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Mainpuri district, the Glossary

Mainpuri district is one of the districts in the Agra division of Uttar Pradesh, India.^[1]

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Agra division

Administrative divisions of India

The administrative divisions of India are subnational administrative units of India; they are composed of a nested hierarchy of administrative divisions.

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Agra division

Agra division is one of the 18 administrative geographical units of the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

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Barnahal

Barnahal is a village and corresponding community development block in Karhal tehsil of Mainpuri district, Uttar Pradesh, India.

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Bewar, Mainpuri

Bewar is a town and nagar panchayat in Bhongaon tehsil of Mainpuri district, Uttar Pradesh.

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Bharatpur, Kuraoli

Bharatpur is a village in Kuraoli block of Mainpuri district, Uttar Pradesh, India.

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Bhogaon

Bhogaon or Bhongaon is a town and a nagar panchayat in Mainpuri district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India.

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Bidhuna

Bidhuna is a town and a nagar panchayat in Auraiya district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India.

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Braj, also known as Vraj, Vraja, Brij or Brijbhumi, is a region in India on both sides of the Yamuna river with its centre at Mathura-Vrindavan in Uttar Pradesh state encompassing the area which also includes Palwal, Ballabhgarh and Nuh in Haryana state, Deeg, Bharatpur, Karauli, and Dholpur in Rajasthan state and Morena District in Madhya Pradesh.

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Braj Bhasha

Braj is a language within the Indo-Aryan language family spoken in the Braj region centered on Mathura.

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Buddhism

Buddhism, also known as Buddha Dharma and Dharmavinaya, is an Indian religion and philosophical tradition based on teachings attributed to the Buddha, a wandering teacher who lived in the 6th or 5th century BCE.

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Chaitra

Chaitra is a month of the Hindu calendar.

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Chikan (embroidery)

Chikankari (चिकन की कढ़ाई, चिकनकारी) is a traditional embroidery style from Lucknow, India.

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Christians

A Christian is a person who follows or adheres to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.

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In India, a Community development block (CD block) or simply Block is a sub-division of Tehsil, administratively earmarked for planning and development.

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Copper Hoard culture

Copper Hoard culture describes find-complexes which mainly occur in the western Ganges–Yamuna doab in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent.

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Demographics of India

India is the most populous country in the world with one-sixth of the world's population.

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Devnarayan

Devnarayan is a folk deity from Rajasthan, India.

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District magistrate

The district magistrate, also known as the district collector or deputy commissioner, is a career civil servant who serves as the executive head of a district's administration in India.

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Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University

Dr.

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Drainage basin

A drainage basin is an area of land where all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean.

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Durga

Durga (दुर्गा) is a major Hindu goddess, worshipped as a principal aspect of the mother goddess Mahadevi.

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Engineering education

Engineering education is the activity of teaching knowledge and principles to the professional practice of engineering.

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Etah district

Etah district is one of the districts of Uttar Pradesh, India, since 1854. Mainpuri district and Etah district are districts of Uttar Pradesh.

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Etawah district

Etawah district is one of the districts in the western portion of Uttar Pradesh state of India. Mainpuri district and Etawah district are districts of Uttar Pradesh.

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Family planning in India

Family planning in India is based on efforts largely sponsored by the Indian government.

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Farrukhabad district

Farrukhabad district is a district of Uttar Pradesh state of India. Mainpuri district and Farrukhabad district are districts of Uttar Pradesh.

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Firozabad district

Firozabad district is one of the western districts of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, which has Firozabad city as its district headquarters. Mainpuri district and Firozabad district are agra division and districts of Uttar Pradesh.

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Ganges Canal

The Ganges Canal or Ganga Canal is a canal system that irrigates the Doab region between the Ganges River and the Yamuna River in India.

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Ghazal

The ghazal is a form of amatory poem or ode, originating in Arabic poetry.

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Ghiror

Ghiror, also spelled Ghiraur, is a town and a nagar panchayat in Mainpuri district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India.

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Gurdwara

A gurdwara or gurudwara (Punjabi: ਗੁਰਦੁਆਰਾ gurdu'ārā, literally "Door of the Guru") is a place of assembly and worship for Sikhs but its normal meaning is place of guru or "Home of guru".

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Hanuman

Hanuman (हनुमान्), also known as Maruti, Bajrangabali, and Anjaneya, is a deity in Hinduism, revered as a divine vanara, and a devoted companion of the deity Rama.

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Hindi

Modern Standard Hindi (आधुनिक मानक हिन्दी, Ādhunik Mānak Hindī), commonly referred to as Hindi, is the standardised variety of the Hindustani language written in Devanagari script.

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Hinduism

Hinduism is an Indian religion or dharma, a religious and universal order by which its followers abide.

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Hindus

Hindus (also known as Sanātanīs) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism, also known by its endonym Sanātana Dharma.

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Hindustani classical music

Hindustani classical music is the classical music of the Indian subcontinent's northern regions.

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Humayun

Nasir al-Din Muhammad (6 March 1508 – 27 January 1556), commonly known by his regnal name Humayun, was the second Mughal emperor, who ruled over territory in what is now Eastern Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Northern India, and Pakistan from 1530 to 1540 and again from 1555 to his death in 1556.

