Dhangar

For the town in Sagar district, India, see Dhangar, Madhya Pradesh.

The Dhangar (Sanskrit/Devanāgarī: धनगर, or Dhangad, Dhanpal.^[1] ) caste is primarily located in the Indian state of Maharashtra. Dhangars of the Northern and Southern India are reasonably considered to belong to the same race.^[2] One theory states that the Dhangar are the descendants of Kshatriya who took to herding sheep and cows in the forest in times of hardship.^[3] Academics, however, describe the caste is described as falling under the Shudra varna.^[4][5][6]

Their original home is said to be Gokul Vrindavan near Mathura. From Gokul they are said to be moved to Mewar and from Mewar to have spread into Gujarat and Maharashtra.^[7][8]

Etymology

The word Dhangar may be associated with a term for "cattle wealth", or be derived from the hills in which they lived (Sanskrit dhang).^[9] Ul Hassan noted that some of his time believed the term to come from the Sanskrit dhenugar (cattle herder) but dismissed that etymology as "fictitious".^[2] Other sources associate Dhangars with the Uraon, and consider the term synonymous with "servant" or "labourer".^[10]

The term Hatkar is popularly believed to be derived from the Marathis hat (obstinacy) and kar (doer), thus "obstinate". Ul Hassan, however, terms this etymology "fictitious" and states that it "throws no light upon the origin of the caste."^[11]

Origin and history

Captain Fitzgerald^[who?] had observed that "the general idea is that originally there were Twelve Tribes of Bargi-Dhangars, who came from Hindustan, and the country about Hingoli was called Bara Hatti (Hatkar)." The term Bara-Hatti could thus mean a country of the Dhangars of twelve hattis. The term Hatkar is derived from hatti. According to the Dravidian Etymological Dictionary, h(p)atti has the following meanings: pen (Kannada), hamlet (Malayalam), cowstall, sheepfold (Tamil). A hatti would therefore mean a sheep pen or a camp or a settlement of sheep-keepers. In the old Kannada lexicon hattikara occurs as a synonym of govali, or cowherds. These etymological linkages indicate a connection between the sheep and cattle keepers. The term means a camp of sheep-cattle keepers. Bara-hatti means a village consisting of twelve vadis. The vadi constitutes 20-23 Dhangar families.^{[12][13][14][15]}

They were described by British colonial researchers as industrious, honest and sincere, and it was noted that "truthful as a Dhangar" was a proverb among Indians.^[16]

Military history

The armies of Shivaji, founder of the Maratha empire, were composed of recruits mainly drawn from this caste who were the most trusted by Shivaji. The bravest Maratha leaders, among whom the Holkars are the most distinguished, are of this tribe.^[2][17] The Dhangars furnished a valuable contingent to Sivaji's guerilla soldiery.^[18]

Dynasties

The Dhangar have originated several ruling dynasties, most recently the Holkars of Indore. Prominent Dhangars have been Hakkaraya and Bukkaraya, founders of the Vijayanagara Empire. At the time of his coronation, Shivaji showed that he belonged to the Gahlot clan,^{[citation needed]} and was a Hattikara-Dhangar.^[19] Dhangars have founded the Hoysalas, Holkar, Rashtrakutas, Maurya, Pallava dynasties. In addition the poets Kalidasa and Kanakadasa were also Dhangars.^[3] The famous Vithoba temple at Pandharpur was built by Vishnuvardhana, a Dhangar from the Hoysala Dynasty.^[20] The Meenakshi temple was built by Pallavas who were Dhangars.^[3] There is a tradition that Deoghur or Daulatabad was built in 1203 AD by a Dhangar or herdsman who, acquiring by some unusual good fortune and vast wealth was named by his brother shepherds Rajah Ram and soon after assumed the rank of a Raja.^[21] This warrior community, in the districts of Nanded, Parbhani and Berar, across the Painganga River, were in open rebellion from 1798 A. D. till 1820 A. D. under the leadership of Novsaji Naik and had taken possession of a number of strongholds.^[22]

