All-India Yadav Mahasabha
The All India Yadav Mahasabha is a caste association established in 1924 for serving a broad body of Indian social groups mainly composed of Nandvanshi, Gwalvanshi and Yaduvanshi castes collectively known as the Yadav caste.
The emergence of an English-educated elite among the Yadavs led to the formation of the All-India Yadav Mahasabha in 1924 in Allahabad. The AIYM immediately engaged itself in two issues. It appealed to its castemen in all regions to add "Yadav" to their names and at the same time launched on a major programme of social reform. The regional organisation of the Gollas of Hyderabad, the Hyderabad Rashtra Yadav Mahajana Samajam, for example, appealed to the Census Commission that their caste names of Golla, Gowli, Gollawar and Ahir be changed to Yadava.
In the mid-20th century the Mahasabha pressed Indian government for the formation of Yadav regiment in Indian Army after they showed their performance in the 1962 Indo-China war.[1][2][3]
See also
- The Divine Heritage of the Yadavas, written in 1924, published in 1959 in Allahabad
- '( Yadav Abhir Kuldipika) (language- Urdu)'written in 1900 by Rao Man Singh, republished in 1985 in Delhi.
- '{ Yaduvansh ka Itihas}(Hindi)-written by Dr Rajbali Pandey, published in Banarus.
- {Yadav Itihas}-(Hindi)- written by Swami Sudhanand Yogi, published in 1988.
- {Yadav Through the Ages} - written by Dr J.N. Singh. Published in 1990
References
- ↑ Dipankar Gupta (1 October 2004). Caste in question: identity or hierarchy?. Sage Publications. pp. 15–. ISBN 978-0-7619-3324-3. Retrieved 28 March 2011.
- ↑ G.S. Ghurye (2008). Caste and race in India. Popular Prakashan. pp. 450–. ISBN 978-81-7154-205-5. Retrieved 28 March 2011.
- ↑ Christophe Jaffrelot (2003). India's silent revolution: the rise of the lower castes in North India. Permanent Black. pp. 235–. ISBN 978-81-7824-080-0. Retrieved 28 March 2011.