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The Ahir Yadav Kshatriya Mahasabha was founded in Rewari, British India, in 1910 by Rao Balbir Singh. Its aim was to promote the interests of the Ahir-Yadav caste. [1][2]

A rare, princely-era photograph of Raja Rao Balbir Singh Bahadur of Rewari—founder of the Ahir Yadav Kshatriya Mahasabha, and adorned with the titles "Hindu Dharma Rakshak" (Protector of the Hindu Faith) and "Chirag-e-Yaduvansh" (Beacon of the Yaduvansh).

References

  1. ↑ Rao, M. S. A. (1 January 1987). Social Movements and Social Transformation: A Study of Two Backward Classes Movements in India. Manohar. He was also a member of the Punjab Assembly, and took the lead in establishing the Ahir Yadav Kshatriya Mahasabha at Rewari in 1910. Thus, the leadership, in collective mobilisation of the Ahirs, came from the royal family
  2. ↑ Christophe Jaffrelot (2003). India's Silent Revolution: The Rise of the Lower Castes in North India. C. Hurst & Co. Publishers. pp. 189–. ISBN 978-1-85065-670-8.