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'''Dhedhs''' or '''Dheds''' or '''Dhedhas''' are one of the [[scheduled caste]]s of India. They were one of the [[Dalit|out-caste]] and deprived class of [[Hindu]] society of India.<ref name=W>[http://www.helplinelaw.com/docs/THE%20SCHEDULED%20CASTES%20AND%20SCHEDULED%20TRIBES%20ORDERS%20(AMENDMENT)%20ACT,%201956] THE SCHEDULED CASTES AND SCHEDULED TRIBES ORDERS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1956]Dhed, Dheda</ref><ref name=A>[http://books.google.co.in/books?id=LO-ztHz3XTUC&pg=PA301&dq=dhedhs&hl=en&ei=pXutTa_dKIq2vQOb6vTmCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CFEQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=dhedhs&f=false Ideals, images, and real lives: women in literature and history By Alice Thorner, Sameeksha Trust (Bombay, India)]</ref>
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They were involved in jobs like carrying away animal carcass and works related to leather, animal hides. The word '''dhedha''' has been derived from a Gujarati word ''dhayadavan'', to drag.<ref name=B>[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_7018/is_1_33/ai_n28438653/pg_2/]</ref><ref name=D>[http://books.google.co.in/books?id=FauJL7LKXmkC&pg=PA183&lpg=PA183&dq=dhedhs&source=bl&ots=wIyhn13prS&sig=hRlhyfSVQUaSbkDCD-u_WF2EjIs&hl=en&ei=ioKtTeWZC4iqsAO7xfSRAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBsQ6AEwADgK#v=onepage&q=dhedhs&f=false] Gandhi: the man, his people, and the empire By Rajmohan Gandhi</ref> Further, the caste people are also largely involved in weaving.<ref name=A/><ref name=C/>

In [[Rajasthan]], the community were called [[Dhedha]] and according to census of 1901 were identified as [[Untouchability|untouchables]].<ref name=B/> In [[British India]], in the [[Bahwalpur]], who were called [[Chamar]]s to east of [[Punjab region|Punjab]]. They ate flesh of dead animals and were considered as out-caste by Hindus, though they have Hindu names.<ref name=C>[http://books.google.co.in/books?id=UQUtQzPtC6wC&pg=PA79&dq=dhedhs&hl=en&ei=pXutTa_dKIq2vQOb6vTmCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDQQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=dhedhs&f=false] Glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North West Frontier Province By H.A. Rose, IBBETSON, Maclagan</ref>

They have nine exogamous section : (1) Gandel (2) Baru-Pal (3) Sahdal (4) Sapune (5) Lilar (6) Bahmanian (7) Japal (8) Lakhale (9) Turke.<ref name=C/>

By occupation they are weavers and greatly worship the deity of [[Ramdev Pir]] at [[Ranuja]]. In their marriages, [[Brahmin]]s serve as [[purohit]], accepting [[Dried fruit|dry fruits]] from them but not the cooked food.<ref name=C/>

In [[Maharashtra]], [[Mahar]]s were considered a part of Dhedha community. However, after mass conversion of Mahar community from [[Hindu]]ism to [[Buddhism]], to avoid curse of [[untouchability]], on foot-steps of [[Bhim Rao Ambedkar]], they are now not to be called Dhedhas or even Mahars but Buddhists.

In [[Gujarat]], '''Dhedh'''s are considered as sub-caste of the scheduled caste of weavers called [[Vankar]]s.<ref name=A/> Some of the other castes in which there are few exceptions of Dhedhs are Bawa (Dhedh) or Dhedh-Sadhu ([[Sadhu]]), Dhedh -Barot ([[Barot (caste)|Barot]]).<ref name=W/>

