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{{short description|A community of India}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2019}} {{Use Indian English|date=April 2019}}

Pasi
Pasis Group in 1868
Pasis Group in 1868
LanguagesHindi
Populated statesBihar, Uttar Pradesh
Related groupsTuruk Pasi

The Pasi (also spelled Passi) is A community of India. Pasi refers to tapping toddy, a traditional occupation of the Pasi community.[1] The Pasi are divided into Gujjar, Kaithwas, and Boria.[2] They are classified as an Other Backward Class in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.[3][4] They live in the northern Indian states of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.

Etymology

According to William Crooke, the word Pashi derives from the Sanskrit word Pashika, a noose used by Pasis to climb and tap toddy, a drink obtained from palm tree. The tapping of toddy is the original occupation of the Pasi community. However, just like other aspirational caste groups of India, Pasis have a myth of origin. They claim that they originate from the sweat of Parshuram, an incarnation of Vishnu. They claim support for this in the word sweat being derived from the Hindi word Pasina and it further paves the way for their claim of "Kshatriyatva".[1]

Population

The Pasi live mainly in the northern Indian states of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, were their traditional occupation was that of rearing pigs.[5] The Pasis of most of the north Indian states have been classified as Scheduled Castes by the Government of India.[1] In the 2001 Indian census, the Pasi were recorded as being second-largest Dalit group in Uttar Pradesh. At the time, they constituted 16 per cent of the population of the state and mostly inhabited the Awadh region.[6] The 2011 Census of India for the state recorded their population as 6,522,166. This figure includes the Tarmali.[7]

History

Ramnarayan Rawat states that the role of the Pasi an communities in the Kisan Sabha movement has been understated by earlier historians. He writes that earlier scholarship held Pasi involvement to be minimal, late-arriving, and more inclined towards criminality and rioting than political activism.[8] He notes that the involvement of Pasi and Chamars was significant from the outset. According to him, the Pasi, being land owners, had the same concerns as other Savarna groups, rather than being the 'alienated' pig-rearers they had sometimes been characterised as.[8] Chandra Bhan Prasad, a political commentator, has said that those who continued pig-rearing were ill-treated by socio-political activists, who blamed the occupation in large part for their status rather than the Brahminism.[9]

The Pasi have in recent times engaged in invention of tradition. Badri Narayan, a social historian and cultural anthropologist, says that

Sources of vision and contemplation are absent without literature. This feeling, along with the growing urge to construct an assertive identity and the sense of being deprived of history, led the Pasi community towards the invention of heroes, histories and myths and their documentation in the print medium.[10]

