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{{short description|A herding caste of Uttar Pradesh}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2018}}
The '''Gadaria''' or '''Gadariya''' (also known as '''Baghela''', '''Pal''',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://peoplegroupsindia.com/profiles/gadaria|title=Who are the Gadaria?|website=People Groups of India|access-date=February 8, 2020}}
</ref> '''Gadri''',<ref name="Census1921">{{cite book |title=Census of India, 1921: Rajputana and Ajmer-Merwara, Part III Administrative Volume |date=1921 |page=Appendix L, pg xxi |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.48748/}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> '''Gayri''',<ref name="Census1921" /> or '''Gaari'''<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last1=Mehta|first1=S. C.|last2=Vij|first2=P. K.|last3=Nivsarkar|first3=A. E.|last4=Sahai|first4=R.|date=1995|title=Sheep husbandry practices in Sonadi and Malpura breeding tract|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/264937469|journal=Indian Journal of Small Ruminants|volume=1|pages=1–7}}</ref>) is an ethnic group that was traditionally involved professionally in [[livestock breeding]], especially [[sheep]].<ref name=Sharma2003>{{Cite book|last1=Sharma|first1=V.P.|title=Pastoralism in India: A scoping study|last2=Köhler-Rollefson|first2=I|s2cid=67805358|publisher=Centre for Management in Agriculture, IIM (Indian Institute of Management)|year=2003|location=Ahmedabad}}</ref> The [[Gurjar]]s also have herds along with cattle and it is believed that over time the Gurjars who remained shepherds became a different caste named Gadaria.<ref name="rehmani">{{cite book|last1=editors|first1=B. K. Sharma, Seema Kulshreshtha, Asad R. Rahmani|title=Faunal heritage of Rajasthan, India general background and ecology of vertebrates|date=2011|publisher=Springer|isbn=9781461408000|page=218|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VU69BAAAQBAJ&pg=PA218|access-date=7 August 2016|language=en}}</ref> In [[Bihar]] they are called Gangajali, Bhedihar and Gaderi. They speak [[Hindi]] or local dialects. They are primarily found in [[Uttar Pradesh]] and in some parts of [[Punjab]], [[Rajasthan]], [[Madhya Pradesh]] and [[Bihar]].{{sfnp|Shashi|2011|p=29-30}}

==Etymology==
The word Gadaria is derived from the old [[Hindi]] word ''Gadar'', which means ''sheep''.<ref name="Ghurye">{{cite book|last1=Ghurye|first1=G.S.|title=Caste and race in India|date=2008|publisher=Popular Prakashan|location=Bombay|isbn=9788171542055|page=32|edition=5th|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nWkjsvf6_vsC&pg=PA32|access-date=7 August 2016|language=en}}</ref>
==History==
In the early 1910s, an educated class of Gadarias formed All India Pal Kshatriya Mahasabha. There were debates within the community whether to add Kshatriya suffix to the community name. In the 1930s, they started referring to themselves as "Pali Rajput", a synonym of Pal kshatriya.{{sfnp|Singh|2020|p=Caste organizations in the pre-Independence period/Sanskritization phase (Roughly the 1920s-1950s)}} They started caste magazines like "Pal kshatriya Samachar" and "Shepherd Times". Later the community went through the process of de-[[sanskritization]] and dropped the suffix Kshatriya. Among the reasons cited for de-sanskritization were losing autonomy of their caste identity and avoiding being submerged into the identity of high castes.{{sfnp|Singh|2020|p=Phase II (1956 onwards): De-sanskritization towards an alternative culture}}

==Sub-castes==
There are two major subdivisions amongst Gadarias, namely [[Dhangar]] and Nikhar. They share the same [[gotra]]s. Chauhan, Parihar, Sisodiya, Chandel, Mohania, Mourya, etc. are some of the gotras amongst them.{{sfnp|Shashi|2011|p=29}}

