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Scheduled caste Population Caste Subgroups Ad Dharmi: 412 Aheria: 5,5666 Badi: 15,833 Bagri, Bagdi: 64,334 Berwa, Bairwa : 1,260,686 Bajgar: 911 Balai: 708,518 ...
The Kharwa community is distributed throughout the coastal areas of Saurashtra and Kutch.Kharwas from Diu also migrated to Mozambique and later from there to Lisbon. [2] The Maratha Empire Chatrapati shivaji maharaj king of maratha requested to recruited Kharwas from Gujarat port like diu khambat etc along with Bhandaris and Kolis in large numbers of maratha navy.
Maheshwari, also spelled Maheshvari, is a Hindu caste of India, originally from what is now the state of Rajasthan. [1] Their traditional occupation is that of commerce and as such they form part of the wider Bania occupation-based community that also includes castes such as the Khandelwals, Oswals, Porwals, and Agrawals, Gahois.
The panchayats aggressively push tradition and outlook in which caste divisions are desirable while violence towards lower castes is normal and acceptable. [37] An important Khap ethos involves the commitment – for the good of the community – to work with one's body, heart and soul under the leadership of its leaders, who are believed to ...
The caste system in India is the paradigmatic ethnographic instance of social classification based on castes. It has its origins in ancient India, and was transformed by various ruling elites in medieval, early-modern, and modern India, especially in the aftermath of the collapse of the Mughal Empire and the establishment of the British Raj.
Chopra is a surname of the Khatri community mainly based in Haryana and Indian Punjab. [1] Chopra Khatris belonged to the Bahri family-group, which also includes the subclans Dhawan, Kakkar, Kapoor, Khanna, Mehra, Malhotra, Sehgal, Seth, Tandon, Talwar, and Vohra.
Khatri is a caste originating from the Malwa and Majha areas of Punjab region [13] of South Asia that is predominantly found in India, but also in Pakistan and Afghanistan.The Khatris claim they are warriors who took to trade. [14]
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