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They are also called as Dheds and rank among the lowest in the scale of Hindu castes.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Sarkar|first=jadunath|url=http://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.98678|title=History Of Aurangzib,vol.5|date=1952|publisher=|year=|isbn=|location=|pages=CH 56 Page 173}}</ref>They are Hindu and belong to the [[Lingayat]] sect while some are ''Vaishanavas''.<ref name="bhanu ">''People of India: Maharashtra, Volume 3'', Kumar Suresh Singh, B. V. Bhanu, Anthropological Survey of India 2004, {{ISBN|9788179911020}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 20:19, 6 September 2020
The Ramoshi (alternately Berad or Bedar) is an Indian aboriginal community found largely in Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, and Karnataka.[1]
History
The Ramoshi were called ramoossy during the era of the British Raj. The title also denotes the leader of a group or head of a territory.[citation needed]
The Ramoshi in Maharashtra were earlier known as Boya, Bedar and Vedan.[2]
The community were once infantry fighting battles for the Maratha kings and leading the troops.[citation needed] They were then classified as a criminal tribe under the Criminal Tribes Acts of the Raj.[3]
Culture
They are also called as Dheds and rank among the lowest in the scale of Hindu castes.[4]They are Hindu and belong to the Lingayat sect while some are Vaishanavas.[5]
References
- ^ Sarkar, jadunath (1952). History Of Aurangzib,vol.5. pp. CH.56 Page 173.
- ^ Dr. K. Jamanadas. "Criminal Tribes of India". Ambedkar.org. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
- ^ Bates, Crispin (1995). "Race, Caste and Tribe in Central India: the early origins of Indian anthropometry". In Robb, Peter (ed.). The Concept of Race in South Asia. Delhi: Oxford University Press. p. 227. ISBN 978-0-19-563767-0. Retrieved 1 December 2011.
- ^ Sarkar, jadunath (1952). History Of Aurangzib,vol.5. pp. CH 56 Page 173.
- ^ People of India: Maharashtra, Volume 3, Kumar Suresh Singh, B. V. Bhanu, Anthropological Survey of India 2004, ISBN 9788179911020
Further reading
- Precolonial India in Practice, Cynthia Talbot, Oxford University Press, 2001, ISBN 978-0195136616