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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;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Sundhi&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; also known as &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Sodhi&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; or &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Sundi&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; or &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Sudi&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; or &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Sudhi&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; or &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Shoundika&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, is an Indian [[caste]] whose traditional occupation has been [[brewing]] of alcoholic drinks.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |last1=Mahana |first1=Rajakishor |title=Negotiating Marginality Conflicts Over Tribal Development in India |date=2019 |publisher=Taylor &amp;amp; Francis |isbn=9780429647826 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LpCKDwAAQBAJ&amp;amp;dq=Sundhi+caste+brewing+of+alcohol&amp;amp;pg=PT156}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |last1=Acharya |first1=Manoranjan |title=Problems of Slums and Viable Strategies for Development |year=2005 |publisher=Pratibha Prakashan |isbn=9788177021080 |page=49 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZW1PAAAAMAAJ&amp;amp;q=Sundhi+caste+brewing+of+alcohol |access-date=29 November 2020}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web |editor-last=Taradatt |editor-first=Dr. |title=Odisha district gazetteers –Kandhamal |url=http://gopabandhuacademy.gov.in/sites/default/files/gazetter/Kandhamal_Gazetteer.pdf |access-date=20 March 2022 |website=gopabandhuacademy.gov.in |pages=73–74}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The Sundhis are included in the [[Other Backward Class]] category in the states of [[Bihar]], [[Jharkhand]] and [[Odisha]],&amp;lt;ref name=ODISHA&amp;gt;{{cite web |url=https://www.odisha.gov.in/govtpress/pdf/2012/53.pdf |date=26 December 2011 |title=Minorities &amp;amp; Backward Classes Welfare Department Notification |work=The Odisha Gazette |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309192729/http://odisha.gov.in/govtpress/pdf/2012/53.pdf |archive-date=9 March 2016 |url-status=live}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web |url=http://ncbc.nic.in/Writereaddata/cl/jharkhand.pdf |title=Central List of OBCs for the State of Jharkhand |access-date=29 March 2019}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web |title=OBC&amp;#039;s List |url=http://www.scbc.bih.nic.in/ObcList.htm |website=www.scbc.bih.nic.in |access-date=24 November 2020 |archive-date=3 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191103135501/http://scbc.bih.nic.in/ObcList.htm |url-status=dead }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; though according to Suratha Kumar Malik, Sundhis of [[Koraput district]] of [[Odisha]] belong to the [[Dalit]] community, who are [[Moonshine|hooch]] traders and do small businesses.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite journal |last=Malik |first=Suratha Kumar |date=4 September 2017 |title=Tribal-Dalit Conflict Over Land: A Case of Narayanpatna Land Movement in the Koraput District of Odisha |url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2455328X17722680 |journal=Contemporary Voice of Dalit |language=en |volume=9 |issue=2 |pages=184–193 |doi=10.1177/2455328X17722680 |s2cid=182082528 |issn=2455-328X|url-access=subscription }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; They are considered as [[Scheduled Caste]]  in [[West Bengal]], where they are also known as [[Shunri]] (except Saha).&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |last1=General |first1=India Office of the Registrar |title=Census of India, 1961 |page=1213 |publisher=Office of the Registrar General |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ylmFAAAAIAAJ&amp;amp;q=sundhi+caste+west+bengal |language=en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |title=Vyavasthá-Darpana: Digest of Hindu Law as Current in Bengal. (Syámá Charana Sarkar.) |year=1883 |page=671 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iVsSAAAAYAAJ&amp;amp;dq=Shunri+caste&amp;amp;pg=PA671 |language=en|last1=(India) |first1=Bengal }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Singh, K. S. (1992). People of India: The scheduled castes. India: Anthropological Survey of India. p. 1244&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;According to Suratha Kumar Malik, Sundhis of [[Koraput district]] of [[Odisha]] belong to the Dalit community, who are [[Moonshine|hooch]] traders and do small businesses.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite journal |last=Malik |first=Suratha Kumar |date=4 September 2017 |title=Tribal-Dalit Conflict Over Land: A Case of Narayanpatna Land Movement in the Koraput District of Odisha |url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2455328X17722680 |journal=Contemporary Voice of Dalit |language=en |volume=9 |issue=2 |pages=184–193 |doi=10.1177/2455328X17722680 |issn=2455-328X}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&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;Sundhi&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; also known as &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Sodhi&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; or &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Sundi&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; or &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Sudi&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; or &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Sudhi&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; or &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Shoundika&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, is an Indian [[caste]] whose traditional occupation has been [[brewing]] of alcoholic drinks.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |last1=Mahana |first1=Rajakishor |title=Negotiating Marginality Conflicts Over Tribal Development in India |date=2019 |publisher=Taylor &amp;amp; Francis |isbn=9780429647826 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LpCKDwAAQBAJ&amp;amp;dq=Sundhi+caste+brewing+of+alcohol&amp;amp;pg=PT156}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |last1=Acharya |first1=Manoranjan |title=Problems of Slums and Viable Strategies for Development |year=2005 |publisher=Pratibha Prakashan |isbn=9788177021080 |page=49 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZW1PAAAAMAAJ&amp;amp;q=Sundhi+caste+brewing+of+alcohol |access-date=29 November 2020}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web |editor-last=Taradatt |editor-first=Dr. |title=Odisha district gazetteers –Kandhamal |url=http://gopabandhuacademy.gov.in/sites/default/files/gazetter/Kandhamal_Gazetteer.pdf |access-date=20 March 2022 |website=gopabandhuacademy.gov.in |pages=73–74}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The Sundhis are included in the [[Other Backward Class]] category in the states of [[Bihar]], [[Jharkhand]] and [[Odisha]],&amp;lt;ref name=ODISHA&amp;gt;{{cite web |url=https://www.odisha.gov.in/govtpress/pdf/2012/53.pdf |date=26 December 2011 |title=Minorities &amp;amp; Backward Classes Welfare Department Notification |work=The Odisha Gazette |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309192729/http://odisha.gov.in/govtpress/pdf/2012/53.pdf |archive-date=9 March 2016 |url-status=live}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web |url=http://ncbc.nic.in/Writereaddata/cl/jharkhand.pdf |title=Central List of OBCs for the State of Jharkhand |access-date=29 March 2019}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web |title=OBC&amp;#039;s List |url=http://www.scbc.bih.nic.in/ObcList.htm |website=www.scbc.bih.nic.in |access-date=24 November 2020 |archive-date=3 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191103135501/http://scbc.bih.nic.in/ObcList.htm |url-status=dead }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; though according to Suratha Kumar Malik, Sundhis of [[Koraput district]] of [[Odisha]] belong to the [[Dalit]] community, who are [[Moonshine|hooch]] traders and do small businesses.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite journal |last=Malik |first=Suratha Kumar |date=4 September 2017 |title=Tribal-Dalit Conflict Over Land: A Case of Narayanpatna Land Movement in the Koraput District of Odisha |url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2455328X17722680 |journal=Contemporary Voice of Dalit |language=en |volume=9 |issue=2 |pages=184–193 |doi=10.1177/2455328X17722680 |s2cid=182082528 |issn=2455-328X|url-access=subscription }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; They are considered as [[Scheduled Caste]]  in [[West Bengal]], where they are also known as [[Shunri]] (except Saha).