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| '''Rajbhar''' (also spelled '''Rajbhaar''') is a caste or community present in the Indian states of ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ] and others as well as ].{{cn|date=June 2021}} | |||
| The ''']''' is a ] and also a ] in India, {{sfnp|Shah|2013|ps=}} They are also known as '''Rajbhar'''.<ref>People of India Uttar Pradesh Volume XLII Part One edited by A Hasan & J C Das pages 268 to 271</ref> | |||
| The Rajbhar were traditionally laborers.<ref>{{cite book |title=Women and Politics with special reference to PRIs | |||
| Communities that are related to the Rajbhar by occupation in ] include the Batham, Bind, Dhimar, Dhinwar, Dhewar, Gariya, Gaur, Godia, Gond, Guria, Jhimar, Jhir, Jhinwar, Jhiwar, Kahar, Kashyap, Keot, Kewat, Kharwar, Khairwar, Kumhar, Machua, Majhi, Majhwar, Mallah, Nishad, Prajapati, Rajbhar, Riakwar, Tura, Turah, Turaha, Tureha and Turaiha. There were proposals in 2013 that some or all of these communities in the state should be reclassified as ] under India's ]; this would have involved declassifying them from the ] category.{{sfnp|Shah|2013|ps=}} Whether or not this would happen was a significant issue in the campaign for the ].{{sfnp|Srivastava|2014|ps=}} | |||
| |first= Dr. Nisha |last=Mann |year=2021 |publisher=K.K. Publications |page=210 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NGk9EAAAQBAJ&dq=rajbhar+caste&pg=PA210 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=From Zamindar to Ballot Box |first= Richard Gabriel |last= Fox |year=2021 |publisher=Cornell University Press |page=71 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ND2wTdYTVccC&q=bhar+shudra+caste }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=The Management of Religious Experience and Identity in a North Indian Pilgrimage Centre |first= Peter van der |last= Veer |year=2020 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |page=310 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jwIPEAAAQBAJ&dq=rajbhar+caste&pg=PT182 }}</ref> Influenced by the ] movement, bhars started using rajbhar, Baijnath Prasad Adhyapak published ''Rajbhar Jati ka Itihas'' in 1940. This book attempted to prove that the Rajbhar were formerly rulers who were related to the ancient ] ruler.<ref>{{cite book |title=Fascinating Hindutva: Saffron Politics and Dalit Mobilisation |first=Badri |last=Narayan |year=209 |publisher=SAGE Publications |page=25 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8bJ_rhfu6yUC&pg=PA25 |isbn=978-8-17829-906-8}}</ref> | |||
| ==Rajbhars in Nepal== | |||
| They are among 17 (Most backward castes) MBC communities that were again proposed for Scheduled Caste status by the ]-controlled ]. However, this proposal, which relates to ], has been stayed by the courts; the prior attempt had been rejected by the ].<ref>{{cite news |title=Setback for Akhilesh government as High Court stays their order to include 17 sub-castes in the SC category |date=24 January 2017 |work=Financial Express |url=http://www.financialexpress.com/elections/uttar-pradesh-assembly-elections-2017/setback-for-akhilesh-government-as-high-court-stays-their-order-to-include-17-sub-castes-in-the-sc-category/520325/ |accessdate=2017-02-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=UP govt to include 17 other backward castes in SC list |date=22 December 2016 |agency=PTI |work=Hindustan Times |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/up-govt-to-include-17-other-backward-castes-in-sc-list/story-jQWfybFAcSJTnwj2k4NxqO.html |accessdate=2017-02-04}}</ref> | |||
| The ] of Nepal classifies the Rajbhar as a subgroup within the broader social group of ] Other Caste.<ref> Population Monograph of Nepal, Volume II </ref> At the time of the ], 9,542 people (0.0% of the population of Nepal) were Rajbhar.<ref></ref> | |||
| According to survey done by British ICS Russell and his assistant Hira Lal in 1916 later published in The tribes and castes of the Central Provinces of India : Russell, RV . Bhars are the tribes who are mainly found in eastern UP and are engaged in hunting as well as work as landless labourers in other peoples crop fields, are considered as lower caste because of their primitive work involving animal hunting which also included pasi and bahelia. Sub group in bhars who owned land were known to be as Rajbhars. | |||
| Artefacts such as The tribes and castes of the Central Provinces of India : by Russell and other british govt. surveys are used as an argument that as of current Bhar/Rajbhar are wrongly classified as OBC and in its sub group MBC . They should be reclassified as either SC or ST. | |||
| Bhar/Rajbhar consider themselves as proud descendants of medieval King Suhaldev Rajbhar. | |||
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Rajbhar (also spelled Rajbhaar) is a caste or community present in the Indian states of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, Bihar and others as well as Nepal.
The Rajbhar were traditionally laborers. Influenced by the Arya Samaj movement, bhars started using rajbhar, Baijnath Prasad Adhyapak published Rajbhar Jati ka Itihas in 1940. This book attempted to prove that the Rajbhar were formerly rulers who were related to the ancient Bhar ruler.
Rajbhars in Nepal
The Central Bureau of Statistics of Nepal classifies the Rajbhar as a subgroup within the broader social group of Madheshi Other Caste. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, 9,542 people (0.0% of the population of Nepal) were Rajbhar.
References
- Mann, Dr. Nisha (2021). Women and Politics with special reference to PRIs. K.K. Publications. p. 210.
- Fox, Richard Gabriel (2021). From Zamindar to Ballot Box. Cornell University Press. p. 71.
- Veer, Peter van der (2020). The Management of Religious Experience and Identity in a North Indian Pilgrimage Centre. Taylor & Francis. p. 310.
- Narayan, Badri (209). Fascinating Hindutva: Saffron Politics and Dalit Mobilisation. SAGE Publications. p. 25. ISBN 978-8-17829-906-8.
- Population Monograph of Nepal, Volume II
- 2011 Nepal Census, District Level Detail Report
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