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'''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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'''Tyagi''' [[Brahmin|Brahmins]] originally called Taga Gaur, is a class of [[Adi Gaur]] Brahmins also known as Haryanvi Gaurs.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Singh|first=Nagendra|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jc8HEAAAQBAJ&dq=tyagi+brahmin&pg=PT39|title=Penumbra Snippets|date=2020-11-10|publisher=Blue Rose Publishers|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Bhattacharya|first=Jogendra Nath|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xlpLAAAAMAAJ&dq=adi+gaur&pg=PA52|title=Hindu Castes and Sects: An Exposition of the Origin of the Hindu Caste System and the Bearing of the Sects Towards Each Other and Towards Other Religious Systems|date=1896|publisher=Thacker, Spink|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Dasgupta|first=Swapan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6gqXDwAAQBAJ&dq=tyagi+brahmin&pg=PT47|title=Awakening Bharat Mata: The Political Beliefs of the Indian Right|date=2019-05-25|publisher=Penguin Random House India Private Limited|isbn=978-93-5305-530-1|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Ray|first=Shovan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7zofAQAAIAAJ&q=tyagi+brahmin|title=Handbook of Agriculture in India|date=2007|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-568673-9|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last1=Bingley|first1=A. H.|url=http://archive.org/details/dli.csl.6008|title=Brahmans|last2=Nicholls|first2=A.|date=1897|publisher=Government Central Printing Office,Simla}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Commission|first=Haryana (India) Backward Classes|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aH3aAAAAMAAJ&q=tyagi|title=Report of the Backward Classes Commission, 1990, Government of Haryana|date=1990|publisher=Controller of Printing and Stationery|language=en}}</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> 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://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|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> 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>


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For the 1992 film, see Tyagi (film).


Tyagi Brahmins
Regions with significant populations
India
Languages
Punjabi • Urdu • Hindi • •Khadi Boli
Religion
Hinduism • Islam
Related ethnic groups
Gaur Brahmins
For the 1992 film, see Tyagi (film).

Tyagi Brahmins originally called Taga Gaur, is a class of Adi Gaur Brahmins also known as Haryanvi Gaurs.[1][2][3][4][5][6]The landholding community is confined to Western Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Delhi and Rajasthan. They are often considered the highest of the agricultural castes.[7] As of a 1990 report by the Backward Classes Commission, Government of Haryana, they were mostly engaged in farming.[8][9]

The name Tyagi is prevalent in both Hindu and Muslim communities.[10] Community members who converted to Islam are known as Muslim Tyagis,[11] Musalman Taga, Mahesra and Moolay Taga.[12]

References

  1. ↑ Singh, Nagendra (10 November 2020). Penumbra Snippets. Blue Rose Publishers.
  2. ↑ Bhattacharya, Jogendra Nath (1896). Hindu Castes and Sects: An Exposition of the Origin of the Hindu Caste System and the Bearing of the Sects Towards Each Other and Towards Other Religious Systems. Thacker, Spink.
  3. ↑ Dasgupta, Swapan (25 May 2019). Awakening Bharat Mata: The Political Beliefs of the Indian Right. Penguin Random House India Private Limited. ISBN 978-93-5305-530-1.
  4. ↑ Ray, Shovan (2007). Handbook of Agriculture in India. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-568673-9.
  5. ↑ Bingley, A. H.; Nicholls, A. (1897). Brahmans. Government Central Printing Office,Simla.
  6. ↑ Commission, Haryana (India) Backward Classes (1990). Report of the Backward Classes Commission, 1990, Government of Haryana. Controller of Printing and Stationery.
  7. ↑ Satya Prakash Arya (1975). Sociological Study of folklore. Indian Publications. p. 116.
  8. ↑ Haryana (India). Backward Classes Commission (1990). Report of the Backward Classes Commission, 1990, Government of Haryana. Controller of Printing and Stationery. p. 105.
  9. ↑ Annapurna Chattopadhyaya (2002). The People and Culture of Bengal, A study in Origins. Firma K.L.M. p. 489. ISBN 9788171021444.
  10. ↑ Kripa Shankar Mathur, Binod C. Agrawal (1974), Tribe, caste, and peasantry, Ethnographic & Folk Culture Society, U. P., 1974, p. 189, ... The present Hindu and Muslim Tyagis are the descendants of a common ancestor ...
  11. ↑ Brij Raj Chauhan, Unesco (1990), Rural-urban articulations, A.C. Bros., 1990, ISBN 978-81-85489-01-8, ... 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 ...
  12. ↑ History of origin of some clans in India, with special reference to Jats (1992), Mangal Sen Jindal, Sarup & Sons, p. 159

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