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  2. Nadar (caste) - Wikipedia

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    Ethnic group Nadar Regions with significant populations Chennai, Kanyakumari, Kollam, Madurai, Thanjavur, Thiruvananthapuram, Thoothukudi, Tiruchendur, Tirunelveli, Virudhunagar Languages Tamil, Malayalam Religion Hinduism, Christianity, Ayyavazhi Related ethnic groups Tamil people Nadar (also referred to as Nadan, Shanar and Shanan) is a Tamil caste of India. Nadars are predominant in the ...

  3. Nadan (subcaste) - Wikipedia

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    In 1680, the first congregation of Nadars was started at Vadakkankulam with the conversion of a Nadar woman. The Nadar converts came neither from the lowest sections (Kalla Shanar) of the castes nor from the highest (Nadans), but from the middle subgroups and particularly the climbers. The converts were provided protection by the missionaries ...

  4. Other Backward Class - Wikipedia

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    The Other Backward Class (OBC) is a collective term used by the Government of India to classify castes that are educationally or socially backward. It is one of several official classifications of the population of India, along with general castes, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (SCs and STs). The OBCs were found to comprise 52% of the ...

  5. Caste system among South Asian Christians - Wikipedia

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    The caste system among South Asian Christians often reflects stratification by sect, location, and the caste of their predecessors. [1] There exists evidence to show that Christian individuals have mobility within their respective castes. [2] But, in some cases, social inertia caused by their old traditions and biases against other castes ...

  6. Cantar caste - Wikipedia

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    Cantar caste. Santar (also spelled Shandar or Sandar, they are also known as Shanar and Shandrar) is a Tamil caste found in Sri Lanka. They are traditionally occupied in Oil-pressing and cultivation. [1] [2]

  7. Channar revolt - Wikipedia

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    Reformation in Kerala. The Channar Lahala or Channar revolt, also called Maru Marakkal Samaram, [1] refers to the fight from 1813 to 1859 of Nadar climber women in Travancore kingdom of India for the right to wear upper-body clothes covering their breasts.

  8. Talk:Nadar (caste)/Archive 4 - Wikipedia

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    Hi,nadars never referred to as Kshatriya which is a fact.infact even the term nadar is of recent origin.The community was originally called Shanaar and and a certain subcaste among them who owned little bit of land were called nadan if i am not wrong and one thing is confusing how many caste will came descent from the pandyans.The thevar's claim descent from pandyan chera and chola kingdom ...

  9. Shiv Nadar - Wikipedia

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    Shiv Nadar (born 14 July 1945) is an Indian billionaire businessman and philanthropist. [2] He was the founder and chairman of HCL Technologies, and is chairman of the Shiv Nadar Foundation. Nadar founded HCL in the mid-1970s and transformed the IT hardware company into an IT enterprise over the next three decades. [3]