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	The '''Sadgop''' sub-caste is a [[Bengali people\|Bengali]] [[Hindu]] [[Yadav]] ([[Gopa]]) caste,		The '''Sadgop''' sub-caste is a [[Bengali people\|Bengali]] [[Hindu]] [[Yadav]] ([[Gopa]]) caste,
	<ref name="Global Prayer Digest 2020">{{cite web \| title=Global Prayer Digest \| website=Global Prayer Digest \| date=2020-04-24 \| url=http://www.globalprayerdigest.org/issue/day/sadgope-yadav-people/ \| access-date=2021-02-09}}</ref> found in [[West Bengal]], [[Odisha]], [[Jharkhand]] and parts of [[Bihar]] state in [[India]].<ref name="A"> People of India Bihar Volume XVI Part Two edited by S Gopal & Hetukar Jha pages 827 to 831 Seagull Books</ref> Traditionally they are engaged with Dairy-farming and cultivation,<ref>{{cite book\|title=Man in Biosphere: A Case Study of Similipal Biosphere Reserve\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uFsVOKk7AqcC&q=Sad+Gope+milkman\|year=2013\|publisher=Anthropological Survey of India\|isbn=978-81-212-1163-5}}</ref> but nowadays most of them are rich cultivators or land holders.<ref name="BandyopadhyayRao2011">{{cite book\|author1=Suraj Bandyopadhyay\|author2=A R. Rao\|author3=Bikas Kumar Sinha\|title=Models for Social Networks With Statistical Applications\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1OIpYyzBTlsC&pg=PA24\|year=2011\|publisher=SAGE\|isbn=978-1-4129-4168-6\|pages=24–}}</ref> However, historically Sadgop kings had ruled some parts of Bengal such as Gopbhumi, Amragarh,<ref name="McLane2002">{{cite book\|author=John R. McLane\|title=Land and Local Kingship in Eighteenth-Century Bengal\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YH6ijJnUPmcC&pg=PA157\|date=25 July 2002\|publisher=Cambridge University Press\|isbn=978-0-521-52654-8\|pages=157–}}</ref> Narayangarh and Balrampur etc.<ref name="Bandyopadhyay2004">{{cite book\|author=Sekhar Bandyopadhyay\|title=Caste, Culture and Hegemony: Social Dominance in Colonial Bengal\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GPqHAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA51\|date=1 July 2004\|publisher=SAGE Publications\|isbn=978-81-321-0407-0\|pages=51–}}</ref>		<ref name="Global Prayer Digest 2020">{{cite web \| title=Global Prayer Digest \| website=Global Prayer Digest \| date=2020-04-24 \| url=http://www.globalprayerdigest.org/issue/day/sadgope-yadav-people/ \| access-date=2021-02-09}}</ref> found in [[West Bengal]], [[Odisha]], [[Jharkhand]] and parts of [[Bihar]] state in [[India]].<ref name="A"> People of India Bihar Volume XVI Part Two edited by S Gopal & Hetukar Jha pages 827 to 831 Seagull Books</ref> Nowadays most of them are rich cultivators or land holders.<ref name="BandyopadhyayRao2011">{{cite book\|author1=Suraj Bandyopadhyay\|author2=A R. Rao\|author3=Bikas Kumar Sinha\|title=Models for Social Networks With Statistical Applications\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1OIpYyzBTlsC&pg=PA24\|year=2011\|publisher=SAGE\|isbn=978-1-4129-4168-6\|pages=24–}}</ref> However, historically Sadgop kings had ruled some parts of Bengal such as Gopbhumi, Amragarh,<ref name="McLane2002">{{cite book\|author=John R. McLane\|title=Land and Local Kingship in Eighteenth-Century Bengal\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YH6ijJnUPmcC&pg=PA157\|date=25 July 2002\|publisher=Cambridge University Press\|isbn=978-0-521-52654-8\|pages=157–}}</ref> Narayangarh and Balrampur etc.<ref name="Bandyopadhyay2004">{{cite book\|author=Sekhar Bandyopadhyay\|title=Caste, Culture and Hegemony: Social Dominance in Colonial Bengal\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GPqHAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA51\|date=1 July 2004\|publisher=SAGE Publications\|isbn=978-81-321-0407-0\|pages=51–}}</ref>

