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Yadavs, also known as Yadavas, Ahirs or Yaduvanshis, are a kshatriya Hindu caste in India and Nepal. Yadavas are the single largest community in India, estimated to be constituting more than 15% of the Indian population - in terms of sheer numbers this translates to 150 million people, prompting some people to state that Yadavas are not merely a community but a "nation" in themselves. Through numerous political parties, such as the Samajwadi Party, Rashtriya Janata Dal, Janata Dal (United), Janata Dal (Secular) and Tamil Makkal Desam (Tamil Nadu), this caste wields considerable political clout, especially in the governments of Uttar Pradesh, India's most populous state, Bihar,Madhya Pradesh (where the current Chief Minister, Mr. Babulal Gaur belongs to this community)and Karnataka (where the Deputy Chief Minister Siddaramaih is a Yadava).
Yadavs, in certain parts of India, are classified by the respective governments amongst Other Backward Classes, or OBCs. This classification, stems from their general economic and educational condition. The Yadavas are ancestrally linked to Krishna and several ruling families, such as the ancient kings of Prayag, the Yadavas of Devagiri, the Nandas, the Mauryas, Shivaji, the Wodeyars of Mysore and more recently that of Rao Tularam of Haryana, one of the leading lights of the First War of Independence (1857) in India.
Famous Yadavs
- Krishna
- Shivaji
- Mulayam Singh Yadav, UP politician
- Laloo Prasad Yadav, Bihar politician
- Anand Yadav, Marathi writer
- Rajendra Yadav, Hindi novelist
- Rao Tularam
- Yogendra Yadav
- Santosh Yadav
- Shivlal Yadav
- Raghuvir Yadav
- Rajpal Yadav
- Vina Yadav
- Leena Yadav
External Links
- Samajwadi Party (http://www.samajwadiparty.org/)
- Yadav History (http://www.gyan.org/yadavhist.html)
- Yadavas of Devagiri (http://www.nagpuronline.com/history/anchist7.html)
- Devagiri Kingdom (http://www.indhistory.com/tughluk-dynasty.html)
- Book: Yadavas Through the Ages--from ancient period to date (https://www.vedamsbooks.com/no6939.htm)
- Maratha History (http://india.coolatlanta.com/GreatPages/sudheer/book2/landmaratha.html)
- MARATHI: THE LANGUAGE AND ITS LINGUISTIC TRADITIONS (http://www.nd.edu/~milind/posts/marathi.html)
- Krishana (http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/encyclopedia/K/Kr/Krishna.htm)
- Dwaraka - A LOST CITY RECOVERED - (http://www.arianuova.org/arianuova.it/arianuova.it/Components/English/A12-Dwaraka.html)
- d w a r a k a (http://www.atributetohinduism.com/Dwaraka.htm)
- LEGEND OF DWARAKA (http://www.the-week.com/23june01/cover.htm)
- Death of the Aryan Invasion Theory (http://www.stephen-knapp.com/death_of_the_aryan_invasion_theory.htm)
- The Vedic Age (http://www.sulekha.com/expressions/column.asp?cid=305894)
- The Bible of Aryan Invasions (http://www.dalitstan.org/books/bibai/bibai3.html)
- Krishna (http://www.explore-religion.com/mythology/K/Krishna.html)
- A quick look at the ‘Aryan problem’ (http://www.geocities.com/somasushma/aryans1.html)
- Goa - Culture (http://goenkar.com/book/print/52)
- Vedic Discoveries (http://www.gosai.com/chaitanya/saranagati/html/vedic-upanisads/vedic-discoveries.html)
- The Eternal Teaching: Hinduism (http://www.hope.edu/academic/religion/reader/hinduism.html)
- Rewari Haryana (http://mahendragarh.8m.com/HISTORY.HTM)