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The '''Anjana Chaudhari'''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Gopal |first=Dr Krishna |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pQfgAAAAMAAJ |title=Fairs and Festivals of India |date=2003 |publisher=Gyan Publishing House |isbn=978-81-212-0811-6 |location=New Delhi, India, Asia |pages=192 |language=en}}</ref> ([[Hindi]]: आंजणा चौधरी)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gujarat News: फैशनेबल दाढ़ी रखी तो 51 हजार जुर्माना, शादी में नो धूम-धड़ाका... गुजरात के इस समाज ने क्यों लिया फैसला? |url=https://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/state/gujarat/ahmedabad/gujarat-banaskantha-dhanera-anjana-chaudhary-samaj-new-order-youths-will-be-fined-51-thousand-for-having-fancy-beards/articleshow/99203194.cms |access-date=2023-11-13 |website=Navbharat Times |language=hi}}</ref> is a [[Caste system in India|caste]] in the [[States and union territories of India|Indian state]] of [[Gujarat]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Lee |first=Alexander |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pJGCDwAAQBAJ&dq=Anjana+Chaudhari&pg=PA113 |title=Development in Multiple Dimensions: Social Power and Regional Policy in India |date=2019-01-31 |publisher=University of Michigan Press |isbn=978-0-472-13125-9 |language=en}}</ref> The Anjana Chaudharis are farmers by profession, most of them being small cultivators.<ref>{{Cite book  |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_zwuAAAAMAAJ |title=Economic and Social Survey of Mehsana District |last=Acharya |first=I. G. |date=1954 |publisher=Indian Society of Agricultural Economics |location=New Delhi, India, Asia |pages=48 |language=en}}</ref> Anjana Chaudharis of Gujarat are also known as '''Anjana Patel''' in their area.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gujarat election: Chaudharys threaten to boycott BJP in polls if ex-minister Vipul Chaudhari not released |url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/gujarat-election-chaudharys-threaten-to-boycott-bjp-in-polls-if-ex-minister-vipul-chaudhari-not-released |access-date=2023-11-13 |website=Free Press Journal |language=en}}</ref>


The '''Anjana Chaudhari'''—also known as '''Anjana Chaudhary''', or '''Anjana Jat'''—is a Hindu [[Jat People|Jat]]<ref>Rajputana Gazetteers - The Western Rajputana States Residencies and Bikaner, Delhi, reprint (1992) p. 83. </ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/brihat-samhita/d/doc229034.html|title=Glossary of Indian botanical terms [Appendix 4]qn|date=21August November 2018|website=www.wisdomlib.org2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10973/22999|title=Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency. Vol. XII. Khandesh|last1=Campbell|first1=James M.|date=1880|language=en}}</ref><ref>Prof. B.L. Bhadani (AMU) : "The Role of Jats in the Economic Development of Marwar", The Jats, Vol.I, Originals, 2004, p.67</ref> or [[Patidar]] Caste.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Shah|first1=A. M.|last2=Shroff|first2=R. G.|date=1958|title=The Vahīvancā Bāroṭs of Gujarat: A Caste of Genealogists and Mythographers|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/538561|journal=The Journal of American Folklore|volume=71|issue=281|pages=268|doi=10.2307/538561|jstor=538561|via=JSTOR}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=Bal|first=Gurpreet|date=2006|title=Entrepreneurship among Diasporic Communities: A Comparative Examination of Patidars of Gujarat and Jats of Punjab|url=https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.970.9295&rep=rep1&type=pdf|journal=Journal of Entrepreurship|doi=10.1177/097135570601500205|citeseerx=10.1.1.970.9295|s2cid=146239982}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Basu|first=Pratyusha|title=Villages, Woman, and the Success of Dairy Cooperatives in India: Making Place for Rural Development|publisher=Cambria Press|year=2009|pages=232}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Catanach|first=I. J.|title=Rural Credit in Western India|publisher=University of California Press|year=1970|pages=165}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Lee|first=Alexander|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Development_in_Multiple_Dimensions/7Vx_DwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Anjana+Chaudhari+patidar&pg=PT125&printsec=frontcover|title=Development in Multiple Dimensions: Social and Regional Power in India|publisher=University of Michigan Press|year=2019|isbn=9780472124831}}</ref>
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==References==
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*Anjana [[Patel]]
*Anjana [[Patidar]]
*Anjana [[Desai]]
*Anjana [[Kunbi]]
*Chaudhari Patel
*Chaudhari Patidar|language=*[[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]
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==Further reading==
The Anjana Chaudhari caste in Gujarat is also known by several names, such as Chaudhari, Hindu Anjana, Anjana Patel, Anjana Patidar, Anjana Desai, Anjana Kanbi, Chaudhari Patel, and Chaudhari Patidar.<ref name=":0" />
*{{cite book |last=Agnihotri |first=Ajay Kumar |title=गोहद के जाटों का इतिहास (1505–1947) (Gohad ke Jaton ka Itihas (1505–1947)) |trans-title=History of the Jats of Gohad (1505–1947) |date=1985 |series=राजनैतिक एवं सांस्कृतिक अध्ययन (Political and Cultural Studies) |location=New Delhi |publisher=Nav Sahitya Bhawan |pages=63–71|language=hi}}


