Kamaria Ahir

Kamaria is a subdivision of Ahirs ^{[1] [2]} or Yadav ^[3] caste in India.

The Ahir Para of Mathura, i.e. the Sadar Bazaar was established by two families originally from Kannauj, Chaudhari Parivar (the Head Family) and Dudh Parivar (the Milk Family). The Milk Family belonged to Tulsi Ram, a Sepoy of Deshwar gotra of the Kamaria clan. ^{[4] [ page needed ]} As of today, this family owns the Mahadev Ghat Akhara. ^{[5] [4] [ page needed ]} Kamaria Ahir used to have Zamindari in Jaurasi, a village in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh. ^{[6] [7] [ page needed ]} Kamaria Ahirs are mostly found in western Uttar Pradesh and in some parts of Madhya Pradesh, which includes Mathura, Agra, Etawah (most numerous in Etawah), ^[8] Mainpuri, Etah, Firozabad, ^[1] Jhansi, Gwalior, Bhind, Shivpuri, and Jabalpur. ^[9]

Notables

Mulayam Singh Yadav, a Kamaria Ahir (standing at right)

Notable figures include:

• Mulayam Singh Yadav, ^{[10] [11] [1] [12]} the founder of Samajwadi Party (SP), Former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and former Defense Minister of India.^{[ citation needed ]}

References

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3. Majeed, Akhtar (2000). Coalition Politics and Power Sharing. Manak Publications Pvt. Limited. ISBN   978-81-86562-96-3.
4. Lucia Michelutti (2008). The Vernacularisation of Democracy: Politics, Caste, and Religion in India Volume 1 of Exploring the political in South Asia. Routledge, Original from the University of California. p. 101. ISBN   9780415467322.
5. Price, Pamela; Ruud, Arild Engelsen (2012-07-26). Power and Influence in India: Bosses, Lords and Captains. Routledge. ISBN   978-1-136-19799-4.
6. Institute, Deccan College Post-graduate and Research (1964). Bulletin of the Deccan College Research Institute. Dr. A. M. Ghatage, director, Deccan College Postgraduate and Research Institute.
7. Mutatkar, Ramchandra Keshav (1978). Caste Dimensions in a Village. Shubhada-Saraswat.
8. Rani, Usha (1978). "Chapter IV: The Ahirs of Uttar Pradesh". Cultural Geography of Ahir's in Uttar Pradesh (Master's thesis). p. 132.
9. Abbasi, A. A. (2001). Dimensions of Human Cultures in Central India: Professor S.K. Tiwari Felicitation Volume. Sarup & Sons. ISBN   978-81-7625-186-0.
10. Sarkar, Jayabrata (2021-03-30). Politics as Social Text in India: The Bahujan Samaj Party in Uttar Pradesh. Taylor & Francis. ISBN   978-1-000-37037-9.
11. Chandra, Kanchan (2007-02-15). Why Ethnic Parties Succeed: Patronage and Ethnic Head Counts in India. Cambridge University Press. ISBN   978-0-521-89141-7.
12. Michelutti, Lucia (2020-11-29). The Vernacularisation of Democracy: Politics, Caste and Religion in India. Taylor & Francis. ISBN   978-1-000-08400-9.