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The '''Bagdis''' are [[Indigenous peoples|indigenous people]] descended from people with [[Dravidian peoples|Dravidian]] links found in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]] and [[Bangladesh]]. The Bagdis are populous in [[Bankura district|Bankura]], [[Birbhum district|Birbhum]] and other districts in the western fringe of West Bengal. They speak [[Bengali language|Bengali]].<ref name=banglapedia>{{cite book |last=Rahman |first=S M Mahfuzur |year=2012 |chapter=Bagdi |chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Bagdi |editor1-last=Islam |editor1-first=Sirajul |editor1-link=Sirajul Islam |editor2-last=Jamal |editor2-first=Ahmed A |title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |edition=Second |publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]]}}</ref> They are also known as Barga Kshatriya or Bargakshatriya.<ref>{{cite web | url =https://www.news18.com/news/india/rebellion-of-bauris-and-bagdis-why-cm-mamata-is-reaching-out-to-bengal-tribals-with-flurry-of-welfare-schemes-3049937.html | title = News18 report on West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee's press conference on 4th November 2020}}</ref><br />
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The Bagdis numbered 2,740,385 in West Bengal in the 2001 Indian census and were 14.9 per cent of the [[Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes|scheduled caste]] population of West Bengal. 47.7 per cent of the Bagdis were literate – 60.4 per cent males and 34.8 per cent females were literate.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://censusindia.gov.in/Tables_Published/SCST/dh_sc_westbengal.pdf| title = West Bengal, Census of India 2001, Data Highlights – The Scheduled Castes| access-date = 2009-06-28 | publisher = Office of the Registrar General, India }}</ref><br />
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The Bagdis were one of the most prominent warrior clans in old India. During the British rule in India, many bands of Bagdis were involved in criminal activities and as a result, they were declared as criminal tribes by the British.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.boloji.com/analysis/011.htm| title = Robbery| access-date = 2009-06-29| publisher = boloji| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101213053514/http://boloji.com/analysis/011.htm| archive-date = 13 December 2010| url-status = dead}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Adi Malla|Bagdi Raja]]<br />
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