Dhedhs speak many languages, as per their area of living like [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]],<ref name=D/> [[Marathi language|Marathi]], [[Rajasthani language|Rajasthani]],<ref name=B/>[[Sindhi language|Sindhi]], [[Thar language|Thar]]<ref>[http://books.google.co.in/books?id=0vE4wATbOUsC&pg=PR3&dq=dhedhs&hl=en&ei=MIKtTe2EFo_yvwPZqI3zCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CEQQ6AEwBDgK#v=onepage&q=dhedhs&f=false] Grammar of the Sindhi Language By Ernest Trumpp</ref>

In [[Kathiawar]], the '''Nagasia Dhehds''', once helped the [[Sarvaiya]]s to regain their villages of Hathnasi, [[Jesar]] and other territories. In recognition of their assistance the Sarvaiya Rajputs forgave Dhedhs from ''bham tax'' ( tax on skins of dead animals ) and tax was not levied on all Sarvaiya village till British ruled India.<ref>[http://books.google.co.in/books?id=ihgIAQAAIAAJ&q=dhedhs&dq=dhedhs&hl=en&ei=pXutTa_dKIq2vQOb6vTmCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CEYQ6AEwAw] Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Káthiáwar, Govt. Central Press, 1884</ref>

Dhedhs and [[Bhil]] community were closely associated being in similar profession and social status, as out-castes and were two suppressed communities of [[Gujarat]].<ref>[http://books.google.co.in/books?id=lHnjAAAAMAAJ&q=dhedhs+and+bhils&dq=dhedhs+and+bhils&hl=en&ei=O4qtTe3PH4W8vgPOxNTXCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CDAQ6AEwAQ] Young India, Volume 10 written by [[Mahatma Gandhi]], 1928.</ref>[[Bhangi]]s, Dhedhs, [[Chamar]]s, [[Mahar]]s, [[Mala (caste)|Mala]]s, [[Madiga]]s were some of the communities, who were contemptuously looked down upon as un-touchables.<ref>[http://books.google.co.in/books?id=YRJEAAAAIAAJ&q=dhedhs&dq=dhedhs&hl=en&ei=c4mtTauqD4aqvQO3rojtCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CEgQ6AEwBTgU]</ref><ref>[http://www.hotathrandom.com/IndianCaste.htm The outcasts like Mahar, Dhed, Mala, Madiga and others.]</ref>

Dhedh or Dherh was a term applied to any low caste people in [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] although they were identified as separate tribe in [[Central Provinces and Berar|Central Province]] in British India.<ref name=R>[http://books.google.co.in/books?id=MBQ2AAAAMAAJ&q=dhedhs&dq=dhedhs&hl=en&ei=MIKtTe2EFo_yvwPZqI3zCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=9&ved=0CFgQ6AEwCDgK] The life and works of Raidās, Volume 2, Winand M. Callewaert, Peter G. Friedländer, Ravidāsa</ref>[[Guru Ravidas|Raidas]] was from Dhedh community and is said to have spoken that: ''even today all my kinsman as dhedhs cart carcasses, as they wander around [[Benaras]].''Unquote.<ref name=R/>

In South India, the Dhedhs caste were sometimes dharmakartas of Shiva temples. A census report noted that ''wealth is a very potent factor, both in the way of levelling down caste heights and filling up social depths....a wealthy member of the '''Dhedh''' caste is actually the Dharmakartha of a Siva temple in Southern India'' and ''a Sathani (Sattada Srivaisnava temple servant) becomes elevated into a Balija often in the course of a few years ; so also a Palli into a [[Mudaliar]]''.<ref>[http://ia331309.us.archive.org/2/items/censusindia12rislgoog/censusindia12rislgoog_djvu.txt]</ref>

==See also==
*[[Vankar]]
*[[Mahyavanshi]]
*[[Makanji Kuber Makwana]]

==References==

{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Social groups of India]]
[[Category:Social groups of Rajasthan]]
[[Category:Social groups of Gujarat]]
[[Category:Social groups of Madhya Pradesh]]
[[Category:Social groups of Maharashtra]]
[[Category:Social groups of Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Dalit communities]]
[[Category:Shudra castes]]
[[Category:Scheduled Castes]]

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