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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;{{short description|Indian caste}}&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;The &lt;/ins&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;Mudiraju&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;Mudiraj&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;&#039;Mutrasi&lt;/ins&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;, earlier recorded as &#039;&#039;&#039;Mutracha&#039;&#039;&#039;, is a &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;caste found in &lt;/ins&gt;[[Andhra Pradesh]] &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;and &lt;/ins&gt;[[Telangana]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Cite &lt;/ins&gt;book |&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;last&lt;/ins&gt;=&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Gafoor &lt;/ins&gt;|&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;first&lt;/ins&gt;=&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Khaja Abdul &lt;/ins&gt;|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;i55CAQAAIAAJ &lt;/ins&gt;|&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;title&lt;/ins&gt;=&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Social Services in Hyderabad &lt;/ins&gt;|&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;publisher&lt;/ins&gt;=&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Citizen Press &lt;/ins&gt;|year=&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;1955 &lt;/ins&gt;|&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;location&lt;/ins&gt;=&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[New Delhi]], [[India]], [[Asia]] &lt;/ins&gt;|&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;pages&lt;/ins&gt;=&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;143: MUDIRAJ &lt;/ins&gt;(&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;MUTRASI&lt;/ins&gt;) &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Kabberu, Kabbaliga, Tenugollu: — Mutrasi, Mut Raj, Mudiraj, Koli, Naik Bantu, Telgand, Tengand — &lt;/ins&gt;a &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;large cultivating, hunting and labouring tribe of Dravidian descent, members of which are engaged as village watchmen under &lt;/ins&gt;the &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;title &lt;/ins&gt;of &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Mannewad&lt;/ins&gt;. They were&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;, in ancient times engaged as soldiers, which has won for them &lt;/ins&gt;the &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;military &lt;/ins&gt;title &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Bantu&lt;/ins&gt;. |&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;language&lt;/ins&gt;=&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;en&lt;/ins&gt;}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Cite &lt;/ins&gt;book |last=&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Hassan &lt;/ins&gt;|first=&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Syed Siraj ul &lt;/ins&gt;|&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;url&lt;/ins&gt;=&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;https://books.google.com/books?id&lt;/ins&gt;=&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;lYSd&lt;/ins&gt;-&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;3yL9h0C &lt;/ins&gt;|title=&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;The Castes &lt;/ins&gt;and &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Tribes of H.E.H. the Nizam&#039;s Dominions &lt;/ins&gt;|publisher=&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[Asian Educational Services]] &lt;/ins&gt;|year=&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;1989 &lt;/ins&gt;|&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;isbn&lt;/ins&gt;=&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;978-81-206-0488-9 &lt;/ins&gt;|&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;location&lt;/ins&gt;=&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;New Delhi, India, Asia &lt;/ins&gt;|&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;pages&lt;/ins&gt;=&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;LXXV: Mutrasi, Mut-Raj&lt;/ins&gt;, &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Modi&lt;/ins&gt;-&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Raj, Koli, Naik, Bantu, Tengaud—a large cultivating, hunting and labouring tribe &lt;/ins&gt;of &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Dravidian descent&lt;/ins&gt;, &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;members &lt;/ins&gt;of &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;which &lt;/ins&gt;are &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;engaged as village watch men under &lt;/ins&gt;the &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;title of Mannepod &lt;/ins&gt;|&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;language&lt;/ins&gt;=&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;en&lt;/ins&gt;}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;It is categorised among the [[Other Backward Classes]] by the [[Government of India]].&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;lt;ref &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;name=&quot;:0&quot; /&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;Mudiraju&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;Mudiraj&#039;&#039;&#039;, earlier recorded as &#039;&#039;&#039;Mutracha&#039;&#039;&#039;, is a &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[Telugu language|Telugu]] community from &lt;/del&gt;[[Andhra Pradesh]]&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;, &lt;/del&gt;[[Telangana&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]] and also some portion of [[Tamil Nadu&lt;/del&gt;]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;cite &lt;/del&gt;book|&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;editor1&lt;/del&gt;=&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Eveline Masilamani-Meyer &lt;/del&gt;|&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;title=Kattavarayan