Kirar is a Hindu caste of cultivators.[1] They are categorized as an Other Backward Class (OBC) by the Government of India.[1][2][3]
Notable people
- Shivraj Singh Chouhan, former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh[4][1]
- Thakur Malkhan Singh, former Uttar Pradesh Cabinet Minister[5]
References
- ^ a b c Ganguly, Sumit; Diamond, Larry; Plattner, Marc F. (10 September 2007). The State of India's Democracy. JHU Press. p. 74. ISBN 978-0-8018-8791-8.
- ^ Ramaseshan, Radhika (29 January 2018). "BJP's Rajput CMs call out Karni Sena". Mumbai Mirror. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
By now, the people of Madhya Pradesh know that Chouhan is from the Kirar backward caste and was a beneficiary of the BJP's "social engineering" agenda that fostered backward-caste leaders like him, Kalyan Singh and Narendra Modi in the post-Mandal era.
- ^ Jaffrelot, Christophe (2010). Religion, Caste, and Politics in India. Primus Books. pp. 263, 545. ISBN 978-93-80607-04-7.
- ^ "I am proud to have taken birth in Kirar Samaj — CM Shri Chouhan". Bharat Seva. 25 October 2009. Archived from the original on 25 April 2012.
- ^ Brass, Paul R. (1965). Factional Politics in an Indian State: The Congress Party in Uttar Pradesh. University of California Press. pp. 89. OCLC 265371. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
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