Ramoshi

The Ramoshi^[1] are an Indian community found largely in Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, and Karnataka.^[2] They are classified as a Backward Community^[3] by the government of India.

History

The Ramoshi in Maharashtra were earlier known as Vedan.^[4]

They were then classified as a criminal tribe under the Criminal Tribes Acts of the Raj.^[5]

Culture

They belong to the Hindu section while some are Vaishanavas.^{[clarification needed][6]}

References

1. Sarkar, Jadunath (1952). History Of Aurangzib, vol.5. New Delhi, India. pp. Ch. 56, Page: 173: Berads, a race of aboriginal Kanarese, also called Dheds, and regarded as one of the lowest in the scale of Hindu castes. They are a virile and hardy people, not much advanced from savagery, but at the same time not toned down like the over-refined upper castes of Hindu society. They eat mutton, beef, pork, domestic fowls, etc.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
2. Sarkar, jadunath (1952). History Of Aurangzib, vol.5. pp. CH.56 Page 173.
3. Central list of OBC's (Report).
4. Dr. K. Jamanadas. "Criminal Tribes of India". Ambedkar.org. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
5. 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.
6. 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

External links

• Caste & Class Articulation of Andhra Pradesh