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'''Tyagi''' is a sub-caste <ref>[http://www.peoplegroupsindia.com/profiles/taga/ ], </ref> <ref>[http://yaneshtyagi.com/articles/history_of_tyagi_samaj.aspx]</ref>which historically belonged to the [[Brahmin]] [[Caste system in India|caste]]. As of a 1990 report by the Backward Classes Commission, Government of Haryana, they were mostly engaged in farming.<ref name="Commission1990">{{cite book|author=Haryana (India). Backward Classes Commission|title=Report of the Backward Classes Commission, 1990, Government of Haryana|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aH3aAAAAMAAJ|year=1990|publisher=Controller of Printing and Stationery|page=105}}</ref> |
'''Tyagi''' is a sub-caste <ref>[http://www.peoplegroupsindia.com/profiles/taga/ ], </ref> <ref>[http://yaneshtyagi.com/articles/history_of_tyagi_samaj.aspx]</ref>which historically belonged to the [[Brahmin]] [[Caste system in India|caste]]. As of a 1990 report by the Backward Classes Commission, Government of Haryana, they were mostly engaged in farming.<ref name="Commission1990">{{cite book|author=Haryana (India). Backward Classes Commission|title=Report of the Backward Classes Commission, 1990, Government of Haryana|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aH3aAAAAMAAJ|year=1990|publisher=Controller of Printing and Stationery|page=105}}</ref> |
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The name Tyagi is prevalent in [[Hindu]] and used by |
The name Tyagi is prevalent in [[Hindu]] and used by those Hindu Tyagis as well, who converted to [[Muslim]] faith.<ref name="ref62fibiy">{{Citation | title=Tribe, caste, and peasantry | author=Kripa Shankar Mathur, Binod C. Agrawal | publisher=Ethnographic & Folk Culture Society, U. P., 1974 | isbn= | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YnqwAAAAIAAJ |page=189 | quote=''... The present Hindu and Muslim Tyagis are the descendants of a common ancestor ...''}}</ref> Community members who converted to [[Islam]] are known as [[Muslim Tyagi]]s,<ref name="ref06culiv">{{Citation | title=Rural-urban articulations | author=Brij Raj Chauhan, Unesco | publisher=A.C. Bros., 1990 | isbn=978-81-85489-01-8 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zenZAAAAMAAJ | quote=''... In Saharanpur district SC Dube described the Tyagi village where half of the population is of Muslim Tyagi and the other half of the Hindu Tyagi ...''}}</ref> Mulla Brahmin, Musalman Taga, Mahesra and Moolay Taga.<ref>''History of origin of some clans in India, with special reference to Jats'' (1992), Mangal Sen Jindal, Sarup & Sons, p. 159</ref> |
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Revision as of 15:38, 15 June 2018
Tyagi is a sub-caste [1] [2]which historically belonged to the Brahmin caste. As of a 1990 report by the Backward Classes Commission, Government of Haryana, they were mostly engaged in farming.[3]
The name Tyagi is prevalent in Hindu and used by those Hindu Tyagis as well, who converted to Muslim faith.[4] Community members who converted to Islam are known as Muslim Tyagis,[5] Mulla Brahmin, Musalman Taga, Mahesra and Moolay Taga.[6]
Notable people
Notable people bearing the Tyagi name, who may or may not be affiliated to the aforementioned communities, include:
- Anil Kumar Tyagi, vice-chancellor of Indraprastha University, Delhi
- Deep Tyagi
- K. C. Tyagi, M.P.
- Mahavir Tyagi, Revenue & Expenditure Minister, M.P. & Freedom Fighter
- Major Asaram Tyagi, Vir Chakra, Maha Vir Chakra
- Man Singh Tyagi
- Ramavtar Tyagi, Hindi film songwriter
- Roopal Tyagi, television actress
- Sandeep Tyagi (entrepreneur)
- Shashindra Pal Tyagi, Air Chief Marshal
- Sudeep Tyagi, cricketer
References
- ^ [1],
- ^ [2]
- ^ Haryana (India). Backward Classes Commission (1990). Report of the Backward Classes Commission, 1990, Government of Haryana. Controller of Printing and Stationery. p. 105.
- ^ Kripa Shankar Mathur, Binod C. Agrawal, Tribe, caste, and peasantry, Ethnographic & Folk Culture Society, U. P., 1974, p. 189,
... The present Hindu and Muslim Tyagis are the descendants of a common ancestor ...
- ^ Brij Raj Chauhan, Unesco, Rural-urban articulations, A.C. Bros., 1990, ISBN 978-81-85489-01-8,
... In Saharanpur district SC Dube described the Tyagi village where half of the population is of Muslim Tyagi and the other half of the Hindu Tyagi ...
- ^ History of origin of some clans in India, with special reference to Jats (1992), Mangal Sen Jindal, Sarup & Sons, p. 159
Further reading
- Brass, Paul R. (1965). Factional Politics in an Indian State: The Congress Party in Uttar Pradesh. University of California Press.
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