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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Linga Balija''' is a [[subcaste]] of the Indian [[Balija]] caste.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Social_Change_Among_Balijas/r-ffeWmj2JUC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Linga+Balija%22&pg=PA12&printsec=frontcover|title=Social Change Among Balijas|first1= A. Vijaya |last1=Kumari |first2=Sepuri |last2=Bhaskar|year=1998|page=12|isbn= 9788175330726 |publisher=MD Publications}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/42994/pg42994-images.html|title= Castes and Tribes of Southern India. Vol. 4 of 7|first= Edgar|last=Thurston|page=232}}</ref><br />
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In 2019, representatives of the [[Telangana]] state Veerashaiva Lingayat Federation petitioned the [[National Commission for Backward Classes]] to include Linga Balija and Veerashaiva Lingayat in the central government's list of [[Other Backward Class]]es. <br />
<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehansindia.com/news/cities/hyderabad/include-balija-caste-in-obc-list-demand-lingayats-545031|title=Include Balija caste in OBC list, demand Lingayats|website=The Hans India}}</ref> In 2022, Member of Parliament [[B. B. Patil]] met with the [[Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment]] [[Virendra Kumar Khatik]] to discuss the two subcaste's inclusion in the OBC list.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://telanganatoday.com/make-lingayat-balija-castes-part-of-obc-category-zaheerabad-mp|title=Make Lingayat, Balija castes part of OBC Category: Zaheerabad MP|website=Telangana Today}}</ref> <br />
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