&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |last1=General |first1=India Office of the Registrar |title=Census of India, 1961 |page=1213 |publisher=Office of the Registrar General |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ylmFAAAAIAAJ&amp;amp;q=sundhi+caste+west+bengal |language=en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |title=Vyavasthá-Darpana: Digest of Hindu Law as Current in Bengal. (Syámá Charana Sarkar.) |year=1883 |page=671 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iVsSAAAAYAAJ&amp;amp;dq=Shunri+caste&amp;amp;pg=PA671 |language=en|last1=(India) |first1=Bengal }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Singh, K. S. (1992). People of India: The scheduled castes. India: Anthropological Survey of India. p. 1244&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;According to Suratha Kumar Malik, Sundhis of [[Koraput district]] of [[Odisha]] belong to the Dalit community, who are [[Moonshine|hooch]] traders and do small businesses.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite journal |last=Malik |first=Suratha Kumar |date=4 September 2017 |title=Tribal-Dalit Conflict Over Land: A Case of Narayanpatna Land Movement in the Koraput District of Odisha |url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2455328X17722680 |journal=Contemporary Voice of Dalit |language=en |volume=9 |issue=2 |pages=184–193 |doi=10.1177/2455328X17722680 |issn=2455-328X}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&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;The National Report says, &quot;Over the last 15-20 years in Nepal, six groups, namely kath baniya, [[Rajbhar]], [[Dhanuk]], [[Sundhi|Sudi]], [[Kalwar (caste)|Kalwar]] and [[Teli]] have socially upgraded their status from the water unacceptable to the water acceptable community within the Tarai origin Hindu caste groups.&quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Nepal&#039;s Downtrodden: A nation struggles to find the way to relieve 4.5 million Dalits from the stigma of &quot;untouchability&quot;. p. 6.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Dalits and Labour in Nepal: Discrimination and Forced Labour. p. 40.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/ins&gt;&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;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Sundhi&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; also known as &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Sodhi&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; or &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Sundi&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; or &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Sudi&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; or &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Sudhi&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; or &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Shoundika&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, is an Indian [[caste]] whose traditional occupation has been [[brewing]] of alcoholic drinks.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |last1=Mahana |first1=Rajakishor |title=Negotiating Marginality Conflicts Over Tribal Development in India |date=2019 |publisher=Taylor &amp;amp; Francis |isbn=9780429647826 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LpCKDwAAQBAJ&amp;amp;dq=Sundhi+caste+brewing+of+alcohol&amp;amp;pg=PT156}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |last1=Acharya |first1=Manoranjan |title=Problems of Slums and Viable Strategies for Development |year=2005 |publisher=Pratibha Prakashan |isbn=9788177021080 |page=49 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZW1PAAAAMAAJ&amp;amp;q=Sundhi+caste+brewing+of+alcohol |access-date=29 November 2020}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web |editor-last=Taradatt |editor-first=Dr. |title=Odisha district gazetteers –Kandhamal |url=http://gopabandhuacademy.gov.in/sites/default/files/gazetter/Kandhamal_Gazetteer.pdf |access-date=20 March 2022 |website=gopabandhuacademy.gov.in |pages=73–74}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The Sundhis are included in the [[Other Backward Class]] category in the states of [[Bihar]], [[Jharkhand]] and [[Odisha]],&amp;lt;ref name=ODISHA&amp;gt;{{cite web |url=https://www.odisha.gov.in/govtpress/pdf/2012/53.pdf |date=26 December 2011 |title=Minorities &amp;amp; Backward Classes Welfare Department Notification |work=The Odisha Gazette |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309192729/http://odisha.gov.in/govtpress/pdf/2012/53.pdf |archive-date=9 March 2016 |url-status=live}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web |url=http://ncbc.nic.in/Writereaddata/cl/jharkhand.pdf |title=Central List of OBCs for the State of Jharkhand |access-date=29 March 2019}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web |title=OBC&amp;#039;s List |url=http://www.scbc.bih.nic.in/ObcList.htm |website=www.scbc.bih.nic.in |access-date=24 November 2020 |archive-date=3 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191103135501/http://scbc.bih.nic.in/ObcList.htm |url-status=dead }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; though according to Suratha Kumar Malik, Sundhis of [[Koraput district]] of [[Odisha]] belong to the [[Dalit]] community, who are [[Moonshine|hooch]] traders and do small businesses.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite journal |last=Malik |first=Suratha Kumar |date=4 September 2017 |title=Tribal-Dalit Conflict Over Land: A Case of Narayanpatna Land Movement in the Koraput District of Odisha |url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2455328X17722680 |journal=Contemporary Voice of Dalit |language=en |volume=9 |issue=2 |pages=184–193 |doi=10.1177/2455328X17722680 |s2cid=182082528 |issn=2455-328X|url-access=subscription }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; They are considered as [[Scheduled Caste]]  in [[West Bengal]], where they are also known as [[Shunri]] (except Saha).&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |last1=General |first1=India Office of the Registrar |title=Census of India, 1961 |page=1213 |publisher=Office of the Registrar General |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ylmFAAAAIAAJ&amp;amp;q=sundhi+caste+west+bengal |language=en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |title=Vyavasthá-Darpana: Digest of Hindu Law as Current in Bengal. (Syámá Charana Sarkar.) |year=1883 |page=671 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iVsSAAAAYAAJ&amp;amp;dq=Shunri+caste&amp;amp;pg=PA671 |language=en|last1=(India) |first1=Bengal }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Singh, K. S. (1992). People of India: The scheduled castes. India: Anthropological Survey of India. p. 1244&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;According to Suratha Kumar Malik, Sundhis of [[Koraput district]] of [[Odisha]] belong to the Dalit community, who are [[Moonshine|hooch]] traders and do small businesses.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite journal |last=Malik |first=Suratha Kumar |date=4 September 2017 |title=Tribal-Dalit Conflict Over Land: A Case of Narayanpatna Land Movement in the Koraput District of Odisha |url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2455328X17722680 |journal=Contemporary Voice of Dalit |language=en |volume=9 |issue=2 |pages=184–193 |doi=10.1177/2455328X17722680 |issn=2455-328X}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&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;Sundhi&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; also known as &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Sodhi&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; or &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Sundi&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; or &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Sudi&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; or &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Sudhi&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; or &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Shoundika&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, is an Indian [[caste]] whose traditional occupation has been [[brewing]] of alcoholic drinks.