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'''Karadiya Rajput''' (sometimes spelled '''Karadia''')<ref name="Main">{{cite book|title=India's Communities|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g9MVAQAAMAAJ|year=1998|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-563354-2}}</ref> is an Indian [[Hindu]] [[Caste system in India|caste]] of the [[Rajput]] community.<ref>{{cite book|title=Gujarat|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IWrTs5yt1DkC&pg=PA1552|year=2003|publisher=Popular Prakashan|isbn=978-81-7991-106-8|pages=1552–}}</ref>

==Etymology==
The term ''Karadiya'' dates back to the [[Muslim invasion of India]]; those Rajputs who agreed to pay taxes (known colloquially as ''kar'') to Muslim rulers, obtained the title of ''Karadiya'' (''diya'' meaning ''give'' colloquially).<ref name="Main"/>

==Origin==
While having their origins in the regions of [[Malwa]], [[Ujjain]] and [[Rajasthan]],<ref name="Main"/> they are primarily found in the [[Saurashtra (region)|Saurashtra]], [[Kutch district|Kutch]] and other region of [[Gujarat]], India.<ref name="EPW">{{cite journal |last=Shah |first=G. |year=1987 |title= Middle Class Politics: Case of Anti-Reservation Agitations in Gujarat (AN 160) |journal=Economic and Political Weekly |volume=22 |issue=19/21 |pages=AN155 |jstor=4377019}}</ref>

==Culture==
One of their primary deities is [[Shiva]].<ref name="Main"/> The majority of the community is [[vegetarian]]; and inter-caste/class marriages are not encouraged.<ref name="Main"/> One of their traditional folk dances is the Hinch, also called the Gaagar Nritya.<ref name="Gagar">{{cite web |url=http://www.vikhepatil.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/PMR-Vol-12-Issue-1-Jan-June-2013.pdf#page=13 |title=List of dances |newspaper=Vikhepatil.org |date= |author= |accessdate= 12 September 2017}}</ref><ref name="Narayan2004">{{cite book|author=Shovana Narayan|title=Folk dance traditions of India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s8vfAAAAMAAJ|year=2004|publisher=Shubhi Publication}}</ref>

Jhala's 2010 review of studies on the community noted {{quote|Mori in 1999 studied on Karadia Rajput Gyatima Samajik Parivartan,[.] He found that the men wore chorno as a lower garment and kediyu as an upper garment. When they went out they wore a twisted turban. The turban differed from place to place. Men wore pachedi on the shoulder. On the feet they wore flowered studded shoes. The ladies wore red or black thepada which was unstitched, on the top they wore kapdu which was plain both sides and the chest portion was of red, black or green kinkhab fabric. The sleeves were of different colour with a red border. The middle class ladies wore colourful cotton cloths. They also wore odhani on the head. The young girls wore ghaghra, blouse and odhani. The elderly women wore baloya on the wrist and all the women were tattooed on their hands.<ref name="Univ">{{cite journal |url=http://etheses.saurashtrauniversity.edu/184/1/jhala_jr_thesis_hs.pdf |title= A Study of Dietary Pattern and Costumes of Selected Castes of the Kachchh District of Gujarat State|journal=Etheses.saurashtrauniversity.edu |date= |author= |accessdate= September 12, 2017}}</ref>}}

==Classification==
They are currently classified in the category of [[Other Backward Class]].<ref name="Indian Express">{{cite web |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/bic-picture-temple-rerun-tracing-bjps-ram-rath-yatra-25-years-later/ |title=Temple Rerun: Tracing Ram Rath Yatra, 25 years later |newspaper=Indianexpress.com |date= |author= |accessdate= 12 September 2017}}</ref><ref name="Gov List">{{cite web |url=https://sje.gujarat.gov.in/ddcw/showpage.aspx?contentid=1736&amp%3Blang=Gujarati&lang=English |title=List of Socially and Educationally Backward Classes of Gujarat State |website=sje.gujarat.gov.in |date= |author= |accessdate= 12 September 2017}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:Rajput clans of Gujarat]]

Karadiya Rajput - Revision history

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