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The New Wind: Changing Identities in South Asia. Walter de Gruyter. pp. 337– 356. ISBN 978-3-11-080775-2. Imam Ali, A.F. (September 1993). Changing Social Stratification in Rural Bangladesh. South Asia Books. ISBN 978-81-7169-267-5. Syed Ali (December 2002). "Collective and Elective Ethnicity: Caste Among Urban Muslims in India". Sociological ...
Muslim Gujjars were actively involved in the 1857 uprising against the Company rule, particularly in the Punjab region, and were said to have given "a great deal of trouble" during the Mutiny. [ 10 ] Later, during the British Raj era, they were classified as a martial race and enlisted in class company regiments.
South Asia was primarily Hindu in ancient times. Buddhism appeared around 500 BCE. [10]Christianity and Islam made an appearance in Kerala during this time period; Saint Thomas is believed to have travelled to Kerala soon after the death of Jesus and converted some people, [11] while the first mosque to be built in India was built during the Islamic prophet Muhammad's lifetime in Kerala. [12]
21 Only Muslim Mochis are in the OBC list, the Hindu section have Scheduled Caste status. 22 caste mahigeer faruki ob list Explanation: In the above list for Uttar Pradesh for all castes linked with traditional hereditary occupations, except those entered with specific mention of name of religion, are included, irrespective of whether their ...
The traditions of different ethnic groups in South Asia have diverged, influenced by external cultures, especially in the northwestern parts of South Asia and also in the border regions and busy ports, where there are greater levels of contact with external cultures. There is also a lot of genetic diversity within the region.
Following is a list of Punjabi Muslim tribes, castes and surnames, mainly those with origins in Punjab, Pakistan. Note that some of these may have a significant non-Muslim population. Note that some of these may have a significant non-Muslim population.
Most South Asian kingdoms and princely states valued Kayasthas as desired citizens or immigrants in the second millennium. They treated the Kayasthas more as a community than a Hindu caste, because they developed expertise in Persian (the state language in Islamic India), and learned Turkish and Arabic , economics, administration and taxation.
According to some scholars, the Malabar Muslims are the oldest settled native Muslim community in South Asia. [2] [13] In general, a Muslim Mappila is a descendant of Hindu lower caste natives who converted to Islam. [14] [15] Mappilas are but one among the many communities that form the Muslim population of Kerala. No Census Report where the ...