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	There were proposals in 2013 that some or all of the communities related to Kashyap in the state{{Which\|date=September 2025}} should be reclassified as [[Scheduled Castes]] under India's [[Reservation in India\|system of positive discrimination]]; this would have involved declassifying them from the [[Other Backwards Class]] category.{{sfnp\|Shah\|2013\|ps=}} Whether or not this would happen was a significant issue in the campaign for the [[2014 Indian general election]].{{sfnp\|Srivastava\|2014\|ps=}}		There were proposals in 2013 that some or all of the communities related to Kashyap in the state{{Which\|date=September 2025}} should be reclassified as [[Scheduled Castes]] under India's [[Reservation in India\|system of positive discrimination]]; this would have involved declassifying them from the [[Other Backwards Class]] category.{{sfnp\|Shah\|2013\|ps=}} Whether or not this would happen was a significant issue in the campaign for the [[2014 Indian general election]].{{sfnp\|Srivastava\|2014\|ps=}}

	They are among 17 OBC communities that were again proposed for Scheduled Caste status by the [[Samajwadi Party]]-controlled [[Government of Uttar Pradesh]]. However, this proposal, which relates to [[votebank politics]], has been stayed by the courts; the prior attempt had been rejected by the [[Government of India]].~~<~~ref~~>~~{{cite news \|title=Setback for Akhilesh government as High Court stays their order to include 17 sub-castes in the SC category \|date=24 January 2017 \|work=The Financial Express \|url=http://www.financialexpress.com/elections/uttar-pradesh-assembly-elections-2017/setback-for-akhilesh-government-as-high-court-stays-their-order-to-include-17-sub-castes-in-the-sc-category/520325/ \|accessdate=2017-02-04}}~~<~~/ref~~><~~ref~~>~~{{cite news \|title=UP govt to include 17 other backward castes in SC list \|date=22 December 2016 \|agency=PTI \|work=Hindustan Times \|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/up-govt-to-include-17-other-backward-castes-in-sc-list/story-jQWfybFAcSJTnwj2k4NxqO.html \|accessdate=2017-02-04}}~~<~~/ref~~>~~		They are among 17 OBC communities that were again proposed for Scheduled Caste status by the [[Samajwadi Party]]-controlled [[Government of Uttar Pradesh]]. However, this proposal, which relates to [[votebank politics]], has been stayed by the courts; the prior attempt had been rejected by the [[Government of India]].<ref>{{cite news \|title=Setback for Akhilesh government as High Court stays their order to include 17 sub-castes in the SC category \|date=24 January 2017 \|work=The Financial Express \|url=http://www.financialexpress.com/elections/uttar-pradesh-assembly-elections-2017/setback-for-akhilesh-government-as-high-court-stays-their-order-to-include-17-sub-castes-in-the-sc-category/520325/ \|accessdate=2017-02-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|title=UP govt to include 17 other backward castes in SC list \|date=22 December 2016 \|agency=PTI \|work=Hindustan Times \|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/up-govt-to-include-17-other-backward-castes-in-sc-list/story-jQWfybFAcSJTnwj2k4NxqO.html \|accessdate=2017-02-04}}</ref>

	==See also==		==See also==

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	\| related names = [[Kashyap mehra]], [[Mehra]] , [[Mehra Rajput]] , [[Rajput]] [[Koshyal]] [[Kanshilya]]		\| related names = [[Kashyap mehra]], [[Mehra]], [[Mehra Rajput]], [[Rajput]] [[Koshyal]] [[Kanshilya]]
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	==History==		==History==
	''Kashyap'' is originally one of the eight primary [[gotra]]s (clans) of the [[Brahmin]]s, being derived from [[Kashyapa]], the name of a [[rishi]] (hermit) from whom the eponymous gotra Brahmins believe to have descended. The Brahmanical clan system was later emulated by people as an early example of the [[sanskritisation]] process.{{sfnp\|Singh\|2012\|p=199\|ps=}} In more recent times, the All-India Kashyap Rajput Mahasabha pressure group was established prior to the 1941 census of [[British India]] to lobby the census authorities to record the caste as ''Kashyap Rajput'' rather than by any other name.{{sfnp\|Maheshwari\|1996\|pp=109-110\|ps=}}		''Kashyap'' is originally one of the eight primary [[gotra]]s (clans) of the [[Brahmin]]s, being derived from [[Kashyapa]], the name of a [[rishi]] (hermit) from whom the eponymous gotra Brahmins believe to have descended. The Brahmanical clan system was later emulated by people as an early example of the [[sanskritisation]] process.{{sfnp\|Singh\|2012\|p=199\|ps=}} In more recent times, the All-India Kashyap Rajput Mahasabha pressure group was established prior to the [[1941 census of India\|1941 census]] of [[British India]] to lobby the census authorities to record the caste as ''Kashyap Rajput'' rather than by any other name.{{sfnp\|Maheshwari\|1996\|pp=109-110\|ps=}}