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India

India, officially the Republic of India (ISO), is a country in South Asia.

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Indian Administrative Service

The Indian Administrative Service (IAS) is the administrative arm of the All India Services of Government of India.

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Indian Standard Time

Indian Standard Time (IST), sometimes also called India Standard Time, is the time zone observed throughout the Republic of India, with a time offset of UTC+05:30.

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Indo-Gangetic Plain

The Indo-Gangetic Plain, also known as the North Indian River Plain, is a fertile plain encompassing northern regions of the Indian subcontinent, including most of modern-day northern and eastern India, most of eastern-Pakistan, virtually all of Bangladesh and southern plains of Nepal.

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Islam in Uttar Pradesh

Islam in Uttar Pradesh is the second largest religion in the state with 38,483,967 adherents in 2011, forming 19.26% of the total population.

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Jainism

Jainism, also known as Jain Dharma, is an Indian religion.

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Jats

The Jat people are a traditionally agricultural community in Northern India and Pakistan.

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Kali River (Karnataka)

The Kali River or Kaali Nadi is a river flowing through Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka state in India.

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Kali River (Uttar Pradesh)

The Kali River, commonly known as Kali Nadi, originates in the Upper Sivaliks and passes through Saharanpur, Muzaffarnagar and Baghpat districts, before merging with Hindon River (at Barnava, Baghpat), which goes on to merge with the Yamuna River (near Delhi), which itself goes to merge with the Ganga River, which finally merges with the Bay of Bengal.

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Kannauj district

Kannauj district is an administrative district of Uttar Pradesh state in northern India, along the river Ganges. Mainpuri district and Kannauj district are districts of Uttar Pradesh.

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Karhal

Karhal is a town and Nagar Panchayat in Mainpuri district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

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Kathak

Kathak (Devanagari: कथक) is one of the nine major forms of Indian classical dance.

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Kishni

Kishni is a town in Bhongaon tehsil of Mainpuri district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

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Kolkata

Kolkata, formerly known as Calcutta (its official name until 2001), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of West Bengal.

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Krishna

Krishna (Sanskrit: कृष्ण) is a major deity in Hinduism.

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Kuraoli

Kuraoli is a town and a nagar panchayat (urban municipality) in Mainpuri district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

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List of districts in India

A district (zila), also known as revenue district is an administrative division of an Indian state or territory.

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List of districts of Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh, the most populous state in India, has 75 districts. Mainpuri district and List of districts of Uttar Pradesh are districts of Uttar Pradesh.

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List of subdistricts in India

India has 28 states and eight union territories, which are divided into divisions comprising several districts.

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List of villages in Mainpuri district

There are 851 villages in Mainpuri district as of 2011, with a combined population of 1,580,087.

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Literacy in India

Literacy in India is a key for social-economic progress.

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Lok Sabha

The Lok Sabha, also known as the House of the People, is the lower house of India's bicameral Parliament, with the upper house being the Rajya Sabha.

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Lucknow

Lucknow is the capital and the largest city of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and it is the administrative headquarters of the eponymous district and division.

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Mainpuri

Mainpuri is a city in Mainpuri district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

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Mainpuri Lok Sabha constituency

Mainpuri Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 80 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

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Maratha Confederacy

The Maratha Confederacy, also referred to as the Maratha Empire, was an early modern polity in the Indian subcontinent.

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Mughal Empire

The Mughal Empire was an early modern empire in South Asia.

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Muslims

Muslims (God) are people who adhere to Islam, a monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic tradition.

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Nawab

Nawab (Balochi, Pashto: نواب; نواب; নবাব/নওয়াব; नवाब; Punjabi: ਨਵਾਬ; Persian, Punjabi, Sindhi, Urdu), also spelled Nawaab, Navaab, Navab, Nowab, Nabob, Nawaabshah, Nawabshah or Nobab, is a royal title indicating a sovereign ruler, often of a South Asian state, in many ways comparable to the western title of Prince.

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Nawab of Awadh

The Nawab of Awadh or Nawab of Oudh was the title of the rulers of Kingdom of Awadh (anglicised as Oudh) in northern India during the 18th and 19th centuries.

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Night soil

Night soil is a historically used euphemism for human excreta collected from cesspools, privies, pail closets, pit latrines, privy middens, septic tanks, etc.

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Open defecation

Open defecation is the human practice of defecating outside ("in the open") rather than into a toilet.

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Oudh State

The Oudh State (also Kingdom of Awadh, Kingdom of Oudh, Awadh Subah, Oudh Subah or Awadh State) was a Mughal subah, then an independent kingdom, and lastly a princely state in the Awadh region of North India until its annexation by the British in 1856.

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Panipat district

Panipat district is one of the 22 districts of Haryana in north India.

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Pargana

Pargana or parganah, also spelt pergunnah during the time of the Sultanate period, Mughal times and British Raj, is a former administrative unit of the Indian subcontinent and each parganas may or may not be subdivided into pirs.

