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  2. Kashyap (caste) - Wikipedia

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    In more recent times, the All-India Kashyap Rajput Mahasabha pressure group was established prior to the 1941 census of British India to lobby the census authorities to record the caste as Kashyap Rajput rather than by any other name. [3]

  3. List of Muslim Other Backward Classes communities in India

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    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 ...

  4. Rajput clans - Wikipedia

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    Genealogies of the Rajput clans were fabricated by pastoral nomadic tribes when they became sedentary. In a process called Rajputization, after acquiring political power, they employed bards to fabricate these lineages which also disassociated them from their original ancestry of cattle-herding or cattle-rustling communities and acquired the name 'Rajput'.

  5. Category:Books about the caste system in India - Wikipedia

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  6. Rajputisation - Wikipedia

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    A caste of shepherds who were formerly Shudras successfully changed their status to Rajput in the Raj era and started wearing the sacred thread. They are now known as Sagar Rajputs . [ 17 ] [ 18 ] (not to be confused with Sagar Rajputs of Bundelkhand which was a subclan of Bundela Rajputs and are considered to be the highest among all central ...

  7. Rajput - Wikipedia

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    Rajput (from Sanskrit rājaputra meaning "son of a king"), also called Thakur, [5] is a large multi-component cluster of castes, kin bodies, and local groups, sharing social status and ideology of genealogical descent originating from the northern part of the Indian subcontinent.

  8. Dalit literature - Wikipedia

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    Dalit literature is a genre of Indian writing that focuses on the lives, experiences, and struggles of the Dalit community over centuries, in relation to caste-based oppression and systemic discrimination.

  9. Dhimar - Wikipedia

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    The Dhimar is a caste in India, sometimes referred to as a subcaste of boatmen. [1]Communities that are related to the Dhimar Kashyap Kashyap Rajput Mehra live in Uttar Pradesh, haryana, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh include the Dhinwar, Dhewar, Jhimar, Jhinwar, Jhiwar, Kanshilya , Koshyal.