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  2. Gaonkar - Wikipedia

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    Gaonkar is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Dilip P. Gaonkar (born 1945), American academic and writer; Gopal Gaonkar (born 1938), American academic; Harish Gaonkar (born 1946), Indian lepidopterist; Mala Gaonkar, American businesswoman; Meghana Gaonkar, Indian actress; Sannappa Parameshwar Gaonkar (1885–1972), Indian ...

  3. List of forms of government - Wikipedia

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    A directorial republic is a government system with power divided among a college of several people who jointly exercise the powers of a head of state and/or a head of government. Merchant republic In the early Renaissance, a number of small, wealthy, trade-based city-states embraced republican ideals, notably across Italy and the Baltic.

  4. Category:Caste system by country - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Caste system by country" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Balinese caste ...

  5. List of national governments - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of the offices of heads of state, heads of government, cabinet, and legislature, of sovereign states. Date of Origin refers to most recent fundamental change in form of government, for example independence, change from absolute monarchy to constitutional monarchy, revolution, new constitution.

  6. List of Scheduled Castes - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of Scheduled Castes in India. The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes are those considered the most socio-economic disadvantaged in India, and are officially defined in the Constitution of India in order to aid equality initiatives. The Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order, 1950 lists 1,109 castes across 28 states. [1]

  7. Caste system in Goa - Wikipedia

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    Kshatriyas of Goa historically belonged to different clans, and they were collectively referred to as Chardo prior to the Portuguese rule in Goa.. Historian and Journalist B.D. Satoskar has cited Shenoi Goembab Konkani Author and Grammerian had said that "The Konkani word Chardo comes from the Sanskrit word Chatur-Rathi & the Prakrit word Chau-radi literally means The one who rides a chariot ...

  8. Surnames by country - Wikipedia

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    The convention is to write the first name followed by middle names and surname. It is common to use the father's first name as the middle name or last name even though it is not universal. In some Indian states like Maharashtra, official documents list the family name first, followed by a comma and the given names.

  9. Caste system in India - Wikipedia

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    In Group A and B jobs, the percentage of positions held by lowest caste classified people is 30% lower than their demographic percentage. [257] The presence of lowest caste people in highest paying, senior-most position jobs in India has increased by ten-fold, from 1.18 percent of all jobs in 1959 to 10.12 percent of all jobs in 1995. [258]