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|image= File:Bhurs, supposed aboriginal, Oude.jpg<br />
|caste_name= Bhars<br />
|languages = • [[Hindi]] • [[Avadhi]] • [[Bhojpuri]]<br />
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[[Hinduism]]<br />
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The '''Bhar''' are a [[Caste system in India|caste]] in India.<br />
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==History==<br />
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Influenced by the [[Arya Samaj]] movement, as were members of other castes, Baijnath Prasad Adhyapak published ''Rajbhar Jati ka Itihas'' in 1940. This book attempted to prove that the Rajbhar were formerly rulers who were related to the ancient Bhar tribe.<ref>{{cite book |title=Fascinating Hindutva: Saffron Politics and Dalit Mobilisation |first=Badri |last=Narayan |year=209 |publisher=SAGE Publications |page=25 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8bJ_rhfu6yUC&pg=PA25 |isbn=978-8-17829-906-8}}</ref><br />
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==Present==<br />
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Community that is related to the Bhar by occupation in [[Uttar Pradesh]] is Rajbhar. It falls under other backward classes in Uttar Pradesh. There were proposals in 2013 that some or all of these communities in the state should be reclassified as [[Scheduled Castes]] under India's [[Reservation in India|system of positive discrimination]]; this would have involved declassifying them from the [[Other Backwards Class]] (OBC) category.{{sfnp|Shah|2013|ps=}} Whether or not this would happen was a significant issue in the campaign for the [[2014 Indian general election]].{{sfnp|Srivastava|2014|ps=}}<br />
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They are among 17 OBC communities that were again proposed for Scheduled Caste status by the [[Samajwadi Party]]-controlled [[Government of Uttar Pradesh]]. However, this proposal, which relates to [[votebank politics]], has been stayed by the courts; the prior attempt had been rejected by the [[Government of India]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Setback for Akhilesh government as High Court stays their order to include 17 sub-castes in the SC category |date=24 January 2017 |work=The Financial Express|url=http://www.financialexpress.com/elections/uttar-pradesh-assembly-elections-2017/setback-for-akhilesh-government-as-high-court-stays-their-order-to-include-17-sub-castes-in-the-sc-category/520325/ |accessdate=4 February 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=UP govt to include 17 other backward castes in SC list |date=22 December 2016 |agency=PTI |work=Hindustan Times |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/up-govt-to-include-17-other-backward-castes-in-sc-list/story-jQWfybFAcSJTnwj2k4NxqO.html |accessdate=4 February 2017}}</ref><br />
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In 2019, Yogi government of Uttar Pradesh again tried to include these 17 castes as scheduled caste but due to objection raised by Centre and Allahabad High Court, the proposal was stopped.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Ians|date=2019-09-16|title=Allahabad HC strikes down Yogi govt.'s move to shift 17 OBCs to SC list|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/hc-strikes-down-yogi-govts-move-to-shift-17-obcs-to-sc-list/article29433957.ece|access-date=2020-10-30|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Gondi people]]<br />
*[[Rajbhar]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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'''Bibliography'''<br />
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*{{citation |title=Political parties eye Lok Sabha polls, bank on boatmen to claim pole position |first=Pankaj |last=Shah |date=6 April 2013 |work=The Times of India |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Political-parties-eye-Lok-Sabha-polls-bank-on-boatmen-to-claim-pole-position/articleshow/19409283.cms |accessdate=14 April 2014}}<br />
*{{citation |title=BJP castes a wider UP net, uses Modi's background to attract OBC votes while seeking blessings by feeding Brahmins |first=Piyush |last=Srivastava |work=India Today |date=25 February 2014 |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/bjp-leads-in-the-caste-game-in-up-2014-lok-sabha-polls/1/345392.html |accessdate=14 April 2014}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{citation |title=The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland New Series, Vol. 5, No. 2 (1871), pp. 376-400 (33 pages)|volume = 5|issue = 2|pages = 376–400| work=M. A. Sherring and C. Horne, Published by: Cambridge University Press (year 1834) |jstor = 44012788|last1 = Sherring|first1 = M. A.|last2 = Horne|first2 = C.|year = 1871|publisher = Cambridge University Press, Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland}}<br />
*{{citation |title=Identity Crisis of the Rajbanshi Community in Dakshin Dinajpur after Independence: A Historical Appraisal|work=Govt Regd. English Quarterly Multi-disciplinary International Research Journal|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/308963112}}<br />
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