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{{Short description|A Subdivision of Ahir Caste in India.}} {{Short description|A Subdivision of Ahir Caste in India.}}
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'''Kamaria ('''or '''''Kamariya, Kumheria, kamariha'')''' also known as '''Yaduvanshi Thakur'''<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XW7aAAAAMAAJ&q=Yaduvanshi+Thakur|title=Caste Dimensions in a Village|last=Mutatkar|first=Ramchandra Keshav|date=1978|publisher=Shubhada-Saraswat|language=en}}</ref> is a subdivision of ]<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bgpEIb4tNjgC&dq=kamaria+subdivision+ahir&pg=PA54|title=Caste in Question: Identity Or Hierarchy?|last=Gupta|first=Dipankar|date=2004-12-08|publisher=SAGE Publications|isbn=978-0-7619-3324-3|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.530143/page/n101/mode/2up?q=Kamaria&view=theater|title=Abhiras Their History And Culture|last=Survavanshi|first=Bhagwansingh|date=1962|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite thesis|title=Sons of Krishna: The politics of Yadav community formation in a north Indian town.|url=https://etheses.lse.ac.uk/2106/|publisher=London School of Economics and Political Science|date=2002|degree=phd|language=en|first=Lucia|last=Michelutti}}</ref> (])<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cG5uAAAAMAAJ&q=kamaria+ahir|title=Coalition Politics and Power Sharing|last=Majeed|first=Akhtar|date=2000|publisher=Manak Publications Pvt. Limited|isbn=978-81-86562-96-3|language=en}}</ref> or ]<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cG5uAAAAMAAJ&q=kamaria+ahir|title=Coalition Politics and Power Sharing|last=Majeed|first=Akhtar|date=2000|publisher=Manak Publications Pvt. Limited|isbn=978-81-86562-96-3|language=en}}</ref> Caste in ]. '''Kamaria''' is a subdivision of ]<ref name=":7"/><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.530143/page/n101/mode/2up?q=Kamaria&view=theater|title=Abhiras Their History And Culture|last=Survavanshi|first=Bhagwansingh|date=1962|language=en}}</ref> or ]<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cG5uAAAAMAAJ&q=kamaria+ahir|title=Coalition Politics and Power Sharing|last=Majeed|first=Akhtar|date=2000|publisher=Manak Publications Pvt. Limited|isbn=978-81-86562-96-3|language=en}}</ref> caste in ].


