Lodhi (caste)

Lodha tribe of Rajputana. (c. 1868)

The Lodhi (or Lodha, Lodh) is a community of agriculturalists, found in India. There are many in Madhya Pradesh, to where they had emigrated from Uttar Pradesh.[1] The Lodhi are categorised as an Other Backward Class,[a] but claim Rajput ties and prefer to be known as "Lodhi-Rajput",[3] although they have no account of their Rajput origin or prevailing Rajput traditions.[4]

  1. ^ Sharma, Jagdish Saran (1981). Encyclopaedia Indica. Vol. 2. p. 737.
  2. ^ "National Commission for Backward Classes". ncbc.nic.in. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  3. ^ Burger, Angela Sutherland (1969). Opposition in a Dominant-Party System. University of California Press. p. 27.
  4. ^ Syed Siraj ul Hassan (1920). The Castes and Tribes of H.E.H. the Nizam's Dominions, Volume 1. Asian Educational Services. p. 400. ISBN 978-8-12060-488-9.


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