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |last1=Mahana |first1=Rajakishor |title=Negotiating Marginality Conflicts Over Tribal Development in India |date=2019 |publisher=Taylor &amp;amp; Francis |isbn=9780429647826 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LpCKDwAAQBAJ&amp;amp;dq=Sundhi+caste+brewing+of+alcohol&amp;amp;pg=PT156}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |last1=Acharya |first1=Manoranjan |title=Problems of Slums and Viable Strategies for Development |year=2005 |publisher=Pratibha Prakashan |isbn=9788177021080 |page=49 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZW1PAAAAMAAJ&amp;amp;q=Sundhi+caste+brewing+of+alcohol |access-date=29 November 2020}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web |editor-last=Taradatt |editor-first=Dr. |title=Odisha district gazetteers –Kandhamal |url=http://gopabandhuacademy.gov.in/sites/default/files/gazetter/Kandhamal_Gazetteer.pdf |access-date=20 March 2022 |website=gopabandhuacademy.gov.in |pages=73–74}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The Sundhis are included in the [[Other Backward Class]] category in the states of [[Bihar]], [[Jharkhand]] and [[Odisha]],&amp;lt;ref name=ODISHA&amp;gt;{{cite web |url=https://www.odisha.gov.in/govtpress/pdf/2012/53.pdf |date=26 December 2011 |title=Minorities &amp;amp; Backward Classes Welfare Department Notification |work=The Odisha Gazette |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309192729/http://odisha.gov.in/govtpress/pdf/2012/53.pdf |archive-date=9 March 2016 |url-status=live}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web |url=http://ncbc.nic.in/Writereaddata/cl/jharkhand.pdf |title=Central List of OBCs for the State of Jharkhand |access-date=29 March 2019}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web |title=OBC&amp;#039;s List |url=http://www.scbc.bih.nic.in/ObcList.htm |website=www.scbc.bih.nic.in |access-date=24 November 2020 |archive-date=3 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191103135501/http://scbc.bih.nic.in/ObcList.htm |url-status=dead }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; though according to Suratha Kumar Malik, Sundhis of [[Koraput district]] of [[Odisha]] belong to the [[Dalit]] community, who are [[Moonshine|hooch]] traders and do small businesses.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite journal |last=Malik |first=Suratha Kumar |date=4 September 2017 |title=Tribal-Dalit Conflict Over Land: A Case of Narayanpatna Land Movement in the Koraput District of Odisha |url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2455328X17722680 |journal=Contemporary Voice of Dalit |language=en |volume=9 |issue=2 |pages=184–193 |doi=10.1177/2455328X17722680 |s2cid=182082528 |issn=2455-328X|url-access=subscription }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; They are considered as [[Scheduled Caste]]  in [[West Bengal]], where they are also known as [[Shunri]] (except Saha).&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |last1=General |first1=India Office of the Registrar |title=Census of India, 1961 |page=1213 |publisher=Office of the Registrar General |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ylmFAAAAIAAJ&amp;amp;q=sundhi+caste+west+bengal |language=en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |title=Vyavasthá-Darpana: Digest of Hindu Law as Current in Bengal. (Syámá Charana Sarkar.) |year=1883 |page=671 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iVsSAAAAYAAJ&amp;amp;dq=Shunri+caste&amp;amp;pg=PA671 |language=en|last1=(India) |first1=Bengal }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Singh, K. S. (1992). People of India: The scheduled castes. India: Anthropological Survey of India. p. 1244&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;According to Suratha Kumar Malik, Sundhis of [[Koraput district]] of [[Odisha]] belong to the Dalit community, who are [[Moonshine|hooch]] traders and do small businesses.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite journal |last=Malik |first=Suratha Kumar |date=4 September 2017 |title=Tribal-Dalit Conflict Over Land: A Case of Narayanpatna Land Movement in the Koraput District of Odisha |url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2455328X17722680 |journal=Contemporary Voice of Dalit |language=en |volume=9 |issue=2 |pages=184–193 |doi=10.1177/2455328X17722680 |issn=2455-328X}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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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;&#039;&#039;&#039;Sundhi&#039;&#039;&#039; also known as &#039;&#039;&#039;Sodhi&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;Sundi&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;Sudi&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;Sudhi&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;Shoundika&#039;&#039;&#039;, is an Indian [[caste]] whose traditional occupation has been [[brewing]] of alcoholic drinks.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |last1=Mahana |first1=Rajakishor |title=Negotiating Marginality Conflicts Over Tribal Development in India |date=2019 |publisher=Taylor &amp;amp; Francis |isbn=9780429647826 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LpCKDwAAQBAJ&amp;amp;dq=Sundhi+caste+brewing+of+alcohol&amp;amp;pg=PT156}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |last1=Acharya |first1=Manoranjan |title=Problems of Slums and Viable Strategies for Development |year=2005 |publisher=Pratibha Prakashan |isbn=9788177021080 |page=49 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZW1PAAAAMAAJ&amp;amp;q=Sundhi+caste+brewing+of+alcohol |access-date=29 November 2020}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web |editor-last=Taradatt |editor-first=Dr. |title=Odisha district gazetteers –Kandhamal |url=http://gopabandhuacademy.gov.in/sites/default/files/gazetter/Kandhamal_Gazetteer.pdf |access-date=20 March 2022 |website=gopabandhuacademy.gov.in |pages=73–74}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The Sundhis are included in the [[Other Backward Class]] category in the states of [[Bihar]], [[Jharkhand]] and [[Odisha]],&amp;lt;ref name=ODISHA&amp;gt;{{cite web |url=https://www.odisha.gov.in/govtpress/pdf/2012/53.pdf |date=26 December 2011 |title=Minorities &amp;amp; Backward Classes Welfare Department Notification |work=The Odisha Gazette |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309192729/http://odisha.gov.in/govtpress/pdf/2012/53.pdf |archive-date=9 March 2016 |url-status=live}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web |url=http://ncbc.nic.in/Writereaddata/cl/jharkhand.pdf |title=Central List of OBCs for the State of Jharkhand |access-date=29 March 2019}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web |title=OBC&#039;s List |url=http://www.scbc.bih.nic.in/ObcList.htm |website=www.scbc.bih.nic.in |access-date=24 November 2020 |archive-date=3 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191103135501/http://scbc.bih.nic.in/ObcList.htm |url-status=dead }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; though according to Suratha Kumar Malik, Sundhis of [[Koraput district]] of [[Odisha]] belong to the [[Dalit]] community, who are [[Moonshine|hooch]] traders and do small businesses.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite journal |last=Malik |first=Suratha Kumar |date=4 September 2017 |title=Tribal-Dalit Conflict Over Land: A Case of Narayanpatna Land Movement in the Koraput District of Odisha |url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2455328X17722680 |journal=Contemporary Voice of Dalit |language=en |volume=9 |issue=2 |pages=184–193 |doi=10.1177/2455328X17722680 |s2cid=182082528 |issn=2455-328X|url-access=subscription }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; They are considered as [[Scheduled Caste]]  in [[West Bengal]], where they are also known as [[Shunri]] (except Saha).&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |last1=General |first1=India Office of the Registrar |title=Census of India, 1961 |page=1213 |publisher=Office of the Registrar General |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ylmFAAAAIAAJ&amp;amp;q=sundhi+caste+west+bengal |language=en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |title=Vyavasthá-Darpana: Digest of Hindu Law as Current in Bengal. (Syámá Charana Sarkar.) |year=1883 |page=671 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iVsSAAAAYAAJ&amp;amp;dq=Shunri+caste&amp;amp;pg=PA671 |language=en|last1=(India) |first1=Bengal }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Singh, K. S. (1992). People of India: The scheduled castes. India: Anthropological Survey of India. p. 1244&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;&#039;&#039;&#039;Sundhi&#039;&#039;&#039; also known as &#039;&#039;&#039;Sodhi&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;Sundi&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;Sudi&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;Sudhi&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;Shoundika&#039;&#039;&#039;, is an Indian [[caste]] whose traditional occupation has been [[brewing]] of alcoholic drinks.