Tyagi
Tyagi Brahmins originally called Taga Gaur, is a class of Adi Gaur Brahmins also known as Haryanvi Gaurs.[1][2][3][4][5][6]The landholding community is confined to Western Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Delhi and Rajasthan. They are often considered the highest of the agricultural castes.[7] As of a 1990 report by the Backward Classes Commission, Government of Haryana, they were mostly engaged in farming.[8][9]
The name Tyagi is prevalent in both Hindu and Muslim communities.[10] Community members who converted to Islam are known as Muslim Tyagis,[11] Musalman Taga, Mahesra and Moolay Taga.[12]
References
- ^ Singh, Nagendra (10 November 2020). Penumbra Snippets. Blue Rose Publishers.
- ^ Bhattacharya, Jogendra Nath (1896). Hindu Castes and Sects: An Exposition of the Origin of the Hindu Caste System and the Bearing of the Sects Towards Each Other and Towards Other Religious Systems. Thacker, Spink.
- ^ Dasgupta, Swapan (25 May 2019). Awakening Bharat Mata: The Political Beliefs of the Indian Right. Penguin Random House India Private Limited. ISBN 978-93-5305-530-1.
- ^ Ray, Shovan (2007). Handbook of Agriculture in India. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-568673-9.
- ^ Bingley, A. H.; Nicholls, A. (1897). Brahmans. Government Central Printing Office,Simla.
- ^ Commission, Haryana (India) Backward Classes (1990). Report of the Backward Classes Commission, 1990, Government of Haryana. Controller of Printing and Stationery.
- ^ Satya Prakash Arya (1975). Sociological Study of folklore. Indian Publications. p. 116.
- ^ Haryana (India). Backward Classes Commission (1990). Report of the Backward Classes Commission, 1990, Government of Haryana. Controller of Printing and Stationery. p. 105.
- ^ Annapurna Chattopadhyaya (2002). The People and Culture of Bengal, A study in Origins. Firma K.L.M. p. 489. ISBN 9788171021444.
- ^ Kripa Shankar Mathur, Binod C. Agrawal (1974), Tribe, caste, and peasantry, Ethnographic & Folk Culture Society, U. P., 1974, p. 189,
... The present Hindu and Muslim Tyagis are the descendants of a common ancestor ...
- ^ Brij Raj Chauhan, Unesco (1990), Rural-urban articulations, A.C. Bros., 1990, ISBN 978-81-85489-01-8,
... In Saharanpur district SC Dube described the Tyagi village where half of the population is of Muslim Tyagi and the other half of the Hindu Tyagi ...
- ^ History of origin of some clans in India, with special reference to Jats (1992), Mangal Sen Jindal, Sarup & Sons, p. 159
Further reading
- Brass, Paul R. (1965). Factional Politics in an Indian State: The Congress Party in Uttar Pradesh. University of California Press.
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