Talk:Leva Patel

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Omprakash Patidar Gram Bhensola Teh. Badnawar Dist. Dhar 454660 M.P

Not sure who thought Leva patils speak "Ahirani"...Ahirani is totally separate language than what leva patils speak. Leva patils around Nanded Salwe, Kanalada etc speak with slightly different accent than the leva patils around Yawal/Raver. madhypradesh me bhi Patidar Samaj bahut He me. In most of the regions Leva Patil generally speaks TAWADI language. - This is correct. The AHIRANI is spoken in Dhule district and western talkukas (adjoining Dhule). Leva Patils speak a totaly different dialect of marathi which pretty close to urban marathi.

Correct, The ahirani is not at all spoken by leva Patils. The Residents known as the successors of Lord Rama the Leva gujars speak in gujar and it resembles gujarathi and you can see it in Nandurbar district.And it pretend that leva Gujar community comes from Gujrat and were part of Gujrat But there residence became part of maharashtra on 1 may 1960 when Maharashtra And Gujrat were Divided.The Gujar Not only use their caste name as Leva Gujar only but also lewa patidar.

Ahirani is spoken in some parts of Nashik,Dhule and Jalgaon districts. What leva patidars speak in Jalgaon And Buldhana disricts is quite different from Ahirani. The leva patidars native to Jalgaon dist.speak what is usually referred to as leva boli or leva ganboli or khandeshi.The leva patidars native to Buldhana dist.speak in Varhadi accent which appears sweet to hear. The accent usually changes after 25 to 30 miles of distance.Narendra Mahajan (talk) 19:47, 18 July 2009 (UTC)

- "Vangyache Bharit (The famous dish of Leva Patil)". Vangyache Bharit is a famous dish of not just Leva Patil but the whole Gujrat-Maharashtra region. And so are the other delicacies mentioned. This article mentioned is OK on overall historic perspective but has lots of irrelevent and wrong information. Needs cleanup.

Some mistakes and ommissions appear in the information-name of former High court judge shri K.N.Patil and present District and session judge aswell as Registrar Highcourt, bench ,Aurangabad shri P.B.Patil should be added. Secondly name of TADA Judge is Ashok Bhangale and not Arjun Bhangale as mentioned.Hope this amendment will be carried out

--- Overall, I like the article. Being a Leva Patil, I personally think this is great article.

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We need to do a rewrite to clear copyright of ] (and the fact that it is pretty much incomprehnsible in its current state). RJFJR (talk) 20:01, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

Ahirani is spoken in some parts of Nashik,Dhule and Jalgaon districts. What leva patidars speak in Jalgaon And Buldhana disricts is quite different from Ahirani. The leva patidars native to Jalgaon dist.speak what is usually referred to as leva boli or leva ganboli or khandeshi.The leva patidars native to Buldhana dist.speak in Varhadi accent which appears sweet to hear. The accent usually changes after 25 to 30 miles of distance. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Narendra Mahajan (talk • contribs) 19:35, 18 July 2009 (UTC)

CASTE NAME
Leva Patil is not the correct name of caste. Correct name is LEVA PATIDAR. Patil is a title found in many castes. Resident mainly from Jalgaon Maharashtra. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.201.226.253 (talk) 11:19, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

kunbi leva patidar is the correct name — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mayurlove2006 (talk • contribs) 20:26, 27 May 2012 (UTC)

I differ to the name, Leva Patil is the correct name, Patidar is also correct, the caste certificates of most people in India (Jalgoan/Vidharbha) has the name as Leva Patil and hence it is incorrect to state that the name Leva Patil is not correct. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Narvelkar (talk • contribs) 08:03, 1 April 2014 (UTC) Leva Patil is incorrect name of caste as the correct one is leva patidar. The use of leva patil came into use for the Patils who are leva patidars and not for all of the surnames but if any other one who is leva patidar but his surname is not Patil then then he/she can say that they are leva patils though its incorrect because people in khandesh are now use to with it.SPatil34 (talk) 07:45, 2 February 2022 (UTC)SPatil
 * SANDIP BHAI TALAVIYA [(RAJKOT VAJDI GADHH)] — Preceding unsigned comment added by 14.141.119.246 (talk) 07:37, 6 July 2014 (UTC)

