Bunt (community)

The Bunt (/ˈbʌnt/,^[1] Tulu: [bɐɳʈɐɾɯ]) people are an Indian community who historically have inhabited the Tulu Nadu region in South India.^[2] Bunts were traditionally a warrior-class or martial caste community,^[3]^[4] with agrarian origins,^[2] forming the landed gentry of the region.^[5] They are the dominant land-owning, farming and banking community of Tulu Nadu and speak Tulu and Kundagannada as their mother tongue.^[6]^[7] Today, the Bunts are a largely urbanised community, with a population size of less than one million worldwide.^[8]^[9]

^ Kāmat, Sūryanātha (1973). Karnataka State Gazetteer: South Canara. Director of Print, Stationery and Publications at the Government Press. p. 108. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
^ ^a ^b Cite error: The named reference :0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Wendt, Reinhard (2006). An Indian to the Indians?: On the Initial Failure and the Posthumous Success of the Missionary Ferdinand Kittel (1832–1903). Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. p. 143. ISBN 978-3-447-05161-3.
^ Singh, K. S.; India, Anthropological Survey of (1998). India's Communities. Oxford University Press. p. 573. ISBN 978-0-19-563354-2.
^ Alagodi, S. D. L. (2006). "The Basel Mission in Mangalore: Historical and Social Context". In Wendt, Reinhard (ed.). An Indian to the Indians?: on the initial failure and the posthumous success of the missionary Ferdinand Kittel (1832–1903). Studien zur aussereuropäischen Christentumsgeschichte. Vol. 9. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. p. 143. ISBN 978-3-447-05161-3. Retrieved 29 December 2011.
^ Bhat, N. Shyam (1 January 1998). South Kanara, 1799–1860: A Study in Colonial Administration and Regional Response. Mittal Publications. p. 212. ISBN 978-81-7099-586-9.
^ Tambs-Lyche, Harald (9 August 2017). Transaction and Hierarchy: Elements for a Theory of Caste. Routledge. p. 128. ISBN 978-1-351-39396-6.
^ "Shilpa Shetty, Aishwarya Rai – Bunts and Bubblies – D P Satish' Blog". News18. 29 January 2007. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
^ Cite error: The named reference Bunts feel at home wherever they are – DNA was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[1] Kāmat, Sūryanātha (1973). Karnataka State Gazetteer: South Canara. Director of Print, Stationery and Publications at the Government Press. p. 108. Retrieved 14 May 2015.

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[3] Wendt, Reinhard (2006). An Indian to the Indians?: On the Initial Failure and the Posthumous Success of the Missionary Ferdinand Kittel (1832–1903). Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. p. 143. ISBN 978-3-447-05161-3.

[4] Singh, K. S.; India, Anthropological Survey of (1998). India's Communities. Oxford University Press. p. 573. ISBN 978-0-19-563354-2.

[Alagodi2006p143-5] Alagodi, S. D. L. (2006). "The Basel Mission in Mangalore: Historical and Social Context". In Wendt, Reinhard (ed.). An Indian to the Indians?: on the initial failure and the posthumous success of the missionary Ferdinand Kittel (1832–1903). Studien zur aussereuropäischen Christentumsgeschichte. Vol. 9. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. p. 143. ISBN 978-3-447-05161-3. Retrieved 29 December 2011.

[6] Bhat, N. Shyam (1 January 1998). South Kanara, 1799–1860: A Study in Colonial Administration and Regional Response. Mittal Publications. p. 212. ISBN 978-81-7099-586-9.

[7] Tambs-Lyche, Harald (9 August 2017). Transaction and Hierarchy: Elements for a Theory of Caste. Routledge. p. 128. ISBN 978-1-351-39396-6.

[8] "Shilpa Shetty, Aishwarya Rai – Bunts and Bubblies – D P Satish' Blog". News18. 29 January 2007. Retrieved 13 April 2020.

[Bunts_feel_at_home_wherever_they_are_–_DNA-9] Cite error: The named reference Bunts feel at home wherever they are – DNA was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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