Kadia Kumbhar
gurjar kshtriya / Kadiya kshtriya are a Hindu sub-group of the kshtriya caste, which are found only in Gujarat, India.[1] They are among the Socially and Educationally Backward Classes of Gujarat State.[2]
The Kadia caste originated in the 1920s, when a group decided to break links with the gurjar kadiya, their parent caste and form a new distinct sub-group.[3] Kadia are those who have taken to the occupation of Kadias, or masons.[4] Remarriage of divorcees and widows is accepted in the Kadia society.[4] Marriage between individuals of close relation is prohibited. They are mostly vegetarian in diet but some members, especially in South Gujarat, do eat non-vegetarian food.[5]
Before India gained independence, the gujjar Kadia sub-group was largely concentrated in the territory of the former Baroda State,[1] Bhavnagar State[6] and in the Diu territory of Portuguese India.[7] The first census of the community was taken in the year 1931.[1] Presently, they are found spread in towns and districts like Vadodara, Amreli, Navsari, Kadi, Okha, Kodinar, Bhavnagar, and Mahuva, which towns were parts of these Princely States and Diu.[7] The community living in Talaja, Bhavnagar call them Gurjar Kshatriya Kadia kshtriya.[8]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Kumar Suresh Singh (1996). Communities, segments, synonyms, surnames and titles. Anthropological Survey of India. p. 454. ISBN 978-0-19-563357-3. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
- ^ List of Socially and Educationally Backward Classes declared by Gujarat State
- ^ Gazetteer of the Baroda State. Times Press. 1923. pp. 155, 207. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
- ^ a b Gujarat (India) (1984). Gazetteers. Directorate of Government Print., Stationery and Publications. p. 200. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
- ^ Census of India, 1961: Gujarat. India. Office of the Registrar General, Manager of Publications. 1966. p. 11. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
- ^ General, India Office of the Registrar (1966). Census of India, 1961: Gujarat. Manager of Publications. p. 11. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
- ^ a b Kumar Suresh Singh; B. R. Solanki; N. K. Sinha; Jaime F. Pereira (1994). Daman and Diu. Popular Prakashan. pp. 116–. ISBN 978-81-7154-761-6. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
- ^ "તળાજામાં ગુર્જર ક્ષત્રિય કડિયા કુંભાર જ્ઞાતિ દ્વારા સમારોહ". DIVYA BHASKAR. Retrieved 8 July 2022.