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== Classification ==
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The Anjana Chaudhari caste in Gujarat is classified as an [[Other Backward Class]] (OBC) group by state government and in some areas of Gujarat, Anjana Chaudharis are listed as [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|Scheduled Tribe]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=List of Socially and Educationally Backward Classes of Gujarat State {{!}} List of Castes {{!}} Director, Developing Castes Welfare |url=https://sje.gujarat.gov.in/List-of-Socially-and-Educationally-Backward-Classes-of-Gujarat-State |access-date=2023-11-13 |website=sje.gujarat.gov.in |language=en-IN}}</ref>
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The Anjana Chaudhari[1] (Hindi: आंजणा चौधरी)[2] is a caste in the Indian state of Gujarat.[3] The Anjana Chaudharis are farmers by profession, most of them being small cultivators.[4] Anjana Chaudharis of Gujarat are also known as Anjana Patel in their area.[5]

Anjana Chaudhari
આંજણા ચૌધરી
OBC caste in Gujarat
Arbuda Matat, Caste deity of Anjana Chaudharis of Gujarat
EthnicityAnjana Chaudhari
Location
Parent tribeGujarati people
Branches
Language
ReligionHindu
Surnames
  • Chaudhari
  • Patel
  • Desai

The Anjana Chaudhari caste in Gujarat is also known by several names, such as Chaudhari, Hindu Anjana, Anjana Patel, Anjana Patidar, Anjana Desai, Anjana Kanbi, Chaudhari Patel, and Chaudhari Patidar.[6]

Classification[edit | edit source]

The Anjana Chaudhari caste in Gujarat is classified as an Other Backward Class (OBC) group by state government and in some areas of Gujarat, Anjana Chaudharis are listed as Scheduled Tribe.[6]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. Gopal, Dr Krishna (2003). Fairs and Festivals of India. New Delhi, India, Asia: Gyan Publishing House. p. 192. ISBN 978-81-212-0811-6.
  2. "Gujarat News: फैशनेबल दाढ़ी रखी तो 51 हजार जुर्माना, शादी में नो धूम-धड़ाका... गुजरात के इस समाज ने क्यों लिया फैसला?". Navbharat Times (in हिन्दी). Retrieved 13 November 2023.
  3. Lee, Alexander (31 January 2019). Development in Multiple Dimensions: Social Power and Regional Policy in India. University of Michigan Press. ISBN 978-0-472-13125-9.
  4. Acharya, I. G. (1954). Economic and Social Survey of Mehsana District. New Delhi, India, Asia: Indian Society of Agricultural Economics. p. 48.
  5. "Gujarat election: Chaudharys threaten to boycott BJP in polls if ex-minister Vipul Chaudhari not released". Free Press Journal. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
  6. 6.0 6.1 "List of Socially and Educationally Backward Classes of Gujarat State | List of Castes | Director, Developing Castes Welfare". sje.gujarat.gov.in. Retrieved 13 November 2023.