Tyagi: Difference between revisions

Tyagi Brahmins
Regions with significant populations
	India
Languages
	Punjabi • Urdu • Hindi • •Khadi Boli
Religion
	Hinduism • Islam
Related ethnic groups
	Gaur Brahmins

Revision as of 20:09, 8 October 2023

Tyagi Brahmins originally called Taga Gaur, is a class of Gaur Brahmins.The landholding community is confined to Western Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Delhi and Rajasthan. They are often considered the highest of the agricultural castes. As of a 1990 report by the Backward Classes Commission, Government of Haryana, they were mostly engaged in farming.The name Tyagi is prevalent in both Hindu and Muslim communities. Community members who converted to Islam are known as Muslim Tyagis, Musalman Taga, Mahesra and Moolay Taga.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

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 | popplace         = [[India]]
 | langs            = [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] • [[Urdu]] • [[Hindi]] • •[[Khariboli|Khadi Boli]]
-| rels             = [[Hindu]], [[Islam]]
+| rels             = [[Hinduism]] • [[Islam]]
-| related          = [[Jat people]] • [[Gujars]] • [[Med people]]|
+| related          = [[Gaur Brahmins]]|
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-'''Tyagi''' originally called Taga, is a cultivator caste who claim Brahmin status.<ref name="Tribecasteandpeasantry">{{cite book|author=Binod C Agrawal.|title=Tribe,Caste and Peasantry|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QUEiAAAAMAAJ&q=taga%20or%20tyagi|year=1974|publisher=Ethnographic & Folk Culture Society,U.P.|page=188}}</ref> The landholding community is confined to [[Western Uttar Pradesh]], [[Haryana]], [[Delhi]] and [[Rajasthan]]. They are often considered the highest of the agricultural castes.<ref name="SociologicalStudyofFolklore">{{cite book|author=Satya Prakash Arya|title=Sociological Study of folklore|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X8bYAAAAMAAJ&q=a+Sociological+study+of+folklore|year=1975|publisher=Indian Publications|page=116}}</ref> During the [[British Raj]], they changed their name from Taga to Tyagi, and began claiming Brahmin status.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Rath|first=Saroj Kumar|title=India as a Model for Global Development|publisher=Cambridge Scholars Publishing|year=2018|editor-last=Masaeli|editor-first=Mahmoud|pages=91|chapter=Satyagraha and Social Justice in India|editor-last2=Prabhakar|editor-first2=Monica}}</ref> As of a 1990 report by the Backward Classes Commission, Government of Haryana, they were mostly engaged in farming.<ref name="Commission1990">{{cite book|author=Haryana (India). Backward Classes Commission|title=Report of the Backward Classes Commission, 1990, Government of Haryana|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aH3aAAAAMAAJ|year=1990|publisher=Controller of Printing and Stationery|page=105}}</ref><ref name="PeopleandCultureofBengal">{{cite book|author=Annapurna Chattopadhyaya|title=The People and Culture of Bengal, A study in Origins|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MiRuAAAAMAAJ&q=the%20people%20and%20culture%20of%20bengal%20a%20study%20in%20origins|year=2002|publisher=Firma K.L.M.|page=489|isbn=9788171021444 }}</ref>
-The name Tyagi is prevalent in both [[Hindu]] and [[Muslim]] communities.<ref name="ref62fibiy">{{Citation | title=Tribe, caste, and peasantry | author=Kripa Shankar Mathur, Binod C. Agrawal | year=1974 | publisher=Ethnographic & Folk Culture Society, U. P., 1974 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YnqwAAAAIAAJ |page=189 | quote=''... The present Hindu and Muslim Tyagis are the descendants of a common ancestor ...''}}</ref> Community members who converted to [[Islam]] are known as Muslim Tyagis,<ref name="ref06culiv">{{Citation | title=Rural-urban articulations | author=Brij Raj Chauhan, Unesco | year=1990 | publisher=A.C. Bros., 1990 | isbn=978-81-85489-01-8 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zenZAAAAMAAJ | quote=''... In Saharanpur district SC Dube described the Tyagi village where half of the population is of Muslim Tyagi and the other half of the Hindu Tyagi ...''}}</ref> Mulla Brahmin, Musalman Taga, Mahesra and Moolay Taga.<ref>''History of origin of some clans in India, with special reference to Jats'' (1992), Mangal Sen Jindal, Sarup & Sons, p. 159</ref>
+'''Tyagi''' Brahmins originally called Taga Gaur, is a class of [[Gaur Brahmins]].The landholding community is confined to Western Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Delhi and Rajasthan. They are often considered the highest of the agricultural castes. As of a 1990 report by the Backward Classes Commission, Government of Haryana, they were mostly engaged in farming.The name Tyagi is prevalent in both Hindu and Muslim communities. Community members who converted to Islam are known as Muslim Tyagis, Musalman Taga, Mahesra and Moolay Taga.<ref>https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Penumbra_Snippets/jc8HEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=tyagi+brahmin&pg=PT39&printsec=frontcover</ref><ref>https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Awakening_Bharat_Mata/6gqXDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=tyagi+brahmin&pg=PT47&printsec=frontcover</ref><ref>https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Handbook_of_Agriculture_in_India/7zofAQAAIAAJ?hl=en</ref><ref>https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Report_of_the_Backward_Classes_Commissio/aH3aAAAAMAAJ?hl=en</ref><ref>https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/The_People_and_Culture_of_Bengal_a_Study/MiRuAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0&bsq=the%20people%20and%20culture%20of%20bengal%20a%20study%20in%20origins</ref>
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