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{{Short description|Caste-based organisation in India}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}
{{Infobox organisation
| name = All India Yadav Mahasabha
| image = Poornima jpg.jpg
| caption = AIYM Convection Meeting in Cuttack
| formation = {{Start date and age|1924|04|17|df=yes|p=yes|br=yes}}
| key_people = [[Uday Pratap Singh]] (President)<ref name=Yadavsite/><br />Satya Prakash Singh Yadav
| headquarters = [[Ghaziabad]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| affiliations =
| website = {{URL|https://www.yadavsmovement.in}}
}}

The '''All India Yadav Mahasabha''' is a [[caste system in India|caste]]-based community organisation established on 17 April 1924 to serve a broad body of Indian social groups collectively known as the [[Yadav]] caste.<ref name=Yadavsite>{{cite web|title=All India Yadav Mahasabha|url=https://www.yadavsmovement.in/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://yadunewsnation.in/heritage/12350/?fbclid=IwAR0mfdqpXBe_NCJg1-kOWwfIB3uXaNxkKl14g7V8J5kTUhKfyS4aK9p8o1c|title= 98th foundation day in Cuttack|accessdate=17 April 2022}}</ref>

The educated elite among the Yadavs instigated the formation of the All-India Yadav Mahasabha (AIYM) in 1924 in [[Allahabad]], [[British India]]. It immediately engaged itself in two issues, appealing to its members in all regions to add ''Yadav'' to their names and at the same time launching a major programme to effect social reform.{{citation needed|date=July 2013}}<ref>[http://www.cscsarchive.org/MediaArchive/audience.nsf/(docid)/0879F8EFAD3A0BE3652569410032A35C]{{dead link|date=July 2010}}</ref>

In the mid-20th century, the AIYM pressed the [[Government of India]] to form a Yadav regiment in the [[Indian Army]],<ref>{{cite web|title=देश के सबसे साहसिक युद्ध रेजांग ला के शहीदों की याद में बने अहीर रेजिमेंट|date=7 April 2019|url=https://hindi.theprint.in/opinion/ahir-regiment-would-be-the-memory-of-the-rezang-la-martyrs-which-announced-by-akhilesh/54495/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Indian Army - भारतीय सेना में अहीर रेजिमेंट गठन की उठी मांग|date=25 January 2021|url=https://www.patrika.com/bagru-1/demand-for-formation-of-ahir-regiment-6650921/}}</ref> following the performance of some caste members in the [[1962 Sino-Indian War|Sino-Indian War]] at [[Rezang La]] in [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]] on 18 November 1962.<ref>{{cite book |title=Society in India |volume=2 |first=David Goodman |last=Mandelbaum |authorlink=David Goodman Mandelbaum |publisher=University of California Press |location=Berkeley |year=1970 |isbn=978-0-520-01623-1 |page=444 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=igfd9YYCqf8C}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jagran.com/haryana/mewat-campaign-to-make-ahir-regiment-will-start-from-rejangla-shaurya-diwas-22044704.html|title=अहीर रेजिमेंट के लिए रेजांगला शौर्य दिवस से चलेगी मुहिम|accessdate=22 September 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/HAR-OTH-MAT-latest-ateli-news-020503-2880485-NOR.html/|title=अहीर रेजिमेंट हमारा हक है, हम लेकर रहेंगे : नवीन|accessdate=10 September 2016}}</ref>

== See also ==
* {{slink|Yadav|All-India Yadav Mahasabha}}
*[[Sankritisation]]
*''[[The Divine Heritage of the Yadavas]]''

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
* {{cite book|last=Rao|first=M. S. A.|author-link1=M. S. A. Rao|year=1979|title= Social movements and social transformation: a study of two backward classes movements in India |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tZAiAAAAMAAJ |location=Delhi |publisher=Macmillan |isbn=9780333902554}} [https://archive.org/details/socialmovementss0000raom Alt URL]

== External links ==
* {{official website|https://yadavsmovement.in/}}

[[Category:Indian caste movements]]
[[Category:1924 establishments in India]]
[[Category:Ahir]]

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FredrickGreig at 10:26, 10 December 2025