Katai&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;|publisher=Otto Harassowitz Verlag|year=2004|page=19|isbn=9783447047128&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;== Titles ==&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;|quote&lt;/del&gt;=&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Among the Telugu castes that came to Tamilnadu were the Mutturajas or Mutrāchas. &lt;/del&gt;| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;iw7SL2QrgcQC&amp;amp;pg=PA19}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book&lt;/del&gt;|&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;editor1&lt;/del&gt;=&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;L. D. Sanghvi &lt;/del&gt;|&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;editor2=V. Balakrishnan |editor3=Irawati Karmarkar Karve |title&lt;/del&gt;=&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Biology of the People of Tamil Nadu &lt;/del&gt;|year=&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;1981&lt;/del&gt;|&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;page&lt;/del&gt;=&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;21&lt;/del&gt;|&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;quote&lt;/del&gt;=&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Mutracha &lt;/del&gt;(&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;MT&lt;/del&gt;) &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;  Mutracha is  primarily &lt;/del&gt;a &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Telugu caste  found in &lt;/del&gt;the &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;southern districts &lt;/del&gt;of &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Andhra Pradesh&lt;/del&gt;. They were &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;employed by the Vijayanagar kings to defend their frontiers when they entered Tamil Nadu and were honoured with &lt;/del&gt;the title &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;of Paligar. They speak Telugu&lt;/del&gt;. &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;In Tamil Nadu, they are more numerous in Tiruchirappalli than elsewhere &lt;/del&gt;|&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bxiAAAAAMAAJ&amp;amp;q&lt;/del&gt;=&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;%2C+++++andhra+Pradesh+frontiers++honoured++paligar++vijayanagar++more+numerous+++Tiruchirappalli&lt;/del&gt;}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;cite &lt;/del&gt;book|&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;editor1-first=Venkatesh B. |editor1-&lt;/del&gt;last=&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Athreya &lt;/del&gt;|&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;editor2-&lt;/del&gt;first=&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Göran &lt;/del&gt;|&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;editor2-last&lt;/del&gt;=&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Djurfeldt |editor3-first&lt;/del&gt;=&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Staffan |editor3&lt;/del&gt;-&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;last= Lindberg &lt;/del&gt;|title=&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Barriers broken: production relations &lt;/del&gt;and &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;agrarian change in Tamil Nadu &lt;/del&gt;|publisher= &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Sage Publications&lt;/del&gt;|year=&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;1990 &lt;/del&gt;|&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;page&lt;/del&gt;=&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;25 &lt;/del&gt;|&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;isbn&lt;/del&gt;=&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;9780803996397 &lt;/del&gt;|&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;quote&lt;/del&gt;=&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;The Muthurajas are descendants of the soldiers which the poligars recruited in their homeland&lt;/del&gt;, &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;the Telugu&lt;/del&gt;-&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;speaking areas &lt;/del&gt;of &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;contemporary Andhra Pradesh&lt;/del&gt;, &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;north &lt;/del&gt;of &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Tamil Nadu. Like other castes originating from Andhra, they &lt;/del&gt;are &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;bilingual, often speaking Telugu in family circles and Tamil outside &lt;/del&gt;the &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;house &lt;/del&gt;|&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;url&lt;/del&gt;=&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;https://books.google.com/books?id=VwbtAAAAMAAJ&lt;/del&gt;}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;cite book&lt;/del&gt;|&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;editor1&lt;/del&gt;=&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;K. M. Venkataramaiah &lt;/del&gt;|title&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;=A handbook &lt;/del&gt;of &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Tamil Nadu&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;* &#039;&#039;&#039;Mannewad&#039;&#039;&#039;, The Mudirajus who were engaged as village guard under the title of Mannewad.&lt;/ins&gt;{{&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;sfn|Gafoor|1955&lt;/ins&gt;|&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;pp&lt;/ins&gt;=&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;143}}&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;|&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;year=1996&lt;/del&gt;|&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;page=425&lt;/del&gt;|&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;isbn&lt;/del&gt;=&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;9788185692203&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;* &#039;&#039;&#039;Bantu&#039;&#039;&#039;, The Mudirajus of [[South India]] served as soldiers under several [[Princely State&lt;/ins&gt;|&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;princely state]]s and [[raja]]s and received the &lt;/ins&gt;title of &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Bantu by rulers.