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The ''' | The '''Bin''' are a [[Caste system in India|caste]] found in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Assam, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh and Tripura. Bin are under the SC category of the central list. In Uttar Pradesh, they are known by the Jaliya sub-caste. | ||
==Present circumstances== | ==Present circumstances== | ||
The | The Bin are among Schedule caste communities that have been proposed for [[Scheduled Caste]] status by the [[Samajwadi Party]]-controlled [[Government of Uttar Pradesh]]. However, this proposal, which relates and has been made in the past, has been stayed by the courts; a prior attempt was also rejected by the centre.<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> | ||
The | The Bin have a traditional caste council and, like other occupational castes, maintain strict social control over members. They are [[Hindu]], and customs similar to other similar groupings such as the [[Kewat]]. They are concentrated in eastern [[Uttar Pradesh]], and speak [[Bhojpuri]].<ref>People of India Uttar Pradesh Volume XLII Part One edited by A Hasan & J C Das page 333</ref> | ||
In Bihar, the Jethaut are mainly engaged in fishing, well sinking and basket making, while the Kharaut are mainly farmers. They speak the [[Maithili language|Maithili]] dialect of [[Hindi]].<ref name="gopal">People of India Bihar Volume XVI Part One edited by S Gopal & Hetukar Jha pages 184 to 186 Seagull Books</ref> | In Bihar, the Jethaut are mainly engaged in fishing, well sinking and basket making, while the Kharaut are mainly farmers. They speak the [[Maithili language|Maithili]] dialect of [[Hindi]].<ref name="gopal">People of India Bihar Volume XVI Part One edited by S Gopal & Hetukar Jha pages 184 to 186 Seagull Books</ref> | ||
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==Further reading== | ==Further reading== | ||
*{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iU0OAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA1017|title = The Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia: Commercial, Industrial and Scientific, Products of the Mineral, Vegetable, and Animal Kingdoms, Useful Arts and Manufactures|last1 = Balfour|first1 = Edward|year = 1885}} | *{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iU0OAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA1017|title=The Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia: Commercial, Industrial and Scientific, Products of the Mineral, Vegetable, and Animal Kingdoms, Useful Arts and Manufactures|last1=Balfour|first1=Edward|year=1885}} | ||
{{Tribes of Uttar Pradesh}} | {{Tribes of Uttar Pradesh}} | ||