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  2. 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 ...

  3. Pano (caste) - Wikipedia

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    The government soon denied Panos the ST status and hundreds of Pano government employees were fired for falsifying caste certificates. These tensions would culminate in the Kandhamal Riots , when, after the murder of Saraswati which was claimed to be done by Christians, [ a ] mobs of tribals and non-tribals attacked Pano settlements and ...

  4. Uppara - Wikipedia

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    Uppara, also known as Sagara, is a Hindu caste predominantly found in the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, and Tamil Nadu. [1] [2] [3] They are classified as an Other Backward Class. [1] [4] Traditionally, Upparas are involved as stonecutters, tank-diggers, and earth-workers.

  5. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes - Wikipedia

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    Ambedkar was a scheduled caste constitutional lawyer, a member of the low caste. [39] After 15 years since the first amendment listing Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, the government adopted updated criteria for inclusion and exclusion based on the Lokur committee report of 1965.

  6. Upper Backward Castes of Bihar - Wikipedia

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    The Upper Backward Caste is a term used to describe the middle castes in Bihar, whose social and ritual status was not very low and which have traditionally been involved in the agricultural and animal husbandry related activities in the past. They have also been involved in low scale trade to some extent.

  7. Caste system in India - Wikipedia

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    The caste system consists of two different concepts, varna and jati, which may be regarded as different levels of analysis of this system. The caste system as it exists today is thought to be the result of developments during the collapse of the Mughal era and the rise of the British colonial government in India.

  8. Mahyavanshi - Wikipedia

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    The new nomenclature of Mahyavanshi was given to a large number of the Vankar community in South Gujarat [1] via a Government of India circular in 1939. This was due largely to the efforts of K. M. Munshi, then Home Minister of Bombay Presidency, and Dr. Purshottam Solanki, representative of the Depressed Classes of Gujarat, who stressed that its members were descendants of ancient rulers ...

  9. Caste - Wikipedia

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    The racial understanding of caste has largely been debated by scholars, with some like Dr. B. R. Ambedkar arguing that caste differences between higher caste Aryans and lower cast native-Indians being more due to religious factors. While the term remains contended, it is widely understood that this racial assessment is based on the way lower ...