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The '''Khandayat''' (also known as '''Khandait''') is a cultivating caste<ref>{{cite book |title=Politics and Social Change |first=Frederick George |last=Bailey |publisher=University of California Press |year=1970 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VNHRWtDWsRIC&pg=PA132 |page=132 |quote="...the large Chasa and Khandayat cultivating castes of the Orissa plains"}}</ref> of [[Odisha]] in India. |
{{Short description|Swordmaster caste in Odisha, India}}The '''Khandayat''' (also known as '''Khandait''') is a cultivating caste<ref>{{cite book |title=Politics and Social Change |first=Frederick George |last=Bailey |publisher=University of California Press |year=1970 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VNHRWtDWsRIC&pg=PA132 |page=132 |quote="...the large Chasa and Khandayat cultivating castes of the Orissa plains"}}</ref> of [[Odisha]] in India. |
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== Etymology == |
== Etymology == |
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The Khandayat (also known as Khandait) is a cultivating caste[1] of Odisha in India.
Etymology
Khandayat means master of the sword: Khanda is a type of sword and ayata means control.[2][3]
Status
There were demands in 2007 that the community in Odisha be included as an Other Backward Class in India's system of positive discrimination. At that time The Telegraph described them as "martial castes" who are "the local equivalent of the Kshatriyas", mostly comprising Paiks.[4] Those whom identified as Khandayat were often comparatively rich cultivator peasants who sought to raise their social status and legitimise the control they exercised over other people, while some were revenue collectors, village headmen and holders of hereditary jagirs that had been granted to their families for past military service. [5][6][7]
References
- ^ Bailey, Frederick George (1970). Politics and Social Change. University of California Press. p. 132.
...the large Chasa and Khandayat cultivating castes of the Orissa plains
- ^ Mohapatra, Dr. Hemanta Kumar (December 2014). "Martial Art Tradition of Odisha" (PDF). OdishaReview. Govt. of Odisha. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-12-22. Retrieved 2015-12-16.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Indian Association of Kickboxing Organisations (9 February 2013). "Paika Akhada".
- ^ "Demand to be on OBC list". The Telegraph. 19 April 2007. Retrieved 2017-04-10.
- ^ Pati, Biswamoy (2001). Situating Social History: Orissa, 1800-1997. Orient Blackswan. p. 35. ISBN 978-8-12502-007-3.
- ^ Pati, Biswamoy (2007). "The Order of Legitimacy: Princely Orissa". In Ernst, Waltraud; Pati, Biswamoy (eds.). India's Princely States: People, Princes and Colonialism. Routledge. pp. 87, 89. ISBN 978-1-13411-988-2.
- ^ Mahapatra, L. K. (1978). "Gods, Kings, and the Caste System in India". In Misra, Bhabagrahi; Preston, James (eds.). Community, Self and Identity. Walter de Gruyter. p. 22. ISBN 978-3-110802-65-8.
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