Kandu

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The Kandu or Kanu are a Hindu Bania caste in India.

The community was traditionally engaged in the sale of "foodstuffs and sundry eats".[1] In 2001, they were granted the status of Other Backwards Class in the state of Uttar Pradesh under India's system of positive discrimination.[2]

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  1. Ramesh, P. R. (15 October 2015). "The Liberation Struggle of Bihar". Open Magazine. Retrieved 2020-04-30.
  2. "Manjhi, Kandu castes given SC status". The Times of India. 21 August 2001. Retrieved 2020-04-30.