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Bania (also spelled Baniya, Banija, Banya, Vaniya, Vani, Vania, and Vanya) [1] is a mercantile caste primarily from the Indian states of Rajasthan and Gujarat, with significant diasporic communities in Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, Maharashtra (particularly Mumbai) and northern states of India.
Marwari, or Marrubhasha, as it is referred to by Marwaris, is the traditional, historical, language of the Marwari ethnicity. The Marwari language is closely related to the Rajasthani language. The latter evolved from the Old Gujarati (also called Old Western Rajasthani , Gujjar Bhakha or Maru-Gurjar ), language spoken by the people in Gujarat ...
Baniya community is known for their excellent trading techniques and business acumen. Meghwal The Meghwal or Meghwar (also known as Megh and Meghraj) people live primarily in northwest India, with a small population in Pakistan. Their traditional occupation was agricultural farming. Khatik word is derived from the Sanskrit language word Khat ...
[4] They are Marwari since by convention, merchants from Rajasthan are termed Marwari. The family originates from the town of Pilani in the Shekhawati region of North-east Rajasthan. They still maintain their ancestral residence termed Birla Haweli in Pilani [5] and run several educational institutions there, including the BITS, Pilani
Maheshwaris were among the Marwari merchants who moved to the Deccan Plateau in the early 19th century, where the opium trade was prominent; [12] they were present as bankers in Hyderabad State by 1850; [8] and in the last quarter of the century emerged as a significant group in the cotton trade of Bombay. [11]
Mahawar Vaishya [1] is a category of Marwari Bania caste of the Hindu religion. They are general category and mostly based in Alwar, Gurugram, Jaipur, Mathura, Mandi Govind Garh, Rewari, Hasanpur and also across India and abroad. They believe in Hinduism, Vaishnav and Sanatan Dharma and are called Vaishnav Bania. They are not devotees of a ...
Marwari may refer to: anything of, from, or related to the Marwar region of Rajasthan, India, largely in the Thar Desert Marwari people, an Indian ethnic group originating in the Marwar region; Marwari language, the language of the Marwari people; Marwari horse, a horse breed from the Marwar region; Marwari sheep
Agrawal (anglicisation: Agarwal, Agerwal, Agrawala, Agarwala, Agarwalla, Aggarwal, Agarawal, Agarawala, or Aggrawal) is a Bania caste. [3] The Banias of northern India are a cluster of several communities, of which the Agrawal Banias, Maheshwari Banias, Oswal Banias, Khatri Banias and Porwal Banias are a part.