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'''Tyagi''' originally called Taga, is a cultivator caste who claim Brahmin status.<ref name="Tribecasteandpeasantry">{{cite book|author=Binod C Agrawal.|title=Tribe,Caste and Peasantry|url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Tribe_Caste_and_Peasantry/QUEiAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0&bsq=taga%20or%20tyagi|year=1974|publisher=Ethnographic & Folk Culture Society,U.P.|page=188}}</ref> The landholding community is confined to [[Western Uttar Pradesh]], [[Haryana]], [[Delhi]] and [[Rajasthan]]. They are often considered the highest of the agricultural castes.<ref name="SociologicalStudyofFolklore">{{cite book|author=Satya Prakash Arya|title=Sociological Study of folklore|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X8bYAAAAMAAJ&q=a+Sociological+study+of+folklore|year=1975|publisher=Indian Publications|page=116}}</ref> During the [[British Raj]], they changed their name from Taga to Tyagi, and began claiming Brahmin status.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Rath|first=Saroj Kumar|title=India as a Model for Global Development|publisher=Cambridge Scholars Publishing|year=2018|editor-last=Masaeli|editor-first=Mahmoud|pages=91|chapter=Satyagraha and Social Justice in India|editor-last2=Prabhakar|editor-first2=Monica}}</ref> In 1931, they were classified as a cultivating middle caste rather than as Brahmins, along with the [[Jats]] and [[Bhumihar|Bhumihars]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Sharma|first=Shalendra D.|title=Development and Democracy in India|publisher=Lynne Rienner Publishers|year=1999|pages=157}}</ref> As of a 1990 report by the Backward Classes Commission, Government of Haryana, they were mostly engaged in farming.<ref name="Commission1990">{{cite book|author=Haryana (India). Backward Classes Commission|title=Report of the Backward Classes Commission, 1990, Government of Haryana|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aH3aAAAAMAAJ|year=1990|publisher=Controller of Printing and Stationery|page=105}}</ref><ref name="PeopleandCultureofBengal">{{cite book|author=Annapurna Chattopadhyaya|title=The People and Culture of Bengal, A study in Origins|url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/The_People_and_Culture_of_Bengal_a_Study/MiRuAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0&bsq=the%20people%20and%20culture%20of%20bengal%20a%20study%20in%20origins|year=2002|publisher=Firma K.L.M.|page=489}}</ref>
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'''Tyagi''' originally called Taga, is a cultivator caste who claim Brahmin status.<ref name="Tribecasteandpeasantry">{{cite book|author=Binod C Agrawal.|title=Tribe,Caste and Peasantry|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QUEiAAAAMAAJ&q=taga%20or%20tyagi|year=1974|publisher=Ethnographic & Folk Culture Society,U.P.|page=188}}</ref> The landholding community is confined to [[Western Uttar Pradesh]], [[Haryana]], [[Delhi]] and [[Rajasthan]]. They are often considered the highest of the agricultural castes.<ref name="SociologicalStudyofFolklore">{{cite book|author=Satya Prakash Arya|title=Sociological Study of folklore|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X8bYAAAAMAAJ&q=a+Sociological+study+of+folklore|year=1975|publisher=Indian Publications|page=116}}</ref> During the [[British Raj]], they changed their name from Taga to Tyagi, and began claiming Brahmin status.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Rath|first=Saroj Kumar|title=India as a Model for Global Development|publisher=Cambridge Scholars Publishing|year=2018|editor-last=Masaeli|editor-first=Mahmoud|pages=91|chapter=Satyagraha and Social Justice in India|editor-last2=Prabhakar|editor-first2=Monica}}</ref> As of a 1990 report by the Backward Classes Commission, Government of Haryana, they were mostly engaged in farming.<ref name="Commission1990">{{cite book|author=Haryana (India). Backward Classes Commission|title=Report of the Backward Classes Commission, 1990, Government of Haryana|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aH3aAAAAMAAJ|year=1990|publisher=Controller of Printing and Stationery|page=105}}</ref><ref name="PeopleandCultureofBengal">{{cite book|author=Annapurna Chattopadhyaya|title=The People and Culture of Bengal, A study in Origins|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MiRuAAAAMAAJ&q=the%20people%20and%20culture%20of%20bengal%20a%20study%20in%20origins|year=2002|publisher=Firma K.L.M.|page=489|isbn=9788171021444 }}</ref>