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |last1=Mahana |first1=Rajakishor |title=Negotiating Marginality Conflicts Over Tribal Development in India |date=2019 |publisher=Taylor &amp;amp; Francis |isbn=9780429647826 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LpCKDwAAQBAJ&amp;amp;dq=Sundhi+caste+brewing+of+alcohol&amp;amp;pg=PT156}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |last1=Acharya |first1=Manoranjan |title=Problems of Slums and Viable Strategies for Development |year=2005 |publisher=Pratibha Prakashan |isbn=9788177021080 |page=49 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZW1PAAAAMAAJ&amp;amp;q=Sundhi+caste+brewing+of+alcohol |access-date=29 November 2020}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web |editor-last=Taradatt |editor-first=Dr. |title=Odisha district gazetteers –Kandhamal |url=http://gopabandhuacademy.gov.in/sites/default/files/gazetter/Kandhamal_Gazetteer.pdf |access-date=20 March 2022 |website=gopabandhuacademy.gov.in |pages=73–74}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The Sundhis are included in the [[Other Backward Class]] category in the states of [[Bihar]], [[Jharkhand]] and [[Odisha]],&amp;lt;ref name=ODISHA&amp;gt;{{cite web |url=https://www.odisha.gov.in/govtpress/pdf/2012/53.pdf |date=26 December 2011 |title=Minorities &amp;amp; Backward Classes Welfare Department Notification |work=The Odisha Gazette |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309192729/http://odisha.gov.in/govtpress/pdf/2012/53.pdf |archive-date=9 March 2016 |url-status=live}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web |url=http://ncbc.nic.in/Writereaddata/cl/jharkhand.pdf |title=Central List of OBCs for the State of Jharkhand |access-date=29 March 2019}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web |title=OBC&#039;s List |url=http://www.scbc.bih.nic.in/ObcList.htm |website=www.scbc.bih.nic.in |access-date=24 November 2020 |archive-date=3 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191103135501/http://scbc.bih.nic.in/ObcList.htm |url-status=dead }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; though according to Suratha Kumar Malik, Sundhis of [[Koraput district]] of [[Odisha]] belong to the [[Dalit]] community, who are [[Moonshine|hooch]] traders and do small businesses.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite journal |last=Malik |first=Suratha Kumar |date=4 September 2017 |title=Tribal-Dalit Conflict Over Land: A Case of Narayanpatna Land Movement in the Koraput District of Odisha |url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2455328X17722680 |journal=Contemporary Voice of Dalit |language=en |volume=9 |issue=2 |pages=184–193 |doi=10.1177/2455328X17722680 |s2cid=182082528 |issn=2455-328X|url-access=subscription }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; They are considered as [[Scheduled Caste]]  in [[West Bengal]], where they are also known as [[Shunri]] (except Saha).&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |last1=General |first1=India Office of the Registrar |title=Census of India, 1961 |page=1213 |publisher=Office of the Registrar General |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ylmFAAAAIAAJ&amp;amp;q=sundhi+caste+west+bengal |language=en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |title=Vyavasthá-Darpana: Digest of Hindu Law as Current in Bengal. (Syámá Charana Sarkar.) |year=1883 |page=671 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iVsSAAAAYAAJ&amp;amp;dq=Shunri+caste&amp;amp;pg=PA671 |language=en|last1=(India) |first1=Bengal }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Singh, K. S. (1992). People of India: The scheduled castes. India: Anthropological Survey of India. p. 1244&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;According to Suratha Kumar Malik, Sundhis of [[Koraput district]] of [[Odisha]] belong to the Dalit community, who are [[Moonshine|hooch]] traders and do small businesses.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite journal |last=Malik |first=Suratha Kumar |date=4 September 2017 |title=Tribal-Dalit Conflict Over Land: A Case of Narayanpatna Land Movement in the Koraput District of Odisha |url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2455328X17722680 |journal=Contemporary Voice of Dalit |language=en |volume=9 |issue=2 |pages=184–193 |doi=10.1177/2455328X17722680 |issn=2455-328X}}&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&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;}}&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;}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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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;&#039;&#039;&#039;Sundhi&#039;&#039;&#039; also known as &#039;&#039;&#039;Sodhi&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;Sundi&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;Sudi&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;Sudhi&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;Shoundika&#039;&#039;&#039;, is an Indian [[caste]] whose traditional occupation has been [[brewing]] of alcoholic drinks.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |last1=Mahana |first1=Rajakishor |title=Negotiating Marginality Conflicts Over Tribal Development in India |date=2019 |publisher=Taylor &amp;amp; Francis |isbn=9780429647826 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LpCKDwAAQBAJ&amp;amp;dq=Sundhi+caste+brewing+of+alcohol&amp;amp;pg=PT156}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |last1=Acharya |first1=Manoranjan |title=Problems of Slums and Viable Strategies for Development |year=2005 |publisher=Pratibha Prakashan |isbn=9788177021080 |page=49 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZW1PAAAAMAAJ&amp;amp;q=Sundhi+caste+brewing+of+alcohol |access-date=29 November 2020}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web |editor-last=Taradatt |editor-first=Dr. |title=Odisha district gazetteers –Kandhamal |url=http://gopabandhuacademy.gov.in/sites/default/files/gazetter/Kandhamal_Gazetteer.pdf |access-date=20 March 2022 |website=gopabandhuacademy.gov.in |pages=73–74&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; According to Suratha Kumar Malik, Sundhis of [[Koraput district]] of [[Odisha]] belong to the Dalit community, who are [[Moonshine|hooch]] traders and do small businesses.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite journal |last=Malik |first=Suratha Kumar |date=4 September 2017 |title=Tribal-Dalit Conflict Over Land: A Case of Narayanpatna Land Movement in the Koraput District of Odisha |url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2455328X17722680 |journal=Contemporary Voice of Dalit |language=en |volume=9 |issue=2 |pages=184–193 |doi=10.1177/2455328X17722680 |issn=2455-328X&lt;/del&gt;}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The Sundhis are included in the [[Other Backward Class]] category in the states of [[Bihar]], [[Jharkhand]] and [[Odisha]]&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;;&lt;/del&gt;&amp;lt;ref name=ODISHA&amp;gt;{{cite web |url=https://www.odisha.gov.in/govtpress/pdf/2012/53.pdf |date=26 December 2011 |title=Minorities &amp;amp; Backward Classes Welfare Department Notification |work=The Odisha Gazette |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309192729/http://odisha.gov.in/govtpress/pdf/2012/53.pdf |archive-date=9 March 2016 |url-status=live}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web |url=http://ncbc.nic.in/Writereaddata/cl/jharkhand.pdf |title=Central List of OBCs for the State of Jharkhand |access-date=29 March 2019}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web |title=OBC&#039;s List |url=http://www.scbc.bih.nic.in/ObcList.htm |website=www.scbc.bih.nic.in |access-date=24 November 2020 |archive-date=3 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191103135501/http://scbc.bih.nic.in/ObcList.htm |url-status=dead }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and in the [[Scheduled Caste]] &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;category &lt;/del&gt;in [[West Bengal]], where they are also known as [[Shunri]] (except Saha).&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |last1=General |first1=India Office of the Registrar |title=Census of India, 1961 |page=1213 |publisher=Office of the Registrar General |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ylmFAAAAIAAJ&amp;amp;q=sundhi+caste+west+bengal |language=en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |title=Vyavasthá-Darpana: Digest of Hindu Law as Current in Bengal. (Syámá Charana Sarkar.) |year=1883 |page=671 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iVsSAAAAYAAJ&amp;amp;dq=Shunri+caste&amp;amp;pg=PA671 |language=en|last1=(India) |first1=Bengal }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Singh, K. S. (1992). People of India: The scheduled castes. India: Anthropological Survey of India. p. 1244&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;&#039;&#039;&#039;Sundhi&#039;&#039;&#039; also known as &#039;&#039;&#039;Sodhi&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;Sundi&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;Sudi&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;Sudhi&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;Shoundika&#039;&#039;&#039;, is an Indian [[caste]] whose traditional occupation has been [[brewing]] of alcoholic drinks.