About moving a section of the article to the talk page
The list of the dishes is not needed in the article.This article is not about their cuisine. Nijgoykar (talk) 04:54, 13 February 2011 (UTC) -- Please remove the list of dishes, its unneccesary and incorrect. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.20.246.168 (talk) 12:56, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

I agree that list of dishes is not needed, but specific mention to Brinjal is required since that has been associated with the caste for long and in celebrations (marriages) Brinjal is almost always used in dishes (only summers have onion dish). — Preceding unsigned comment added by Narvelkar (talk • contribs) 08:12, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

Dishes and foods from Leva Patil
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 * Vangyache Bharit (the famous dish of the Leva Patil (Leva Patidar) community — preferred in Khandesh)
 * Mirchichi Bhaji (famous and very popular curry of vegetables and chillies usually prepared on social occasions in Vidarbh)
 * Varan Poli and Vangyachi Bahji (a popular recipe at weddings)
 * Varan Batti & Vangyachi Bahji (locally called Rodge (1: cooked with direct fire, 2: cooked with water vapour - the Bafle)
 * Sabji of smashed Brinjals (Ghotun Keleli Vangi - normally cooked at social gatherings)
 * Danyachi Bhaji (Preparation with peanut curry mixed with any vegetable like Palak, Methi, Bottleguard, etc.)
 * Udadachi Dal (known as Bazarday in Malkapur Taluka; famous item of Devicha Bhandara in Navratri, Ganeshji festival)
 * Udid Vade (different from medu vada; made in red color with red chilly or yellow with green chilly)
 * Bajar Dai (made of udad dal, very favoured dish during 'Bhandara')
 * Kondale
 * Poklyachi Bhaji (Hi Bhaji Fakta Jalgaon District Madhech Pikate)
 * Methichi Bhakari
 * Kainyachi Bhakari (Kayaneychi bhakar)
 * Lal (Nistyachi) chatani made from red chilly
 * Mugachi Khichadi
 * Mugachi Dal
 * Shevanchi Lal Bhaji
 * Mirchicha thecha
 * Kadhi (made with buttermilk)
 * Bhendke (known as Muthe in Vidarbh)-Phunke-vadya-Normally mixed with Chivwaychi Bhaji
 * Shevaya - rolled on a wooden panel with hands or today rolled by machine
 * Poornachi Poli
 * Gavhachi Kheer (Kheer made from whole wheat) normally in POLA festival
 * Chivaychi bhaji (in the rest of Maharashtra known as Ghol)
 * Kairi che panhe
 * Chatani Bhakari
 * Ghavan
 * Pithle-bhakri (Besan Bhakri)
 * Dashmya (Dhapate) sweet or spicy may be mixed with palak, methi, etc.
 * Aambola bhat (especially made in marriage)
 * Dhirade (very indigenous to the region)
 * Bharit (Vangyache, Gilkyache, raw green Tomato) - puri
 * Bhendke and Kadhi (made in earthen pot from yogurt)
 * Daygandori (made from all mixed green vegetables)
 * Ghata, khishi, etc
 * Bharal - Dal Dhokli (made of Toor Dal, which contains pieces of roti)
 * Papad - Bibade, Sandoli, Pan (a brownish papad also called chiknyache papad), Jondhyache papad, Udit daliche papad, Chikache papad, Gavhache papad
 * Khichadi-Sadhi (Rice, Tuwar or Mung Dal)
 * Khichadi-Phodnichi (Rice, Tuwar or Mumng Dal and Masala)
 * Kandyachi bhaji and ambyacha ras
 * Gavarachi bhaji
 * Ghevdyachi bhaji
 * Dalache laddu and Darabyache laddu, particularly in marriages
 * Pooran Poli
 * Sheera
 * Sanjori
 * Basoondi
 * Gavhachi kheer
 * Tandalachi kheer
 * Anarse
 * Aamsulcchi kadhi, khuda (mixture of various green vegetable,salt)
 * Koshimbir (mixture of tomato pieces, Kakdi,kothimbir,Dahi,Salt)
 * Aambyacha ras (mango juice with ghee, milk)
 * Bajarichi bhakari
 * Bharalele wange Nakatiche
 * Bibade (made from Ghata of Jwari, Maka, wheat and spices)
 * Gangafalachi Bhaji, chaki chi bhaji (made only in Jalgaon, especially in Raver and Yawal Talukas)
 * Kalnyachi Bhakri, lal chatani (Nistyachi Chatni)
 * Aamsulchi Kadhi  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.48.81.240 (talk) 04:52, 8 August 2014 (UTC)
 * — Preceding unsigned comment added by 14.141.119.246 (talk) 09:38, 2 July 2014 (UTC)

