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==History== |
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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|date=January 2016}} |
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The Ramoshi in Maharashtra were earlier known as Boya, Bedar and Vedan.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ambedkar.org/jamanadas/CriminalTribes.htm |title=Criminal Tribes of India |author=Dr. K. Jamanadas |website=Ambedkar.org |accessdate=2015-12-10}}</ref> |
The Ramoshi in Maharashtra were earlier known as Boya, Bedar and Vedan.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ambedkar.org/jamanadas/CriminalTribes.htm |title=Criminal Tribes of India |author=Dr. K. Jamanadas |website=Ambedkar.org |accessdate=2015-12-10}}</ref> |
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The Bedars were employed as [[Pindari]] freebooters by the Maratha rulers.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Roy|first=M. P.|url=http://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.53026|title=Origin growth and suppression of the Pindaris|date=1973|publisher=|year=|isbn=|location=|pages=A GENERAL ACCOUNT Page 3}}</ref> They were then classified as a [[Denotified Tribes|criminal tribe]] under the [[Criminal Tribes Act]]s of the Raj.<ref>{{cite book| last = Bates| first = Crispin| editor-last = Robb| editor-first = Peter| title = The Concept of Race in South Asia| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=Ef9tAAAAMAAJ| accessdate = 2011-12-01| year = 1995| publisher = Oxford University Press| location = Delhi| isbn = 978-0-19-563767-0| page = 227| chapter = Race, Caste and Tribe in Central India: the early origins of Indian anthropometry }}</ref> |
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==Culture== |
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Revision as of 20:35, 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 in Maharashtra were earlier known as Boya, Bedar and Vedan.[2]
The Bedars were employed as Pindari freebooters by the Maratha rulers.[3] They were then classified as a criminal tribe under the Criminal Tribes Acts of the Raj.[4]
Culture
They are also called as Dheds and rank among the lowest in the scale of Hindu castes.[5]They are Hindu and belong to the Lingayat sect while some are Vaishanavas.[6]
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.
- ^ Roy, M. P. (1973). Origin growth and suppression of the Pindaris. pp. A GENERAL ACCOUNT Page 3.
- ^ 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