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Meenas, Hindoos of low caste. The Meena fall into the Scheduled Tribe category in the state of Rajasthan and the majority of them are classified as being Hindu, [29] but in Madhya Pradesh Meena are recognised as a Scheduled Tribe only in Sironj Tehsil, Vidisha, while in the other 44 districts of the state they are categorised as Other Backward ...
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Prabhu Communities of Maharashtra (3 P) R. Raju (2 P) S. ... The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 410 total. ... (caste) Bairagi Brahmin ...
[2] Meena Highcourt is a social and cultural place near Dausa district of Rajasthan in northwestern India. The most powerful leader here, Kirodi Lal Meena, has an important contribution in making it. The people of the society together have spent Rs 100 crore [3] so far. This is the only High Court created in the name of a caste; no such example ...
Another political scientist, Donald B. Rosenthal, said that the motivation for the violence was the historical discrimination and humiliation faced by the Maratha community due to their caste status and "Even today, local Brahmins claim that the Marathas organized the riots to take political advantage of the situation". [56]
Some scholars suggest that the term Bhil is derived from the word billa or billu which means bow in the Dravidian lexis.The term Bhil is used to refer to "various ethnic communities" living in the forests and hills of Rajasthan's southern parts and surrounding regions of western India, highlighting the "popularity of the bow and arrow as a weapon among these groups".
The Seuna Yadava dynasty, which ruled present-day Maharashtra and north Karnataka, arose out of the valorous deeds of Dridhaprahara, founder of the dynasty, who protected cattle. According to the traditional sources, Devagiri , the capital of Seuna Yadavas, was founded by a king who was a Golla /Gavli.
The 96 clans that the Maratha caste is divided into were originally formed in the earlier centuries from the amalgamation of families from the (), shepherd (), pastoral (), blacksmith (), carpenter (Sutar), Bhandari and Thakar castes in Maharashtra.