Caste in Indian Politics

activities Agra Ambedkar Andhra areas Ashram Bardoli Bhumihar Bihar Bombay Brahmins British candidates caste associations caste groups caste Hindus caste leaders caste solidarity caste system cent coalition cohesion conference conflict Congress Committee Congress Party constituency Depressed Classes differentiation dominant caste economic elections electoral elite factions Gandhi Gujarat Harijans Hindu important India Jan Sangh Jat group Jatavs Jodhpur Justice Party Kallas Kalyanji Kayasthas Kisan Kshatriya Kunvarji leadership Lok Parishad lower castes M. N. Srinivas Madras Mahar Maharashtra Mahida major Mandal Marathas ment mobilisation movement Muslims Nadar Nadar community Nadar Mahajana Sangam Nagaur District nationalist non-Brahmins panchayat participation Patidars political groups political organisation Poona position Pradesh Rajasthan Rajputs Reddis and Kammas representation ritual Sangam satyagraha Saurashtra Scheduled Castes seats society Solanki status structure subcastes Surat Swatantra Party taluka Tamilnad ticket tion traditional Untouchables upper castes urban village votes Vyas group