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Bhadralok (bhôdrôlok,
literally 'gentleman', or 'well-mannered person') is
Bengali for the new
class of 'gentlefolk' who
arose during British rule in...
- the
three traditional higher castes of Bengal. In the
colonial era, the
Bhadraloks of
Bengal were primarily, but not exclusively,
drawn from
these three...
- in
society alongside Brahmins and Kayasthas. In the
colonial era, the
Bhadraloks were
drawn primarily, but not exclusively, from
these three upper castes...
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comprise the "upper
layer of
Hindu society".
During the
British Raj, the
Bhadraloks of
Bengal were
drawn primarily, but not exclusively, from
these three...
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opposed it.: 39 The English-educated
middle class of Bengal, the
Bengali Bhadraloks, saw this as a
vivisection of
their motherland as well as a
tactic to...
- Khatris,
Kashmiri Pandits, Parsis,
Nagar Brahmins of Gujarat,
Bengali Bhadraloks,
Chitpawans and
Chandraseniya Kayastha Prabhus (CKPs) of Maharashtra,...
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initiation from him.
While Kedarnath Datta was able to
influence many
bhadraloks towards the
Gaudiya Vaishnavism taught by Chaitanya, he felt in need of...
- India, the
Chitpavans and CKPs from Maharashtra;
Bengali Probasis and
Bhadraloks, the Parsis, as well as the
upper echelons of the
Indian Muslim and Indian...
- impressed upon them to stand up to the social authority of the high caste
bhadraloks, a
perceived common enemy, who were largely responsible for their poor...
- Bengal,
protested strongly. The
large Bengali-Hindu middle-class (the
Bhadralok),
upset at the
prospect of
Bengalis being outnumbered in the new Bengal...