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |last1=Mahana |first1=Rajakishor |title=Negotiating Marginality Conflicts Over Tribal Development in India |date=2019 |publisher=Taylor &amp;amp; Francis |isbn=9780429647826 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LpCKDwAAQBAJ&amp;amp;dq=Sundhi+caste+brewing+of+alcohol&amp;amp;pg=PT156}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |last1=Acharya |first1=Manoranjan |title=Problems of Slums and Viable Strategies for Development |year=2005 |publisher=Pratibha Prakashan |isbn=9788177021080 |page=49 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZW1PAAAAMAAJ&amp;amp;q=Sundhi+caste+brewing+of+alcohol |access-date=29 November 2020}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web |editor-last=Taradatt |editor-first=Dr. |title=Odisha district gazetteers –Kandhamal |url=http://gopabandhuacademy.gov.in/sites/default/files/gazetter/Kandhamal_Gazetteer.pdf |access-date=20 March 2022 |website=gopabandhuacademy.gov.in |pages=73–74}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The Sundhis are included in the [[Other Backward Class]] category in the states of [[Bihar]], [[Jharkhand]] and [[Odisha]]&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;,&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;lt;ref name=ODISHA&amp;gt;{{cite web |url=https://www.odisha.gov.in/govtpress/pdf/2012/53.pdf |date=26 December 2011 |title=Minorities &amp;amp; Backward Classes Welfare Department Notification |work=The Odisha Gazette |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309192729/http://odisha.gov.in/govtpress/pdf/2012/53.pdf |archive-date=9 March 2016 |url-status=live}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web |url=http://ncbc.nic.in/Writereaddata/cl/jharkhand.pdf |title=Central List of OBCs for the State of Jharkhand |access-date=29 March 2019}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web |title=OBC&#039;s List |url=http://www.scbc.bih.nic.in/ObcList.htm |website=www.scbc.bih.nic.in |access-date=24 November 2020 |archive-date=3 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191103135501/http://scbc.bih.nic.in/ObcList.htm |url-status=dead }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;though according to Suratha Kumar Malik, Sundhis of [[Koraput district]] of [[Odisha]] belong to the [[Dalit]] community, who are [[Moonshine|hooch]] traders &lt;/ins&gt;and &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;do small businesses.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite journal |last=Malik |first=Suratha Kumar |date=4 September 2017 |title=Tribal-Dalit Conflict Over Land: A Case of Narayanpatna Land Movement &lt;/ins&gt;in the &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Koraput District of Odisha |url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2455328X17722680 |journal=Contemporary Voice of Dalit |language=en |volume=9 |issue=2 |pages=184–193 |doi=10.1177/2455328X17722680 |s2cid=182082528 |issn=2455-328X|url-access=subscription }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; They are considered as &lt;/ins&gt;[[Scheduled Caste]] &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt; &lt;/ins&gt;in [[West Bengal]], where they are also known as [[Shunri]] (except Saha).&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |last1=General |first1=India Office of the Registrar |title=Census of India, 1961 |page=1213 |publisher=Office of the Registrar General |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ylmFAAAAIAAJ&amp;amp;q=sundhi+caste+west+bengal |language=en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |title=Vyavasthá-Darpana: Digest of Hindu Law as Current in Bengal. (Syámá Charana Sarkar.) |year=1883 |page=671 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iVsSAAAAYAAJ&amp;amp;dq=Shunri+caste&amp;amp;pg=PA671 |language=en|last1=(India) |first1=Bengal }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Singh, K. S. (1992). People of India: The scheduled castes. India: Anthropological Survey of India. p. 1244&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&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;{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2019}}&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;{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2019}}&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;{{Use Indian English|date=May 2019}}&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;{{Use Indian English|date=May 2019}}&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;Sundhi&#039;&#039;&#039; also known as &#039;&#039;&#039;Sodhi&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;Sundi&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;Sudi&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;Shoundika&#039;&#039;&#039;, is an Indian [[caste]] whose traditional occupation has been &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;distillation and selling of alcoholic drinks. Sudi caste is sub caste of &lt;/del&gt;[[&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Bania&lt;/del&gt;]] &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;and belong to the [[Vaishya]] community, who are hooch traders and do small businesses&lt;/del&gt;.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |last1=Mahana |first1=Rajakishor |title=Negotiating Marginality Conflicts Over Tribal Development in India |date=2019 |publisher=Taylor &amp;amp; Francis |url=https://&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;www&lt;/del&gt;.google.&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;co.in&lt;/del&gt;/books&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;/edition/Negotiating_Marginality/LpCKDwAAQBAJ&lt;/del&gt;?&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;hl&lt;/del&gt;=&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;en&amp;amp;gbpv=1&lt;/del&gt;&amp;amp;dq=Sundhi+caste+&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;distillation+and+selling&lt;/del&gt;+of+alcohol&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;+drinks&lt;/del&gt;&amp;amp;pg=PT156&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&amp;amp;printsec=frontcover&lt;/del&gt;}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |last1=Acharya |first1=Manoranjan |title=Problems of Slums and Viable Strategies for Development |publisher=Pratibha Prakashan |isbn=9788177021080 |page=49 |url=https://&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;www&lt;/del&gt;.google.&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;co.in&lt;/del&gt;/books&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;/edition/Problems_of_Slums_and_Viable_Strategies/ZW1PAAAAMAAJ&lt;/del&gt;?&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;hl&lt;/del&gt;=&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;en&amp;amp;gbpv=1&amp;amp;bsq=Sundhi+caste+distillation+and+selling+of+alcohol+drinks&lt;/del&gt;&amp;amp;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;dq&lt;/del&gt;=Sundhi+caste+&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;distillation+and+selling&lt;/del&gt;+of+alcohol&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;+drinks&amp;amp;printsec=frontcover &lt;/del&gt;|access-date=29 November 2020}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The Sundhis are included in the [[Other Backward Class]] category in the states of [[Bihar]], [[Jharkhand]] and [[Odisha]];&amp;lt;ref name=ODISHA&amp;gt;{{cite web |url=https://www.odisha.gov.in/govtpress/pdf/2012/53.pdf |date=26 December 2011 |title=Minorities &amp;amp; Backward Classes Welfare Department Notification |work=The Odisha Gazette |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309192729/http://odisha.gov.in/govtpress/pdf/2012/53.pdf |archive-date=9 March 2016 |url-status=live}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web |url=http://ncbc.nic.in/Writereaddata/cl/jharkhand.pdf |title=Central List of OBCs for the State of Jharkhand |access-date=29 March 2019}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web |title=OBC&#039;s List |url=http://www.scbc.bih.nic.in/ObcList.htm |website=www.scbc.bih.nic.in |access-date=24 November 2020}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |last1=General |first1=India Office of the Registrar |title=Census of India, 1961 |page=1213 |url=https://&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;www&lt;/del&gt;.google.&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;co.in&lt;/del&gt;/books&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;/edition/Census_of_India_1961/ylmFAAAAIAAJ&lt;/del&gt;?&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;hl&lt;/del&gt;=&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;en&amp;amp;gbpv=1&amp;amp;bsq=sundhi+caste+west+bengal&lt;/del&gt;&amp;amp;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;dq&lt;/del&gt;=sundhi+caste+west+bengal&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&amp;amp;printsec=frontcover &lt;/del&gt;|language=en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |title=Vyavasthá-Darpana: Digest of Hindu Law as Current in Bengal. (Syámá Charana Sarkar.) |page=671 |url=https://&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;www&lt;/del&gt;.google.&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;co.in&lt;/del&gt;/books&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;/edition/Vyavasth%C3%A1_Darpana/iVsSAAAAYAAJ&lt;/del&gt;?