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Patel [2] is a title of the Koli caste of Gujarat in India which has the greatest importance in the Politics of Gujarat. The Koli Patels of Saurashtra benefited the most under the rule of Indian National Congress party. [3] [4] Koli Patels are recognised as an Other Backward Class caste by Government of Gujarat. [5]
The caste system in India is the paradigmatic ethnographic instance of social classification based on castes. It has its origins in ancient India, ...
Neerav Patel, first Dalit poet to write poetry in English [36] Om Prakash Valmiki, Hindi poet and writer [37] P. Sivakami, Dalit-feminist Tamil writer [38] Yashica Dutt, Indian writer and journalist [39] Manoranjan Byapari, Bengali writer, Activist and chairman of west Bengal Dalit Sahitya Academy; S Anand, Indian author, publisher, journalist.
Films about the caste system in India (4 C, 218 P) G. Gotras (3 C, 15 P) L. Indian anti-caste leaders (10 P) Indian caste legislation (5 P) M. Indian caste movements ...
Patidar (Gujarati: Pāṭīdār [1]), formerly known as Kanbi (Gujarati: Kaṇabī [2]), is an Indian land-owning and peasant caste and community native to Gujarat.The community comprises at multiple subcastes, most prominently the Levas and Kadvas.
History of India by caste (4 C, 2 P) Lists of Indian people by community (30 P) A. Agrawal (1 C, 6 P) Ahir (2 C, 29 P) Ahluwalia (1 C, 7 P) ... Pages in category ...
Ambedkar views that definitions of castes given by Émile Senart [5] John Nesfield, H. H. Risley and Dr Ketkar as incomplete or incorrect by itself and all have missed the central point in the mechanism of the caste system. Senart's "idea of pollution" is a characteristic of caste in so far as caste has a religious flavour.
The varna designation of Reddys is a contested and complex topic. Even after the introduction of the varna concept to south India, caste boundaries in south India were not as marked as in north India, where the four-tier varna system placed the priestly Brahmins on top followed by the Kshatriyas, Vaishyas, and Shudras.