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Kamma is a largely Hindu caste from South India. The community of Kammas is believed to have originated from agriculturists of the Kammanadu region of the erstwhile Guntur district and Ongole division in Andhra Pradesh .
Nayak words contains prestigious meaningful terms Justice, Honesty, Fairness, Rightness, Hero, Country, Honour, Courage, Brave. In Telugu regions and Tamil Nadu it refers to the Kapu (caste),Golla (caste), Velama (caste),and the Kamma (caste). Southern India splitand ruled under different Kings and Queens under Nayaks.
During the 1980s, the village of Karamchedu had a population of around 13,600 of which 6,000 belonged to the Kamma caste. About 2,000 villagers belonged to the Scheduled Castes (Dalits), of which 1,100 were Madigas and 900 were Malas. [4] The village had a cultivable land of around 9,000 acres, most of which was owned by the Kamma landlords.
The Kamma and Reddy castes have been politically dominant prior to the formation of Andhra Pradesh in 1956 and afterwards. [57] Reddys are classified as a Forward Caste in modern India's positive discrimination system. [58] They are a politically dominant community in Andhra Pradesh, their rise having dated from the formation of the state in ...
Scheduled Castes (SCs) are officially designated groups of people and among the most disadvantaged socio-economic groups. [7] [8] Scheduled Castes are given reservation status guaranteeing political representation, preference in promotion, quota in universities, free and stipended education, scholarships, banking services, various government schemes.
While Kivisild et al. [43] proposes an ancient and shared genetic heritage of male lineages in South Asia, Bamshad et al. (2001) suggests an affinity between South Asian male lineages and modern west Eurasians proportionate to upper-caste rank and places upper-caste populations of southern Indian states closer to East Europeans. [92]
Kamma may refer to: Kamma (caste), a caste or social group found largely in Southern India; Kamma, India, village in Punjab, India; The Pali and Ardhamagadhi term for karma; Bava Kamma, a traditional Jewish civil law procedure (1st volume of Nezikin), dealing largely with damages and compensation; The nickname of the Norwegian football club ...
Kammalar is a Tamil caste group found in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and in northeastern Sri Lanka.The Kammalars are involved in crafting. [1] Kammalar is a generic term that comprises the communities of Kannar (brass-workers), Kollar (blacksmiths), Tatar (goldsmiths), Tatchar (carpenters) and Kartatchar (sculptors).