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'''Aaliya Rangrez''' or '''Rangaraju''' is an [[India]]n [[caste]] and are mostly the [[Dyeing|dyeing community]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Singh|first=Kumar Suresh|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=dw8wAQAAIAAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&dq=rangrez+people&q=rangrez+people&hl=en&redir_esc=y|title=People of India: Bihar, including Jharkhand (2 pts)|date=2008|publisher=Anthropological Survey of India|isbn=978-81-7046-302-3|pages=296|language=en}}</ref> Rangrez are mainly [[Hinduism|Hindu community]] mainly found in [[Marwar]], [[Bihar]] and [[Uttar Pradesh]],<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-09-20|title=Kolkata’s Rangrez community of colour dyers now stares at dark future|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/life-style/kolkata-rangrez-community-of-colour-dyers-now-stares-at-dark-future-5365176/|access-date=2021-08-12|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref> though there is also a significant population of ''Rangrez'' who are [[Muslims]], who are [[Muslim Rangrez]] with Arab and Persian ethnicity.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-06-18|title=Rangrez, A Muslim Marwari Dyeing Community|url=https://rangandatta.wordpress.com/2016/06/19/rangrez-a-muslim-marwari-dyeing-community/|access-date=2021-08-12|website=Rangan Datta|language=en}}</ref>