History of Leva or Leuva Patel
It is concluded from the books kept by the 'BAROTHS' and the 'VAHIVANCHAS' that the PATIDAR are originally from Punjab. That part of Punjab is in West Punjab which today is the Punjab state in Pakistan. The areas of Gujranwala and Kheda are in Pakistan. It is interesting to note that when they finally settled down in Central Gujarat they renamed the area Kheda. From Punjab they moved to MARVAD and then to GUJARAT.

Around AD 1000, the Badhshah of Afghanistan attacked and conquered Punjab. He and his soldiers committed great atrocities on the people of Punjab. The Hindus were forcefully converted to the Islam religion. They kidnapped and raped many of our women which forced them to commit suicide. Some of the women were converted to Islam and some soldiers married them in their traditional Islam style. Our forefathers left Punjab to escape from the atrocities of the Afghan king and his soldiers and to save the women. The people who left Punjab were KANBI from Leava and KARAD villages of the GUJARANWALA district (presently in Pakistan). Even today there is a group of people of the KANBI caste in the villages of the Pakistani Punjab.

These KANBI people left Punjab for MARVAD with what little belongings they could fit on their bullock carts. At that time, Marvad was ruled by PARMAR kings and the fame of Rajah Bhoj was widely known. This was the reason our forefathers were attracted to that region. At that time Marvad was very densely populated and it was not possible to acquire enough land. After staying for a short period in Marvad, they left for Khambhat (Kheda District) on hearing that there was uncultivated land available and this brought them to Gujarat. At this time the SOLANKIS were ruling GUJARAT. The land in the Taluka of PETLAD which was uncultivated was granted to us when our forefathers made a request for it to the SOLANKI king. Land equivalent to about one GAM (village) was granted to each family and the Kanbi people settled on this land. The Kanbis being hard workers managed to cultivate the land with great benefits. It was decided that a twelfth portion of the crop would be given to the Kin g in return for the land. But the cost of collecting this twelfth part from each farmer was very high so the king drew up an agreement and appointed a headman for each village. These headmen controlled the farmers and collected crops from them for the king. The agreement of the land was kept in the custody of the elders in the family of the headman. The records of the kingdom and of the crops were kept on the PAT (record or log book) and the person who entered and kept these records was known as 'PATLIKH'. Patlikh was shortened to PATAL and then became PATEL.

The people that came from the village Leava became known as LEAVA KANBI and those that came from the village KARAD became KARADVA KANBI. The Karadva was shortened to KADVA KANBI. The Kadva Kanbi settled in the Northern part of Gujarat and the Leava Kanbi settled around Khambhat. The people who settled in Gujarat were very industrious and intelligent and became farmers and in a short period of time, Gujarat started to prosper.

As time went by, the kings and the kingdoms changed and so did the portions of the crops given to the kings. The main industry and income of the kingdoms was agriculture and the kingdoms were sustained on the income from the farms and so the payments were increased to one sixth part of all crops cultivated.

Then Khambat became the kingdom of the Mauryavansi and the crops collected from the farmers were different each year. It was high at times and low at the other times and was dictated as per the need of the kingdom and hence this part of the kingdom became known as CHAROTAR (from Chad climb up and Utar - climb down).