Current situation

Traditionally being warriors, shepherds, cowherds, buffalo keepers, blanket and wool weavers, butchers and farmers, Dhangars were late to take up modern day education. Though it has a notable population not only in Maharashtra but also in India, had a rich history, today it is still politically highly disorganized community and is socially, educationally, economically and politically backward. They lived a socially isolated life due to their occupation, wandering mainly in forests, hills and mountains.^[23]

Social status

Main article: Dhangar Scheduled tribe issue

Some believe the Dhangar to be of the Kshatriya varna,^[24] a status reaffirmed, confirmed and declared in 1933 in the conference of Hindu Mahasabha which was held at Ajmer.^{[citation needed]} The Dhangar, as a Kshatriya caste, originally were unified with and dined and intermarried with the Rajputs and Marathas.^{[3][dubious – discuss]} However Ethoven notes that the Jativiveka (Examination of Castes) asserts that they are descended from a Shudra father and Mahisya women. Other sources classify the Dhangar simply as Shudra.^{[citation needed]}

For the affirmative action or the Reservation in India they are distributed into Advanced Class, Other Backward Class, Nomadic Tribe, Scheduled Tribe and Scheduled Caste throughout India.^{[citation needed]} In Maharashtra though they were classified as extremely backward since Independence in 1947, the Dhangar achieved reservation in 1990 after peaceful and non-violent agitation in 1989. The then-Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi told the State Government to immediately implement their Scheduled Tribe status but the Sharad Pawar led State government deprived the ST status and included them as Nomadic Tribe in 1990. The Creamy layer is excluded from reservations. In 2004, the then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in a rally at Pandharpur declared that if BJP lead NDA comes to power they would immediately confer the ST status. The All India Dhangar Association is still fighting to get the ST status.^{[citation needed]}

Dhangar community in Maharashtra has been agitating for the implementation of Scheduled Tribe status. According to them Dhangar and Dhangad is one and the same and Dhangar community is included in the state's list of Scheduled Tribes at Sr. no 36 Oraon, Dhangad. State of Maharashtra had twice recommended the Government of India to include the Dhangar community in the list of Scheduled Tribe. Even in 1989, the CAG report recommended the inclusion of Dhangar community in the list of Scheduled Tribe. However, the State of Maharashtra has not implemented the Scheduled Tribe status as according to them Dhangar and Dhangad are two distinct communities of Maharashtra.^{[citation needed]}

Culture

The Dhangar produce a type of poetry known as ovi, often inspired by the forests and pastures where they graze their flocks. The ovi are formed of couplets, and can include legendary tales such as those of their god Biruba. Also in honour of Biruba, they perform the Dhangari Gaja dance.^[25]

Religion

Dhangars worship various forms of god including Shiva, Vishnu, Parvati and Mahalaxmi as their kuldaivat. These forms include Khandoba, Beeralingeswara (Biroba), Mhasoba, Dhuloba (Dhuleshwar), Vithoba, Janai-Malai, Tulai, Yamai, Padubai, and Ambabai. They generally worship the temple of these gods that is nearest to their residence which becomes their kuladev and kuladevi. The god of Jejuri, a temple in Mahrashtra, is Khandoba (Shiva), the husband of Banai (from the Dhangar caste), and is popular amongst the Dhangars as it is their Kuladaivat.^[26] Khandoba (literally "swordsman's father") is the god of shepherd community and guardian deity of Deccan.^[27]