In [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[Uttarakhand]], [[Madhya Pradesh]], [[Chhattisgarh]] and [[Delhi]] they are classified as [[Other Backward Class]] in the [[Reservation in India|Indian System of Reservation]].<ref name="MP OBC">{{cite report |author=Central Commission for Backward Classes |date= 2020-10-20|title=Central List of OBCs Madhya Pradesh|url= http://ncbc.nic.in/User_Panel/GazetteResolution.aspx?Value=mPICjsL1aLuPAiTDwaBMRTkcitPtwFoYM%2FvPkOo88fWK%2Fs%2FLWkaxMKHeos%2Fc%2FKys|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201020030327/http://ncbc.nic.in/User_Panel/GazetteResolution.aspx?Value=mPICjsL1aLuPAiTDwaBMRTkcitPtwFoYM%2FvPkOo88fWK%2Fs%2FLWkaxMKHeos%2Fc%2FKys|archive-date= 20 October 2020}}</ref><ref name="Chhattisgarh OBC">{{cite report |author=Central Commission for Backward Classes |date= 2020-10-20|title=Central List of OBCs Chattisgarh|url= http://ncbc.nic.in/User_Panel/GazetteResolution.aspx?Value=mPICjsL1aLvU0s0yRV7aeb13aoM90cT9ioOuR4xIGRL%2FPpW8Y55aF3GqmP%2B6qk0h|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201020030536/http://ncbc.nic.in/User_Panel/GazetteResolution.aspx?Value=mPICjsL1aLvU0s0yRV7aeb13aoM90cT9ioOuR4xIGRL%2FPpW8Y55aF3GqmP%2B6qk0h|archive-date= 20 October 2020}}</ref><ref name="UP OBC">{{cite report |author=Central Commission for Backward Classes |date= 2020-10-20|title=Central List of OBCs Uttar Pradesh|url= http://www.ncbc.nic.in/User_Panel/GazetteResolution.aspx?Value=mPICjsL1aLvxbegUDuc3MN4eB5E3Ecc1drRPAf1qXQ%2Bl0IqIfhjN1xHrf4i2h5g0|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201020162131/http://www.ncbc.nic.in/User_Panel/GazetteResolution.aspx?Value=mPICjsL1aLvxbegUDuc3MN4eB5E3Ecc1drRPAf1qXQ%2Bl0IqIfhjN1xHrf4i2h5g0|archive-date= 20 October 2020}}</ref><ref name="UK OBC">{{cite report |author=Central Commission for Backward Classes |date= 2020-10-20|title=Central List of OBCs Uttarakhand|url= http://www.ncbc.nic.in/User_Panel/GazetteResolution.aspx?Value=mPICjsL1aLsuCb9GxzA3FUXPNZAkS8Kj%2BVqdHT8iuedaGzNgriEQksoNWttsla2n|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201020162328/http://www.ncbc.nic.in/User_Panel/GazetteResolution.aspx?Value=mPICjsL1aLsuCb9GxzA3FUXPNZAkS8Kj%2BVqdHT8iuedaGzNgriEQksoNWttsla2n|archive-date= 20 October 2020}}</ref><ref name="Delhi OBC">{{cite report |author=Central Commission for Backward Classes |date= 2020-10-20|title=Central List of OBCs Delhi|url= http://ncbc.nic.in/User_Panel/GazetteResolution.aspx?Value=mPICjsL1aLvYWWarIfsJpAU09izbLPYElcezG29yU0iGiE06dFe%2F6LJkoytsMWec|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201020030522/http://ncbc.nic.in/User_Panel/GazetteResolution.aspx?Value=mPICjsL1aLvYWWarIfsJpAU09izbLPYElcezG29yU0iGiE06dFe%2F6LJkoytsMWec|archive-date= 20 October 2020}}</ref>

==Religion==
They practice [[Hinduism]], worship family deities and various other deities including [[Rama|Ram]], [[Krishna]], [[Shiva]], [[Vishnu]], [[Hanuman]], [[Kali]], [[Chandi]] and [[Lakshmi]]. Some of them wear [[sacred thread]]. Majority of them are vegetarians, though some of them eat meat and drink alcohol.{{sfnp|Shashi|2011|p=32}}

==References==
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===Bibliography===

* {{cite book|last=Singh|first=Jagpal|author-link2=former Delhi University professor|year=2020|title=Caste, State and Society Degrees of Democracy in North India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vfn1DwAAQBAJ|publisher=Routledge India (Taylor & Francis Group)|isbn=9780429343063}}

* {{cite book|author-link=Shyam Singh Shashi
|first=Shyam Singh |last=Shashi |title=The Shepherds of India |url=http://ignca.gov.in/Asi_data/68789.pdf |year=2011 |publisher=Sundeep Prakashan, 1978 |asin=B003UD017Q}}

[[Category:Indian castes]]
[[Category:Social groups of Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Social groups of Rajasthan]]
[[Category:Social groups of Haryana]]
[[Category:Pastoralists]]
[[Category:Herding castes]]

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