&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;hl&lt;/del&gt;=&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;en&amp;amp;gbpv=1&lt;/del&gt;&amp;amp;dq=Shunri+caste&amp;amp;pg=PA671&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&amp;amp;printsec=frontcover &lt;/del&gt;|language=en}}&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;{{Infobox caste&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;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;|caste_name=Sundhi&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;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;|classification=&#039;&#039;&#039;SC&#039;&#039;&#039; in West Bengal &amp;lt;br/&amp;gt; &#039;&#039;&#039;OBC&#039;&#039;&#039; in Bihar, Jharkhand and Odisha&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;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;|religions=Hinduism&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;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;}}&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;&#039;&#039;&#039;Sundhi&#039;&#039;&#039; also known as &#039;&#039;&#039;Sodhi&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;Sundi&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;Sudi&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;Sudhi&lt;/ins&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;Shoundika&#039;&#039;&#039;, is an Indian [[caste]] whose traditional occupation has been [[&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;brewing&lt;/ins&gt;]] &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;of alcoholic drinks&lt;/ins&gt;.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |last1=Mahana |first1=Rajakishor |title=Negotiating Marginality Conflicts Over Tribal Development in India |date=2019 |publisher=Taylor &amp;amp; Francis &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;|isbn=9780429647826 &lt;/ins&gt;|url=https://&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;books&lt;/ins&gt;.google.&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;com&lt;/ins&gt;/books?&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;id&lt;/ins&gt;=&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;LpCKDwAAQBAJ&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;amp;dq=Sundhi+caste+&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;brewing&lt;/ins&gt;+of+alcohol&amp;amp;pg=PT156}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |last1=Acharya |first1=Manoranjan |title=Problems of Slums and Viable Strategies for Development &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;|year=2005 &lt;/ins&gt;|publisher=Pratibha Prakashan |isbn=9788177021080 |page=49 |url=https://&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;books&lt;/ins&gt;.google.&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;com&lt;/ins&gt;/books?&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;id&lt;/ins&gt;=&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;ZW1PAAAAMAAJ&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;amp;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;q&lt;/ins&gt;=Sundhi+caste+&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;brewing&lt;/ins&gt;+of+alcohol |access-date=29 November 2020&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web |editor-last=Taradatt |editor-first=Dr. |title=Odisha district gazetteers –Kandhamal |url=http://gopabandhuacademy.gov.in/sites/default/files/gazetter/Kandhamal_Gazetteer.pdf |access-date=20 March 2022 |website=gopabandhuacademy.gov.in |pages=73–74}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; According to Suratha Kumar Malik, Sundhis of [[Koraput district]] of [[Odisha]] belong to the Dalit community, who are [[Moonshine|hooch]] traders and do small businesses.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite journal |last=Malik |first=Suratha Kumar |date=4 September 2017 |title=Tribal-Dalit Conflict Over Land: A Case of Narayanpatna Land Movement in the Koraput District of Odisha |url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2455328X17722680 |journal=Contemporary Voice of Dalit |language=en |volume=9 |issue=2 |pages=184–193 |doi=10.1177/2455328X17722680 |issn=2455-328X&lt;/ins&gt;}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The Sundhis are included in the [[Other Backward Class]] category in the states of [[Bihar]], [[Jharkhand]] and [[Odisha]];&amp;lt;ref name=ODISHA&amp;gt;{{cite web |url=https://www.odisha.gov.in/govtpress/pdf/2012/53.pdf |date=26 December 2011 |title=Minorities &amp;amp; Backward Classes Welfare Department Notification |work=The Odisha Gazette |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309192729/http://odisha.gov.in/govtpress/pdf/2012/53.pdf |archive-date=9 March 2016 |url-status=live}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web |url=http://ncbc.nic.in/Writereaddata/cl/jharkhand.pdf |title=Central List of OBCs for the State of Jharkhand |access-date=29 March 2019}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web |title=OBC&#039;s List |url=http://www.scbc.bih.nic.in/ObcList.htm |website=www.scbc.bih.nic.in |access-date=24 November 2020 &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;|archive-date=3 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191103135501/http://scbc.bih.nic.in/ObcList.htm |url-status=dead &lt;/ins&gt;}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;and in the [[Scheduled Caste]] category in [[West Bengal]], where they are also known as [[Shunri]] (except Saha).&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |last1=General |first1=India Office of the Registrar |title=Census of India, 1961 |page=1213 &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;|publisher=Office of the Registrar General &lt;/ins&gt;|url=https://&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;books&lt;/ins&gt;.google.&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;com&lt;/ins&gt;/books?&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;id&lt;/ins&gt;=&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;ylmFAAAAIAAJ&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;amp;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;q&lt;/ins&gt;=sundhi+caste+west+bengal |language=en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |title=Vyavasthá-Darpana: Digest of Hindu Law as Current in Bengal. (Syámá Charana Sarkar.) &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;|year=1883 &lt;/ins&gt;|page=671 |url=https://&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;books&lt;/ins&gt;.google.&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;com&lt;/ins&gt;/books?&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;id&lt;/ins&gt;=&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;iVsSAAAAYAAJ&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;amp;dq=Shunri+caste&amp;amp;pg=PA671 |language=en&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;|last1=(India) |first1=Bengal &lt;/ins&gt;}}&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Singh, K. S. (1992). People of India: The scheduled castes. India: Anthropological Survey of India. p. 1244&lt;/ins&gt;&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;== 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;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l8&quot;&gt;Line 8:&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot;&gt;Line 15:&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;[[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;
&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;[[Category:Brewing and distilling castes]]&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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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;&#039;&#039;&#039;Sundhi&#039;&#039;&#039; also known as &#039;&#039;&#039;Sodhi&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;Sundi&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;Sudi&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;Shoundika&#039;&#039;&#039;, is an Indian [[caste]] whose traditional occupation has been distillation and selling of alcoholic drinks. &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Sundhi castes &lt;/del&gt;belong to the [[Vaishya]] community, who are hooch traders and do small businesses.