	== History and origin ==		== History and origin ==

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+The '''Sadgop''' sub-caste is a [[Bengali people|Bengali]] [[Hindu]] [[Yadav]] ([[Gopa]]) caste,
-{{short description|Social community of India}}
+<ref name="Global Prayer Digest 2020">{{cite web | title=Global Prayer Digest | website=Global Prayer Digest | date=2020-04-24 | url=http://www.globalprayerdigest.org/issue/day/sadgope-yadav-people/ | access-date=2021-02-09}}</ref> found in [[West Bengal]],  [[Odisha]], [[Jharkhand]] and parts of [[Bihar]] state in [[India]].<ref name="A"> People of India Bihar Volume XVI  Part Two edited by S Gopal & Hetukar Jha pages 827 to 831 Seagull Books</ref> Traditionally they are engaged with Dairy-farming and cultivation,<ref>{{cite book|title=Man in Biosphere: A Case Study of Similipal Biosphere Reserve|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uFsVOKk7AqcC&q=Sad+Gope+milkman|year=2013|publisher=Anthropological Survey of India|isbn=978-81-212-1163-5}}</ref> but nowadays most of them are rich cultivators or land holders.<ref name="BandyopadhyayRao2011">{{cite book|author1=Suraj Bandyopadhyay|author2=A R. Rao|author3=Bikas Kumar Sinha|title=Models for Social Networks With Statistical Applications|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1OIpYyzBTlsC&pg=PA24|year=2011|publisher=SAGE|isbn=978-1-4129-4168-6|pages=24–}}</ref> However, historically Sadgop kings had ruled some parts of Bengal such as Gopbhumi, Amragarh,<ref name="McLane2002">{{cite book|author=John R. McLane|title=Land and Local Kingship in Eighteenth-Century Bengal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YH6ijJnUPmcC&pg=PA157|date=25 July 2002|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-52654-8|pages=157–}}</ref> Narayangarh and Balrampur etc.<ref name="Bandyopadhyay2004">{{cite book|author=Sekhar Bandyopadhyay|title=Caste, Culture and Hegemony: Social Dominance in Colonial Bengal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GPqHAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA51|date=1 July 2004|publisher=SAGE Publications|isbn=978-81-321-0407-0|pages=51–}}</ref>
-==Origin==
+== History and origin ==
-===Etymology===
+In the 1910s, Sadgops along with [[Ahir|Ahirs]], [[Gopa (caste)|Gops]], [[Gopal (caste)|Gopals]], and Goalas are claim [[kshatriya]] status based on claimed descent from the legendary king [[Yadu (legendary king)|Yadu]]. The Yadav-kshatriya movement attracted communities in the [[Gangetic Plain|Gangetic plain]] who were associated with a combination of cultivation, cattle-herding, and dairy farming.<ref name="Pinch1996">{{cite book|author=William R. Pinch|title=Peasants and Monks in British India|url=https://archive.org/details/peasantsmonksinb0000pinc|url-access=registration|accessdate=9 July 2017|date=18 June 1996|publisher=University of California Press|language=en|isbn=978-0-520-91630-2|page=[https://archive.org/details/peasantsmonksinb0000pinc/page/91 91]}}</ref>
 ==Present circumstances==
 The Sadgop consist of a number of sub-divisions. They are an endogamous group and practice [[gotra]] exogamy. The Sadgop are mainly a landholding community, but many Sadgop have settled in [[Kolkata]] and other cities of West Bengal. Their own community organization is named as Bangiya Sadgop Samiti.<ref name="A"/>
 ==References==

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-The '''Sadgop''' sub-caste is a [[Bengali people|Bengali]] [[Hindu]] [[Yadav]] ([[Gopa]]) caste,
+{{pp-semi-indef|small=yes}}
-<ref name="Global Prayer Digest 2020">{{cite web | title=Global Prayer Digest | website=Global Prayer Digest | date=2020-04-24 | url=http://www.globalprayerdigest.org/issue/day/sadgope-yadav-people/ | access-date=2021-02-09}}</ref> found in [[West Bengal]],  [[Odisha]], [[Jharkhand]] and parts of [[Bihar]] state in [[India]].<ref name="A"> People of India Bihar Volume XVI  Part Two edited by S Gopal & Hetukar Jha pages 827 to 831 Seagull Books</ref> Traditionally they are engaged with Dairy-farming and cultivation,<ref>{{cite book|title=Man in Biosphere: A Case Study of Similipal Biosphere Reserve|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uFsVOKk7AqcC&q=Sad+Gope+milkman|year=2013|publisher=Anthropological Survey of India|isbn=978-81-212-1163-5}}</ref> but nowadays most of them are rich cultivators or land holders.<ref name="BandyopadhyayRao2011">{{cite book|author1=Suraj Bandyopadhyay|author2=A R. Rao|author3=Bikas Kumar Sinha|title=Models for Social Networks With Statistical Applications|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1OIpYyzBTlsC&pg=PA24|year=2011|publisher=SAGE|isbn=978-1-4129-4168-6|pages=24–}}</ref> However, historically Sadgop kings had ruled some parts of Bengal such as Gopbhumi, Amragarh,<ref name="McLane2002">{{cite book|author=John R. McLane|title=Land and Local Kingship in Eighteenth-Century Bengal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YH6ijJnUPmcC&pg=PA157|date=25 July 2002|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-52654-8|pages=157–}}</ref> Narayangarh and Balrampur etc.<ref name="Bandyopadhyay2004">{{cite book|author=Sekhar Bandyopadhyay|title=Caste, Culture and Hegemony: Social Dominance in Colonial Bengal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GPqHAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA51|date=1 July 2004|publisher=SAGE Publications|isbn=978-81-321-0407-0|pages=51–}}</ref>
+{{short description|Social community of India}}
-== History and origin ==
+==Origin==
-In the 1910s, Sadgops along with [[Ahir|Ahirs]], [[Gopa (caste)|Gops]], [[Gopal (caste)|Gopals]], and Goalas began claiming [[kshatriya]] status based on claimed descent from the legendary king [[Yadu (legendary king)|Yadu]]. The Yadav-kshatriya movement attracted communities in the [[Gangetic Plain|Gangetic plain]] who were associated with a combination of cultivation, cattle-herding, and dairy farming.<ref name="Pinch1996">{{cite book|author=William R. Pinch|title=Peasants and Monks in British India|url=https://archive.org/details/peasantsmonksinb0000pinc|url-access=registration|accessdate=9 July 2017|date=18 June 1996|publisher=University of California Press|language=en|isbn=978-0-520-91630-2|page=[https://archive.org/details/peasantsmonksinb0000pinc/page/91 91]}}</ref>
+===Etymology===
 ==Present circumstances==
 The Sadgop consist of a number of sub-divisions. They are an endogamous group and practice [[gotra]] exogamy. The Sadgop are mainly a landholding community, but many Sadgop have settled in [[Kolkata]] and other cities of West Bengal. Their own community organization is named as Bangiya Sadgop Samiti.<ref name="A"/>
 ==References==

