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'''Goud''' is a [[Caste system in India|caste]], predominantly settled in the [[Indian states]] of [[Telangana]] and [[Andhra Pradesh]]. Gouds are traditionally involved in occupation of [[toddy tapping]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/cm-announces-sops-for-toddy-tapper-community/article23326020.ece|title=CM announces sops for toddy tapper community|work=The Hindu}}.</ref> However, now a days they are involved in many modern occupations as well.
'''Goud''' is a social grouping of castes from the [[Indian states]] of [[Telangana]] and [[Andhra Pradesh]]. They are traditionally involved in [[toddy tapping]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/cm-announces-sops-for-toddy-tapper-community/article23326020.ece|title=CM announces sops for toddy tapper community|work=The Hindu|date=22 March 2018 }}.</ref> However, they are also involved in many modern occupations. Gouds are rapidly developing. However, Goud women lag behind in development.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Ramagoud|first=Akhileshwari|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H5tIEAAAQBAJ&dq=goud+toddy&pg=PT541|title=The Routledge Handbook of the Other Backward Classes in India: Thought, Movements and Development|publisher=Routledge|editor-last=Somanaboina|editor-first=Simhadri|chapter=OBC Women in Nizamabad, Telangana: Entrenched inequality, a narrative of four castes|doi=10.4324/9781003152873-28|s2cid=244577161 |editor-last2=Ramagoud|editor-first2=Akhileshwari}}</ref>
 
List of people who bear the name Goud include:
 
;Artists
* [[Laxma Goud]] (born 1940), Indian painter, printmaker and draughtsman (Padma Shree Award 2016)
* [[Nandini Goud]] (born 1967), Indian painter and printmaker
*[[Pratani Ramakrishna Goud]], Indian Telugu film producer, director, and screenplay writer
 
; Politicians
* [[Boora Narsaiah Goud]] (born 1959), member of the Parliament
*[[Chirag Pratap Lingam Goud]], Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
* [[Kuna Srisailam Goud]] (born 1966), Legislative Assembly
*[[Madhu Goud Yaskhi]] (born 1960), member of the 14th and 15th Lok Sabha
* [[Mallikarjun Goud]], central minister, President of Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee
* [[Mukesh Goud]] (1959–2019), Indian National Congress
* [[Ponnam Prabhakar Goud]] - Indian National Congress MP.
* [[Swamy Goud]] (born 1954), Chairman of Telangana Legislative Council
* [[T. Padma Rao Goud]] (born 1954), [[Telangana Rashtra Samithi]]
* [[Tadur Bala Goud]], Indian National Congress
* [[Devender Goud]], [[Telugu Desam Party]]
* [[V. Srinivas Goud]], [[Telangana Rashtra Samithi]]
* [[Y. Gadilingana Goud]], member of the Parliament
 
;Scientists
* [[Saibaba Goud]], Indian ophthalmologist (Padma Shree Award 2009)
* Anup Shankar Goud Nalam, Teesside University (England ) Finance Researcher
;Sportspeople
*[[Ajay Dev Goud]], Indian cricketer
*[[Janki Goud]], Indian judoka
*[[Sandeep Goud]] (born 1991), Omani cricketer
* [[Yere Goud]] (born 1971), Indian cricketer


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Latest revision as of 20:14, 23 July 2023


Goud
ClassificationBackward Caste[1]
ReligionsHinduism
LanguagesTelugu
CountryIndia
Populated statesTelangana
Andhra Pradesh

Goud is a social grouping of castes from the Indian states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. They are traditionally involved in toddy tapping.[2] However, they are also involved in many modern occupations. Gouds are rapidly developing. However, Goud women lag behind in development.[3]

References[edit]

  1. "Central List of OBCs". National Commission for Backward Classes.
  2. "CM announces sops for toddy tapper community". The Hindu. 22 March 2018..
  3. Ramagoud, Akhileshwari. "OBC Women in Nizamabad, Telangana: Entrenched inequality, a narrative of four castes". In Somanaboina, Simhadri; Ramagoud, Akhileshwari (eds.). The Routledge Handbook of the Other Backward Classes in India: Thought, Movements and Development. Routledge. doi:10.4324/9781003152873-28. S2CID 244577161.