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'''Sundhi''' also known as '''Sodhi''' or '''Sundi''' or '''Sudi''' or '''Sudhi''' or '''Shoundika''', is an Indian [[caste]] whose traditional occupation has been [[brewing]] of alcoholic drinks.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Mahana |first1=Rajakishor |title=Negotiating Marginality Conflicts Over Tribal Development in India |date=2019 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=9780429647826 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LpCKDwAAQBAJ&dq=Sundhi+caste+brewing+of+alcohol&pg=PT156}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Acharya |first1=Manoranjan |title=Problems of Slums and Viable Strategies for Development |year=2005 |publisher=Pratibha Prakashan |isbn=9788177021080 |page=49 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZW1PAAAAMAAJ&q=Sundhi+caste+brewing+of+alcohol |access-date=29 November 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |editor-last=Taradatt |editor-first=Dr. |title=Odisha district gazetteers –Kandhamal |url=http://gopabandhuacademy.gov.in/sites/default/files/gazetter/Kandhamal_Gazetteer.pdf |access-date=20 March 2022 |website=gopabandhuacademy.gov.in |pages=73–74}}</ref> According to Suratha Kumar Malik, Sundhis of [[Koraput district]] of [[Odisha]] belong to the Dalit community, who are [[Moonshine|hooch]] traders and do small businesses.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Malik |first=Suratha Kumar |date=4 September 2017 |title=Tribal-Dalit Conflict Over Land: A Case of Narayanpatna Land Movement in the Koraput District of Odisha |url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2455328X17722680 |journal=Contemporary Voice of Dalit |language=en |volume=9 |issue=2 |pages=184–193 |doi=10.1177/2455328X17722680 |issn=2455-328X}}</ref> The Sundhis are included in the [[Other Backward Class]] category in the states of [[Bihar]], [[Jharkhand]] and [[Odisha]];<ref name=ODISHA>{{cite web |url=https://www.odisha.gov.in/govtpress/pdf/2012/53.pdf |date=26 December 2011 |title=Minorities & Backward Classes Welfare Department Notification |work=The Odisha Gazette |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309192729/http://odisha.gov.in/govtpress/pdf/2012/53.pdf |archive-date=9 March 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://ncbc.nic.in/Writereaddata/cl/jharkhand.pdf |title=Central List of OBCs for the State of Jharkhand |access-date=29 March 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=OBC's List |url=http://www.scbc.bih.nic.in/ObcList.htm |website=www.scbc.bih.nic.in |access-date=24 November 2020 |archive-date=3 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191103135501/http://scbc.bih.nic.in/ObcList.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> and in the [[Scheduled Caste]] category in [[West Bengal]], where they are also known as [[Shunri]] (except Saha).<ref>{{cite book |last1=General |first1=India Office of the Registrar |title=Census of India, 1961 |page=1213 |publisher=Office of the Registrar General |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ylmFAAAAIAAJ&q=sundhi+caste+west+bengal |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Vyavasthá-Darpana: Digest of Hindu Law as Current in Bengal. (Syámá Charana Sarkar.) |year=1883 |page=671 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iVsSAAAAYAAJ&dq=Shunri+caste&pg=PA671 |language=en|last1=(India) |first1=Bengal }}</ref><ref>Singh, K. S. (1992). People of India: The scheduled castes. India: Anthropological Survey of India. p. 1244</ref>
'''Sundhi''' also known as '''Sodhi''' or '''Sundi''' or '''Sudi''' or '''Sudhi''' or '''Shoundika''', is an Indian [[caste]] whose traditional occupation has been [[brewing]] of alcoholic drinks.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Mahana |first1=Rajakishor |title=Negotiating Marginality Conflicts Over Tribal Development in India |date=2019 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=9780429647826 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LpCKDwAAQBAJ&dq=Sundhi+caste+brewing+of+alcohol&pg=PT156}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Acharya |first1=Manoranjan |title=Problems of Slums and Viable Strategies for Development |year=2005 |publisher=Pratibha Prakashan |isbn=9788177021080 |page=49 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZW1PAAAAMAAJ&q=Sundhi+caste+brewing+of+alcohol |access-date=29 November 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |editor-last=Taradatt |editor-first=Dr. |title=Odisha district gazetteers –Kandhamal |url=http://gopabandhuacademy.gov.in/sites/default/files/gazetter/Kandhamal_Gazetteer.pdf |access-date=20 March 2022 |website=gopabandhuacademy.gov.in |pages=73–74}}</ref> The Sundhis are included in the [[Other Backward Class]] category in the states of [[Bihar]], [[Jharkhand]] and [[Odisha]],<ref name=ODISHA>{{cite web |url=https://www.odisha.gov.in/govtpress/pdf/2012/53.pdf |date=26 December 2011 |title=Minorities & Backward Classes Welfare Department Notification |work=The Odisha Gazette |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309192729/http://odisha.gov.in/govtpress/pdf/2012/53.pdf |archive-date=9 March 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://ncbc.nic.in/Writereaddata/cl/jharkhand.pdf |title=Central List of OBCs for the State of Jharkhand |access-date=29 March 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=OBC's List |url=http://www.scbc.bih.nic.in/ObcList.htm |website=www.scbc.bih.nic.in |access-date=24 November 2020 |archive-date=3 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191103135501/http://scbc.bih.nic.in/ObcList.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> though according to Suratha Kumar Malik, Sundhis of [[Koraput district]] of [[Odisha]] belong to the [[Dalit]] community, who are [[Moonshine|hooch]] traders and do small businesses.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Malik |first=Suratha Kumar |date=4 September 2017 |title=Tribal-Dalit Conflict Over Land: A Case of Narayanpatna Land Movement in the Koraput District of Odisha |url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2455328X17722680 |journal=Contemporary Voice of Dalit |language=en |volume=9 |issue=2 |pages=184–193 |doi=10.1177/2455328X17722680 |s2cid=182082528 |issn=2455-328X|url-access=subscription }}</ref> They are considered as [[Scheduled Caste]] in [[West Bengal]], where they are also known as [[Shunri]] (except Saha).<ref>{{cite book |last1=General |first1=India Office of the Registrar |title=Census of India, 1961 |page=1213 |publisher=Office of the Registrar General |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ylmFAAAAIAAJ&q=sundhi+caste+west+bengal |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Vyavasthá-Darpana: Digest of Hindu Law as Current in Bengal. (Syámá Charana Sarkar.) |year=1883 |page=671 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iVsSAAAAYAAJ&dq=Shunri+caste&pg=PA671 |language=en|last1=(India) |first1=Bengal }}</ref><ref>Singh, K. S. (1992). People of India: The scheduled castes. India: Anthropological Survey of India. p. 1244</ref>


