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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]
While legal codes and state administration were emerging in India, with the rising power of the European powers, Dirks states that the late 18th-century British writings on India say little about caste system in India, and predominantly discuss territorial conquest, alliances, warfare and diplomacy in India. [160]
Sikhism's relationship to the caste system is a complex and controversial topic in the modern-period. [1] [2] Although the discriminatory practices derived from the Indian caste system is repudiated by the religion's tenets, which stresses upon humanity's oneness, castes continue to be recognized and followed by much of the Sikh community, including prejudices and biases resulting from it.
Ramaswamy describes learning about his high-caste Brahmin roots in his 2021 book “Woke Inc.” “Kings were below us,” he wrote, also mentioning how his family’s servants of a lower caste ...
The Pateliya, or Patelia [1] or Patel is a landowning Subcaste of Koli caste found in the Indian states of Gujarat. [2] During the British Raj in India, Patelia Kolis served as tax collectors and administrators. The name Patelia comes from a word meaning village chief. [3]
Tribhuvandas Kishibhai Patel, man behind the Milk Movement (Amul) of India Vallabhbhai Patel (1875–1950), Indian politician, first Deputy Prime Minister of India (1947–1950) Vedant Patel , deputy spokesperson for the U.S. Department of State
The devotees rushed to collect soil from the ground the man had just walked on, thousands thronging to the front of a venue densely crammed with a quarter of a million people, under stifling heat.
The Anjana Chaudhari [1] (Hindi: आंजणा चौधरी) [2] is a caste in the Indian state of Gujarat. [3] The Anjana Chaudharis are farmer by profession, most of them are small cultivators. [4] Anjana Chaudharis of Gujarat also known as Anjana Patel in their area. [5]