The caste system in Goa consists of various Jātis or sub-castes found among Hindus belonging to the four varnas (Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaishya, and Shudra)...

The caste system among South Asian Christians often reflects stratification by sect, location, and the caste of their predecessors. There exists evidence...

destroyed during the early colonial Portuguese regime. While the Caste system in Goa is still a major factor among Goan Hindus, the egalitarian Indian...

Sharma (in Awadh region) is a generic term for occupational castes of barbers. The name is said to be derived from the Sanskrit word nāpita (नापित). In modern...

herding caste of people found in the Indian states of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Goa, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh. They are referred as Gavli in southern...

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Muslim and Hindu personal laws) and also has caste reservations. Goa and Damaon are an exception to that rule, in that a single code governs all the native...

backward citizens." Quota systems favouring certain castes and other communities existed before independence in several areas of British India. Demands for various...

Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes are officially designated groups of people and among the most disadvantaged socio-economic groups in India. The...

Dossier 2021 - Goa" (PDF). p. 5. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 October 2022. Retrieved 6 February 2024. Scheduled Caste population (SC) (in crore) 0...

The Maratha caste is composed of 96 clans, originally formed in the earlier centuries from the amalgamation of families from the peasant (Kunbi), shepherd...

Portuguese colony of Goa, Daman and Diu underwent Christianisation following the Portuguese conquest of Goa in 1510, which was followed by the Goa Inquisition...

Science, Pilani – Goa Campus is one of the five constituent campuses of the BITS Pilani located in Goa, India. It was established in the year 2004 as an...

ncbc.nic.in. Retrieved 2 September 2022. "Goa OBC caste list 2022" (PDF). Goa.Gov.in. 2022. "List of Other Backward Class". Gujarat.Gov.In. "National...

Forward caste (or General caste) is a term used in India to denote castes which are not listed in SC, ST or OBC reservation lists. They are on average...

supposedly intermarried with women from other castes after their arrival in Goa. After commercial activities in the Indian Ocean increased after the 1400s...

Catholic Brahmin (IAST Bamonns /baməɳ ~ bamɔɳ/ in Romi Konkani & Kupari in Bombay East Indian dialects) is a caste among the Goan, Bombay East Indian and Mangalorean...

Kshatriyas (also simply Cxatrias in Romi Konkani, Indo-Portuguese & Indian English) are a modern Christianised caste among Goan, Bombay East Indian, Mangalorean...

Goa (Konkani pronunciation: [ɡõːj], Portuguese: [ˈɡoɐ] ) is a state on the southwestern coast of India within the Konkan region, geographically separated...

who in turn mostly belonged to upper caste groups. Documented by the Portuguese as of 1526, it was the predominant form of landholding in Goa prior...

by others including local Brahmin castes. They are native to the Konkan and are mainly found in the states of Goa and Damaon, Canara (coastal Karnataka)...

time of early Islamic rule, villages in Maharashtra were part of the Baluta system. In that system, different castes were assigned different roles, each...

kilometre long promenade on a planned grid system after the Portuguese relocated the capital from Velha Goa in the 17th century. It was elevated from a...

an area broadly identified as Konkan. Hindus in Goa are divided into many different castes and sub-castes, known as Jatis. They use their village names...

The Goa Inquisition (Portuguese: Inquisição de Goa, Portuguese pronunciation: [ĩkizɨˈsɐ̃w dɨ ˈɣoɐ]) was an extension of the Portuguese Inquisition in Portuguese...

Kurumba Goundar, Dhangar, Pal, Baghel is a Hindu caste native to the Indian state of Karnataka, Goa, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana...

frequently-found feature of the Indian caste system. The origin myths of the Vishwakarma community were first consolidated in the early 18th century, during the...

Gujarati: ISO 15919: Kaṇabī) is a generic term applied to several castes of traditional farmers in Western India. These include the Dhonoje, Ghatole, Masaram...

Joseph. Village Communities in Goa and their Evolution Caste and race in India by Govind Sadashiv Ghurye The cultural history of Goa from 10000 B.C.-1352 A...

Gomantak, but it is to be taken to mean that this caste is having origin of the community which is in Goa , under the people's living there. As the old vast...