K. C. Yadav
K. C. Yadav (Kripal Chandra Yadav) is one of several Yadav intellectuals who has written on the topic of the origins of the Indian Yadav-Ahir community. Yadav has associated them with the ancient Abhira tribe, noting inscriptions indicating the Abhira ruled in northern India as early as the second century BCE.[1] Yadav also specialised in the history of Haryana,[2] and served as the editor of the Haryana Research Journal.[3]
Bibliography
Yadav's works are extensive, and include:
- The revolt of 1857 in Haryana (1977)
- India's unequal citizens: a study of other backward classes (1994)
- The Laloo phenomenon: paradoxes of changing India (2001)
- Modern Haryana: history and culture, 1803-1966 (2002)
- Punjab: colonial challenge and popular response, 1849-1947 (2003)