The name Tyagi is prevalent in both [[Hindu]] and [[Muslim]] communities.<ref name="ref62fibiy">{{Citation | title=Tribe, caste, and peasantry | author=Kripa Shankar Mathur, Binod C. Agrawal | year=1974 | publisher=Ethnographic & Folk Culture Society, U. P., 1974 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YnqwAAAAIAAJ |page=189 | quote=''... The present Hindu and Muslim Tyagis are the descendants of a common ancestor ...''}}</ref> Community members who converted to [[Islam]] are known as Muslim Tyagis,<ref name="ref06culiv">{{Citation | title=Rural-urban articulations | author=Brij Raj Chauhan, Unesco | year=1990 | publisher=A.C. Bros., 1990 | isbn=978-81-85489-01-8 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zenZAAAAMAAJ | quote=''... In Saharanpur district SC Dube described the Tyagi village where half of the population is of Muslim Tyagi and the other half of the Hindu Tyagi ...''}}</ref> Mulla Brahmin, Musalman Taga, Mahesra and Moolay Taga.<ref>''History of origin of some clans in India, with special reference to Jats'' (1992), Mangal Sen Jindal, Sarup & Sons, p. 159</ref>
The name Tyagi is prevalent in both [[Hindu]] and [[Muslim]] communities.<ref name="ref62fibiy">{{Citation | title=Tribe, caste, and peasantry | author=Kripa Shankar Mathur, Binod C. Agrawal | year=1974 | publisher=Ethnographic & Folk Culture Society, U. P., 1974 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YnqwAAAAIAAJ |page=189 | quote=''... The present Hindu and Muslim Tyagis are the descendants of a common ancestor ...''}}</ref> Community members who converted to [[Islam]] are known as Muslim Tyagis,<ref name="ref06culiv">{{Citation | title=Rural-urban articulations | author=Brij Raj Chauhan, Unesco | year=1990 | publisher=A.C. Bros., 1990 | isbn=978-81-85489-01-8 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zenZAAAAMAAJ | quote=''... In Saharanpur district SC Dube described the Tyagi village where half of the population is of Muslim Tyagi and the other half of the Hindu Tyagi ...''}}</ref> Mulla Brahmin, Musalman Taga, Mahesra and Moolay Taga.<ref>''History of origin of some clans in India, with special reference to Jats'' (1992), Mangal Sen Jindal, Sarup & Sons, p. 159</ref>
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For the 1992 film, see Tyagi (film).

Tyagi
Regions with significant populations
India
Languages
Punjabi • Urdu • Hindi • •Khadi Boli
Religion
Hindu, Islam
Related ethnic groups
Jat people • Gujars • Med people

Tyagi originally called Taga, is a cultivator caste who claim Brahmin status.[1] The landholding community is confined to Western Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Delhi and Rajasthan. They are often considered the highest of the agricultural castes.[2] During the British Raj, they changed their name from Taga to Tyagi, and began claiming Brahmin status.[3] As of a 1990 report by the Backward Classes Commission, Government of Haryana, they were mostly engaged in farming.[4][5]

The name Tyagi is prevalent in both Hindu and Muslim communities.[6] Community members who converted to Islam are known as Muslim Tyagis,[7] Mulla Brahmin, Musalman Taga, Mahesra and Moolay Taga.[8]

References

  1. ↑ Binod C Agrawal. (1974). Tribe,Caste and Peasantry. Ethnographic & Folk Culture Society,U.P. p. 188.
  2. ↑ Satya Prakash Arya (1975). Sociological Study of folklore. Indian Publications. p. 116.
  3. ↑ Rath, Saroj Kumar (2018). "Satyagraha and Social Justice in India". In Masaeli, Mahmoud; Prabhakar, Monica (eds.). India as a Model for Global Development. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p. 91.
  4. ↑ Haryana (India). Backward Classes Commission (1990). Report of the Backward Classes Commission, 1990, Government of Haryana. Controller of Printing and Stationery. p. 105.
  5. ↑ Annapurna Chattopadhyaya (2002). The People and Culture of Bengal, A study in Origins. Firma K.L.M. p. 489. ISBN 9788171021444.
  6. ↑ Kripa Shankar Mathur, Binod C. Agrawal (1974), Tribe, caste, and peasantry, Ethnographic & Folk Culture Society, U. P., 1974, p. 189, ... The present Hindu and Muslim Tyagis are the descendants of a common ancestor ...
  7. ↑ Brij Raj Chauhan, Unesco (1990), Rural-urban articulations, A.C. Bros., 1990, ISBN 978-81-85489-01-8, ... In Saharanpur district SC Dube described the Tyagi village where half of the population is of Muslim Tyagi and the other half of the Hindu Tyagi ...
  8. ↑ History of origin of some clans in India, with special reference to Jats (1992), Mangal Sen Jindal, Sarup & Sons, p. 159

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