Draft:Bengali Tili (Caste)

Tili is a distinguished Bengali Hindu twice-born, upper-caste community, recognized as an advanced Indo-Alpine, landowning-cum-mercantile group originating from Bardhaman.[1] Tilis are predominantly situated in the Rarh region of West Bengal ,India.[2] The Tili community holds a prominent position in trade and regional heritage.[3][4]

  1. ^ Bardhaman Charcha. 1989. p. 43.
  2. ^ Kāmilyā, Mihira Caudhurī (2006). Rāṛhera janajāti o lokasaṃskr̥ti (in Bengali). Uccatara Bidyācarcākendra, Bāṃlā Bibhāga, Bardhamāna Biśvabidyālaẏa. pp. 60, 97.
  3. ^ Guha, Ayan (2022). The Curious Trajectory of Caste in West Bengal Politics: Chronicling Continuity and Change. BRILL. pp. 124, 128. ISBN 978-90-04-51456-0.
  4. ^ Gupta, Swarupa (2009). Notions of Nationhood in Bengal: Perspectives on Samaj, c. 1867-1905. BRILL. p. 177. ISBN 978-90-474-2958-6.