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  2. The Arya Marriage Validation Act, 1937 - Wikipedia

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    The Arya Marriage Validation Act, 1937 (Act No. 19 of 1937) is a legislation enacted by the British government in India during the pre-independence era to recognize inter marriages among Arya Samajis.

  3. Ministry of Minority Development and Aukaf (Maharashtra)

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    The Ministry of Minority Development and Aukaf is a Ministry of the Government of Maharashtra. which include Muslims, Sikhs, Christians, Buddhists, Zoroastrians (Parsis) and Jains notified as minority communities in The Gazette of India under Section 2(c) of the National Commission for Minorities Act, 1992. for the development of Maharashtra state.

  4. List of Scheduled Tribes - Wikipedia

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    In accordance with The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Orders (Amendment) Act, 1976. [4]The autonomous districts comprise Bodoland Territorial Council, Karbi Anglong and North Cachar Hills districts.

  5. Special Marriage Act, 1954 - Wikipedia

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    The Special Marriage Act, 1954 is an Act of the Parliament of India with provision for secular civil marriage (or "registered marriage") for people of India and all Indian nationals in foreign countries, irrelevant of the religion or faith followed (both for inter-religious couples and also for atheists and agnostics) by either party. [1]

  6. Mahar - Wikipedia

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    Mahar is an Indian caste found largely in the state of Maharashtra and neighbouring areas. [11] [12] Most of the Mahar community followed B. R. Ambedkar in converting to Buddhism in the middle of the 20th century. [13] [14] As of 2017 the Mahar caste was designated as a Scheduled Caste in 16 Indian states.

  7. Maratha (caste) - Wikipedia

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    The Maratha caste [note 1] is composed of 96 clans, originally formed in the earlier centuries from the amalgamation of families from the peasant (), shepherd (), blacksmith (), pastoral (), carpenter (Sutar), Bhandari, Thakar and Koli castes in Maharashtra.

  8. Caste system in India - Wikipedia

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    The Caste system does not demarcate racial division. The Caste system is a social division of people of the same race." [336] Various sociologists, anthropologists and historians have rejected the racial origins and racial emphasis of caste and consider the idea to be one that has purely political and economic undertones. Beteille writes that ...

  9. Karhade Brahmin - Wikipedia

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    Karhade Brahmins are essentially Rigvedi Brahmins who follow the Ashwalayana Sutra and belong to Shakala Shakha.Karhade Brahmins are divided into two groups based on the Vedanta they follow, the first of which follows the Advaita Vedanta of Adi Shankara and the second of which follows the Dvaita Vedanta of Madhvacharya.