This caste is under "Other Backward Classes" (OBC) category in India.
Labana is a trader and merchant community mostly are in North India. Most of followers are Sikhs, also include Hindus and very less Muslims. In brief, earlier they were transporters, loaders and carriers in land, rivers and Sea. Sikh Lobanas get in touch with Nanak and contributed later fifth Guru of Sikhism. In Maharaja Ranjit Singh's Sikh empire, slowly turn into agriculturists under Mahraja Ranjit Singh and mostly converted from Hindu to Sikhi. Most of Labana people migrated to India during Partition.
In India, It is categorized under "Other Backward Classes" (OBC) in Punjab, Haryana, Himanchal Pradesh, Maharashtra, Chattisgarh, Gujrat, Madhya Pradesh, Chandigarh and Rajasthan.
In Punjab region, it was in "General" category before but with efforts of Sant Baba Prem Singh for betterment of community, such step was taken.
Erbessa labana was created in 1895.
thambiran
labana cast is belongs to the khsatriya clan,they are salt traders and of merchant class their work took them to many places with arrival of trains thier business suffered but know this community again has established themself in agriculture and trade.
This caste is under "Other Backward Classes" (OBC) category in India. Labana is a trader and merchant community mostly are in North India. Most of followers are Sikhs, also include Hindus and very less Muslims. In brief, earlier they were transporters, loaders and carriers in land, rivers and Sea. Sikh Lobanas get in touch with Nanak and contributed later fifth Guru of Sikhism. In Maharaja Ranjit Singh's Sikh empire, slowly turn into agriculturists under Mahraja Ranjit Singh and mostly converted from Hindu to Sikhi. Most of Labana people migrated to India during Partition. In India, It is categorized under "Other Backward Classes" (OBC) in Punjab, Haryana, Himanchal Pradesh, Maharashtra, Chattisgarh, Gujrat, Madhya Pradesh, Chandigarh and Rajasthan. In Punjab region, it was in "General" category before but with efforts of Sant Baba Prem Singh for betterment of community, such step was taken.
thambiran
I think yes . Labana cast is schedule cast becoz some gawariya(labana) are in sc category in some states of India such as Rajasthan,madya pradesh but some other states they have OBC category
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Harbhajan Singh - The cricketer does not belong to Labana Community. He belong to Sikh Ramgarhia Community of Punjab. His Surname is Plaha.
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I m Raju from and i know the full form EBC and OBC.EBC stands for extremely backward class and OBC stands for other backward class.