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Bengali Kayastha is a Bengali Hindu caste that originated from the Bengal region of Indian subcontinent, and is one of the main subgroups of the Kayastha community. The historical caste occupation of Kayasthas throughout India has been that of scribes, administrators, ministers and record-keepers; [1] the Kayasthas in Bengal, along with Brahmins and Baidyas, are regarded among the three ...
The Bengali refugees who had settled in Bihar after the partition of India are denied land owning rights, caste certificates and welfare schemes. However, the Nitish Kumar government had promised to solve this problems and also to raise the status of Bangla as a language in the state. [61]
Barujibi (Bengali: বারুজীবী) or Barui (Bengali: বারুই) is a Bengali Hindu agrarian caste found in India and Bangladesh. Their traditional occupation is cultivation of Betel. Barujibi is one of the fourteen castes belonging to 'Nabasakh' group of Bengal. [1]
Sadgop (Bengali: সদগোপ), also spelled as Sadgope, is a Bengali Hindu Yadav (Gopa) caste. [1] [2] Traditionally they are engaged in cultivation.[3] [4] Since late mediaeval period Sadgops had established themselves as dominant political power in peripheral lateritic forest areas of Rarh region, now included in Birbhum, Burdwan and Midnapore districts.
Mahishya (IAST: Māhiṣya) is a Bengali Hindu traditionally agrarian caste, [1] [2] and formed the largest caste in undivided Bengal. [3] Mahisyas were, and still are, extremely diverse caste consisting of all possible classes in terms of material conditions and ranks. [4] [5]
The Tribal Research Institute of Government of India recommended against this proposal, claiming they are a sub-caste of the Kunbi and thus different to tribal people. [ 17 ] [ 18 ] [ 19 ] Therefore, In 2015, the Government of India refused to approve the recommendation of Jharkhand government to list the Kudmi Mahato as Schedule Tribe.
The caste ranks of the merchant classes became more and more lowered and reached a decidedly low stage at the beginning of the Sena and Varman periods. [7] Saha as a distinct sub-caste did not flourish in Bengal before the mid-nineteenth century. [8] Saha is a merchant caste, which has a low ritual rank, but notably good literacy and secular ...