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Sundhi
ClassificationSC in West Bengal
OBC in Bihar, Jharkhand and Odisha
ReligionsHinduism

Sundhi also known as Sodhi or Sundi or Sudi or Sudhi or Shoundika, is an Indian caste whose traditional occupation has been brewing of alcoholic drinks.[1][2][3] The Sundhis are included in the Other Backward Class category in the states of Bihar, Jharkhand and Odisha,[4][5][6] though according to Suratha Kumar Malik, Sundhis of Koraput district of Odisha belong to the Dalit community, who are hooch traders and do small businesses.[7] They are considered as Scheduled Caste in West Bengal, where they are also known as Shunri (except Saha).[8][9][10]

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  1. ↑ Mahana, Rajakishor (2019). Negotiating Marginality Conflicts Over Tribal Development in India. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9780429647826.
  2. ↑ Acharya, Manoranjan (2005). Problems of Slums and Viable Strategies for Development. Pratibha Prakashan. p. 49. ISBN 9788177021080. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  3. ↑ Taradatt, Dr. (ed.). "Odisha district gazetteers –Kandhamal" (PDF). gopabandhuacademy.gov.in. pp. 73–74. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  4. ↑ "Minorities & Backward Classes Welfare Department Notification" (PDF). The Odisha Gazette. 26 December 2011. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 March 2016.
  5. ↑ "Central List of OBCs for the State of Jharkhand" (PDF). Retrieved 29 March 2019.
  6. ↑ "OBC's List". www.scbc.bih.nic.in. Archived from the original on 3 November 2019. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  7. ↑ Malik, Suratha Kumar (4 September 2017). "Tribal-Dalit Conflict Over Land: A Case of Narayanpatna Land Movement in the Koraput District of Odisha". Contemporary Voice of Dalit. 9 (2): 184–193. doi:10.1177/2455328X17722680. ISSN 2455-328X. S2CID 182082528.
  8. ↑ General, India Office of the Registrar. Census of India, 1961. Office of the Registrar General. p. 1213.
  9. ↑ (India), Bengal (1883). Vyavasthá-Darpana: Digest of Hindu Law as Current in Bengal. (Syámá Charana Sarkar.). p. 671.
  10. ↑ Singh, K. S. (1992). People of India: The scheduled castes. India: Anthropological Survey of India. p. 1244


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