Ahar caste

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Ahar
Regions with significant populations
India
Languages
• Hindi • Braj Bhasha
Religion
• Hinduism
Related ethnic groups
• Ahir• Yaduvanshi Ahirs

The Ahars, also called Ahir or Yadav, are a peasant or agricultural caste of North India. [1] [2] [3]

The group labelled Ahar were generally found in a few west-central districts of India, but in the 1931 census of India appeared in large numbers recorded in the north-central districts, though not in any of the districts between the former and latter. [4] They claim to be descended from Yadu race. [5]

References

  1. ↑ Mendelsohn, Oliver; Vicziany, Marika (1998). The untouchables : subordination, poverty and the state in modern India (1. publ. ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. xi. ISBN   9780521556712 . Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  2. ↑ Singh, Mohinder (1947). The Depressed Classes: Their Economic and Social Condition. Hind Kitabs. p. 130. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  3. ↑ Jassal, Smita Tewari (2012). Unearthing gender : folksongs of North India. Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press. p. 213. ISBN   978-0822351306 . Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  4. ↑ Burger, Angela S. (1969). Opposition in a Dominant-Party System . University of California Press. p.  26 . Retrieved 18 February 2013.
  5. ↑ Garg, Gangaram (1992). Encyclopaedia of the Hindu World, Volume 1. Concept Publishing Company. p. 239. ISBN   9788170223740 . Retrieved 6 March 2016.
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