Subdivisions

Tribes

Further information: List of Dhangar clans in India

Initially there were twelve tribes of Dhangar and they had a division of labour amongst brothers of one family. This later formed three sub-divisions and one half division. These three being Hatkar (shepherds), Ahir (cowherds) or Mhaskar (Gujar buffalo keepers), and Khutekar (wool and blanket weavers)/Sangar. The half division is called Khateek or Khatik (butchers). All sub-castes fall in either of these divisions. All sub-divisions emerge from one stock and all sub-divisions claim to be a single group of Dhangars. Studies have revealed that they are genetically the closest.^[28][29] The number three and a half is not a random selection but has a religious and cosmological significance.^[30] Subsets of Dhangar, also shepherds, are known as Bharwad in Gujrat and Goa. Dhangars are also called as Gauli in Karnataka and Goa.^{[citation needed]}

All Dhangars of Western Maharashtra and Konkan / Marhatta country, like Holkars, can be termed Marathas, but all Marathas are not Dhangars.^[31][32][33]

Subcaste of Dhangars

Kuruba Dhangars

Famous Kuruba Dhangars

• Sangolli Rayanna(Kannada ಸಂಗೊಳ್ಳಿ ರಾಯಣ್ಣ )(B: 15-Aug-1798 – D: 26-Jan-1831) was a prominent freedom fighter from Karnataka, India. He fought the British till his death. He was the army chief of the Kingdom of Kittur ruled at the time by Rani Chennamma. Rayanna was born in the small village of Sangolli, he belonged to the Kuruba / Dhangar caste and hence a warrior. A film was made on his life and achievements.

They are found mainly in southern part of country. Karnataka, Andhara Pradesh, Kerela, Tamil Nadu,

• Mailara Mahadevappa, Freedom Fighter
• Kollur Mallappa, Freedom Fighter

EMPIRE

• Great Vijaynagar Empire (Kuruba Dhangar)

MILITERY

General Satyawant Mallannah Shrinagesh.(1903–1977) was the second Indian to become Chief of Army Staff.

TOLLYWOOD

• B.V. Radha - Veteran Character Actor in Kannada Movies.
• Duniya Vijay - Actor in Kannada Movies, Duniya Moview.

Gadderia Dhangars

They are found mainly in northern part of the country. U.P., M.P., Rajasthan, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand They are also referred to as Royal Dhangars. Rambabu Gadderia Dayaram Gadderia

Rebari Dhangars

they are found mainly in rajasthan,madhya pradesh, gujrat

Bharwad Dhangars

they are found mainly in rajasthan,madhya pradesh, gujrat

Bakerwal Dhangars

they are found mainly in jammu & kashmir, himachal, punjab

Pal Dhangars

they are found mainly in uttar pradesh, madhya pradesh, rajasthan, haryana, uttarakhand

Baghel Dhangars

they are found mainly in uttar pradesh, madhya pradesh, rajasthan, haryana,

Nekhar Dhangars

they are found mainly in uttar pradesh, madhya pradesh, rajasthan, haryana, uttarakhand

Gaddi Dhangars

they are found mainly in jammu & kashmir, himachal, punjab, uttarakhand

Oraon Dhangars

they are found mainly in bihar, bengal, sikkim, manipur, jharkhand

Clans in India

Further information: List of Dhangar clans in India

Enthoven in his observations listed 22 endogamous groups (sub-castes) and 108 exogamous groups (clans) of Dhangars,^[17] though other scholars state that this is not exhaustive.^[34]

Genetic studies

The widespread Palaeolithic mtDNA haplogroups and analysis of Y-DNA haplogroup in Dhangar clans highlight their Proto-Asian genetic ancestries. Dhangar heterogeneity is ascribable to predominantly South-Asian males and West-Eurasian females. Dhangar have a significant Pleistocene gene pool, corroborating their "Proto-Asian" origin.^[35] As per J. H. Hutton they are Proto-Australoid. Kashyap (2006) ^[36] designates 23 out of 54 Indian populations studied as Australoid, of which one speaks an Indo-European language (Dhangar of Maharashtra).