Between A.D. 1300 -1400, the king of Delhi Allaudin Khilji and his soldiers captured this part of Gujarat and ended the rule of Hindu kings. Allaudin Khilji told his SUBAS (clerks) that the strength of the farmers was in their wealth and so squeeze as much wealth as possible from the farmers without making them completely destitute. Leave only enough for the farmers to sow the following year's crops. Fifty percent of the crops were collected in payment from each farmer leaving them extremely poor. Allaudin Khilji ruled Gujarat for 15 to 20 years.

Mohammed Bagdo became the next ruler of Gujarat and took a third of all crops and outlawed any stealing. To improve farming, he chose the best farmer from each village and handed those farmers the land. In return he asked the chosen farmers to improve the farming, provide security for that village and make the village prosperous and pay the kingdom on fixed cash base (BANDHI AVAK). This way the tradition of giving part of the crop to the kingdom was abolished and a permanent propriety of the land was granted. Whoever had the propriety of the land were called PATEDAR which changed to KANBI PATIDAR and then became PATEL PATIDAR. This way once again the PATEL PATIDAR became the owners of each village. From then on the Patel Patidars have maintained themselves as Patidar and have cultivated land by hiring farm labour. Thus the villages of Gujarat started to prosper once again.

Around A.D. 1600 Akbar conquered Gujarat. Akbar had the land measured by the 'TODARMAL' and established the 'VINDHOTI' system (land tax). This is today's 'MAYSHUL' system.

When the Kanbis first came to Kheda from one of the first villages to be established in the Petlad taluka, Bhadran taluka and others were SAUJITRA, NAAR BHADRAN, KARAMSAD, VIRSAD, DHARMAJ, etc. They slowly became over populated and this brought shortage of houses and agricultural land. In the beginning each family had about 5000 'VIGA' land but when that land was passed on to the successive generations, the share to each family became smaller and smaller which in turn made the families poorer. Between A.D. 1820 and 1830 some of the poor Patidar families decided to move towards SOUTH GUJARAT and were joined by Leava Patidars from other densely populated villages. They settled around SURAT. The surrounding areas of Surat were dense forests which the Leava Patidars cleared and cultivated the land. Houses were built from the timber of the same jungles and then villages were established. In the beginning there was a link between the Patidars of the Kheda district and that of the Surat district but as transportation was difficult, the link started to weaken. The main means of transport at that time were bullock carts, horses and camels. It took 10 to 12 days to travel between Charotar and Surat. (The railway first came to India in 1860 and the first rail route was between Bombay and Thane.) Relatives from Surat and Charotar visited each other but the contact gradually decreased over the generations and in the end all links were cut off. Right from the beginning, marriages between the Patidar of Surat and that of Charotar had ceased as this could take over 20 to 25 days of travel.

Between 50 and 60 villages were established by the Patidars who came to Surat and as the population of this group was small, they established between 50 to 60 houses in each village. They built big houses as there was plenty of land. The 'KHACHO' (empty land at the back of the house) known as 'VAADO', in Surat, were big and so each house had their own well for water. They also had stables built with their houses for the cattle and had an 'UKARDO' for the cattle manure. They also kept a 'KHARI' (plain clear space) in the 'vaado' for bringing in the crops. All these facilities were incorporated in each house. In Charotar, they had faced the difficulties of not having all these conveniences. The Kanbi Patidar were hard workers and so in a short time started to live comfortably and happily. Between 1840 and 1850, some Leava Patidar thought of going on a pilgrimage to KASHI to see KASHI VISHVANATH, so they started on their journey by bullock carts. There was a group of about 75 to 100 people. On the way they camped at various villages. After four to five weeks they reached a village called PIRANA near Ahmadabad. In Pirana there was a pious man called IMAMSHAH. Imamshah heard of this group of pilgrims and went to meet them. He invited them to dine with him that night. Imamshah himself was a vegetarian and so he always offered vegetarian food to all visitors who came to his village, be they Hindus or Muslims. They talked till late in the night. Then Imamshah asked if he could give the 'darshan' of Kashi Visvanath here, would the group go back. Some people from the group agreed though others objected to this idea. The group that did not agree continued their journey to Kashi. The others had the 'darshan' of Kashi Vishvanath at Pirana as shown by Imamshah and returned to their villages. The other group, after completing the entire pilgrimage, returned about one year later.

