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{{Short description|South Indian caste}}
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'''Dheevara''' is a grouping of fishing castes from the [[Kerala]] state of South India.
'''Dheevara''' is a grouping of fishing castes from the [[Kerala]] state of South India.


The word "Dheevara" is of [[Sanskrit]] origin, and has been used to describe fishermen in ''[[Gautama Dharmasutra]]'' and ''[[Mahabharata]]''.{{sfn|Singh|2003|p=292}} The Dheevara community was formed by [[Arayan]], [[Valan]] and other castes to lobby for the fishers' rights, and to seek [[reservation in India|caste-based reservations]] in government jobs.{{sfn|Sathyapalan|2015|p=90}} The members of the community formed the ''Dheevara Mahasabha'' ("Dheevara Great Assembly"), which is a politically powerful organization. Guru VedaVyasa was born into the Koli -sakya gotra of suryawanshi kshatriya known as Aryans or arayar at present time.{{sfn|Sathyapalan|2015|p=95}}
The word ''Dheevara'' is of [[Sanskrit]] origin, and has been used to describe fishermen in ''[[Gautama Dharmasutra]]'' and ''[[Mahabharata]]''.{{sfn|Singh|2003|p=292}} The Dheevara community was formed by [[Arayan]], [[Valan]] and other castes to lobby for the fishers' rights, and to seek [[reservation in India|caste-based reservations]] in government jobs.{{sfn|Sathyapalan|2015|p=90}} The members of the community formed the ''Dheevara Mahasabha'' ("Dheevara Great Assembly"), which is a politically powerful organization. Guru VedaVyasa was born into the Koli -sakya gotra of suryawanshi kshatriya known as Aryans or arayar at present time.{{sfn|Sathyapalan|2015|p=95}}
 
== Listed castes ==
The following castes are categorized as "Dheevara" in the Government's list of [[Other Backward Classes]]:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ncbc.nic.in/Writereaddata/cl/kerala.pdf |title=Central List of OBCs for the state of Kerala |publisher=National Commission for Backward Classes |access-date=18 May 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.keralapsc.gov.in/index.php?option=com_content&id=338&Itemid=198 |title=List of Other Eligible Classes in Kerala State |publisher=Kerala Public Service Commission |access-date=18 May 2016 }}</ref>
The following castes are categorized as "Dheevara" in the Government's list of [[Other Backward Classes]]:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ncbc.nic.in/Writereaddata/cl/kerala.pdf |title=Central List of OBCs for the state of Kerala |publisher=National Commission for Backward Classes |access-date=18 May 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.keralapsc.gov.in/index.php?option=com_content&id=338&Itemid=198 |title=List of Other Eligible Classes in Kerala State |publisher=Kerala Public Service Commission |access-date=18 May 2016 }}</ref>


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== See also ==
== See also ==
 
*[[Dhimar]]
* [[Dhimar]] and [[Dhivar]], fishing castes of North India, whose names are also derived from the word "Dheevara"
*[[Fishing communities in Maharashtra]]


== References ==
== References ==
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* {{cite book |first=Jyothis |last=Sathyapalan |editor= Svein Jentoft and Ratana Chuenpagdee |title=Interactive Governance for Small-Scale Fisheries: Global Reflections |chapter=Governability Challenges in Sustaining Small-Scale fisheries in an Urban Context: A study of Cochin Backwaters |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5VrACQAAQBAJ&pg=PA90 |year=2015 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-3-319-17034-3 }}
* {{cite book |first=Jyothis |last=Sathyapalan |editor= Svein Jentoft and Ratana Chuenpagdee |title=Interactive Governance for Small-Scale Fisheries: Global Reflections |chapter=Governability Challenges in Sustaining Small-Scale fisheries in an Urban Context: A study of Cochin Backwaters |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5VrACQAAQBAJ&pg=PA90 |year=2015 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-3-319-17034-3 }}
* {{cite book |title=People of India |volume=25 |first=Kumar Suresh |last=Singh |publisher=Anthropological Survey of India |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dBMwAQAAIAAJ |year=2003 |isbn=9788173041181 }}
* {{cite book |title=People of India |volume=25 |first=Kumar Suresh |last=Singh |publisher=Anthropological Survey of India |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dBMwAQAAIAAJ |year=2003 |isbn=9788173041181 }}
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* [[Castes and Tribes of Southern India]] [[Edgar Thurston]] [[Castes And Tribes Of Southern India Vol.7 (t-z)]] [http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/edgar-thurston/castes-and-tribes-of-southern-india-volume-7-ala.shtml]
* [[Castes and Tribes of Southern India]] [[Edgar Thurston]] [[Castes And Tribes Of Southern India Vol.7 (t-z)]] [http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/edgar-thurston/castes-and-tribes-of-southern-india-volume-7-ala.shtml]