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'''Kirar''' is a [[Hindus|Hindu]] [[Caste system in India|caste]] of cultivators.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last1=Ganguly |first1=Sumit |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lgs1tFTh-JMC&dq=Kirar+caste&pg=PA74 |title=The State of India's Democracy |last2=Diamond |first2=Larry |last3=Plattner |first3=Marc F. |date=2007-09-10 |publisher=JHU Press |isbn=978-0-8018-8791-8 |page=74 |language=en}}</ref> They are categorized as an [[Other Backward Class]] (OBC) by the Government of India.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ramaseshan |first=Radhika |date=29 January 2018 |title=BJP's Rajput CMs call out Karni Sena |url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/opinion/columnists/bjps-rajput-cms-call-out-karni-sena/articleshow/62686518.cms |access-date=2024-07-01 |website=[[Mumbai Mirror]] |language=en |quote=By now, the people of Madhya Pradesh know that Chouhan is from the Kirar backward caste and was a beneficiary of the BJP’s “social engineering” agenda that fostered backward-caste leaders like him, Kalyan Singh and Narendra Modi in the post-Mandal era.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Jaffrelot |first=Christophe |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XAO3i_gS61wC&dq=Kirar+caste&pg=PA263 |title=Religion, Caste, and Politics in India |date=2010 |publisher=Primus Books |isbn=978-93-80607-04-7 |pages=263, 545 |language=en}}</ref> | |||
==Notable people== | ==Notable people== | ||
*[[Shivraj Singh Chouhan]], | *[[Shivraj Singh Chouhan]], former [[Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh]]<ref>{{cite news |date=25 October 2009 |title=I am proud to have taken birth in Kirar Samaj — CM Shri Chouhan |url=http://www.bharateseva.com/bharat/l_news_detail.asp?id=959 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425114418/http://www.bharateseva.com/bharat/l_news_detail.asp?id=959 |archive-date=2012-04-25 |work=Bharat Seva}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> | ||
*[[Thakur Malkhan Singh]]<ref name="Brass">{{cite book |last1=Brass |first1=Paul R. |author-link1=Paul Brass |title=Factional Politics in an Indian State: The Congress Party in Uttar Pradesh |date=1965 |publisher=University of California Press |oclc=265371 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/factionalpolitic0000bras/page/89 89] |url=https://archive.org/details/factionalpolitic0000bras |url-access=registration |access-date=21 December 2019}}</ref> | *[[Thakur Malkhan Singh]], former Uttar Pradesh Cabinet Minister<ref name="Brass">{{cite book |last1=Brass |first1=Paul R. |author-link1=Paul Brass |title=Factional Politics in an Indian State: The Congress Party in Uttar Pradesh |date=1965 |publisher=University of California Press |oclc=265371 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/factionalpolitic0000bras/page/89 89] |url=https://archive.org/details/factionalpolitic0000bras |url-access=registration |access-date=21 December 2019}}</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Latest revision as of 04:08, 26 July 2025
Kirar is a Hindu caste of cultivators.[1] They are categorized as an Other Backward Class (OBC) by the Government of India.[1][2][3]
Notable people[edit | edit source]
- Shivraj Singh Chouhan, former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh[4][1]
- Thakur Malkhan Singh, former Uttar Pradesh Cabinet Minister[5]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Ganguly, Sumit; Diamond, Larry; Plattner, Marc F. (10 September 2007). The State of India's Democracy. JHU Press. p. 74. ISBN 978-0-8018-8791-8.
- ↑ Ramaseshan, Radhika (29 January 2018). "BJP's Rajput CMs call out Karni Sena". Mumbai Mirror. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
By now, the people of Madhya Pradesh know that Chouhan is from the Kirar backward caste and was a beneficiary of the BJP's "social engineering" agenda that fostered backward-caste leaders like him, Kalyan Singh and Narendra Modi in the post-Mandal era.
- ↑ Jaffrelot, Christophe (2010). Religion, Caste, and Politics in India. Primus Books. pp. 263, 545. ISBN 978-93-80607-04-7.
- ↑ "I am proud to have taken birth in Kirar Samaj — CM Shri Chouhan". Bharat Seva. 25 October 2009. Archived from the original on 25 April 2012.
- ↑ Brass, Paul R. (1965). Factional Politics in an Indian State: The Congress Party in Uttar Pradesh. University of California Press. pp. 89. OCLC 265371. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
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