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| | The '''Rajbhar''' (also spelled '''Rajbhaar''') are a community of the state of [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[Uttarakhand]], [[Madhya Pradesh]], [[Rajasthan]], [[Gujarat]], [[Delhi]], [[Haryana]], [[Punjab, India|Punjab]], [[Bihar]], [[Nepal]] and other states of India.{{cn|date=June 2021}} |
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| The '''Rajbhar''' (also spelled '''Rajbhaar''') are a community of the state of [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[Uttarakhand]], [[Madhya Pradesh]], [[Rajasthan]], [[Gujarat]], [[Delhi]], [[Haryana]], [[Punjab, India|Punjab]], [[Bihar]], [[Nepal]] and other states India.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2011-01-08|title=Bhar|url=https://peoplegroupsindia.com/profiles/bhar/|access-date=2021-02-17|website=People Groups of India|language=en-US2017}}</ref>
| | Influenced by the [[Arya Samaj]] movement, as were members of other kshatriya[[Nagvanshi]] castes, Baijnath Prasad Adhyapak published ''Rajbhar Jati ka Itihas'' in 1940. This book attempted to prove that the Rajbhar were formerly rulers who were related to the ancient [[Bhar]] tribe.<ref>{{cite book |title=Fascinating Hindutva: Saffron Politics and Dalit Mobilisation |first=Badri |last=Narayan |year=209 |publisher=SAGE Publications |page=25 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8bJ_rhfu6yUC&pg=PA25 |isbn=978-8-17829-906-8}}</ref> |
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| Influenced by the [[Arya Samaj]] movement, as were members of other highly castes, Baijnath Prasad Adhyapak published ''Rajbhar Jati ka Itihas'' in 1940. This book attempted to prove that the Rajbhar were formerly rulers who were related to the ancient Bhar tribe.<ref>{{cite book |title=Fascinating Hindutva: Saffron Politics and Dalit Mobilisation |first=Badri |last=Narayan |year=209 |publisher=SAGE Publications |page=25 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8bJ_rhfu6yUC&pg=PA25 |isbn=978-8-17829-906-8}}</ref> | |
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| There were proposals in 2013 that the community in the state should be reclassified as [[Scheduled Castes]] under India's [[Reservation in India|system of positive discrimination]]; this would have involved declassifying them from the [[Other Backwards Class]] (OBC) category.<ref>{{cite news |title=Political parties eye Lok Sabha polls, bank on boatmen to claim pole position |first=Pankaj |last=Shah |date=6 April 2013 |work=The Times of India |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Political-parties-eye-Lok-Sabha-polls-bank-on-boatmen-to-claim-pole-position/articleshow/19409283.cms |accessdate=14 April 2014}}</ref> Whether or not this would happen was a significant issue in the campaign for the [[2014 Indian general election]].<ref>{{cite news |title=BJP castes a wider UP net, uses Modi's background to attract OBC votes while seeking blessings by feeding Brahmins |first=Piyush |last=Srivastava |work=India Today |date=25 February 2014 |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/bjp-leads-in-the-caste-game-in-up-2014-lok-sabha-polls/1/345392.html |accessdate=14 April 2014}}</ref>
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| They are among 17 OBC communities that were again proposed for Scheduled Caste status by the [[Samajwadi Party]]-controlled [[Government of Uttar Pradesh]]. However, this proposal, which relates to [[votebank politics]], has been stayed by the courts; the prior attempt had been rejected by the [[Government of India|India]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Setback for Akhilesh government as High Court stays their order to include 17 sub-castes in the SC category |date=24 January 2017 |work=Financial Express |url=http://www.financialexpress.com/elections/uttar-pradesh-assembly-elections-2017/setback-for-akhilesh-government-as-high-court-stays-their-order-to-include-17-sub-castes-in-the-sc-category/520325/ |accessdate=2017-02-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=UP govt to include 17 other backward castes in SC list |date=22 December 2016 |agency=PTI |work=Hindustan Times |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/up-govt-to-include-17-other-backward-castes-in-sc-list/story-jQWfybFAcSJTnwj2k4NxqO.html |accessdate=2017-02-04}}</ref>
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The Rajbhar (also spelled Rajbhaar) are a community of the state of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, Bihar, Nepal and other states of India.[citation needed]
Influenced by the Arya Samaj movement, as were members of other kshatriyaNagvanshi castes, Baijnath Prasad Adhyapak published Rajbhar Jati ka Itihas in 1940. This book attempted to prove that the Rajbhar were formerly rulers who were related to the ancient Bhar tribe.[1]
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