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |last1=Mahana |first1=Rajakishor |title=Negotiating Marginality Conflicts Over Tribal Development in India |date=2019 |publisher=Taylor &amp;amp; Francis |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Negotiating_Marginality/LpCKDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&amp;amp;gbpv=1&amp;amp;dq=Sundhi+caste+distillation+and+selling+of+alcohol+drinks&amp;amp;pg=PT156&amp;amp;printsec=frontcover}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |last1=Acharya |first1=Manoranjan |title=Problems of Slums and Viable Strategies for Development |publisher=Pratibha Prakashan |isbn=9788177021080 |page=49 |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Problems_of_Slums_and_Viable_Strategies/ZW1PAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&amp;amp;gbpv=1&amp;amp;bsq=Sundhi+caste+distillation+and+selling+of+alcohol+drinks&amp;amp;dq=Sundhi+caste+distillation+and+selling+of+alcohol+drinks&amp;amp;printsec=frontcover |access-date=29 November 2020}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The Sundhis are included in the [[Other Backward Class]] category in the states of [[Bihar]], [[Jharkhand]] and [[Odisha]];&amp;lt;ref name=ODISHA&amp;gt;{{cite web |url=https://www.odisha.gov.in/govtpress/pdf/2012/53.pdf |date=26 December 2011 |title=Minorities &amp;amp; Backward Classes Welfare Department Notification |work=The Odisha Gazette |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309192729/http://odisha.gov.in/govtpress/pdf/2012/53.pdf |archive-date=9 March 2016 |url-status=live}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web |url=http://ncbc.nic.in/Writereaddata/cl/jharkhand.pdf |title=Central List of OBCs for the State of Jharkhand |access-date=29 March 2019}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web |title=OBC&#039;s List |url=http://www.scbc.bih.nic.in/ObcList.htm |website=www.scbc.bih.nic.in |access-date=24 November 2020}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |last1=General |first1=India Office of the Registrar |title=Census of India, 1961 |page=1213 |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Census_of_India_1961/ylmFAAAAIAAJ?hl=en&amp;amp;gbpv=1&amp;amp;bsq=sundhi+caste+west+bengal&amp;amp;dq=sundhi+caste+west+bengal&amp;amp;printsec=frontcover |language=en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |title=Vyavasthá-Darpana: Digest of Hindu Law as Current in Bengal. (Syámá Charana Sarkar.) |page=671 |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Vyavasth%C3%A1_Darpana/iVsSAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&amp;amp;gbpv=1&amp;amp;dq=Shunri+caste&amp;amp;pg=PA671&amp;amp;printsec=frontcover |language=en}}&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;&#039;&#039;&#039;Sundhi&#039;&#039;&#039; also known as &#039;&#039;&#039;Sodhi&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;Sundi&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;Sudi&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;Shoundika&#039;&#039;&#039;, is an Indian [[caste]] whose traditional occupation has been distillation and selling of alcoholic drinks. &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Sudi caste is sub caste of [[Bania]] and &lt;/ins&gt;belong to the [[Vaishya]] community, who are hooch traders and do small businesses.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |last1=Mahana |first1=Rajakishor |title=Negotiating Marginality Conflicts Over Tribal Development in India |date=2019 |publisher=Taylor &amp;amp; Francis |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Negotiating_Marginality/LpCKDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&amp;amp;gbpv=1&amp;amp;dq=Sundhi+caste+distillation+and+selling+of+alcohol+drinks&amp;amp;pg=PT156&amp;amp;printsec=frontcover}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |last1=Acharya |first1=Manoranjan |title=Problems of Slums and Viable Strategies for Development |publisher=Pratibha Prakashan |isbn=9788177021080 |page=49 |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Problems_of_Slums_and_Viable_Strategies/ZW1PAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&amp;amp;gbpv=1&amp;amp;bsq=Sundhi+caste+distillation+and+selling+of+alcohol+drinks&amp;amp;dq=Sundhi+caste+distillation+and+selling+of+alcohol+drinks&amp;amp;printsec=frontcover |access-date=29 November 2020}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The Sundhis are included in the [[Other Backward Class]] category in the states of [[Bihar]], [[Jharkhand]] and [[Odisha]];&amp;lt;ref name=ODISHA&amp;gt;{{cite web |url=https://www.odisha.gov.in/govtpress/pdf/2012/53.pdf |date=26 December 2011 |title=Minorities &amp;amp; Backward Classes Welfare Department Notification |work=The Odisha Gazette |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309192729/http://odisha.gov.in/govtpress/pdf/2012/53.pdf |archive-date=9 March 2016 |url-status=live}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web |url=http://ncbc.nic.in/Writereaddata/cl/jharkhand.pdf |title=Central List of OBCs for the State of Jharkhand |access-date=29 March 2019}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web |title=OBC&#039;s List |url=http://www.scbc.bih.nic.in/ObcList.htm |website=www.scbc.bih.nic.in |access-date=24 November 2020}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |last1=General |first1=India Office of the Registrar |title=Census of India, 1961 |page=1213 |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Census_of_India_1961/ylmFAAAAIAAJ?hl=en&amp;amp;gbpv=1&amp;amp;bsq=sundhi+caste+west+bengal&amp;amp;dq=sundhi+caste+west+bengal&amp;amp;printsec=frontcover |language=en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |title=Vyavasthá-Darpana: Digest of Hindu Law as Current in Bengal. (Syámá Charana Sarkar.) |page=671 |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Vyavasth%C3%A1_Darpana/iVsSAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&amp;amp;gbpv=1&amp;amp;dq=Shunri+caste&amp;amp;pg=PA671&amp;amp;printsec=frontcover |language=en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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Sundhi castes belong to the Vaishya community, who are hooch traders and do small businesses.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |last1=Mahana |first1=Rajakishor |title=Negotiating Marginality Conflicts Over Tribal Development in India |date=2019 |publisher=Taylor &amp;amp; Francis |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Negotiating_Marginality/LpCKDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&amp;amp;gbpv=1&amp;amp;dq=Sundhi+caste+distillation+and+selling+of+alcohol+drinks&amp;amp;pg=PT156&amp;amp;printsec=frontcover}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |last1=Acharya |first1=Manoranjan |title=Problems of Slums and Viable Strategies for Development |publisher=Pratibha Prakashan |isbn=9788177021080 |page=49 |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Problems_of_Slums_and_Viable_Strategies/ZW1PAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&amp;amp;gbpv=1&amp;amp;bsq=Sundhi+caste+distillation+and+selling+of+alcohol+drinks&amp;amp;dq=Sundhi+caste+distillation+and+selling+of+alcohol+drinks&amp;amp;printsec=frontcover |access-date=29 November 2020}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The Sundhis are included in the [[Other Backward Class]] category in the states of [[Bihar]], [[Jharkhand]] and [[Odisha]];&amp;lt;ref name=ODISHA&amp;gt;{{cite web |url=https://www.odisha.gov.in/govtpress/pdf/2012/53.pdf |date=26 December 2011 |title=Minorities &amp;amp; Backward Classes Welfare Department Notification |work=The Odisha Gazette |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309192729/http://odisha.gov.in/govtpress/pdf/2012/53.pdf |archive-date=9 March 2016 |url-status=live}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web |url=http://ncbc.nic.in/Writereaddata/cl/jharkhand.pdf |title=Central List of OBCs for the State of Jharkhand |access-date=29 March 2019}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web |title=OBC&#039;s List |url=http://www.scbc.bih.nic.in/ObcList.htm |website=www.scbc.bih.nic.in |access-date=24 November 2020}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |last1=General |first1=India Office of the Registrar |title=Census of India, 1961 |page=1213 |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Census_of_India_1961/ylmFAAAAIAAJ?hl=en&amp;amp;gbpv=1&amp;amp;bsq=sundhi+caste+west+bengal&amp;amp;dq=sundhi+caste+west+bengal&amp;amp;printsec=frontcover |language=en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |title=Vyavasthá-Darpana: Digest of Hindu Law as Current in Bengal. (Syámá Charana Sarkar.) |page=671 |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Vyavasth%C3%A1_Darpana/iVsSAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&amp;amp;gbpv=1&amp;amp;dq=Shunri+caste&amp;amp;pg=PA671&amp;amp;printsec=frontcover |language=en}}&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;&#039;&#039;&#039;Sundhi&#039;&#039;&#039; also known as &#039;&#039;&#039;Sodhi&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;Sundi&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;Sudi&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;Shoundika&#039;&#039;&#039;, is an Indian [[caste]] whose traditional occupation has been distillation and selling of alcoholic drinks. Sundhi castes belong to the &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[&lt;/ins&gt;Vaishya&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]] &lt;/ins&gt;community, who are hooch traders and do small businesses.