{{sfn&lt;/ins&gt;|&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Gafoor&lt;/ins&gt;|&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;1955&lt;/ins&gt;|&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;pp&lt;/ins&gt;=&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;143}}&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;|quote=Muthuracha: A Telugu caste found &lt;/del&gt;in &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;some districts of Tamil Nadu, &lt;/del&gt;the &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Muthuracha (muthurācha) is also called Muttaraiyan. Some are talaiyāris or watchmen &lt;/del&gt;of &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;villages&lt;/del&gt;. &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;They seem to be a major sect in the coastal villages of Andhra Pradesh&lt;/del&gt;| &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;url&lt;/del&gt;=&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;https://books.google.com/books?id&lt;/del&gt;=&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;2pAMAQAAMAAJ&amp;amp;q&lt;/del&gt;=&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Muthuracha}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &lt;/del&gt;It is categorised among the [[Other Backward Classes]] by the [[Government of India]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://ncbc.nic.in/User_Panel/GazetteResolution.aspx?Value=mPICjsL1aLvYBtdZSrP4uO%2bploAhiJHMitEMCkgxxsH%2f7oa9L5Zf2o2HH3BmrgcE Central List of OBCs]&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; They were once armed retainers in Telugu villages, and many were &#039;&#039;[[Polygar|palaigars]]&#039;&#039;. They are a dominant community and claimed Kshatriya status. There are two divisions: &#039;&#039;Paligiri&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;Oruganti&#039;&#039;, and several &#039;&#039;intiperlu&#039;&#039;.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite journal|date=September 1910|title=The Castes and Tribes of Southern India|journal=Nature|volume=84|issue=2134|pages=365–367|doi=10.1038/084365a0|issn=0028-0836|doi-access=free}}&lt;/del&gt;&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;* &#039;&#039;&#039;Cherish&#039;&#039;&#039;, The Mudirajus who served in ancient kingdoms and empires &lt;/ins&gt;in &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;India were honoured with &lt;/ins&gt;the &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;title &lt;/ins&gt;of &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Cherish&lt;/ins&gt;.&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;{{sfn|Gafoor|1955&lt;/ins&gt;|&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;pp=144}}&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;=&lt;/ins&gt;= &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Classification &lt;/ins&gt;==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;It is categorised among the [[Other Backward Classes]] by the [[Government of India]].&amp;lt;ref &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;name=&quot;:0&quot;&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;gt;[http://ncbc.nic.in/User_Panel/GazetteResolution.aspx?Value=mPICjsL1aLvYBtdZSrP4uO%2bploAhiJHMitEMCkgxxsH%2f7oa9L5Zf2o2HH3BmrgcE Central List of OBCs]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==See also==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==See also==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* [[&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Gangaputra (Besta)&lt;/del&gt;]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* [[&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Muthuraja&lt;/ins&gt;]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==References==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==References==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Category:Indian castes]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Category:Indian castes]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{short description|Indian caste}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{short description|Indian caste}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Mudiraju&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; or &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Mudiraj&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, earlier recorded as &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Mutracha&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, is a [[Telugu language|Telugu]] community from [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[Telangana]] and also some portion of [[Tamil Nadu]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book|editor1=Eveline Masilamani-Meyer |title=Kattavarayan Katai&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Mudiraju&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; or &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Mudiraj&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, earlier recorded as &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Mutracha&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, is a [[Telugu language|Telugu]] community from [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[Telangana]] and also some portion of [[Tamil Nadu]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book|editor1=Eveline Masilamani-Meyer |title=Kattavarayan Katai&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;|publisher=Otto &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Harrassowitz &lt;/del&gt;Verlag|year=2004|page=19|isbn=9783447047128&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;|publisher=Otto &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Harassowitz &lt;/ins&gt;Verlag|year=2004|page=19|isbn=9783447047128&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;|quote=Among the Telugu castes that came to Tamilnadu were the Mutturajas or