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<div>{{short description|Hindu weavers caste}}<br />
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The '''Tanti''' (anglicised as Tanti, Tanty, Tantee) is a surname of Hindu community in India.<ref name=":0" /> The greatest concentration is believed to be in the states of [[Bihar]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[West bengal]],[[Assam]] as well as [[Odisha]].<ref name="Mohanty2003">{{cite book|author=Ramesh P. Mohanty|title=Dalits Development and Change: An Empirical Study|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tMCEOmVXhLkC&pg=PA40|year=2003|publisher=Discovery Publishing House|isbn=978-81-7141-696-7|pages=40–41}}</ref> They are slightly less concentrated than some groups because their designation started with their occupation rather than a particular group.<br />
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== Origin ==<br />
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The word tanti is derived from the [[Hindi]] word tant, which means a loom. They were traditionally [[Weaving|weavers]], and are one of the many communities found in [[South Asia]], traditionally associated with this craft. The community is foud in [[Ranchi]] and other part in [[Jharkhand]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Russell|first=Robert Vane|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6h2Gm1gPZZQC&q=Abrawan&pg=PT530|title=The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India (Volumes I and II)|date=2020-09-28|publisher=Library of Alexandria|isbn=978-1-4655-8294-2|language=en}}</ref><ref name="H bengal">''People of India Bihar'' Volume XVI, Part Two, edited by S Gopal & Hetukar Jha, pp. 914-916, [[Seagull Books]]</ref> <br />
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In Bihar the community titled as Tanti was actually Pan/swasi by caste and pan/swasi caste is located at 18 serial number in Bihar list of SC/ST caste since 1956 by the approval of president of India. Now the serial number of pan/swasi in this list is at 20. The people belongs to pan/swasi community is schedule caste as per government of India. Hence, in Bihar there is not any existence of tanti by caste since 1 July 2015 . Tanti is only title of Pan/swasi community in Bihar.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Scan|url=http://socialjustice.nic.in/writereaddata/UploadFile/Scan-0003.jpg|url-status=live}}</ref>{{Citation needed|date=July 2021}} <br />
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==Notable people==<br />
[[Kamal Kumar Tanti]] appointed as minister in [[Assam]] Government<br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:Indian castes]]<br />
[[Category:Social groups of Bihar]]<br />
[[Category:Weaving communities of South Asia]]<br />
[[Category:Social groups of Madhya Pradesh]]<br />
[[Category:Social groups of Odisha]]</div>2409:4062:109:4253:B1CD:98C6:2CA4:E9F4