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |last1=Mahana |first1=Rajakishor |title=Negotiating Marginality Conflicts Over Tribal Development in India |date=2019 |publisher=Taylor &amp;amp; Francis |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Negotiating_Marginality/LpCKDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&amp;amp;gbpv=1&amp;amp;dq=Sundhi+caste+distillation+and+selling+of+alcohol+drinks&amp;amp;pg=PT156&amp;amp;printsec=frontcover}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |last1=Acharya |first1=Manoranjan |title=Problems of Slums and Viable Strategies for Development |publisher=Pratibha Prakashan |isbn=9788177021080 |page=49 |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Problems_of_Slums_and_Viable_Strategies/ZW1PAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&amp;amp;gbpv=1&amp;amp;bsq=Sundhi+caste+distillation+and+selling+of+alcohol+drinks&amp;amp;dq=Sundhi+caste+distillation+and+selling+of+alcohol+drinks&amp;amp;printsec=frontcover |access-date=29 November 2020}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The Sundhis are included in the [[Other Backward Class]] category in the states of [[Bihar]], [[Jharkhand]] and [[Odisha]];&amp;lt;ref name=ODISHA&amp;gt;{{cite web |url=https://www.odisha.gov.in/govtpress/pdf/2012/53.pdf |date=26 December 2011 |title=Minorities &amp;amp; Backward Classes Welfare Department Notification |work=The Odisha Gazette |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309192729/http://odisha.gov.in/govtpress/pdf/2012/53.pdf |archive-date=9 March 2016 |url-status=live}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web |url=http://ncbc.nic.in/Writereaddata/cl/jharkhand.pdf |title=Central List of OBCs for the State of Jharkhand |access-date=29 March 2019}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web |title=OBC&#039;s List |url=http://www.scbc.bih.nic.in/ObcList.htm |website=www.scbc.bih.nic.in |access-date=24 November 2020}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |last1=General |first1=India Office of the Registrar |title=Census of India, 1961 |page=1213 |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Census_of_India_1961/ylmFAAAAIAAJ?hl=en&amp;amp;gbpv=1&amp;amp;bsq=sundhi+caste+west+bengal&amp;amp;dq=sundhi+caste+west+bengal&amp;amp;printsec=frontcover |language=en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |title=Vyavasthá-Darpana: Digest of Hindu Law as Current in Bengal. (Syámá Charana Sarkar.) |page=671 |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Vyavasth%C3%A1_Darpana/iVsSAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&amp;amp;gbpv=1&amp;amp;dq=Shunri+caste&amp;amp;pg=PA671&amp;amp;printsec=frontcover |language=en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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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;&#039;&#039;&#039;Sundhi&#039;&#039;&#039; also known as &#039;&#039;&#039;Sodhi&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;Sundi&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;Sudi&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;Shoundika&#039;&#039;&#039;, is an Indian [[caste]] whose traditional occupation has been distillation and selling of alcoholic drinks.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |last1=Mahana |first1=Rajakishor |title=Negotiating Marginality Conflicts Over Tribal Development in India |date=2019 |publisher=Taylor &amp;amp; Francis |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Negotiating_Marginality/LpCKDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&amp;amp;gbpv=1&amp;amp;dq=Sundhi+caste+distillation+and+selling+of+alcohol+drinks&amp;amp;pg=PT156&amp;amp;printsec=frontcover}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |last1=Acharya |first1=Manoranjan |title=Problems of Slums and Viable Strategies for Development |publisher=Pratibha Prakashan |isbn=9788177021080 |page=49 |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Problems_of_Slums_and_Viable_Strategies/ZW1PAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&amp;amp;gbpv=1&amp;amp;bsq=Sundhi+caste+distillation+and+selling+of+alcohol+drinks&amp;amp;dq=Sundhi+caste+distillation+and+selling+of+alcohol+drinks&amp;amp;printsec=frontcover |access-date=29 November 2020}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The Sundhis are included in the [[Other Backward Class]] category in the states of [[Bihar]], [[Jharkhand]] and [[Odisha]];&amp;lt;ref name=ODISHA&amp;gt;{{cite web |url=https://www.odisha.gov.in/govtpress/pdf/2012/53.pdf |date=26 December 2011 |title=Minorities &amp;amp; Backward Classes Welfare Department Notification |work=The Odisha Gazette |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309192729/http://odisha.gov.in/govtpress/pdf/2012/53.pdf |archive-date=9 March 2016 |url-status=live}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web |url=http://ncbc.nic.in/Writereaddata/cl/jharkhand.pdf |title=Central List of OBCs for the State of Jharkhand |access-date=29 March 2019}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web |title=OBC&#039;s List |url=http://www.scbc.bih.nic.in/ObcList.htm |website=www.scbc.bih.nic.in |access-date=24 November 2020}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |last1=General |first1=India Office of the Registrar |title=Census of India, 1961 |page=1213 |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Census_of_India_1961/ylmFAAAAIAAJ?hl=en&amp;amp;gbpv=1&amp;amp;bsq=sundhi+caste+west+bengal&amp;amp;dq=sundhi+caste+west+bengal&amp;amp;printsec=frontcover |language=en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |title=Vyavasthá-Darpana: Digest of Hindu Law as Current in Bengal. (Syámá Charana Sarkar.) |page=671 |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Vyavasth%C3%A1_Darpana/iVsSAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&amp;amp;gbpv=1&amp;amp;dq=Shunri+caste&amp;amp;pg=PA671&amp;amp;printsec=frontcover |language=en}}&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;&#039;&#039;&#039;Sundhi&#039;&#039;&#039; also known as &#039;&#039;&#039;Sodhi&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;Sundi&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;Sudi&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;Shoundika&#039;&#039;&#039;, is an Indian [[caste]] whose traditional occupation has been distillation and selling of alcoholic drinks&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;. Sundhi castes belong to the Vaishya community, who are hooch traders and do small businesses&lt;/ins&gt;.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |last1=Mahana |first1=Rajakishor |title=Negotiating Marginality Conflicts Over Tribal Development in India |date=2019 |publisher=Taylor &amp;amp; Francis |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Negotiating_Marginality/LpCKDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&amp;amp;gbpv=1&amp;amp;dq=Sundhi+caste+distillation+and+selling+of+alcohol+drinks&amp;amp;pg=PT156&amp;amp;printsec=frontcover}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |last1=Acharya |first1=Manoranjan |title=Problems of Slums and Viable Strategies for Development |publisher=Pratibha Prakashan |isbn=9788177021080 |page=49 |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Problems_of_Slums_and_Viable_Strategies/ZW1PAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&amp;amp;gbpv=1&amp;amp;bsq=Sundhi+caste+distillation+and+selling+of+alcohol+drinks&amp;amp;dq=Sundhi+caste+distillation+and+selling+of+alcohol+drinks&amp;amp;printsec=frontcover |access-date=29 November 2020}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The Sundhis are included in the [[Other Backward Class]] category in the states of [[Bihar]], [[Jharkhand]] and [[Odisha]];&amp;lt;ref name=ODISHA&amp;gt;{{cite web |url=https://www.odisha.gov.in/govtpress/pdf/2012/53.pdf |date=26 December 2011 |title=Minorities &amp;amp; Backward Classes Welfare Department Notification |work=The Odisha Gazette |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309192729/http://odisha.gov.in/govtpress/pdf/2012/53.pdf |archive-date=9 March 2016 |url-status=live}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web |url=http://ncbc.nic.in/Writereaddata/cl/jharkhand.pdf |title=Central List of OBCs for the State of Jharkhand |access-date=29 March 2019}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web |title=OBC&#039;s List |url=http://www.scbc.bih.nic.in/ObcList.htm |website=www.scbc.bih.nic.in |access-date=24 November 2020}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |last1=General |first1=India Office of the Registrar |title=Census of India, 1961 |page=1213 |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Census_of_India_1961/ylmFAAAAIAAJ?hl=en&amp;amp;gbpv=1&amp;amp;bsq=sundhi+caste+west+bengal&amp;amp;dq=sundhi+caste+west+bengal&amp;amp;printsec=frontcover |language=en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |title=Vyavasthá-Darpana: Digest of Hindu Law as Current in Bengal. (Syámá Charana Sarkar.) |page=671 |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Vyavasth%C3%A1_Darpana/iVsSAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&amp;amp;gbpv=1&amp;amp;dq=Shunri+caste&amp;amp;pg=PA671&amp;amp;printsec=frontcover |language=en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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