Mutrāchas. | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iw7SL2QrgcQC&amp;amp;pg=PA19}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book|editor1=L. D. Sanghvi |editor2=V. Balakrishnan |editor3=Irawati Karmarkar Karve |title=Biology of the People of Tamil Nadu |year=1981|page=21|quote=Mutracha (MT)   Mutracha is  primarily a Telugu caste  found in the southern districts of Andhra Pradesh. They were employed by the Vijayanagar kings to defend their frontiers when they entered Tamil Nadu and were honoured with the title of Paligar. They speak Telugu. In Tamil Nadu, they are more numerous in Tiruchirappalli than elsewhere |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bxiAAAAAMAAJ&amp;amp;q=%2C+++++andhra+Pradesh+frontiers++honoured++paligar++vijayanagar++more+numerous+++Tiruchirappalli}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book|editor1-first=Venkatesh B. |editor1-last=Athreya |editor2-first=Göran |editor2-last=Djurfeldt |editor3-first=Staffan |editor3-last= Lindberg |title=Barriers broken: production relations and agrarian change in Tamil Nadu |publisher= Sage Publications|year=1990 |page=25 |isbn=9780803996397 |quote=The Muthurajas are descendants of the soldiers which the poligars recruited in their homeland, the Telugu-speaking areas of contemporary Andhra Pradesh, north of Tamil Nadu. Like other castes originating from Andhra, they are bilingual, often speaking Telugu in family circles and Tamil outside the house |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VwbtAAAAMAAJ}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book|editor1=K. M. Venkataramaiah |title=A handbook of Tamil Nadu&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;|quote=Among the Telugu castes that came to Tamilnadu were the Mutturajas or Mutrāchas. | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iw7SL2QrgcQC&amp;amp;pg=PA19}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book|editor1=L. D. Sanghvi |editor2=V. Balakrishnan |editor3=Irawati Karmarkar Karve |title=Biology of the People of Tamil Nadu |year=1981|page=21|quote=Mutracha (MT)   Mutracha is  primarily a Telugu caste  found in the southern districts of Andhra Pradesh. They were employed by the Vijayanagar kings to defend their frontiers when they entered Tamil Nadu and were honoured with the title of Paligar. They speak Telugu. In Tamil Nadu, they are more numerous in Tiruchirappalli than elsewhere |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bxiAAAAAMAAJ&amp;amp;q=%2C+++++andhra+Pradesh+frontiers++honoured++paligar++vijayanagar++more+numerous+++Tiruchirappalli}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book|editor1-first=Venkatesh B. |editor1-last=Athreya |editor2-first=Göran |editor2-last=Djurfeldt |editor3-first=Staffan |editor3-last= Lindberg |title=Barriers broken: production relations and agrarian change in Tamil Nadu |publisher= Sage Publications|year=1990 |page=25 |isbn=9780803996397 |quote=The Muthurajas are descendants of the soldiers which the poligars recruited in their homeland, the Telugu-speaking areas of contemporary Andhra Pradesh, north of Tamil Nadu. Like other castes originating from Andhra, they are bilingual, often speaking Telugu in family circles and Tamil outside the house |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VwbtAAAAMAAJ}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book|editor1=K. M. Venkataramaiah |title=A handbook of Tamil Nadu&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;|year=1996|page=425|isbn=9788185692203&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;|year=1996|page=425|isbn=9788185692203&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;|quote=Muthuracha: A Telugu caste found in some districts of Tamil Nadu, the Muthuracha (muthurācha) is also called Muttaraiyan. Some are talaiyāris or watchmen of villages. They seem to be a major sect in the coastal villages of Andhra Pradesh| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2pAMAQAAMAAJ&amp;amp;q=Muthuracha}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; It is categorised among the [[Other Backward Classes]] by the [[Government of India]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://ncbc.nic.in/User_Panel/GazetteResolution.aspx?Value=mPICjsL1aLvYBtdZSrP4uO%2bploAhiJHMitEMCkgxxsH%2f7oa9L5Zf2o2HH3BmrgcE Central List of OBCs]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; They were once armed retainers in Telugu villages, and many were &#039;&#039;[[Polygar|palaigars]]&#039;&#039;. They are a dominant community and claimed Kshatriya status. There are two divisions: &#039;&#039;Paligiri&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;Oruganti&#039;&#039;, and several &#039;&#039;intiperlu&#039;&#039;.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite journal|date=September 1910|title=The Castes and Tribes of Southern India&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/084365a0&lt;/del&gt;|journal=Nature|volume=84|issue=2134|pages=365–367|doi=10.1038/084365a0|issn=0028-0836|doi-access=free&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Like other backward class communities in the Andhra-Telangana region, community in recent years has been influenced by Hindutva ideology and have been more assertive against Dalits.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|last=Dhara|first=Tushar|title=In Telangana, rising OBC-led anti-Dalit violence points to Hindutva’s inroads in the state|url=https://caravanmagazine.in/communities/in-telangana-rising-obc-led-anti-dalit-violence-points-to-hindutvas-inroads-in-the-state|access-date=2020-12-15|website=The Caravan|language=en&lt;/del&gt;}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;|quote=Muthuracha: A Telugu caste found in some districts of Tamil Nadu, the Muthuracha (muthurācha) is also called Muttaraiyan. Some are talaiyāris or watchmen of villages. They seem to be a major sect in the coastal villages of Andhra Pradesh| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2pAMAQAAMAAJ&amp;amp;q=Muthuracha}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; It is categorised among the [[Other Backward Classes]] by the [[Government of India]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://ncbc.nic.in/User_Panel/GazetteResolution.aspx?Value=mPICjsL1aLvYBtdZSrP4uO%2bploAhiJHMitEMCkgxxsH%2f7oa9L5Zf2o2HH3BmrgcE Central List of OBCs]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; They were once armed retainers in Telugu villages, and many were &#039;&#039;[[Polygar|palaigars]]&#039;&#039;. They are a dominant community and claimed Kshatriya status. There are two divisions: &#039;&#039;Paligiri&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;Oruganti&#039;&#039;, and several &#039;&#039;intiperlu&#039;&#039;.