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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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[:0-1] 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.

[2] 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.

[3] Jaffrelot, Christophe (2010). Religion, Caste, and Politics in India. Primus Books. pp. 263, 545. ISBN 978-93-80607-04-7.

[4] "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-5] 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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+'''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>
-The '''Kirar''' is a [[Hindus|Hindu]] agricultural caste whose traditional occupation is cultivation. They originated in Kiserkot  of [[Jaisalmer]] and migrated to different parts of India. Singh noted that, they were a similar group like [[Kol people|Kol]] and [[Bhil people|Bhil]], and lived a hunter-gatherer lifestyle. Now they have settled down in different areas where [[agriculture]] is their main occupation. Kirar has three subgroups: Karod, Dhakad and Dharod Kirar. In local caste hierarchy they come next to Brahmin, Jain and Rajput. They accept food from the upper caste but the upper castes do not accept food from Kirar. The Kirar are educationally backward. In 1966, the All India Kirar Samaj Sangh was established. The organization promotes community members' financial well-being and benefits. They have submitted a memorandum requesting that they be added to  the list of [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|Scheduled Castes]].<ref>K.S Singh(1998). People of India Rajasthan, Part II, Volume: XXXVII. p. 548-550</ref>
-The Kirars are classified as [[Other Backward Class]]es (OBCs) category in the Indian states of [[Rajasthan]],<ref>http://ncbc.nic.in/Writereaddata/cl/rajasthan.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref> and [[Madhya Pradesh]].<ref>http://www.ncbc.nic.in/Writereaddata/cl/madhya.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref>
 ==Notable people==
-*[[Shivraj Singh Chouhan]], incumbent [[Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bharateseva.com/bharat/l_news_detail.asp?id=959 |title=I am proud to have taken birth in Kirar Samaj&nbsp;— CM Shri Chouhan |work=bharateseva.com |access-date=2011-10-29 |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 }}</ref>
+*[[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&nbsp;— 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>
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