Tanti

Tanti
Regions with significant populations
	India
Languages
	Odia (Majority) along with Bhojpuri, Magahi, Bengali, Hindi (Minority)
Religion
	Hinduism

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The Tanti bania (also anglicised as Tanty, Tantee, Tatwa, Patwa, Koli, Basak,Tantubay, Tantubai, Tati,) are a Hindu vaishya cloth merchant community in India. The greatest concentration is believed to be in the states of Gujarat, Maharashtra, Jharkhand, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Assam and Odisha.^[1] The community is not very concentrated because their designation was defined based on their occupation rather than particular beliefs or group identity.Tanti Bania are the descendants from Nandana(heavenly garden of Lord Indra which had celestial bodies).^{[citation needed]}

Origin[edit]

The word tanti is derived from the Odia word tanta, which means a loom. They were traditionally Bania, and are one of the many communities found in South Asia, traditionally associated with cloth trading. The community is found in Gujarat, Maharashtra, Jharkhand, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Assam as well as Odisha

The Tanti are said to have originated as sellers of cloth since the ancient days.There main business was to sell manufactured cloths and earn livelihood through it, they were completely imbibed in there cloth business.The Tanti people are found across mostly the northeastern portion of India.

Notable people[edit]

Kamal Kumar Tanti - writer
Tulsi Tanti - businessman
Sunder Lal Patwa - 11th CM of Madhya Pradesh

References[edit]

↑ Ramesh P. Mohanty (2003). Dalits Development and Change: An Empirical Study. Discovery Publishing House. pp. 40–41. ISBN 978-81-7141-696-7.

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[Mohanty2003-1] Ramesh P. Mohanty (2003). Dalits Development and Change: An Empirical Study. Discovery Publishing House. pp. 40–41. ISBN 978-81-7141-696-7.

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