	==Kashyap communities==		==Kashyap communities==
	There were proposals in 2013 that some or all of the communities related to Kashyap in the state should be reclassified as [[Scheduled Castes]] under India's [[Reservation in India\|system of positive discrimination]]; this would have involved declassifying them from the [[Other Backwards Class]] category.{{sfnp\|Shah\|2013\|ps=}} Whether or not this would happen was a significant issue in the campaign for the [[2014 Indian general election]].{{sfnp\|Srivastava\|2014\|ps=}}		There were proposals in 2013 that some or all of the communities related to Kashyap in the state{{Which\|date=September 2025}} should be reclassified as [[Scheduled Castes]] under India's [[Reservation in India\|system of positive discrimination]]; this would have involved declassifying them from the [[Other Backwards Class]] category.{{sfnp\|Shah\|2013\|ps=}} Whether or not this would happen was a significant issue in the campaign for the [[2014 Indian general election]].{{sfnp\|Srivastava\|2014\|ps=}}

	They are among 17 OBC communities that were again proposed for Scheduled Caste status by the [[Samajwadi Party]]-controlled [[Government of Uttar Pradesh]]. However, this proposal, which relates to [[votebank politics]], has been stayed by the courts; the prior attempt had been rejected by the [[Government of India]].<ref>{{cite news \|title=Setback for Akhilesh government as High Court stays their order to include 17 sub-castes in the SC category \|work=The Financial Express \|url=http://www.financialexpress.com/elections/uttar-pradesh-assembly-elections-2017/setback-for-akhilesh-government-as-high-court-stays-their-order-to-include-17-sub-castes-in-the-sc-category/520325/ \|accessdate=2017-02-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|title=UP govt to include 17 other backward castes in SC list \|agency=PTI \|work=Hindustan Times \|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/up-govt-to-include-17-other-backward-castes-in-sc-list/story-jQWfybFAcSJTnwj2k4NxqO.html \|accessdate=2017-02-04}}</ref>		They are among 17 OBC communities that were again proposed for Scheduled Caste status by the [[Samajwadi Party]]-controlled [[Government of Uttar Pradesh]]. However, this proposal, which relates to [[votebank politics]], has been stayed by the courts; the prior attempt had been rejected by the [[Government of India]].<ref>{{cite news \|title=Setback for Akhilesh government as High Court stays their order to include 17 sub-castes in the SC category \|date=24 January 2017 \|work=The Financial Express \|url=http://www.financialexpress.com/elections/uttar-pradesh-assembly-elections-2017/setback-for-akhilesh-government-as-high-court-stays-their-order-to-include-17-sub-castes-in-the-sc-category/520325/ \|accessdate=2017-02-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|title=UP govt to include 17 other backward castes in SC list \|date=22 December 2016 \|agency=PTI \|work=Hindustan Times \|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/up-govt-to-include-17-other-backward-castes-in-sc-list/story-jQWfybFAcSJTnwj2k4NxqO.html \|accessdate=2017-02-04}}</ref>

	==See also==		==See also==
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	'''Bibliography'''		'''Bibliography'''
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	*{{citation \|title=The Census Administration Under the Raj and After \|first=Shriram \|last=Maheshwari \|publisher=Concept Publishing Company \|year=1996 \|isbn=9788170225850 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-2RP04HHopkC&pg=PA109}}		*{{citation \|title=The Census Administration Under the Raj and After \|first=Shriram \|last=Maheshwari \|publisher=Concept Publishing Company \|year=1996 \|isbn=9788170225850 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-2RP04HHopkC&pg=PA109}}
	*{{citation \|title=Political parties eye Lok Sabha polls, bank on boatmen to claim pole position \|first=Pankaj \|last=Shah \|work=The Times of India \|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Political-parties-eye-Lok-Sabha-polls-bank-on-boatmen-to-claim-pole-position/articleshow/19409283.cms \|accessdate=14 April 2014}}		*{{citation \|title=Political parties eye Lok Sabha polls, bank on boatmen to claim pole position \|first=Pankaj \|last=Shah \|date=6 April 2013 \|work=The Times of India \|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Political-parties-eye-Lok-Sabha-polls-bank-on-boatmen-to-claim-pole-position/articleshow/19409283.cms \|accessdate=14 April 2014}}
	*{{citation \|title=Islamization in Modern South Asia: Deobandi Reform and the Gujjar Response \|first=David Emmanuel \|last=Singh \|publisher=Walter de Gruyter \|year=2012 \|isbn=978-1-61451-246-2 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=upk5AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA200}}		*{{citation \|title=Islamization in Modern South Asia: Deobandi Reform and the Gujjar Response \|first=David Emmanuel \|last=Singh \|publisher=Walter de Gruyter \|year=2012 \|isbn=978-1-61451-246-2 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=upk5AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA200}}
	*{{citation \|title=BJP castes a wider UP net, uses Modi's background to attract OBC votes while seeking blessings by feeding Brahmins \|first=Piyush \|last=Srivastava \|work=India Today \|url=~~http~~://indiatoday~~.intoday~~.in/story/bjp-leads-in-the-caste-game-in-up-2014-lok-sabha-polls~~/1/345392.html~~ \|~~accessdate~~=14 April 2014}}		*{{citation \|title=BJP castes a wider UP net, uses Modi's background to attract OBC votes while seeking blessings by feeding Brahmins \|first=Piyush \|last=Srivastava \|work=India Today \|date=25 February 2014 \|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/story/bjp-leads-in-the-caste-game-in-up-2014-lok-sabha-polls-182555-2014-02-24 \|access-date=14 April 2014}}
	{{refend}}		{{refend}}

