Kudmi Mahato
Kudmi Mahato | |
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Mahato, Kudmi | |
Languages | Native language- Kurmali Secondary language- Hindi, Odia, Bengali |
Country | India |
Populated states | Jharkhand, Odisha, West Bengal, Assam |
Status | OBC |
The Kudmi are a community in the states of Jharkhand, West Bengal, Odisha and Bihar of India. They were primarily agriculturalist. They are also known as Kurmi, Kurmi Mahto/Mahato.[1]
Classification
Kudmi were classified as a Notified Tribe by the British Raj under the terms of the Indian Succession Act introduced in 1865 as they have customary rules of succession.[2][page needed][citation needed] Subsequently, in 1913, they were classified as a Primitive tribe. Then they were omitted from the list of communities listed as tribes in the 1931 census.[3] Again, they were omitted from the Scheduled Tribe list drawn up in 1950. In 2004, the Government of Jharkhand recommended that they should be listed as a Scheduled Tribe rather than Other Backward Class.[4] The Tribal Research Institute of Government of India recommended against this proposal, claiming they are a sub-caste of the Kunbi and thus different to tribal people.[5][6] Therefore, In 2015, the Government of India refused to approve the recommendation of Jharkhand government to list the Kurmi Mahato as Schedule Tribe. They are included in the list of Other Backward Class in the States of Jharkhand, West Bengal and Odisha.[7][6]
Culture
The traditional occupation of Kudmi is agriculture. The language of Kudmi is Kurmali. The Kudmi people once spoke a distinct language, neither Munda nor Dravidian but also not Indo-Aryan, and at some point switched to the regional Indo-Aryan lingua franca of that time, leaving a distinct substrate in their New Language.[8][9] The Kudmis are divided into six divisions. Paribar (family) is the smallest unit. A group of Paribar of same Gusti (clan) living in a place is known as Bakhal/Bakhair (unilineage settlement). The members of some Paribars or Bakhair settled in a locality is known as Kulhi. A group of Kulhi with a separate geographical area, burial ground, agricultural field, grazing land and Akhra forms a Gram (village). Traditionally, a village headman is known as Mahato. A group of twelve village form a Pargana headed by Parganadar who solves all the inter village dispute. A group of Paragans forms a Thapal controlled by Deshmandal. Kudmi are divided into 81 clans called Gusti. Some gusti are Bakuar, Bansiar, Chiluar, Dumriar, Katiar, Hindoiar, Musiar, Naguar, Sankhuar etc.[6]
Tusu, Chait Parab, Jitia, Karam, Bandna are the major festival of Kudmi. They worship Garamdevata at gramthan and Goroiya in Bandna. Jhumar and Chhau are their folk dance.[10][11]
Notable people
- Bandhu Mahto, politician
- Bhajahari Mahato, politician
- Bidyut Baran Mahato, politician
- Binod Bihari Mahato, lawyer and politician
- Chanku Mahato, freedom fighter
- Chhatradhar Mahato, activist and politician
- Chittaranjan Mahata, politician
- Dhananjay Mahato, freedom fighter and politican
- Jyotirmay Singh Mahato, politician
- Mriganko Mahato, politician
- Narahari Mahato, politician
- Nepal Mahato, politician
- Nirmal Mahato, politician
- Purnima Mahato, Indian athlete
- Rabindra Nath Mahato, politician
- Raghunath Mahato, freedom fighter
- Santiram Mahato, politician
- Sudesh Mahato, politician
- Sudhir Mahato, politician
- Suman Mahato, politician
- Sunil Kumar Mahato, politician
- Tek Lal Mahto, politician
- Tooni Mahto, marine biologist
See also
References
- ^ Kurmi Mahatos in India joshuaproject.net. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
- ^ "Inheritance Law of Kurmi Mahto of Chotanagpur and Orissa". The Tribes and castes of Bengal by Risley Herbert Hope.
- ^ Lalan Tiwari (1995). Issues in Indian Politics. Mittal. p. 340. ISBN 9788170996187.
- ^ Deogharia, Jaideep (25 November 2004). "Cabinet recommends inclusion of Kudmis in ST list". The Times of India. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
- ^ Singh, Ronit Kumar (2022-09-22). "Kurmi Community Continues 'Rail Roko' Protest Over Demand For ST Status, Train Services Affected". thelogicalindian.com. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
- ^ a b c "कुरमी को ST का दर्जा तभी, जब TRI अनुशंसा करे, लेकिन रिसर्च वाला ही कोई नहीं है". www.bhaskar.com.
- ^ "Kurmis in tribal status cry". telegraphindia.
- ^ Paudyal, Netra P.; Peterson, John (2020-09-01). "How one language became four: the impact of different contact-scenarios between "Sadani" and the tribal languages of Jharkhand". Journal of South Asian Languages and Linguistics. 7 (2): 327–358. doi:10.1515/jsall-2021-2028. ISSN 2196-0771.
- ^ KIRITI MAHATO (2022-07-22). Sindhu Sabhyatar Bhasha O Kudmali.
- ^ Paty, Chittaranjan Kumar (2007). Forest, Government, and Tribe. ISBN 9788180694066.
- ^ "Bandana Festival Of Kudmis Of Eastern India". etribaltribune.
Sources
- Mahato, Sudhanshu Shekhar (2008). "Ethnic identity and social movement among Kudmi of Jharkhand". In Gautam Kumar Bera (ed.). The Unrest Axle: Ethno-social Movements in Eastern India. Mittal Publications. pp. 103–134. ISBN 9788183241458. OCLC 233592054.
- Islam, Joheb (13 June 2020). "Social Mobility Movement of Kudmi-Mahato in Jhargram District of West Bengal: A Sociological Case Study" (PDF). International Journal of Research on Social and Natural Sciences. V (1). ISSN 2455-5916. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 Oct 2020.
- Singh, K. S., ed. (1983). "The Mahato-Kurmi Mahasabha Movement in Chotanagpur". Tribal movements in India. New Delhi: Manohar Publication. p. 112. ISBN 81-7304-702-2. OCLC 318586543.
- Risley, H. H. (1892). The tribes and castes of Bengal. Bengal secretariat Press. pp. 528–537. OCLC 68183872. Archived from the original on 20 Jan 2019.
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