Ramoshi Explained

The Ramoshi (alternately Berad or Bedar)^[1] are an Indian Adivasi community found largely in Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, and Karnataka.^[2] They are classified as a Scheduled Tribe^[3] by the government of India.

History

The Ramoshi in Maharashtra were earlier known as Vedan.^[4]

They were then classified as a criminal tribe under the Criminal Tribes Acts of the Raj.^[5]

Culture

They belong to the Hindu section while some are Vaishanavas.^[6]

Further reading

• Precolonial India in Practice, Cynthia Talbot, Oxford University Press, 2001,

External links

• Caste & Class Articulation of Andhra Pradesh

Notes and References

1. Book: Sarkar, Jadunath . History Of Aurangzib, vol.5 . 1952 . . Ch. 56, Page: 173: Berads, a race of aboriginal Kanarese, also called Dheds, and regarded as one of the lowest in the scale of Hindu castes. They are a virile and hardy people, not much advanced from savagery, but at the same time not toned down like the over-refined upper castes of Hindu society. They eat mutton, beef, pork, domestic fowls, etc. . en.
2. Book: Sarkar, jadunath. History Of Aurangzib, vol.5. 1952. CH.56 Page 173.
3. List of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. 3.
4. Web site: Criminal Tribes of India . Dr. K. Jamanadas . Ambedkar.org . 2015-12-10.
5. Book: Bates, Crispin. Robb. Peter. The Concept of Race in South Asia. 2011-12-01. 1995. Oxford University Press. Delhi. 978-0-19-563767-0. 227. Race, Caste and Tribe in Central India: the early origins of Indian anthropometry .
6. People of India: Maharashtra, Volume 3, Kumar Suresh Singh, B. V. Bhanu, Anthropological Survey of India 2004,