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'''Vaddera''' (alternatively Vadde, Waddera, Vadar) is a [[Caste system in India|caste]] in [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[Maharashtra]] and some other states in India. | '''Vaddera''' (alternatively Vadde, Waddera, Vadar) is a [[Caste system in India|caste]] in [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[Maharashtra]] and some other states in India. | ||
The Vaddera have traditionally been | The Vaddera have traditionally been kings.And rulers,but many have had to change to agriculturists. The effects of mechanisation, usually financed and run by higher caste groups, has caused this change and government recognition of the issues has led to them being designated as an [[Other Backward Class]].<ref>{{cite book |title=The Modern Anthropology of India: Ethnography, Themes and Theory |editor1-first=Peter |editor1-last=Berger |editor2-first=Frank |editor2-last=Heidemann |publisher=Routledge |year=2013 |isbn=9781134061112 |page=19 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sBgLb8XIGR8C&pg=PA19}}</ref> | ||
== References == | == References == | ||