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Namasudra (Bengali: নমঃশূদ্র),
earlier known as Chandal, is an
Avarna Bengali Hindu community originating from
eastern and
central Bengal. The term Chandal...
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though castes known as such are not
practically present outside Bengal (
Namasudras).
During his
travel across India in the 4th–5th
centuries CE, Chinese...
- Jhalo-Malo Kaibartta,
Jaliya Lalbegi Mahara Mehtar,
Bhangi Muchi,
Rishi Namasudra Patni Sutradhar/সূত্ৰধৰ/
Bantar Bauri Bhogta B****ya
Bhumij Chamar, Mochi...
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Bangladesh and in West Bengal, India. The
Matua movement originated among the
Namasudras, an
avarna (outcaste)
community of
Bengali Hindus,
founded by the followers...
- C. S. Mead in a
campaign to have the
Chandala people recategorised as
Namasudra. He
established number of
schools in his
locality for the
education of...
- This
article contains a list of
notable people from the
Namasudra caste,
organized by profession, field, or focus.
Harichand Thakur,
founder of Matua...
- the
Matua section achieved a
major organizational push and
started the
Namasudra protest movement (also
known as the
Matua Movement or
Namashudra Movement)...
- The
surname is
found among the
Bengali Hindus like
Bengali Kayastha,
Namasudra, Bagdi, Tili,
Suvarna Baniks,
karna kayasthas of Bihar,Baidyas, and others...
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barrister from the
Namasudra community. In 1933, he
married Binapani Devi Thakur.
Thakur was a
prominent member of the
Namasudra community,
whose great-grandfather...
- "Pushed
towards the partition:
Jogendranath Mandal and the
Constrained Namasudra Movement", in
Hiroyuki Kotani (ed.),
Caste System, Untouchability, and...
