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{{short description|List of notable of Dhobis}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2021}}
'''Dhobi''' known in some places as '''Dhoba''' or '''Rajaka''' are Indo-Aryan and Dravidian tribe group in India laundry and agriculture caste.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://piketty.pse.ens.fr/files/ideologie/data/CensusIndia/CensusIndia1901/CensusIndia1901EthnographicAppendices.pdf|title=Census of India - 1901}}</ref>

== Historical people ==
'''Saints'''
*[[Virabhadra]] – Fierce and fearsome form of the Hindu god Shiva <ref>{{cite book|editor1-last=L K A Iyer|title=The Mysore tribes and Castes|year=1932|publisher=Mittal Publication|page=1|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zseCqGFRpyQC&q=agasa+caste&pg=RA1-PA1}}</ref>
*[[Tiru Kurippu Thonda Nayanar]] – One of the 63 Nayanmars <ref>{{cite book|title=Shaivam org|url=https://shaivam.org/devotees/thirukkuripputh-thonda-nayanar}}</ref>
*[[Bogar]] – One of the 18 Siddhars <ref>{{cite book|editor1-last=karthikeyan|title=Siddhas of Tamilnadu|publisher=notion press|year=2016|isbn=9789352065523|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q4HDDAAAQBAJ}}</ref>

== Bureaucracy ==
*[[Vivek Ram Chaudhari]]
*[[D. Roopa|Roopa Divakar Moudgil]]
*[[Anil Kant]]

== Politics ==
'''President & Prime Ministers'''
*[[Ranasinghe Premadasa]] – 3rd President of Sri Lanka (1989–1993) and Prime Minister (1978–1989) <ref>{{cite book|editor1-last=Murari|title=The Prabhakaran Saga|publisher=Sage publication|year=2012|isbn=9788132116783|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FxdBDwAAQBAJ&dq=ranasinghe+premadasa+was+a+washerman+caste&pg=PT92}}</ref>

'''Ministers & MP'''
*[[Sajith Premadasa]]
*[[Shyam Rajak]]
*[[Gulabo Devi]]<ref>{{cite book|title=Srimathi Gulab Devi|url=https://upvs-ssl.semanticbits.com/member?memberId=19821}}</ref>
*[[Basavaraju Saraiah]]
*[[Arjun Charan Sethi]]
*[[Rajesh Diwakar]]
*[[Lalit Mohan Suklabaidya]]
*[[Dumar Lal Baitha]]
*[[Kameshwar Baitha]]
*[[Kailash Baitha]]
*[[Kamal Kishor]]
*[[Yashvir Singh]]
*[[Umakant Rajak]]
*[[Dumar Lal Baitha]]
*[[Hemlata Divakar]]
'''MLA's & MLC's'''
*[[M. Ethirajulu (politician)|M.Ethirajulu]]

== Social reformers ==
*[[Gadge Maharaj]] – Indian mendicant-saint and social reformer<ref>{{cite book|editor1-last=Bhatt, Gopal|title=Land and People|publisher=Kalpaz publication|year=2006|page=566|isbn=9788178353562|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IleHyBDWbzEC&dq=gadge+maharaj+was+a+dhobi&pg=PA566}}</ref>
*[[Chakali Ilamma]] – Indian revolutionary leader during the Telangana Rebellion<ref>{{Cite web|last=Teja|first=Charan|date=10 September 2020|title=Remembering Chakali Ailamma on death anniversary, a key figure in Telangana history|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/remembering-chakali-ailamma-death-anniversary-key-figure-telangana-history-132773|access-date=23 November 2020|website=[[The News Minute]]}}</ref>

== Warriors and kings ==
*[[Madivala Machideva]] – A great warrior of the 12th century, he fought valiantly against King Bijjala's army to protect manuscripts of Vachanas<ref>{{cite book|title=lingayatreligion|url=https://lingayatreligion.com/Sharanaru/Madivala_Machideva.htm}}</ref>
*[[Chintamoni Dhoba]] – The ruler of [[Dhalbhum]] region and established capital at Ambikanagar<ref>{{cite book|editor1-last=India. Superintendent of Census Operations, West Bengal|title=District census book westbengal|year=1965|page=141|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3mBEENCJBcgC&q=chintamoni+dhoba}}</ref>
*[[Neelasothaiyan]] – The Commander-in-Chief of King Periyathambiran <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.arayampathy.lk/research/121-552017|title=பெரிய தம்பிரான் - நீலாசோதையன் வழிபாடு | விஜய்|access-date=18 January 2022|archive-date=19 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719020557/http://www.arayampathy.lk/research/121-552017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Military ==
* [[Rosli Dhobi]] – Malay Sarawakian nationalist from Sibu, Sarawak, Malaysia during the British crown colony era in that state
* [[Ram Chander (MVC)|Ram Chander]] – MVC was a civilian who was awarded the Mahavir Chakra during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/community/decorated-washerman-waited-for-promised-land-till-his-last-breath/205641.html |title=Decorated washerman waited for promised land till his last breath |newspaper=The Tribune |date=7 March 2016 |author=Vijay Mohan |archive-date=10 November 2017 |access-date=30 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171110005208/http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/community/decorated-washerman-waited-for-promised-land-till-his-last-breath/205641.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== Freedom fighters ==
* [[Nathu Dhobi]] – To lead the Jallianwala Bagh struggle
* [[A. M. Saravanam]] – Indian Congress politician.

== Sports ==
*[[Mamata Kanojia]]
*[[Rahul Kanojia]]
*[[Shyamji Kanojia]]
*[[Preeti Rajak]]

== Cinema ==
*[[Usha Rajak]]
*[[Rajkumar Kanojia]]
*[[Rokesh]]
*[[Bullet Prakash]]

== Business ==
* [[V. K. Thanabalan]] – Chairman & Managing Director of Madura Travel Service (P) Ltd, Editor & Publisher madura welcome<ref>{{cite book|title=Vkt balan history|url=https://www.theweekendleader.com/Success/2618/titan-of-tours.html}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:Lists of Indian people by community]]

List of Dhobis - Revision history

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