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  2. Upper Backward Castes of Bihar - Wikipedia

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    The party though headed in Bihar by a lower-backward caste leader Karpoori Thakur, consolidated the upper-backward castes. The latter were conspicuous to share power within the Party with the upper-caste, and the social structure of the Lok Dal even provided the Lohiaite upper-caste leaders to play a second fiddle within the party.

  3. 2022 Bihar caste-based survey - Wikipedia

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    Chief Minister of Bihar Nitish Kumar said that the exercise is not caste census, instead its a caste survey. [ 38 ] [ 39 ] [ 40 ] On 4 May 2023, Patna High Court stayed the caste-based survey in its interim order, and directed the state government to keep the survey data, collected so far preserved till the next date of hearing (July 3, 2023).

  4. List of Scheduled Castes in Bihar - Wikipedia

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    Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version ... The table has 22 castes designated as Schedule Caste in Bihar as of their population as per 2011 ...

  5. 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election - Wikipedia

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    In July, Nitish Kumar announced a 50 percent quota for OBC, EBC and SC/STs in all government contracts up to Rs 15 lakh. [59] [60] In July, the government issued a notification to give caste certificates to children from upper caste Hindu and Muslim families whose annual income was below ₹ 1.5 lakh (US$1,800). [61]

  6. Turha - Wikipedia

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    Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Bihar: 467867 (0.3579 % of Bihar ... • Hinduism: The Turha are Hindu caste, found in the state of Bihar in India. They are ...

  7. Maurya (surname) - Wikipedia

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    Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Maurya is an Indian surname mainly used by Kushwaha caste in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. [1] [2] [3]

  8. Backward Caste movement in Bihar - Wikipedia

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    Subordination and discrimination comprised the characteristics which defined agrarian relations in Bihar during the Mughal and East India Company period. Land holding defined the hierarchy of castes in agrarian society where the upper-castes which included Brahmin, Bhumihar and Rajputs worked for the Mughal central authority and were involved in the collection of land revenue and quelling any ...

  9. Bind (caste) - Wikipedia

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    Bind is a large non-Aryan caste of Bihar in upper India, employed in agriculture, earthwork, fishing, hunting, making saltpetre, and collecting indigenous drugs. Traditions current among the caste profess to trace their origin to the Vindhya Hills of Central India ; and one of these legends tells how a traveller passing by the foot of the hills ...