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The Maharashtra Legislative Assembly is the lower house of bicameral state legislature of the Maharashtra state in India.Maharashtra came into existence on 1 May 1960. The number of constituencies of the first Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, the lower house of the Maharashtra state legislature in 1960 was 264. 33 constituencies were reserved for the candidates belonging to the Scheduled ...
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]
In independent India, these Marathas became the dominant political force in the newly formed state of Maharashtra. [48] The ritual caste hierarchy in Maharashtra is led by the Deshasthas, Chitpawans, Karhades, Saraswats and the Chandraseniya Kayastha Prabhus. The Maratha are ranked lower under this classification than the above castes but are ...
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.
(1) The President may with respect to any State or Union Territory and where it is a State after consultation with the Governor thereof, by public notification specify the castes, races or tribes or parts of or groups within castes, races or tribes which shall for the purposes of this Constitution be deemed to be Scheduled Castes in relation to ...
Pages in category "Social groups of Maharashtra" The following 104 pages are in this category, out of 104 total. ... Mang (caste) Maratha (caste) Maratha clan system ...
This is a list of Scheduled Tribes in India. The term "Scheduled Tribes" refers to specific tribes whose status is acknowledged to some formal degree by national legislation. Percent of scheduled tribes in India by tehsils by census 2011
Mahar is one of the Indian caste found largely in the state of Maharashtra and neighbouring areas. [11] [12] Most of the Mahar community followed B. R. Ambedkar in converting to Buddhism in the middle of the 20th century. [13] [14] As of 2017 the Mahar caste was designated as a Scheduled Caste in 16 Indian states.