The Ahir Para of Mathura, i.e. the Sadar Bazaar is said to be established by two families originally from ], Chaudhari Parivar (the Head Family) and ''Dudh Parivar'' (the Milk Family). The Milk Family belonged to Tulsi Ram, a ] of Deshwar gotra of the Kamaria clan.<ref name="Lucia Michelutti">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8OIUAQAAIAAJ&q=phatak+ahir | title=The Vernacularisation of Democracy: Politics, Caste, and Religion in India Volume 1 of Exploring the political in South Asia | publisher=Routledge, Original from the University of California | author=Lucia Michelutti | year=2008 | pages=101 | isbn=9780415467322}}</ref>{{page needed|date=December 2024}} As of today, this family owns the Mahadev Ghat Akhara.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v8bfCgAAQBAJ&dq=Mahadev+Ghat,+Yadav&pg=PA53|title=Power and Influence in India: Bosses, Lords and Captains|last1=Price|first1=Pamela|last2=Ruud|first2=Arild Engelsen|date=2012-07-26|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-136-19799-4|language=en}}</ref><ref name="Lucia Michelutti"/>{{page needed|date=December 2024}} Kamaria Ahir used to have ] in Jaurasi, a village in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xjIKAQAAIAAJ&q=kamaria+zamindar|title=Bulletin of the Deccan College Research Institute|last=Institute|first=Deccan College Post-graduate and Research|date=1964|publisher=Dr. A. M. Ghatage, director, Deccan College Postgraduate and Research Institute|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XW7aAAAAMAAJ&q=kamaria+zamindar|title=Caste Dimensions in a Village|last=Mutatkar|first=Ramchandra Keshav|date=1978|publisher=Shubhada-Saraswat|language=en}}</ref>{{page needed|date=December 2024}} Kamaria Ahirs are mostly found in western ] and in some parts of ], which includes ], ], ] (most numerous in Etawah),<ref>{{Cite thesis |last=Rani |first=Usha |date=1978 |title=Cultural Geography of Ahir's in Uttar Pradesh |url=https://core.ac.uk/reader/144511410 |type=Master's thesis |chapter=Chapter IV: The Ahirs of Uttar Pradesh |page=132}}</ref> ], ], ],<ref name=":7">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bgpEIb4tNjgC&q=etawah+mainpuri+kamaria|title=Caste in Question: Identity Or Hierarchy?|last=Gupta|first=Dipankar|date=2004-12-08|publisher=SAGE Publications|isbn=978-0-7619-3324-3|language=en}}</ref> ], ], ], ], ],<ref name=":3">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jUwFL3IipK0C&dq=Kaoras+or+Kamarias&pg=PA60|title=Dimensions of Human Cultures in Central India: Professor S.K. Tiwari Felicitation Volume|last=Abbasi|first=A. A.|date=2001|publisher=Sarup & Sons|isbn=978-81-7625-186-0|language=en}}</ref> and others.
{{Infobox ethnic group
| group = Ahir
| regions = ], ]
| languages = ], ]
| religions = ]
| footnotes = <ref name="Lucia Michelutti">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8OIUAQAAIAAJ&q=phatak+ahir | title=The Vernacularisation of Democracy: Politics, Caste, and Religion in India Volume 1 of Exploring the political in South Asia | publisher=Routledge, Original from the University of California | author=Lucia Michelutti | year=2008 | pages=101 | isbn=9780415467322}}</ref>
}}
== Etymology ==
* Some{{who|date=December 2024}} claim that 'Kamaria', is derived from ''Kamli'', one of the other names for ].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=drG9EAAAQBAJ&dq=kamli+krsna&pg=SL11-PA275|title=Atma Bhog: Bhajans with Chords and Translations|last=Marga|first=Bhakti|date=2023-03-01|publisher=Bhakti Marga Publications|isbn=978-3-96343-074-9|language=en}}</ref>{{better source|date=December 2024}}
== Origin ==
], the professed ancestor of Kamaria Ahirs. ]]
Kamaria claim descent from ] <ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XW7aAAAAMAAJ&q=Kamaria+Ahir|title=Caste Dimensions in a Village|last=Mutatkar|first=Ramchandra Keshav|date=1978|publisher=Shubhada-Saraswat|language=en}}</ref> lineage and from Kamalnayan, an Ahir king from the ] era. In the Braj region, the Kamaria and other subdivisions of Ahirs were gradually absorbed into the ] category of landlords and into the Yaduvanshi subdivision as a consequence of ] so-called "official" ethnographies and racial theories.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sOYJEAAAQBAJ&q=lucia+michelutti|title=The Vernacularisation of Democracy: Politics, Caste and Religion in India|last=Michelutti|first=Lucia|date=2020-11-29|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-000-08400-9|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":6" />{{page needed|date=December 2024}}


⚫ ], a Kamaria Ahir (standing at right)]]
=== Synonyms, Titles, and Gotras ===
Notable figures include ],<ref name="Sarkar">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RG4ZEAAAQBAJ&q=kamariya+&pg=PT131|title=Politics as Social Text in India: The Bahujan Samaj Party in Uttar Pradesh|last=Sarkar|first=Jayabrata|date=2021-03-30|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-000-37037-9|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s9cYoZaNxMcC&dq=mulayam+yadav+kamaria&pg=PA213|title=Why Ethnic Parties Succeed: Patronage and Ethnic Head Counts in India|last=Chandra|first=Kanchan|date=2007-02-15|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-89141-7|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":7"/><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sOYJEAAAQBAJ&dq=mulayam+yadav+kamaria&pg=PT44|title=The Vernacularisation of Democracy: Politics, Caste and Religion in India|last=Michelutti|first=Lucia|date=2020-11-29|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-000-08400-9|language=en}}</ref> the founder of ] (SP), Former C.M of Uttar Pradesh and former Defense Minister of India.{{cn|date=December 2024}}


* Synonyms: Uprelia Ahir<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XW7aAAAAMAAJ&q=upreliya+ahir|title=Caste Dimensions in a Village|last=Mutatkar|first=Ramchandra Keshav|date=1978|publisher=Shubhada-Saraswat|language=en}}</ref> Yaduvanshi Thakur,<ref name=":0" /> Bundel Thakur<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XW7aAAAAMAAJ&q=Bundel+Thakur|title=Caste Dimensions in a Village|last=Mutatkar|first=Ramchandra Keshav|date=1978|publisher=Shubhada-Saraswat|language=en}}</ref> Kaoras<ref name=":3" />