Imamshah had told this group that he did not want to convert anybody to the Islam religion. He said that they should worship their own Gods and Goddesses. He said that whoever has a pure and clean mind and heart does not have to go on any pilgrimage and that whenever a devotee wishes to see his God, God will himself come to him. He said that they all should follow their Hindu traditions and be Hindus in every aspect of their life. This group then accepted Imamshah as their 'GURU' (teacher) and so they became PIRANAPANTHI (Panth means path and hence followers of Pirana). Later the Piranapanthis started to worship the PIR of Pirana Imamshah (Pir means the holy grave of a pious person) and also worshipped the Hindu Gods and Goddesses. In this way these Leava Patidar Piranapanthis started a dual religious practice. (It is estimated that 90 % of this Panth is now forgotten and once the older generation passes away, about 1% of the Panth will remain and soon after that will be completely forgotten).

The 'PANCH' (group of 5 people of a village as chosen by the people of the village) of the Leava Patidar who were not Piranapanthi got furious at this dual religious practice. The 'panch' from 50 to 60 villages of the Surat district gathered many times to decide what to do about it. They ruled that those Leava Patidar who were the followers of the Pir should renounce the Pir panth and be Hindus and only worship Hindu Gods and Goddesses. Whoever disobeyed this ruling would be made 'NYATBARH' (outcast) and all relations with that person would be cut off. After this ruling the PANCHAYAT dispersed. The Piranapanthi saw the ruling as a threat and so went on a 'MAT' (revolt). They told the 'panchayat' that they would reverse the ruling and make them (the panchayat) 'nyatbarh' and they continued their dual religious practice. The 'panchayat' from both sides than ruled that from then on there would not be any marriages between the two groups nor would there be any other social relations with each other such as dining together. From then onwards the Patidars who had gone on the 'mat' became known as Leava Matiya Patidar and later became known as Matiya Patidar. The Matiya Patidar that broke away from the Leava Patidar were also joined by their families and relatives and started their own separate society. Even today there are some villages of Matiya Patidar, in which there are houses of Leava Patidar.

Another reason for parting from the Leava Patidar was that many people were tired of following the extreme traditions of the Leava Patidar Samaj. The parting gave them an opportunity to change the traditions to their own view of life. One of the improvements was the abolishing of 'DAHAIJ' or 'DAIYAJA' (dowry) system because the poorer Leava Patidars found it extremely difficult to get their daughters married. At times, when they could not come up with the dowry, the girls remained spinsters and had to spend the rest of their life with their brothers and sisters-in-law (bhabhi). Thus the dowry system was totally abolished and a ruling was passed which said that nobody should give any dowry nor should anybody receive any.

The second improvement was that any women who were widowed or divorced were allowed to remarry and enjoy family life as this was considered their natural right. Many other improvements were also made which are not listed here.

In 1930, these improvements were reinforced when Shri Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (of Karamsad) came to Bamni Gam. All the Matiya Patidars gathered for three days and redrafted the improvements. After that Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel declared that:

·      The bride's father should not give anything to the groom's father and the groom's father should not give anything to the bride's father.

·      At the time of engagement, the 'VYAVAHAR' should be negligible - one should give as per his capacity which the other party should accept without any comments and in such a way that nobody would know what and how much was given.

·      At the time of the wedding, the bride's father should not give anything to the groom's father. Nobody should ask for anything and if anything was offered, it should not be accepted, and if nothing is given, then there should not be objection to that (i.e. the wedding should be a 'DHARMA DHARMI LAGNA').

·      As good luck and best wishes the grooms father should give the bride four 'KANKAN' (gold bangles). If he wants to then the grooms father is allowed to give an 'ACHODO' (gold necklace) and earrings. The bride should accept this with love.

