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The All-India Yadav Mahasabha owes its origin to the nineteenth century work of one VK Khedkar, a member of the Maharashtrian caste, known as Gowli, of Ratnagiri district
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- ↑ Jaffrelot, Christophe (2003). India's silent revolution: the rise of the lower castes in North India. Columbia University Press. p. 163. ISBN 978-0-231-12786-8.
