Yadav This article is about modern communities claiming descent from Yadu . For the ancient people, see Yadava . For other uses, see Yadav (disambiguation) . A group of Aheers, a major constituent of the Yadav group, from around Delhi, 1868. Yādav refers to a grouping of traditionally mainly non-elite, [1] [2] [3] [4] peasant - pastoral communities or castes in India and Nepal that since the 19th and 20th centuries [5] [6] has claimed descent from the mythological King Yadu as a part of a movement of social and political resurgence. [7] The term 'Yadav' now covers many traditional peasant-pastoral castes such as Ahirs of the Hindi belt and the Gavli of Maharashtra. [1] [8] The Yadav are included in the category Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in many Indian states. Traditionally, Yadav groups were linked to cattle raising and, as such, wer...
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