	[[Category:Other Backward Classes]]		[[Category:Other Backward Classes]]
	[[Category:Social groups of Uttar Pradesh]]		[[Category:Social groups of Uttar Pradesh]]

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| region = [[Uttar Pradesh]] [[Madhya Pradesh]] [[Chandigarh]]
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| shortform = [[Mehra]], [[Mehra Rajput]]
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The '''Kashyap Rajput''' or '''Kashyap''' are a [[caste]] in India. They are sometimes called the '''Koshyal''' or '''Kanshilya'''.{{sfnp|Singh|2012|p=200|ps=}}

==History==
''Kashyap'' is originally one of the eight primary [[gotra]]s (clans) of the [[Brahmin]]s, being derived from [[Kashyapa]], the name of a [[rishi]] (hermit) from whom the eponymous gotra Brahmins believe to have descended. The Brahmanical clan system was later emulated by people as an early example of the [[sanskritisation]] process.{{sfnp|Singh|2012|p=199|ps=}} In more recent times, the All-India Kashyap Rajput Mahasabha pressure group was established prior to the 1941 census of [[British India]] to lobby the census authorities to record the caste as ''Kashyap Rajput'' rather than by any other name.{{sfnp|Maheshwari|1996|pp=109-110|ps=}}

==Kashyap communities==
There were proposals in 2013 that some or all of the communities related to Kashyap in the state should be reclassified as [[Scheduled Castes]] under India's [[Reservation in India|system of positive discrimination]]; this would have involved declassifying them from the [[Other Backwards Class]] category.{{sfnp|Shah|2013|ps=}} Whether or not this would happen was a significant issue in the campaign for the [[2014 Indian general election]].{{sfnp|Srivastava|2014|ps=}}

They are among 17 OBC communities that were again proposed for Scheduled Caste status by the [[Samajwadi Party]]-controlled [[Government of Uttar Pradesh]]. However, this proposal, which relates to [[votebank politics]], has been stayed by the courts; the prior attempt had been rejected by the [[Government of India]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Setback for Akhilesh government as High Court stays their order to include 17 sub-castes in the SC category |work=The Financial Express |url=http://www.financialexpress.com/elections/uttar-pradesh-assembly-elections-2017/setback-for-akhilesh-government-as-high-court-stays-their-order-to-include-17-sub-castes-in-the-sc-category/520325/ |accessdate=2017-02-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=UP govt to include 17 other backward castes in SC list |agency=PTI |work=Hindustan Times |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/up-govt-to-include-17-other-backward-castes-in-sc-list/story-jQWfybFAcSJTnwj2k4NxqO.html |accessdate=2017-02-04}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Kashyap (surname)]]

== References ==
'''Citations'''
{{Reflist}}
'''Bibliography'''
{{refbegin}}
*{{citation |title=The Census Administration Under the Raj and After |first=Shriram |last=Maheshwari |publisher=Concept Publishing Company |year=1996 |isbn=9788170225850 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-2RP04HHopkC&pg=PA109}}
*{{citation |title=Political parties eye Lok Sabha polls, bank on boatmen to claim pole position |first=Pankaj |last=Shah |work=The Times of India |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Political-parties-eye-Lok-Sabha-polls-bank-on-boatmen-to-claim-pole-position/articleshow/19409283.cms |accessdate=14 April 2014}}
*{{citation |title=Islamization in Modern South Asia: Deobandi Reform and the Gujjar Response |first=David Emmanuel |last=Singh |publisher=Walter de Gruyter |year=2012 |isbn=978-1-61451-246-2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=upk5AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA200}}
*{{citation |title=BJP castes a wider UP net, uses Modi's background to attract OBC votes while seeking blessings by feeding Brahmins |first=Piyush |last=Srivastava |work=India Today |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/bjp-leads-in-the-caste-game-in-up-2014-lok-sabha-polls/1/345392.html |accessdate=14 April 2014}}
{{refend}}

[[Category:Other Backward Classes]]
[[Category:Social groups of Uttar Pradesh]]