Kudumi Mahato

The Kudumi Mahato are a community found in India. They are also known as Kurmbi, Kudmi, Kurmi Mahto/Mahato (not to be confused with Kurmi[1]) or Kudumi Mohanta/Mahanta. They are categorised as an Other Backward Class.[2]

Official classification

The Kudumi were classified as a Notified Tribe by the British Raj under the terms of the Indian Succession Act introduced in 1865 as they have customary rules of succession.[3] Subsequently, in 1913, they were classified as a Primitive Tribe. Despite being a tribe, they were omitted from the list of communities listed as tribes in the 1931 census.[4] Again, they were omitted from the Scheduled Tribe list drawn up in 1950, for reasons that are unknown. In 2004 the Government of Jharkhand recommended that they should be listed as a Scheduled Tribe rather than Other Backward Class.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Gautam Kumar Bera (2008). The Unrest Axle: Ethno-social Movements in Eastern India. Mittal. p. 114.
  2. ↑ http://www.bcmbcmw.tn.gov.in/obc/faq/Jharkhand.pdf
  3. ↑ "Inheritance Law of Kurmi Mahto of Chotanagpur and Orissa". The Tribes and castes of Bengal by Risley Herbert Hope.
  4. ↑ Lalan Tiwari (1995). Issues in Indian Politics. Mittal. p. 340. ISBN 9788170996187.
  5. ↑ Deogharia, Jaideep (25 November 2004). "Cabinet recommends inclusion of Kurmis in ST list". The Times of India. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
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