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Kadava Patidar
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The Kadava Patidar (also variously spelled Kadwa, Kadva) are a sub-caste of the Patidars in Gujarat. They are mainly found in North Gujarat and Ahmedabad.^[1] The name "Kadava" comes from "Kadi", a former district that existed during the Baroda State.^[2]

References

^ Trivedi, Jayprakash M. (1 January 1992). The Social structure of Patidar caste in India. Kanishka Pub. House. p. 20. ISBN 9788185475196.
^ Sadasivan, S. N. (2000). A social history of India. APH Publishing Corporation. p. 257.

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[1] Trivedi, Jayprakash M. (1 January 1992). The Social structure of Patidar caste in India. Kanishka Pub. House. p. 20. ISBN 9788185475196.

[2] Sadasivan, S. N. (2000). A social history of India. APH Publishing Corporation. p. 257.

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 The '''Kadava Patidar''' (also variously spelled Kadwa, Kadva) are a [[sub-caste]] of the [[Patidars]] in Gujarat. They are mainly found in North Gujarat and Ahmedabad.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aQ9uAAAAMAAJ&q=the+social+structure+of+patidar+caste+in+india|title=The Social structure of Patidar caste in India|last=Trivedi|first=Jayprakash M.|date=1992-01-01|publisher=Kanishka Pub. House|isbn=9788185475196|pages=20|language=en}}</ref> The name "Kadava" comes from "Kadi", a former district that existed during the [[Baroda State]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Sadasivan|first=S. N.|title=A social history of India|publisher=APH Publishing Corporation|year=2000|pages=257}}</ref>
-== History ==
-The Patidars of [[Central Gujarat|Central]] and [[North Gujarat|North]] Gujarat were agricultural labour on the lands of [[Koli people|Koli]] [[Landlord|landlords]] or Koli [[Tribal chief|chieftains]] but after [[Indian independence movement|Independence of India]], Patidars enchraoched the lands of Kolis through land ceiling act of Independent [[India]] and reduced the Kolis in social status.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Franco |first=Fernando |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ueRtAAAAMAAJ |title=Pain and Awakening: The Dynamics of Dalit Identity in Bihar, Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh |date=2002 |publisher=Indian Social Institute |year=2002 |isbn=978-81-87218-46-3 |location=New Delhi, India, Asia |pages=252 |language=en}}</ref> after that, Kolis thought that they ruled the area but have no rights, so Kolis often plunders the Patidar villages in midnight in gangs.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hardiman |first=David |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lzWFAAAAIAAJ |title=Peasant Nationalists of Gujarat: Kheda District, 1917-1934 |date=1981 |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |year=1981 |isbn=978-0-19-561255-4 |location=New Delhi, India, Asia |pages=45 |language=en}}</ref> The [[Rajput|Rajputs]] of Gujarat strongly allied with Kolis because Rajputs also were against Patidars because of their land rights.<ref>{{Cite book |last=DA COSTA |first=DIA |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5406/j.ctt1ws7wgk |title=Politicizing Creative Economy: Activism and a Hunger Called Theater |date=2016 |publisher=University of Illinois Press |isbn=978-0-252-04060-3 |jstor=10.5406/j.ctt1ws7wgk }}</ref> In central and north Gujarat, the Kolis had several battles with the Patidars on the issue of land tenancy, land rights and use of common village resources. It may be mentioned here that in order to win the elections in [[1962 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election|1962]] and [[1967 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election|1967]] the [[Swatantra Party|Gujarat Swatantra Party]], dominated by the Patidars, won over some of the Koli leaders of the '''Gujarat Kshatriya Sabha''' and Sabha was dominated by Kolis of North Gujarat . The Party evolved a strategy referred to by the acronym PKASH; that is the 'party of Patidars and Koli Kshatriyas.' Party nominated a large number of the Kolis as party candidates and also gave them positions within the party organization. But that alliance did not last. The party and the Kshatriya Sabha's Koli leaders could not resolve ground-level conflicts between the Koli peasants and well Patidar peasants.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Wood |first=John R. |date=2008 |title=Review of India's 2004 Elections: Grass-Roots and National Perspectives |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/40377511 |journal=Pacific Affairs |volume=81 |issue=1 |pages=138–140 |jstor=40377511 |issn=0030-851X}}</ref> The grievances of Patidar were resolved by '''Gujarat Kshatriya Sabha''' by several time meetings but it was not enough because Kolis were double in number of population if Gujarat and Patidars often targeted by influenced Kolis.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Bardhan |first1=Pranab |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt7zv3bg |title=India's Democracy: An Analysis of Changing State-Society Relations |last2=Brass |first2=Paul R. |last3=Cohen |first3=Stephen P. |last4=Gupta |first4=Jyotirindra Das |last5=Frankel |first5=Francine R. |last6=Hart |first6=Henry C. |last7=Manor |first7=James |last8=Shah |first8=Ghanshyam |last9=Lewis |first9=John P. |date=1988 |publisher=Princeton University Press|jstor=j.ctt7zv3bg }}</ref> most of the Patidar's children were engaged in collage study but Kolis not and it was a big beneficial point of Patidars.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/351633 |title=Education and the disprivileged: nineteenth and twentieth century India |date=2002 |publisher=Orient Longman |isbn=978-81-250-2192-6 |editor-last=Bhattacharya |editor-first=Sabyasachi |location=Hyderabad, India}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last1=Mehta |first1=Haroobhai |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zJE6AAAAMAAJ |title=Dynamics of Reservation Policy |last2=Patel |first2=Hasmukh |date=1985 |publisher=Patriot Publishers |isbn=978-0-8364-1818-7 |pages=119 |language=en}}</ref>
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