Lodhi (caste)

This article is about the community of agriculturalists. For the ruling dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate, see Lodi dynasty. For Scheduled Tribes of East India, see Lodha people. For other uses, see Lodhi (disambiguation) and Lodi (disambiguation).

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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