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  2. Category:Social groups of Karnataka - Wikipedia

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  3. Ethnic groups in Karnataka - Wikipedia

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    Karnataka is a state in the southern part of India. It was created on 1 November 1956, with the passing of the States Reorganisation Act.Karnataka is bordered by the Arabian Sea to the west, Goa to the north-west, Maharashtra to the north, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh to the east, Tamil Nadu to the south-east, and Kerala to the south-west.

  4. Dhangar - Wikipedia

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    Dhangar (shepherds) is a sub-caste of the Gadaria caste in Delhi, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, the Kuruba caste in Karnataka and the Bharwad caste in Gujarat. [47] [52] [48] [45] [46] Gadaria, Kuruba are classified as Other Backward Class in those respective states while Bharwad is classified as Scheduled Tribe in Gujarat, in India's system ...

  5. Devadiga - Wikipedia

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    The traditional caste council of Devadiga settles disputes among them. Gurikara is the head of the caste council. Those who violate caste norms are punished by imposition of fine. They have a caste association named as 'Devadiga Sudaraka Sangha' which looks after the welfare of the group. The statutory panchayat plans the welfare and ...

  6. Caste system in India - Wikipedia

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    Irfan Habib, an Indian historian, states that Abu al-Fazl's Ain-i Akbari provides a historical record and census of the Jat peasant caste of Hindus in northern India, where the tax-collecting noble classes , the armed cavalry and infantry (warrior class) doubling up as the farming peasants (working class), were all of the same Jat caste in the ...

  7. Kunchitiga - Wikipedia

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    The origin of the word Kunchitiga is uncertain, and there are two speculative theories about it. The first is that the word kunchiti is a combination of two words: kuncha (referring to the brush-like crest on a soldier's helmet) and iti (spear), describing soldiers with spears.

  8. Kadaganchi - Wikipedia

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    Country India: State: Karnataka: ... As of 2011 India census, [2] ... People, irrespective of caste, participate in this 3 day celebration.

  9. Vokkaliga - Wikipedia

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    Vokkaliga (also transliterated as Vokkaligar, Vakkaliga, Wakkaliga, Okkaligar, Okkiliyan) is a community of closely related castes, from the Indian states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. [ 1 ] As a community of warriors [ 2 ] [ 3 ] and cultivators [ 4 ] they have historically had notable demographic, political, and economic dominance in Old Mysore ...