In old days people were known by their profession, village, habits, something unique to the group, hence it became part of their names which we call as Surname today.
The surname Pal came from a village names Pel which was at one time near Pakistan and India border. Those villages don't exist anymore because of political reasons.
But the people with roots linked to village Pel have their surname as Pal, some even have Paul, eg A Singh Pal, Ajay Pal, A S Paul & there are some sikhs with names as Paul A. Singh Ahluwalia or Pal A. Singh Ahluwalia which represent both the links as Ahluwalia and Pal.
These people were basically farmers and zamindars and never took schedule caste or schedule tribes professions hence these are not SC or ST.
About SC & ST, there are people in India who took SC / ST certificates to take admissions for education or to have priority to take a job besides they dont belong to these groups. Hence dont judge people as SC / ST as not all had those professions at time, but because of poor Govt system & policies in India and earning living sometimes becoming a very difficult task people took such steps
Answer will be no
They are not sc
But also they aren't kshatriya
They were the tribal community of india
And were chosen as king by various chieftains to maintain Law and Order.
They were first mentioned as kshatriya in a book ' Ramcharitram'.( as to say it was a strategy of brahmin to make pals on their side and also to maintain the concept of 'caste')
But pal were devoted to Buddhism and as we know how brahmins hated budhism and later when pal dynasty was overthroned by sena dynasty( brahminsm) they were pushed backwards.
There is no point of asking caste if it doesn't matter. Those Caste System was just a cunning way to come at top and giving privileges on the basis of birth instead of merit.
Scheduled Caste (SC)
scheduled caste
Scheduled Caste
no
Scheduled Caste
No, being a surname or belonging to the Giri caste does not automatically place someone in the Scheduled Caste category. Scheduled Castes are specific groups designated by the Indian government based on historical social and economic disadvantage. Each individual's caste or surname does not determine their status as a Scheduled Caste.
punjabi scheduled caste
Jakhu is a sub-caste under scheduled castes
naik
scheduled tribes
OBC
They are part of khatris (Kshtriyas)