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite journal|date=September 1910|title=The Castes and Tribes of Southern India|journal=Nature|volume=84|issue=2134|pages=365–367|doi=10.1038/084365a0|issn=0028-0836|doi-access=free}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==See also==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==See also==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* [[&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Muthuraja&lt;/del&gt;]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* [[&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Gangaputra (Besta)&lt;/ins&gt;]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==References==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==References==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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{{short description|Indian caste}}&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Mudiraju&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; or &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Mudiraj&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, earlier recorded as &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Mutracha&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, is a [[Telugu language|Telugu]] community from [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[Telangana]] and also some portion of [[Tamil Nadu]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book|editor1=Eveline Masilamani-Meyer |title=Kattavarayan Katai&lt;br /&gt;
|publisher=Otto Harrassowitz Verlag|year=2004|page=19|isbn=9783447047128&lt;br /&gt;
|quote=Among the Telugu castes that came to Tamilnadu were the Mutturajas or Mutrāchas. | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iw7SL2QrgcQC&amp;amp;pg=PA19}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book|editor1=L. D. Sanghvi |editor2=V. Balakrishnan |editor3=Irawati Karmarkar Karve |title=Biology of the People of Tamil Nadu |year=1981|page=21|quote=Mutracha (MT)   Mutracha is  primarily a Telugu caste  found in the southern districts of Andhra Pradesh. They were employed by the Vijayanagar kings to defend their frontiers when they entered Tamil Nadu and were honoured with the title of Paligar. They speak Telugu. In Tamil Nadu, they are more numerous in Tiruchirappalli than elsewhere |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bxiAAAAAMAAJ&amp;amp;q=%2C+++++andhra+Pradesh+frontiers++honoured++paligar++vijayanagar++more+numerous+++Tiruchirappalli}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book|editor1-first=Venkatesh B. |editor1-last=Athreya |editor2-first=Göran |editor2-last=Djurfeldt |editor3-first=Staffan |editor3-last= Lindberg |title=Barriers broken: production relations and agrarian change in Tamil Nadu |publisher= Sage Publications|year=1990 |page=25 |isbn=9780803996397 |quote=The Muthurajas are descendants of the soldiers which the poligars recruited in their homeland, the Telugu-speaking areas of contemporary Andhra Pradesh, north of Tamil Nadu. Like other castes originating from Andhra, they are bilingual, often speaking Telugu in family circles and Tamil outside the house |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VwbtAAAAMAAJ}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book|editor1=K. M. Venkataramaiah |title=A handbook of Tamil Nadu&lt;br /&gt;
|year=1996|page=425|isbn=9788185692203&lt;br /&gt;
|quote=Muthuracha: A Telugu caste found in some districts of Tamil Nadu, the Muthuracha (muthurācha) is also called Muttaraiyan. Some are talaiyāris or watchmen of villages. They seem to be a major sect in the coastal villages of Andhra Pradesh| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2pAMAQAAMAAJ&amp;amp;q=Muthuracha}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; It is categorised among the [[Other Backward Classes]] by the [[Government of India]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://ncbc.nic.in/User_Panel/GazetteResolution.aspx?Value=mPICjsL1aLvYBtdZSrP4uO%2bploAhiJHMitEMCkgxxsH%2f7oa9L5Zf2o2HH3BmrgcE Central List of OBCs]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; They were once armed retainers in Telugu villages, and many were &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Polygar|palaigars]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. They are a dominant community and claimed Kshatriya status. There are two divisions: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Paligiri&amp;#039;&amp;#039; and &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Oruganti&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, and several &amp;#039;&amp;#039;intiperlu&amp;#039;&amp;#039;.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite journal|date=September 1910|title=The Castes and Tribes of Southern India|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/084365a0|journal=Nature|volume=84|issue=2134|pages=365–367|doi=10.1038/084365a0|issn=0028-0836|doi-access=free}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Like other backward class communities in the Andhra-Telangana region, community in recent years has been influenced by Hindutva ideology and have been more assertive against Dalits.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|last=Dhara|first=Tushar|title=In Telangana, rising OBC-led anti-Dalit violence points to Hindutva’s inroads in the state|url=https://caravanmagazine.in/communities/in-telangana-rising-obc-led-anti-dalit-violence-points-to-hindutvas-inroads-in-the-state|access-date=2020-12-15|website=The Caravan|language=en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==See also==&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Muthuraja]]&lt;br /&gt;
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==References==&lt;br /&gt;
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