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Solanki also known as Chaulukya is a clan name originally associated with the Agnivanshi Kshatriyas (Rajputs) in Northern India but which has also been borrowed by other communities such as the Saharias as a means of advancement by the process of sanskritisation.
Entry number Caste/community Resolution no. and date *37: Mehtar: 12011/68/93-BCC(C) dt. 10 September 1993 and 12011/9/2004-BCC dt. 16 January 2006
In Bihar, Lohar caste comes under Other Backward Class (OBC) and has been categorized in sub-category of OBC called Extremely Backward Castes (EBC). As per a ruling by Supreme Court of India, Lohar or Lohara community is not the same as ‘Lohra or Lohara’, which belongs to the Schedule Tribe category in several districts.
A number of laws were enacted to implement the provisions in the Constitution. Examples of such laws include the Untouchability Practices Act, 1955, Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 , The Employment of Manual Scavengers and Construction of Dry Latrines (Prohibition) Act, 1993, etc.
An article by Deepal Trivedi in 2019 suggests the combination OPT (OBC, Patidar, Tribals) is the new winning combination in Gujarat. It suggests these numbers for the major caste groups in Gujarat: OBC 43%, Patidar 12.6%, Tribals 15%, Muslims 10%, Scheduled castes 8%. The forward castes are Rajputs 6%, Brahmins 2%, Bania 2%, Jain 1%. [12]
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The Lakhera community consists of a number of clans, the main ones being the Chauhan, Bhati, Nainvaya, Bagri, Nagoriya, Parihar, Solanki, Hatadiya and Atariya etc. They are an endogamous community, and each clan is exogamous. The majority of the Lakhera are still involved in the manufacture and sellng of bangles.