·      The bride's father is allowed to give whatever clothing he wishes to his daughter for the wedding. What is given to the bride by her father is between themselves and nobody from her in-laws' side has the right to know this (this is known as 'KANKU NEY KANYA' tradition). Similarly at the time of 'MOSAADOO' and 'GEEADOO', the Matiya Patidar have simple ceremonies and a bare minimum is exchanged. At present the system of dowry does not exist amongst the Matiya Patidar Samaj even though it is wide spreadall over India.

(Since 1960s the Matiya Patidar who are overseas have started to change this by giving greater amounts at the time of weddings and reverting back to the older traditions from which we had originally escaped by breaking away from the20Leava Patidar. Hopefully these new introductions will be short lived.)

Today the Matiya Patidars are located in the Navsari taluka and the Bardoli taluka. There are hundreds of families in Bombay and few other families in other parts of India such as Surat, Indore, Vadodara, Ahmadabad, Bhavnagar, Hydrabad, Banglore, etc. Overseas the Matiya Patidars are practically all over the world but the main settlements are in New Zealand, England, United States of America, Canada, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Fiji and recently in Australia.

Leva or Leuva Patel's Beginning
The Leuva Patidar community of Surat, Navsari, and Valsad districts of southern part of Gujarat has a history, which goes back to several centuries. These Patidars and their descendents residing all over the world are compassionate, hard working and very resourceful people. These Patidars are involved in various enterprises. We have not forgotten our roots, culture and the rich heritage, hence we have been actively involved in local and national organisations which promote cultural, religious, sports important festivals and other functions.

We all know that we have come from the state of Gujarati in India, but now let us look into the History of Leuva Patidars. Who are we? Where did our forefathers come from? These are some of the questions our children may ask. The burden of responsibility falls on us to provide all the information to our children to fulfill their curiosity about the Leuva Patidar identity, culture and history. The following data is compiled from several sources and in certain places its accuracy may be questionable, but overall the data is accurate enough to log this information for the future generations.

The Leuva Patidar also known as the Leuva Patels of Gujarat is the descendant of the Aryan Race. It is, therefore safe to assume that the history of Aryans is in true fact.

Patel
The surname Patel is the most widely used name today. Originally the Kurmis of Punjab, after having settled in Gujarat around 1400 A.D. were allocated the uncultivated land in Petlad Taluka by the Solankis, the rulers of Gujarat at the time. The Solanki ruler allocated land equivalent to one village to each family for cultivation. The Kanbi family being highly motivated and hard working to succeed cultivated the land and prospered. The King has an agreement with Kanbis and had appointed a headman, whose responsibility was to keep the records of the crops on a PAT. The person keeping the record was known as PATLIK, and was shortened to PATAL, and eventually to PATEL. Prior to the introduction of the name Patel in Gujarat, they were known as Kanbis. Patel is not a cast, but a surname adopted by the most of original Kanbis.

Patidar
Patidar means "owner of land". ‘PATI’ means land and ‘DAR’ means the person who owns it. In Mehamdavad, Kheda district, around 1700.A.D., the ruler of Gujarat, Mohammed Begdo, selected the best farmer from each village and gave them land for cultivation. In return, the Patidar would pay the ruler a fixed income for a certain period of time, after which, the Patidar would acquire the ownership of the land. The Patidars would hire a hard working and knowledgeable work force to cultivate the land and in due course of time, they would become the owners of the land. These Patidars were from then onwards identified as Patel Patidars.

"Gujarat na Patidaro" It has mentions Vir Vasandas, who lived in a village near Piplao (Kheda District), and was a collector of revenues from Dhoka, Matar and Petlad Talukas. Vir Vasandas called a convention to honour the King Bhadurshah (son of mogul king Aurangzeb, the ruler of India during Mogul domination) and invited all Kanbis of Gujarat. At the convention, Vasandas introduced all Kanbis to the King as PATIDARS, and the King entered Patidars in the government records as those who are proprietors of land having to pay fixed revenue to the governing authorities. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 180.211.97.114 (talk) 06:31, 2 August 2014 (UTC)