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Pit latrine

A pit latrine, also known as pit toilet, is a type of toilet that collects human waste in a hole in the ground.

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Qawwali

Qawwali (Urdu:; Hindi: क़व्वाली; Bengali: ক়াওয়ালী; Punjabiਕ਼ੱਵਾਲੀ.) is a form of Sufi Islamic devotional singing originating in South Asia.

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Radha

Radha (राधा), also called Radhika, is a Hindu goddess and the chief consort of the god Krishna. She is the goddess of love, tenderness, compassion and devotion. In scriptures, Radha is mentioned as the avatar of Lakshmi and also as the Mūlaprakriti, the Supreme goddess, who is the feminine counterpart and internal potency (hladini shakti) of Krishna.

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Rajput

Rajput (from Sanskrit rājaputra meaning "son of a king"), also called Thakur, is a large multi-component cluster of castes, kin bodies, and local groups, sharing social status and ideology of genealogical descent originating from the Indian subcontinent.

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Rama

Rama is a major deity in Hinduism.

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Ramlila

Ramlila (literally 'Rama's lila or play') is any dramatic folk re-enactment of the life of Rama according to the ancient Hindu epic Ramayana or secondary literature based on it such as the Ramcharitmanas.

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Rasiya

Rasiya is a popular genre of Indian folk music from the Braj region of Uttar Pradesh. The style of rasiya consists of multiple sub genres and is performed in a variety of different contexts. The songs have been known to portray a wide range of topics however, they are most commonly sung to a set of stock tunes that often portrays the love of the Hindu god Krishna and goddess Radha.

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Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India

Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India, founded in 1961 by the Government of India Ministry of Home Affairs, for arranging, conducting and analysing the results of the demographic surveys of India including Census of India and Linguistic Survey of India.

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Sagamai

Sagamai is a village in Bhongaon tehsil of Mainpuri district, Uttar Pradesh.

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Saman Bird Sanctuary

Saman Bird Sanctuary is a wetland in Mainpuri district, in western Uttar Pradesh.

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Sari

A sari (sometimes also saree or sadi)The name of the garment in various regional languages include.

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Sarus crane

The sarus crane (Antigone antigone) is a large nonmigratory crane found in parts of the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, and northern Australia.

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Sengar River

Sengar River is a tributary of the river Yamuna in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

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Septic tank

A septic tank is an underground chamber made of concrete, fiberglass, or plastic through which domestic wastewater (sewage) flows for basic sewage treatment.

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Sex ratio

A sex ratio is the ratio of males to females in a population.

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Shikohabad

Shikohabad is a city and a municipal board in the Firozabad district of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

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Siberian crane

The Siberian crane (Leucogeranus leucogeranus), also known as the Siberian white crane or the snow crane, is a bird of the family Gruidae, the cranes.

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Sikhs

Sikhs (singular Sikh: or; sikkh) are an ethnoreligious group who adhere to Sikhism, a religion that originated in the late 15th century in the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent, based on the revelation of Guru Nanak.

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States and union territories of India

India is a federal union comprising 28 states and 8 union territories, for a total of 36 entities.

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Sub-divisional magistrate

A sub-divisional magistrate, also known as sub collector, revenue divisional officer, or assistant commissioner, is the administrative head of a sub-division in an Indian district, exercising executive, revenue, and magisterial duties.

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Sultanganj, Mainpuri

Sultanganj is a village and corresponding community development block in Bhongaon tehsil of Mainpuri district, Uttar Pradesh.

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Tehsil

A tehsil (also known as tahsil, taluk, or taluka) is a local unit of administrative division in India and Pakistan.

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Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh ('North Province') is a state in northern India.

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Vachellia nilotica

Vachellia nilotica, more commonly known as Acacia nilotica, and by the vernacular names of gum arabic tree, babul, thorn mimosa, Egyptian acacia or thorny acacia, is a flowering tree in the family Fabaceae.

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Vaisakhi

Vaisakhi, also known as Baisakhi, marks the first day of the month of Vaisakh and is traditionally celebrated annually on 13 April and sometimes 14 April.

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Vijayadashami

Vijayadashami (translit-std), more commonly known as Dussehra, and also known as Dasara or Dashain, is a major Hindu festival celebrated every year at the end of Durga Puja and Navaratri.

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West Virginia

West Virginia is a landlocked state in the Southern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.

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Women in India

The status of women in India has been subject to many changes over the time of recorded India's history.

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Yadav

Yadavs, also called Jadams, or Jadavs, are a grouping of traditionally non-elite, Quote: "The Yadavs were traditionally a low-to-middle-ranking cluster of pastoral-peasant castes that have become a significant political force in Uttar Pradesh (and other northern states like Bihar) in the last thirty years." peasant-pastoral communities or castes in India that since the 19th and 20th centuries Quote: "In a not dissimilar way the various cow-keeping castes of northern India were combining in 1931 to use the common term of Yadava for their various castes, Ahir, Goala, Gopa, etc., and to claim a Rajput origin of extremely doubtful authenticity." have claimed descent from the legendary king Yadu as a part of a movement of social and political resurgence.

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References

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