== History ==

The Ahir Para of Mathura, i.e. the Sadar Bazaar is said to be established by two families originally from ], Chaudhari Parivar (the Head Family) and ''Dudh Parivar'' (the Milk Family). The Milk Family belonged to Tulsi Ram, a ] of Deshwar gotra of the Kamaria clan.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sOYJEAAAQBAJ&dq=dudh+parivar&pg=PT145|title=The Vernacularisation of Democracy: Politics, Caste and Religion in India|last=Michelutti|first=Lucia|date=2020-11-29|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-000-08400-9|language=en}}</ref> As of today, this family owns the Mahadev Ghat Akhara.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v8bfCgAAQBAJ&dq=Mahadev+Ghat,+Yadav&pg=PA53|title=Power and Influence in India: Bosses, Lords and Captains|last1=Price|first1=Pamela|last2=Ruud|first2=Arild Engelsen|date=2012-07-26|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-136-19799-4|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sOYJEAAAQBAJ&dq=Mahadev+Ghat+Mathura&pg=PT46|title=The Vernacularisation of Democracy: Politics, Caste and Religion in India|last=Michelutti|first=Lucia|date=2020-11-29|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-000-08400-9|language=en}}</ref>

Kamaria Ahir used to have ] in Jaurasi, a village in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xjIKAQAAIAAJ&q=kamaria+zamindar|title=Bulletin of the Deccan College Research Institute|last=Institute|first=Deccan College Post-graduate and Research|date=1964|publisher=Dr. A. M. Ghatage, director, Deccan College Postgraduate and Research Institute|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XW7aAAAAMAAJ&q=kamaria+zamindar|title=Caste Dimensions in a Village|last=Mutatkar|first=Ramchandra Keshav|date=1978|publisher=Shubhada-Saraswat|language=en}}</ref>

== Distribution ==
Kamaria Ahirs are mostly found in ] and in some parts of ], which includes ], ], ] (most numerous in Etawah),<ref>{{Cite thesis |last=Rani |first=Usha |date=1978 |title=Cultural Geography of Ahir's in Uttar Pradesh |url=https://core.ac.uk/reader/144511410 |type=Master's thesis |chapter=Chapter IV: The Ahirs of Uttar Pradesh |page=132}}</ref> ], ], ],<ref name=":7">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bgpEIb4tNjgC&q=etawah+mainpuri+kamaria|title=Caste in Question: Identity Or Hierarchy?|last=Gupta|first=Dipankar|date=2004-12-08|publisher=SAGE Publications|isbn=978-0-7619-3324-3|language=en}}</ref> ], ], ], ], ],<ref name=":3">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jUwFL3IipK0C&dq=Kaoras+or+Kamarias&pg=PA60|title=Dimensions of Human Cultures in Central India: Professor S.K. Tiwari Felicitation Volume|last=Abbasi|first=A. A.|date=2001|publisher=Sarup & Sons|isbn=978-81-7625-186-0|language=en}}</ref> and others.
== Notable figures ==
⚫ ], a Kamaria Ahir (standing at right)]]
* ]<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K8IZEAAAQBAJ&dq=mulayam+singh+yadav+kamariya&pg=PA170|title=Politics as Social Text in India: The Bahujan Samaj Party in Uttar Pradesh|last=Sarkar|first=Jayabrata|date=2021-03-29|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-000-37034-8|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yy2cDAAAQBAJ&dq=mulayam+singh+yadav+kamariya&pg=PA33|title=Etawah Janpad Ki Seemavarti Boliyon Ka Bhasha: Bestseller Book by Ramshankar Katheria: Etawah Janpad Ki Seemavarti Boliyon Ka Bhasha|last=Katheria|first=Ramshankar|date=2016-01-01|publisher=Prabhat Prakashan|isbn=978-93-5186-580-3|language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s9cYoZaNxMcC&dq=mulayam+yadav+kamaria&pg=PA213|title=Why Ethnic Parties Succeed: Patronage and Ethnic Head Counts in India|last=Chandra|first=Kanchan|date=2007-02-15|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-89141-7|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bgpEIb4tNjgC&dq=mulayam+yadav+kamaria&pg=PA54|title=Caste in Question: Identity Or Hierarchy?|last=Gupta|first=Dipankar|date=2004-12-08|publisher=SAGE Publications|isbn=978-0-7619-3324-3|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sOYJEAAAQBAJ&dq=mulayam+yadav+kamaria&pg=PT44|title=The Vernacularisation of Democracy: Politics, Caste and Religion in India|last=Michelutti|first=Lucia|date=2020-11-29|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-000-08400-9|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2022-10-10|title=Mulayam singh yadav biography in Hindi: मुलायम सिंह यादव की बायोग्राफी, क्या था गोत्र, खुद को मानते थे भगवान कृष्ण के वंशज|url=https://zeenews.india.com/hindi/zee-hindustan/national/mulayam-singh-yadav-biography-of-know-all-the-information-related-to-age-assets-wife-son/1388100|access-date=2024-11-24|website=Zee News Hindi|language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RG4ZEAAAQBAJ&q=kamariya+&pg=PT131|title=Politics as Social Text in India: The Bahujan Samaj Party in Uttar Pradesh|last=Sarkar|first=Jayabrata|date=2021-03-30|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-000-37037-9|language=en}}</ref>of Rawat got,<ref>{{Cite web|title='आप अपने गोत्र का नाम ले लीजिए'...Prayagraj में Akhilesh Yadav ने संगम पर दिया ये जवाब|url=https://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/metro/lucknow/politics/akhilesh-yadav-performed-rituals-in-prayagraj-for-his-father/videoshow/94966130.cms#google_vignette|access-date=2024-11-24|website=Navbharat Times|language=hi}}</ref> the founder of ] (SP), Former C.M of Uttar Pradesh and former Defense Minister of India
== See also ==
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A Subdivision of Ahir Caste in India.
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Kamaria is a subdivision of Ahirs or Yadav caste in India.

