Ahirwar
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Ahirwar
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• Hindi • Khari boli |
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The Ahirwar, or Aharwar are a Hindu caste found in North India. The historian Robert Vane Russell noted that the Ahirwar are among the Bharia groups with a name connoting descent from a mixed marriage or outside entrance into the clan, with Ahirwar meaning, "descendants of an Ahir".[1]
In many parts of India, Ahirwar is considered one of the Dalit castes.[2][3]
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References
- ^ Robert Vane Russell (1916). The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India: pt. II. Descriptive articles on the principal castes and tribes of the Central Provinces. Macmillan and Co., limited. pp. 244–. http://books.google.com/books?id=4lfhAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA244. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
- ^ India: Social Boycott of Dalits in Madhya Pradesh - Uncivil Society, Apathetic Administration
- ^ Mayawati’s money went only to Dalit ‘pockets’
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