Kirar Explained

Kirar is a Hindu caste of cultivators.^[1] They are categorized as an Other Backward Class (OBC) by the Government of India.^{[2] [3]}

Notable people

• Shivraj Singh Chouhan, former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh^[4]
• Thakur Malkhan Singh, former Uttar Pradesh Cabinet Minister^[5]

Notes and References

1. Book: Ganguly . Sumit . The State of India's Democracy . Diamond . Larry . Plattner . Marc F. . 2007-09-10 . JHU Press . 978-0-8018-8791-8 . 74 . en.
2. Web site: Ramaseshan . Radhika . 29 January 2018 . BJP's Rajput CMs call out Karni Sena . 2024-07-01 . . en . By now, the people of Madhya Pradesh know that Chouhan is from the Kirar backward caste and was a beneficiary of the BJP’s “social engineering” agenda that fostered backward-caste leaders like him, Kalyan Singh and Narendra Modi in the post-Mandal era..
3. Book: Jaffrelot, Christophe . Religion, Caste, and Politics in India . 2010 . Primus Books . 978-93-80607-04-7 . 263, 545 . en.
4. News: 25 October 2009 . I am proud to have taken birth in Kirar Samaj — CM Shri Chouhan . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120425114418/http://www.bharateseva.com/bharat/l_news_detail.asp?id=959 . 2012-04-25 . Bharat Seva.
5. Book: Brass . Paul R. . Paul Brass . Factional Politics in an Indian State: The Congress Party in Uttar Pradesh . 1965 . University of California Press . 265371 . 89 . registration . 21 December 2019.