HISTORY OF LEVA PATILS
Lewa Patil : The origin of Lewa Patils, at an essential time, came from defence duty (Kshatra Karma). At other times it means agriculture (Krushi Karma) and hence from the beginning they were treated as warriors (Kshatriya). Lewa : The sect which is the origin from 'Lava' is called Lewa. The lineage of Ikshwanku, Suryavanshi, living in Ayodhya established new city in Punjab. The name Lahore came from Lava. At present Lahore which is on the bank of Ravi is in Pakistan. This is the original place of Lava sect. The Lava sect which conquerred that part of Punjab is called Leva Region. The people there even now are called Leva. According to some authorities, Lava was born in the 40th generation of Survansh and according to some other authorities Lava was born to Sita from Ram in the 66th generation of Survansh.

After the conquest of region of Punjab Leva Pradesh of Lava sect was conquerred by Irani Gurjar Gang and so this part is known as 'Gujrat Subha'. The Leva Gurjars and Leva Kurmees living in Saurashtra at present have come from this area.

55 generations lived there after Lava. In 144 A.D. these Levas came from Punjab-Gujrat and Leva Province into Saurashtra and therefore Saurashtra got the name of Gujrat. But they left the Punjab in 78 B.C.

Patidar
According to authorities the word Patidar has different meanings:

Patidar : An officer of some part or area. According to Patel 'Pati' also means group or branch during the regime of Mohammad Begada. The Kunbi means cultivator of the land. Therefore he did not give up the land. Patt means part of the land and Patidar means Tax Collector. Patil means chief of the village (Reference Dr. Soni's book page No. 69 if "Marathi Aadnave''.

The word Patil also came from 'Patkil'. Patu means Clever and patta means Chief. The person who established the village used to become Patil. Patil used to become known because of Village recognition. Patil was not a government post or self occupied post. Because of virtues and works, the person used to become Patil. Later on this post became hereditary. Patil became Village King and he got Government honour. Even after getting many posts - the Sardars means soldiers - did not give up Patilship.

Patilship was awarded because of career. This society of Kunbi being the ancestor of Lava and owner of the land is called as Patil. Thus Leva Patil became the name of the cast. Leva Kunbi, Leva Patil, Patidar, Kunbi, Rava, Rava Kunba etc. . Thus this cast is knows by the above names. The Leva Patils belonged to two province (Pargana). Khandesh province (Pargana) and Vidarbha provice (pargana). Each province (pargana) had Bhorgaon Panchayat. The head of this province (pargana) got government rights (Deshmukhi rights). The chief of Khandesh Leva Province (pargana) was Deshmukh, the Thorgavane Deshmukh of Yawal. The chief of Vidarbha Leva Province (Pargana) was Varade of Datala - Dudhalgaon Budruk. He was Vatandar Deshmukh.

In the Leva Pargana of Khandesh, the Thorgavane Deshmukh of Yawal lost recognition of his leadership. He remained the chief of Thorgavan branch and the Savadekar Leva branch of Khandesh, Navghare and Kandarkar - in these three branches the leadership went to Bhortek and thereafter it went to the Police Patil of Padalse. This change took place during the British regime and therefore Police Patil of Padlase did not get Deshmukhi. On the contrary, in Vidarbha Province Varade Panchayat chief of Datala, Dhudalgaon Budruk from Deshmukh family got it because of the confidence and support of Leva Patils. Datala Dudhalgaon Bk. chief named Varade got the leadership of Leva province of Vidharbha. The family chief (Kutumb Nayak) of Jat Panchayat and Deshmukhi continued with him but the Government dismissed Deshmukhi Vatan and so the work of Leva Panchat decreased day by day. The Family Chief of Bhor Panchyat of Deshmukhi of Leva Province became things of the past - Ref. Maharashtra State Gazatier, Dist. Jalgaon, Marathi edition, editor, K.K. Chaudhary, page 183 and Khandesh Gazetier, 1880 A.D., page 68 and the old Daptar of Bhorgaon Leva Panchat of Datala. Chaudhary : According to Dr. Soni, Chaudhari was a Government Servant and he was assistant officer of Police Patil. Mahajan : Mahajan was a person who used to remain present in the meeting and helped Patils. Patil, Deshmukh, Chaudhari and Mahajan - these surnames in the Leva Patidar show that they had powers. Kutumb Nayak : (a family leader) : The person who looked after as the chief of Leva Panchayat Province from the Leva Patil was known as 'Kutumb Nayak'. The chief post of Leva community went to Mr. Varade Deshmukh of Dudhalgaon Bk.