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The '''Sadgop''' sub-caste is a [[Bengali people|Bengali]] [[Hindu]] [[Yadav]] ([[Gopa]]) caste,
<ref name="Global Prayer Digest 2020">{{cite web | title=Global Prayer Digest | website=Global Prayer Digest | date=2020-04-24 | url=http://www.globalprayerdigest.org/issue/day/sadgope-yadav-people/ | access-date=2021-02-09}}</ref> found in [[West Bengal]], [[Odisha]], [[Jharkhand]] and parts of [[Bihar]] state in [[India]].<ref name="A"> People of India Bihar Volume XVI Part Two edited by S Gopal & Hetukar Jha pages 827 to 831 Seagull Books</ref> Traditionally they are engaged with Dairy-farming and cultivation,<ref>{{cite book|title=Man in Biosphere: A Case Study of Similipal Biosphere Reserve|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uFsVOKk7AqcC&q=Sad+Gope+milkman|year=2013|publisher=Anthropological Survey of India|isbn=978-81-212-1163-5}}</ref> but nowadays most of them are rich cultivators or land holders.<ref name="BandyopadhyayRao2011">{{cite book|author1=Suraj Bandyopadhyay|author2=A R. Rao|author3=Bikas Kumar Sinha|title=Models for Social Networks With Statistical Applications|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1OIpYyzBTlsC&pg=PA24|year=2011|publisher=SAGE|isbn=978-1-4129-4168-6|pages=24–}}</ref> However, historically Sadgop kings had ruled some parts of Bengal such as Gopbhumi, Amragarh,<ref name="McLane2002">{{cite book|author=John R. McLane|title=Land and Local Kingship in Eighteenth-Century Bengal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YH6ijJnUPmcC&pg=PA157|date=25 July 2002|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-52654-8|pages=157–}}</ref> Narayangarh and Balrampur etc.<ref name="Bandyopadhyay2004">{{cite book|author=Sekhar Bandyopadhyay|title=Caste, Culture and Hegemony: Social Dominance in Colonial Bengal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GPqHAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA51|date=1 July 2004|publisher=SAGE Publications|isbn=978-81-321-0407-0|pages=51–}}</ref>

== History and origin ==
In the 1910s, Sadgops along with [[Ahir|Ahirs]], [[Gopa (caste)|Gops]], [[Gopal (caste)|Gopals]], and Goalas began claiming [[kshatriya]] status based on claimed descent from the legendary king [[Yadu (legendary king)|Yadu]]. The Yadav-kshatriya movement attracted communities in the [[Gangetic Plain|Gangetic plain]] who were associated with a combination of cultivation, cattle-herding, and dairy farming.<ref name="Pinch1996">{{cite book|author=William R. Pinch|title=Peasants and Monks in British India|url=https://archive.org/details/peasantsmonksinb0000pinc|url-access=registration|accessdate=9 July 2017|date=18 June 1996|publisher=University of California Press|language=en|isbn=978-0-520-91630-2|page=[https://archive.org/details/peasantsmonksinb0000pinc/page/91 91]}}</ref>

==Present circumstances==
The Sadgop consist of a number of sub-divisions. They are an endogamous group and practice [[gotra]] exogamy. The Sadgop are mainly a landholding community, but many Sadgop have settled in [[Kolkata]] and other cities of West Bengal. Their own community organization is named as Bangiya Sadgop Samiti.<ref name="A"/>

==References==
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{{Bengali Hindu people}}

[[Category:Bengali Hindu castes]]
[[Category:Social groups of Bihar]]
[[Category:Social groups of West Bengal]]
[[Category:Social groups of Jharkhand]]