User:Ibrahim khan ali

Ibrahim Khan Ali is a lecturer at the City College, kolkata. He teaches English Literature.

Ibrahim is a poet, and a critic , too.

Khan is the name of a title given as a family name to people of Pashtun origin. The Gardi community is a group of sub castes such as Bhils, Laman, Vanzara, Pardhi, Mahadeo Koli, Masan Jogi and other Maratha subcastes living in the Deccan between Burhanpur on banks of Tapi up to Hyderabad in Telangana region.

The major part of Gardhi subcaste communities have settled in Mathawada region of Mahararashtra bordering Hyderabad and Telangana regions, some of their rituals they claim to have originated 250 years ago from Gardhi traditions. Some castes in the Pardhi community of Burhanpur worship Ibrahim Khan Gardi as well as Suleiman Khan Gardhi in their rituals & ballads.

Pardhi community have developed special aptitude to handle weaponry such as guns and pistols as well as dynamite. Their forefathers, the Gardhis, were essentially musketeers serving as personal guards of the Peshwas with an extreme sense of loyalty to their masters. The same trend continues with the Pardhi community.