Of late,[when?] Hindu Nationalists (Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and affiliates) have been trying to appropriate different folk-heroes of the Pasi caste as Hindu icons to mobilize the electoral prospects of the Bharatiya Janata Party.[11] Hindu nationalists have supported claims that there was a Pasi kingdom that ruled what is now Uttar Pradesh and Bihar in the 11th and 12th century. The rulers of this claimed state include Bijli Pasi.[12]
Notable people
See also: Pasi (surname) and Passi (surname)
See also
References
  1. ^ a b c Badri Narayan (2012). Women Heroes in North India: Culture, Identity and Politics. SAGE. p. 136. ISBN 9780761935377. Cite error: The named reference "Badri Narayan" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  2. ^ Singh, Kumar Suresh (1998). India's Communities: H - M. Oxford University Press. p. 2796. ISBN 978-0-19-563354-2.
  3. ^ "National Commission for Backward Classes". www.ncbc.nic.in. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  4. ^ "National Commission for Backward Classes". www.ncbc.nic.in. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  5. ^ Hunt, Sarah Beth (2014). Hindi Dalit Literature and the Politics of Representation. Routledge. pp. 8, 23. ISBN 978-1-31755-952-8.
  6. ^ Vij, Shivam (8 May 2010). "Can the Congress Win Over UP's Dalits?". Economic and Political Weekly.
  7. ^ "A-10 Individual Scheduled Caste Primary Census Abstract Data and its Appendix - Uttar Pradesh". Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  8. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Rawat was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  9. ^ Prasad, Chandra Bhan (2011). "My Experiments with Hunting Rats". In Babu, D. Shyam; Khare, Ravindra S. (eds.). Caste in Life: Experiencing Inequalities. Pearson Education India. pp. 161–162. ISBN 978-8-13175-439-9.
  10. ^ Narayan, Badri (2006). Women Heroes and Dalit Assertion in North India: Culture, Identity and Politics. SAGE Publications India. p. 140. ISBN 978-8-13210-280-9.
  11. ^ Narayan, Badri (14 January 2009). Fascinating Hindutva: Saffron Politics and Dalit Mobilisation. SAGE Publishing India. pp. 65–72. ISBN 978-93-5280-135-0.
  12. ^ Badri Narayan (2012). Women Heroes and Dalit Assertion in North India: Culture, Identity and Politics. SAGE. p. 72. ISBN 9780761935377.
Further reading
  • Narayan, Badri (2009). Fascinating Hindutva: Saffron Politics and Dalit Mobilisation. SAGE Publications. ISBN 978-8-17829-906-8.
  • Narayan, Badri (2004). "Dalit mobilisation and nationalist past". In Gupta, Dipankar (ed.). Caste in Question: Identity or Hierarchy?. SAGE Publications. ISBN 978-0-76193-324-3.
  • Narayan, Badri (2004). "Inventing caste history: Dalit mobilisation and nationalist past". Contributions to Indian Sociology. 38 (193): 193–220. doi:10.1177/006996670403800108. S2CID 145740670.

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— Preceding unsigned comment added by 2401:4900:55A3:9A60:D304:C192:F4DF:6E9C (talk) 07:05, 21 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the {{edit extended-protected}} template. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 12:59, 21 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Please remove words

The Pasi (also spelled Passi) is a Dalit community of India. 2401:4900:55A3:3138:FBE5:8AF1:21EE:920E (talk) 19:05, 24 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the {{edit extended-protected}} template. There are references provided that support the statement you're asking to remove, so in order to remove it you will need a significant consensus in favour of removal. Primefac (talk) 19:11, 24 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Hey do you thing all pasi are Dalit? They need help from government they all want reservation ?

Many people from pasi cast is highly educated and working in Well known places. Many are doctors, engineers, CTOs etc. Many of them achieve success with any reservations. But when they said they belong to sc aur dalit community. They face many discrimination people search about there cast and category and make them feel like you are low , untouchables etc. This word should not written anywhere for a specific caste. This one also consider as an discrimination under the government policy. And here is below stories of discrimination.

<ref>"www.google.com/amp/s/www.youthkiawaaz.com/2020/12/4-stories-to-prove-that-even-privileged-sc-st-people-face-discrimination/amp"<ref> 2401:4900:55A2:214D:D353:24A9:BC04:BC0 (talk) 18:31, 28 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 18:41, 28 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Discrimination

The Pasi (also spelled Passi) is a Hindu community of India.


Hey do you thing all pasi are Dalit? They need help from government they all want reservation ?

Many people from pasi cast is highly educated and working in Well known places. Many are doctors, engineers, CTOs etc. Many of them achieve success with any reservations. But when they said they belong to sc aur dalit community. They face many discrimination people search about there cast and category and make them feel like you are low , untouchables etc. This word should not written anywhere for a specific caste. This one also consider as an discrimination under the government policy. And here is below stories of discrimination.

<ref>"www.google.com/amp/s/www.youthkiawaaz.com/2020/12/4-stories-to-prove-that-even-privileged-sc-st-people-face-discrimination/amp"<ref> 2401:4900:55A2:214D:D353:24A9:BC04:BC0 (talk) 20:12, 28 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the {{edit extended-protected}} template. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 20:30, 28 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 29 November 2021

pasi's were traditionally toddy tappers only. they never reared pigs. this is derogatory. please remove this 116.75.236.143 (talk) 19:01, 29 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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