The Ahir Para of Mathura, i.e. the Sadar Bazaar is said to be established by two families originally from Kannauj, Chaudhari Parivar (the Head Family) and Dudh Parivar (the Milk Family). The Milk Family belonged to Tulsi Ram, a Sepoy of Deshwar gotra of the Kamaria clan. As of today, this family owns the Mahadev Ghat Akhara. Kamaria Ahir used to have Zamindari in Jaurasi, a village in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh. Kamaria Ahirs are mostly found in western Uttar Pradesh and in some parts of Madhya Pradesh, which includes Mathura, Agra, Etawah (most numerous in Etawah), Mainpuri, Etah, Firozabad, Jhansi, Gwalior, Bhind, Shivpuri, Jabalpur, and others.

Mulayam Singh Yadav, a Kamaria Ahir (standing at right)

Notable figures include Mulayam Singh Yadav, the founder of Samajwadi Party (SP), Former C.M of Uttar Pradesh and former Defense Minister of India.

References

  1. ^ Gupta, Dipankar (2004-12-08). Caste in Question: Identity Or Hierarchy?. SAGE Publications. ISBN 978-0-7619-3324-3.
  2. Survavanshi, Bhagwansingh (1962). Abhiras Their History And Culture.
  3. Majeed, Akhtar (2000). Coalition Politics and Power Sharing. Manak Publications Pvt. Limited. ISBN 978-81-86562-96-3.
  4. ^ Lucia Michelutti (2008). The Vernacularisation of Democracy: Politics, Caste, and Religion in India Volume 1 of Exploring the political in South Asia. Routledge, Original from the University of California. p. 101. ISBN 9780415467322.
  5. Price, Pamela; Ruud, Arild Engelsen (2012-07-26). Power and Influence in India: Bosses, Lords and Captains. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-136-19799-4.
  6. Institute, Deccan College Post-graduate and Research (1964). Bulletin of the Deccan College Research Institute. Dr. A. M. Ghatage, director, Deccan College Postgraduate and Research Institute.
  7. Mutatkar, Ramchandra Keshav (1978). Caste Dimensions in a Village. Shubhada-Saraswat.
  8. Rani, Usha (1978). "Chapter IV: The Ahirs of Uttar Pradesh". Cultural Geography of Ahir's in Uttar Pradesh (Master's thesis). p. 132.
  9. Abbasi, A. A. (2001). Dimensions of Human Cultures in Central India: Professor S.K. Tiwari Felicitation Volume. Sarup & Sons. ISBN 978-81-7625-186-0.
  10. Sarkar, Jayabrata (2021-03-30). Politics as Social Text in India: The Bahujan Samaj Party in Uttar Pradesh. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-000-37037-9.
  11. Chandra, Kanchan (2007-02-15). Why Ethnic Parties Succeed: Patronage and Ethnic Head Counts in India. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-89141-7.
  12. Michelutti, Lucia (2020-11-29). The Vernacularisation of Democracy: Politics, Caste and Religion in India. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-000-08400-9.
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