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The '''Kachhi''' are | The '''Kachhi''' are lower Hindu [[Caste system in India|caste]] of vegetable cultivators found in the regions of [[Delhi]], [[Madhya Pradesh]], [[Rajasthan]] and [[Uttar Pradesh]] in India. | ||
==Myths of origin== | ==Myths of origin== | ||
The Kachhi caste | The Kachhi caste forms part of a wider community that claims a common descent. This community, known as the [[Kushwaha]], nowadays generally claim descent from [[Kusha (Ramayana)|Kusha]], a son of the mythological [[Rama]], who is considered{{By whom|date=September 2025}} to be an [[avatar]] of [[Vishnu]]. This enables their claim to be of the [[Suryavansh]] - or Solar - dynasty but it is a myth of origin developed in the twentieth century. Prior to that time, the various branches that form the Kushwaha community - the Mauraos, Kachhis and [[Koeri]]s - favoured a connection with [[Shiva]] and [[Shakta]].<ref name=Pinch1996pp91-92>{{cite book |title=Peasants and monks in British India |first=William R. |last=Pinch |publisher=University of California Press |year=1996 |isbn=978-0-520-20061-6 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uEP-ceGYsnYC |pages=12, 91–92 |accessdate=2012-02-22}}</ref> Ganga Prasad Gupta claimed in the 1920s that Kushwaha families worshiped [[Hanuman]] - described by Pinch as "the embodiment of true devotion to Ram and Sita" - during [[Kartika (month)|Kartika]], a month in the [[Hindu calendar|Hindu lunar calendar]].<ref name=Pinch1996p98>{{cite book |title=Peasants and monks in British India |first=William R. |last=Pinch |publisher=University of California Press |year=1996 |isbn=978-0-520-20061-6 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uEP-ceGYsnYC |page=98 |accessdate=2012-02-22}}</ref> | ||
==Present circumstances== | ==Present circumstances== | ||
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The Kachhi are lower Hindu caste of vegetable cultivators found in the regions of Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh in India.
Myths of origin[edit | edit source]
The Kachhi caste forms part of a wider community that claims a common descent. This community, known as the Kushwaha, nowadays generally claim descent from Kusha, a son of the mythological Rama, who is considered[by whom?] to be an avatar of Vishnu. This enables their claim to be of the Suryavansh - or Solar - dynasty but it is a myth of origin developed in the twentieth century. Prior to that time, the various branches that form the Kushwaha community - the Mauraos, Kachhis and Koeris - favoured a connection with Shiva and Shakta.[1] Ganga Prasad Gupta claimed in the 1920s that Kushwaha families worshiped Hanuman - described by Pinch as "the embodiment of true devotion to Ram and Sita" - during Kartika, a month in the Hindu lunar calendar.[2]
Present circumstances[edit | edit source]
In Uttar Pradesh, the vegetable-cultivators Kachhis traditionally cultivate on their comparatively smaller landholdings without aid of the animals.[3]
In 1991, they were designated an Other Backward Class in the Indian system of positive discrimination. This applied to the populations in Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh.[4]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Pinch, William R. (1996). Peasants and monks in British India. University of California Press. pp. 12, 91–92. ISBN 978-0-520-20061-6. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- ↑ Pinch, William R. (1996). Peasants and monks in British India. University of California Press. p. 98. ISBN 978-0-520-20061-6. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- ↑ Singh, Charan (1964). India's Poverty and Its Solution. Asia Publishing House. p. 88. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
- ↑ Agrawal, S. P.; Aggarwal, J. C. (1991). Educational and Social Uplift of Backward Classes: At what Cost and How. Concept Publishing. ISBN 9788170223399. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
Further reading[edit | edit source]
- Chaudhuri, B. B. (2008). Peasant History of Late Pre-colonial and Colonial India. Pearson Education India. pp. 467–468. ISBN 978-8-13171-688-5.
- Richards, J. F. (1981). "The Indian Empire and Peasant Production of Opium in the Nineteenth Century". Modern Asian Studies. 15 (1): 59–82. doi:10.1017/s0026749x00006788. JSTOR 312105.