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unusual facts about caste



Aithihyamala

It includes popular tales such as about the twelve children of Vararuchi and Parayi (a woman of Paraiyar caste), Kayamkulam Kochunni, Kadamattathu Kathanar among many others.

AJGAR

AJGAR was a suggested caste alliance of the Ahir, Jat, Gujar and Rajputs castes.

Amritapuri

Even though the place is named Parayakadavu meaning "The pier of the Pariah", the majority of the community of Parayakadavu belong to the Arayan caste which is not known to be related genealogically to the Pariahs.

Anavil Brahmin

T surnames (family names) that are common to the Anavil Brahmin caste confirm this: Naik, Vashi, and Mehta all denote professionals in the Army or Royal Administration.

Aradgaon

However, like several Maharashtrian villages, the dominant caste in the village is Maratha and among them Bhoite, Kshatriya Suryavanshi 96K Maratha Clan dominated here.

Arumuganeri

One of most practiced food culture is commonly termed as Nadar cuisine commonly using mutton, fish and common Tamil cuisine.

B.S.A. Swamy

He opposed the deliberate inclusion of Kapu caste in Backward Castes by the state government.

Bandit Queen

(Phoolan's family as well as Puttilal's family belong to the lower ranked Mallah sub caste; the higher ranked Thakur caste takes the lead in social and political situations.)

Bant Singh

Bant Singh is a lower caste Mazhabi, Dalit Sikh farmer and singer from the Jhabhar village in Mansa district, Punjab, India, who has emerged as an agricultural labour activist, fighting against the power of the landowner.

Bathgama

The British Governor Arthur Hamilton Gordon (1883 – 1890) and his predecessors effectively used divide and rule policies and created caste animosity among the native elite and finally confined all Native Headmen appointments only to the Govigama caste.

Bhanot Rajputs

3. Some people believe that the caste Bhanot originates from the people who were originally from the village 'Bhanot' in the Mandawar Mandal area in Alwar district in Rajasthan state of India.

Bhavni Bhavai

The film is dedicated to Bertolt Brecht, Goscinny and to the inventor of the Bhavai, Asait Thakore, who was a Brahmin outcast and lived among the lower caste communities.

Biridepalli

This is generally used by the Kamma (Chowdary) community in Andhra Pradesh, especially in the Rayalaseema area.

Bontang F.C.

While the club barred from the league for two years and relegated to the lowest caste competition in Indonesia Third Division and a fine of IDR 100 million.

C. K. Janu

Indeed, apart from K. R. Gowri Amma (a former communist leader who became minister several times, coming from a lower-caste—Ezhava—background) and K. Ajitha (a former Naxalite leader and now organiser of a feminist NGO), there are not many women in Kerala who make it to such political prominence.

Caste system among Muslims

Stephen M. Lyon of University of Kent has written about what he calls "Gujarism", the act of Gurjars in Pakistan seeking out other Gurjars to form associations, and consolidate ties with them, based strictly on caste affiliation.

Caste system in India

Forrester, Duncan B., 'Indian Christians' Attitudes to Caste in the Twentieth Century,' in Indian Church History Review 9, no. 1 (1975): 3–22.

Chauhan

Denzil Ibbetson, an administrator of the British Raj, classified the Chauhans as a tribe rather than as a caste.

Choudary

Chaudhary, a hereditary Indian title, or caste, meaning literally "holder of four".

Dahba

The tribe claims shoodar ancestry of Hindu caste, and descent from one Khoga, a servant of the Mughal Emperor Akbar.

Dhimay

At special occasions even the shawm musicians of the Kapali (hon.) or Jugi (coll.), a caste of tailors and professional musicians, may be called.

Gangu Teli

Narendra Modi, Chief Minister of Gujarat, and a member of the right-wing Hindu nationalist BJP party, belongs to the Teli caste; a remark by Congress Party's Ghulam Nabi Azad, rephrasing Modi's Prime Ministerial ambitions in the light of the ancient quip "Kahan Raja Bhoj, kahan Gangu Teli" has drawn denunciations of casteism by the BJP.

Great Machine

A member of the Minbari religious caste named Draal (played first by Louis Turenne, then by John Schuck), facing retirement and exile, offered to take Varn's place as custodian of the Great Machine and to protect it against those who would abuse it.

Jat people in Islamic history

Some historians suggest that the relationship was an adversarial one, with Brahmins using their high caste status to try to exploit and oppress the Jatts, Meds and Buddhists, who formed the bulk of the peasantry when ever they got the opportunity.

Kalagara Sai Lakshmana Rao

Mr Rao was born in Pothunuru, a village near Denduluru in the West Godavari District on 11 July 1956, the elder son of Swargeeya Kalagara Venkateswara Rao and Jaya Lakshmi.He is from Prominent Kamma(Chowdary)Forward caste Zamindaris family in Andhra Pradesh.

