Lodhi (caste)
The Lodhi (or Lodha, Lodh) is a community of agriculturalists, found in India. There are many in Madhya Pradesh, to where they had emigrated from Uttar Pradesh.[1] The Lodhi are categorised as an Other Backward Class,[a] but claim Rajput ties and prefer to be known as "Lodhi-Rajput",[3] although they have no account of their Rajput origin or prevailing Rajput traditions.[4]
Etymology
Robert Vane Russell, an administrator of the British Raj, described several possible etymologies for Lodhi, including derivation from lod ("clod"), or lodh, a tree whose bark the Lodhi of Northern India gather to make dye. Russell also stated that Lodha was the original term, later corrupted to Lodhi in the Central Provinces.[5] Another theory derives the name from the district of Ludhiana, supposing it the Lodhi homeland.[6]
History
A historical mention of a Lodhi village chief (nagar chaudhari) occurs in Navalshah Chanderia's Vardhamana Purana, written in
British sources described the Lodhi as "immigrants from the
20th-century caste politics
Members of the community developed a
Following the
Notables
- Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and as a Member of Parliament.[15]
- Prahlad Singh Patel, Cabinet Minister of Madhaya Pradesh and Former Central Minister[16]
- Rammurti Singh Verma, former Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly.[17]
- Uma Bharti, former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh[18]
- T. Raja Singh, BJP MLA from Goshamahal, Telangana.[19][20][21]
Notes
- ^ In the following Indian states: Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Gujarat, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, and Uttarakhand.[2]
References
- ^ Sharma, Jagdish Saran (1981). Encyclopaedia Indica. Vol. 2. p. 737.
- ^ "National Commission for Backward Classes". ncbc.nic.in. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
- ^ Burger, Angela Sutherland (1969). Opposition in a Dominant-Party System. University of California Press. p. 27.
- ISBN 978-8-12060-488-9.
- ISBN 978-8-12060-833-7.
- ^ ISBN 978-817625-186-0.
- ^ Shilalekhin me Golapurvanvaya, Parmananda Jain Shastri, Anekanta, V. 24, No. 3, July 1971, p. 102-109
- ^ भेलसी में शांतिनाथ प्राचीन दक्षिणमुखी जैन मंदिर श्रद्घालुओं की आस्था का केंद्र, nai Dunia, 04 Dec 2019
- ^ Mishra, Jai Prakash (1982). The Bundela Rebellion. Sundeep. p. 8.
- ISBN 978-1-85065-670-8.
- ^ Chauhan, Brij Raj (1980). Extending frontiers of sociological learning. Meerut University. Institute of Advanced Studies. Dept. of Sociology, Institute of Advanced Studies, Meerut University. p. 63.
The claim of a new caste name 'Lodhi-Rajput' was made at an All India conference, held at Fathegarh before 1921. The history of Lodhi organization is about 57 years old.
- ^ Chauhan, Brij Raj (1980). Extending frontiers of sociological learning. Meerut University. Institute of Advanced Studies. Dept. of Sociology, Institute of Advanced Studies, Meerut University. p. 55.
- ISBN 978-8-17829-906-8.
- JSTOR 4419579.
- ^ Srinivas, MN (2000). Caste: Its 20Th Century Avatar. Penguin Books Limited. p. 17.
- ^ "'Thagraj' Kamal Nath is Tired, Shivraj Our Most Popular Face in MP: BJP's CM Probable Prahlad Patel to News18". News18. 1 November 2023. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
- ^ "Rammurti Singh Verma". Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly. Archived from the original on 25 July 2023. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
- ^ "Uma Bharti in Aap Ki Adalat (Part 1)". India TV News. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
See from 10:12 to !0:16, "I belong to Lodhi caste"
- ^ "BJP lifts suspension of T Raja Singh ahead of Telangana polls". The Times of India.
- ^ "How Raja Singh of Hyderabad's Goshamahal Emerged as the New Poster Boy of Hindutva".
- ^ "The other face of Dhoolpet". The Times of India.