur. They used to participate in the battle with ...
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