Katarina Taikon

Katarina Taikon-Langhammer (29 July 1932 at Almby, Örebro - 30 December 1995 at Ytterhogdal, Hälsingland; Sweden) was a Swedish Romany writer and actor, from the Kalderash caste.

Khoja

More particularly, it included certain groups, predominantly from Gujarat and Kutch, who retained strong Indian ethnic roots and caste customs while sustaining their Muslim religious identity under continual threats of persecution.

Leo Igwe

In 2009, Igwe represented the International Humanist and Ethical Union at the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights in Banjul, Gambia, where he spoke out on the IHEU's behalf against caste-based discrimination in Africa.

Mabel Terry–Lewis

Her film appearances include Love Maggy (1921), Shirley (1922), Caste (1930), The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934), The Third Clue (1934), Dishonour Bright (1936), The Squeaker (1937), Jamaica Inn (1939), The Adventures of Tartu (1943) and They Came to a City (1945).

Maria Misra

The latter, published by Allen Lane to be timed with India's 60 years of independence, addresses the question of how India's traditions of caste and religious identities are able to coexist with a modern democratic state on its way to becoming a major economic power.

Muloor S. Padmanabha Panicker

His literary masterpiece, Kavi-Ramayanam, which he wrote at the age of 25, is deemed to be the motivational force behind the 1936 Temple Entry Proclamation, which abolished the ban on low-caste people entering Hindu temples in the state of Travancore.

Namantar Andolan

Commentators such as Gail Omvedt believe that the violence was a caste war based on hatred whilst others, such as Gupta, believe that the causes were more varied.

Nyokum

Therefore, the Nyokum festival may be interpreted as inviting all the Gods and Goddesses of the universe, with the Nyokum Goddess as the principal deity, to a particular venue at a particular time and is commonly worshipped by the people irrespective of caste, creed or class for better productivity, prosperity and happiness for all human beings on earth.

Pabla Sainis

The Pablay or Pabla are a sub clan of the Saini caste.

Palwankar Baloo

The (high-caste) Brahmins in the Hindu side were against it, but some Telugu members argued for his inclusion, as did Captain Greig.

Perunna Subrahmanya Swami Temple

This is the first temple in Kerala which was opened to all Hindus (irrespective of the caste), as per the order of Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma of Travancore kingdom.

Pink Ludoos

Pink Ludoos ( Pink sweets) is movie about a Sikh family in Canada and it deals with gender and caste issues.

Politics in South India

Karnataka's political environment is dominated by two rival caste groups — the Vokkaligas and the Lingayats.

Rachel Elior

She contends (as have Lawrence Schiffman, Moshe Goshen-Gottstein, Chaim Menachem Rabin, and others) that the Essenes were really the renegade sons of Zadok, a priestly caste banished from the Temple of Jerusalem by Greek rulers in 2nd century BC.

Rajyadhikara Party

Even after India attaining Independence from the British Raj in 1947, Andhra Pradesh state of India is governed till today either by Indian National Congress, dominated by one caste (5% of Andhra Pradesh population) of Forward Caste, or by Telugu Desam Party, dominated by another Forward Caste (3% of Andhra Pradesh population).

Ravi Hutheesing

Ravi also partners with the Shanti Bhavan Children's Project in Tamil Nadu India, and is working with The George Foundation to spearhead the creation of more schools for the poorest of the poor ("untouchables" caste).

Robin Singh

Robin Singh was born in Princes Town, Trinidad to Indian Nadar parents, he moved to India early in his life and played his early cricket in Madras.

Rodda

It is a surname of many people of Reddy Caste in the Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh, India.

Sūdan

He was Mathur by caste, resident of Mathura and the most favourite poet of the Bharatpur Maharaja.

Sudra

Shudra, one of the Varnas in the traditional four-section division in the Hindu caste system created by Lord Krishna

Telugu castes

##Kapu (caste)/Rao/Naidu (Warriors,Politicians,Farmers, Traders, Businessmen)

Valan

They pride themselves that their caste is one of remote antiquity, and claim that ancient members included Vyasa, author of the Vishnu Purana, and Guhan, the legendary boatman who assisted Rama.

Velvet spider

Some species are nearly eusocial, lacking only a specialized caste system and a queen.

Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan

Muralitharan was born in Kiran, a village in the Batticaloa district in eastern Sri Lanka to Vinayagamoorthy, an agriculturist from the Vaisyas Caste (Farming and Business Community).

Zaildar

Zaildars represented the Chaudharis of the former times and were hand picked by the deputy commissioner only after consideration of 'caste' or 'tribe', local influence, extent of landholding, services rendered to the state by him or his family, and lastly personal character and ability.


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