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The Jhinwar is a caste found in the states of Punjab and Uttar Pradesh in India.
Traditionally, the Jhinwar community found in Punjab and Uttar Pradesh was associated with occupations such as boating, [1] carrying water [2] and river fishing. [3]
Communities that are related to the Jhinwar by occupation in Uttar Pradesh include the Batham, Bind, Bhar, Dhewar, Dhimar, Gariya, Gaur, Godia, Gond, Guria, Jhimar, Jhir, 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 Scheduled Castes under India's system of positive discrimination; this would have involved declassifying them from the Other Backwards Class category. [1] Whether or not this would happen was a significant issue in the campaign for the 2014 Indian general election. [4]
References
- ^ a b Shah, Pankaj (6 April 2013), "Political parties eye Lok Sabha polls, bank on boatmen to claim pole position", The Times of India, retrieved 14 April 2014
- ^ Schwartzberg, Joseph E. (2007) [1968], "Caste Regions of the North Indian Plain", in Singer, Milton B.; Cohn, Bernard S. (eds.), Structure and Change in Indian Society (Reprinted ed.), Transaction Publishers, p. 96, ISBN 9780202361383
- ^ Jaffrelot, Christophe (2004), A History of Pakistan and Its Origins (Reprinted ed.), Anthem Press, p. 211, ISBN 9781843311492
- ^ Srivastava, Piyush (25 February 2014), "BJP castes a wider UP net, uses Modi's background to attract OBC votes while seeking blessings by feeding Brahmins", India Today, retrieved 14 April 2014