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More specifically, these are tribes (mostly in Pakistan) and castes (mostly in India) located within the Punjab region of South Asia, including those that may not be officially recognized by state governments.
A Glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North-West Frontier Province is an ethnological study of areas of present-day Pakistan and India. It was compiled by Indian Civil Service administrator H.A. Rose , based on the 1883 and 1892 census reports for the Punjab . [ 1 ]
Scheduled castes in Punjab, or Dalits in Punjab are the officially designated groups in Punjab state in India which are most disadvantaged due to the caste system.They were placed in the lowest ranks of the caste system, because of which they suffered and are still suffering from social, political, economic and personal discrimination.
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Much of the community resides in the primarily rural South Punjab districts of Rahim Yar Khan and Bahawalpur where they form 3.12% and 1.12% of the population respectively, [102] [103] while the rest are concentrated in urban centres such as Lahore. [104] [105] Punjabi Hindus in India use Nāgarī script to write the Hindi and Punjabi languages ...
In Punjab, Sikh militants had stepped up their attacks on law enforcement as well as civilians, including minority groups. The Punjab had now reached a state of emergency and Director General of Police, Kanwar Pal Singh Gill, responded by raising Mazhabi Sikhs as "Special Police Officers". This tactic was designed both for community protection ...
Although nomadic, the Kanjari follow a set route and often maintain a relationship with the villages they visit. Many of the men work as agricultural labourers. Their tents are made from split bamboo or munji grass, and their encampments can be found at the edges of villages, as well as in urban areas such as Faisalabad and Lahore. [1]
Majha (romanized: Mājhā; Punjabi pronunciation: [mäˑ˩˥.dʒˑäː]; from "mañjhlā" lit. ' middle ') [note 1] [1] is a region located in the central parts of the historical Punjab region, presently split between the republics of Pakistan and India. [2]