Similarly, the chief of Leva Panchayat of Bhorgaon was the Deshmukh belonging to Leva community. But the Savada branch of Khandesh, Navghare, Kandarkar and Thorgavane had differences of opinion among them and so they lost the recognition of Samaj and they remained only the chief of Thorgavan. And the chief post of three sub-branches went to Police Patil of Padalsa. But nowadays the comunity work is decreasing and so the Kutumb Nayak post has lost its prestige. Proofs about Survanshi Kulmi Kshatriya Patidar : Mr. M.O. Rane, the editor of 'Aaple Leva Pativar', Mumbai on page 5 of this journal ; Shri. Vasudevrao Patil (Indore) says in the second paragraph of his article 'Chaturvarnat Patidar vargache Sthan' means 'Place of Patidar class in 4 Divisions'

" In Reverend Shering Hindu tribes and casts, volume 3, page 258 and Bombay gazetier, volume 9, part 1 - it is said that Lord Ram had two sons 'Lava' and 'Kush'. From Lava the word came Leva and from Kusha the word came Kushwah." Similarly, 'The History of Kshatriya Patidar' page 44, writer Keshavlal Patel says that, the fourth son of Manu, the hereditors of Disht sect Janmejay (not the Janmejay of Mahabharat), Vishalavati (the present Vyas city in Punjab) was ruling there. Lava removed him and established 'Lavapur' and gave the kingdom to his son. After Lava 55th hereditor Sumitra was defeated by Arjuna's hereditor Parikshit(second) and conquerred Punjab. According to Ikshanku sect, Lava and Kush belonged to 40th generation.

The word 'Kunbi' has come from Kulbij. Kul means Vansh and Bij means Bee (seed). At fist, Kunbi community lived only in South India but then they spread all over India. These people are called as Maratha. Maratha and the Kunbi are one and the same. In the educational conference of 27th Dec. 1917 held in Buldhana district, the Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj said 'Kunbi-Maratha' are one only. This decision was given by the judge Mr. P.S. Kotwal in 1976.

In order to establish communication with Bhratru Mandal, Nagpur, Leva Mitra Mandal changed its name as Bhratru Mandal, Akola.

Shri. Dnyandeo Ninu Patil is the president and Vasudeo Rambhau Bhangale is the secretary. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 45.124.48.50 (talk) 07:36, 9 June 2017 (UTC)

Duplicate article redirected
Leuva happens to be duplicate of Leva Patel, so I have redirected the former to the latter. Future edits should be made at this title, not the redirect's title. GeoffreyT2000 (talk, contribs) 16:23, 27 August 2017 (UTC)

Leva Gujars / Patidar Today
The Leva Patidar Community residing in Nandurbar district of Maharashtra And Tapi district of Gujrat were speaking a Very close version of gujrathi language called gujar but as due to Maharashtrian Influence of marathi and Gujar People Learning in Marathi school after 1 May 1960 when they were added in maharastra there language was influenced by Marathi words used in day to day life and today they speak Gujar having some Marathi words but today also they adopt Gujrathi culture and language is also very close to Gujrathi. These people adopt same language where they live. Parikshit0202 (talk) 05:16, 29 March 2019 (UTC) Leva Patidar Gujars is complete blend of Gujarathi and Marathi Culture. Moreover community has essence of Gujarathi culture since they have moved from Gujarat to Maharashtra. Few troops from these community has also shifted to (Raver) Jalgaon district of Maharashtra. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2409:4042:259B:8425:B022:23F6:FA81:B4EF (talk) 04:18, 18 June 2019 (UTC) Leva Patels originated from the Kheda district of Gujarat as Kurmi(Kunbi) Kshatriyas.