Notables

Further information: List of Dhangar

See also

• Oraon
• Ahir
• Gujjar
• Yadav caste
• Jats
• List of Scheduled Tribes in India#Maharashtra
• Reservation in India

References

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19. ^ As per R.C. Dhere, Shivaji was Hattikara-Dhangar. Yadav is Kul Gotra of Shepherds. Golla are Shepherds. Dhangars of Karnataka and Goa are also called as Gavali. In old Kannada lexicon Hattikara means Govali or Cowherd. Today the terms Hatkar and Dhangar are exclusively used for shepherd caste of Maharashtra. Holkars are also Hatkar-Dhangar. See R. C. Dhere, Shikar Shingnapurcha ShriShambhu Mahadeo, 2001, Pune, (Marathi), Pg. 276, 277, 288, 297, 307, 312, 338, 384, 221, 143, 127, 78, 67, 45, 2
20. ^ Bhartiya Sanskruti Kosh Vol 2, p. 128.
21. ^ The Asiatic journal and monthly register for British and foreign India, pg 355. Published in 1827.
22. ^ Nanded District Gazetteer.
23. ^ Kaka Kalelkar Commission Report, B D Deshmukh report, Edate report
24. ^ People of India - Page 801 by Kumar Suresh Singh, B. V. Bhanu, Anthropological Survey of India - Maharashtra (India) - 2004
25. ^ P.K. Mohanty (1 January 2006). Encyclopaedia Of Scheduled Tribes In India (5 Vols.). Gyan Publishing House. pp. 84–. ISBN 9788182050525. http://books.google.com/books?id=cGzQub7POOQC&pg=PA84. Retrieved 25 July 2011. 
26. ^ Mohamed Rahmatulla. Census of India Vol XXI, Hyderabad State, Part I Report. 1921, p. 244
27. ^ Richard I. Cashman. The myth of the Lokamanya: Tilak and mass politics in Maharashtra.^{[when?][who?]} pg 11
28. ^ K.C. Malhotra et al., ’Gene differentiation among the Dhangar caste cluster of Maharashtra. India’, Human Heredity, Vol. 28, pp. 23-26.
29. ^ Landscapes in Conflict: Flocks, Hero-stones, and Cult in early medieval Maharashtra. Ajay Dandekar
30. ^ G.D. Sontheimer, ’The Dhangars: a nomadic pastoral community in a developing agricultural environment’, G.D. Sontheimer and L.S. Leshnik, eds., Pastoralists and Nomads in South Asia, Wiesbaden, 1975, p. 140.
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33. ^ O'Hanlon, Rosalind (2002). Caste, Conflict and Ideology. Cambridge University Press. pp. 17–18. ISBN 9780521523080 Length 344 pages. http://books.google.com/books?id=5kMrsTj1NeYC&pg=PA17. 
34. ^ Ajay Dandekar, The Warlis and the Dhangars, The Context of the Commons.
35. ^ Molecular insight into the genesis of ranked caste populations of western India by Sonali Gaikwad and VK Kashyap
36. ^ Kashyap, VK and Guha, S. and Sitalaximi, T. and Bindu, G.H. and Hasnain, S.E. and Trivedi, R. (2006). "Genetic structure of Indian populations based on fifteen autosomal microsatellite loci". BMC Genetics 7: 28. doi:10.1186/1471-2156-7-28. PMC 1513393. PMID 16707019. http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1471-2156-7-28.pdf. 

External links

• Dhangar.org
• Pal-Baghel-Samaj.com
• Dhangar-Samaj.com
• Khatik Samaj Community
• Pastoral People Worldwide at Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
• Molecular insight into the genesis of ranked caste populations of western India by Sonali Gaikwad and VK Kashyap
• Gene differentiation among the Dhangar caste-cluster of Maharashtra, India at National Center for Biotechnology Information (USA)
• Matrimonial distance, inbreeding coefficient and population size: Dhangar data at National Center for Biotechnology Information (USA)
• The Warlis and the Dhangars at Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA)

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