• Chuhra, also known as Bhanghi and Balmiki, is a Dalit caste in India and Pakistan. Populated regions include the Punjab region of India and Pakistan, as...
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  • Haralayya, Chambhar, Ravidassia, Madiga and Asadaru includes the subcastes Chuhra, Olgana, Lalbegi, Halalkhor, Zadmalli, Hela, Balmiki, Rushi, Zampada...
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  • Arain Arora Ansari Abraham Brahman Baloch Bazigar Bhatti Chhimba Darzi Chuhra Churigar Chamar Dhanial Dhobi Dhund Abbasi Dogar Dogras Gabol Gakhar Gaur...
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  • among the Chuhra and Chamar in the Punjab Province and United Provinces of Agra and Oudh; they thus became known as Dalit Christians. The Chuhra sub-castes...
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    at Valmiki Hindu temples are Dalits, especially those belonging to the Chuhra community, though adherents from other castes pray there too and patrons...
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  • Dost Chuhra Oga Madrasah is located in Bukhara. The madrasah has not been preserved today. Dost Chuhra Oga Madrasah was built by Dostmirza in 1585 during...
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    movement to Protestant Christianity flourished among the Dalit Chuhra caste. The Chuhras were the largest menial caste in Punjab and engaged in degrading...
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  • some members of the Chuhra community converted to Christianity. After the independence of Pakistan in 1947, some of those Chuhra Christians converted...
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  • referred to as Harijans. About 90% of Pakistani Christians are Dalits from the Chuhra caste and at least 9% of Indian Christians are Dalits, categorised thus...
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    movement to Protestant Christianity flourished among the Dalit Chuhra caste. The Chuhras were the largest menial caste in Punjab and engaged in degrading...
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  • The Lal Begi, or Lalbegi, are a Chuhra caste found in the states of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh in India, as well as in Multan, Dera Ghazi Khan and Bahawalpur...
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  • It is also a Jat clan. The name can also be found amongst the Bhangi (Chuhra) and Mirasi castes. Hans Hanks, Patrick, ed. (2003). Dictionary of American...
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  • groups of the Gujarat state in India, including the Mer, Mochi, and Bhangi (Chuhra). Some individuals with chudasama surname include: Bhupendrasinh Chudasama...
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    Nikhil Ravindra Kuwar. Valmiki Samhita Balmiki caste Maithili Maha Upanishad Chuhra Rama Vyasa Valmiki is also known by devotees as Balmiki, Lal Beg and Bala...
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  • are descendant clans of the Gill Jat clan. The name is also used by the Chuhra (Balmiki and Bhangi) caste, including the Mirasis. According to bhāt (bardic)...
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  • Publication. Vol. 96. Research Society of Pakistan. p. 50. As well as being a Chuhra gotra , the Gill are an important zat of the Jat tribe based especially...
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  • an attempt to distinguish themselves from other non-Brahmin communities. Chuhra Other Backward Class Who Were the Shudras? (Book) "Sudra | Encyclopedia...
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    many Christians belong to the Dalit Christian community, specifically the chuhra community, whose ancestors had converted to Christianity from Hinduism during...
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  • families. However, other modern Punjabi Christians have converted from the Chuhra group. The Churas were largely converted to Christianity in North India...
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  • film directed by Larry Charles. Borat may also refer to: Borat (caste), a Chuhra tribe in Pakistan and India Borat Sagdiyev, a fictional character starring...
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  • up of a cluster of Dalit communities — a few of whom are Bhangi, Mehtar, Chuhra, Lal Beghi and Halalkhor. Valmiki community filed a legal case against both...
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    and the two Dalit castes, known in Sikh terminology as the Mazhabis (the Chuhras) and the Ravidasias (the Chamars). Sikhism is the fifth-largest amongst...
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    Left to right: Gurkha, Brahmin and Shudra (Chuhra-Chamar) in Shimla (1868)...
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    The main Dalit groups that participated in these conversions were the Chuhras of Punjab, Chamars of North India (Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Madhya Pradesh)...
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  • Bargi 12,096 Bawaria 62,585 Bedia, Beria 4,833 Bhand 25,714 Balmiki Bhangi, Chuhra, Mehtar, Olgana, Rukhi, Malkana, Halalkhor, Lal Begi, Korar, Zadmalli 466...
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  • selecting which Christian doctrines they will follow, and which they will not. Chuhra Punjab, Pakistan Lower-class Christians and menial workers; later used against...
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  • Balmikism Ramayana Yoga Vasistha Bhagwan Valmiki Lava Kusha Ashram Ardaas Ashram Pargat Diwas Arthi Community Balmiki Mazhabi Chuhra  Hinduism portal v t e...
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  • (1972–2005) Sindhu, an alternative spelling of Sandhu clan of Jats Sindhu, a Chuhra sub-caste Sindhu (film), a 1975 Indian Malayalam film Indus (disambiguation)...
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  • of recent studies have shown.[citation needed] Deendar Halalkhor Haral Chuhra Pakistan’s caste system: The untouchable's struggle http://se2.isn...
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    Left to right: Gurkha, Brahmin and Shudra (Chuhra-Chamar) in Shimla (1868)....
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