Karan (caste)

The Karan or Karana (alternatively termed as "Poili") refers to a community belonging to the Shudra caste, which is a lower caste minority found in Odisha, India [1]. Historically they were responsible for Clerical services, record and book keeping services for the Royal Khandayat. After the annexation of Odisha by Britishers, They played the similar role in Odisha as that of the Kayasthas of West Bengal and Bihar and were given prominence after Brahmins in Odisha since then due to their loyality.[2] Traditionally they were the official record-keepers and responsible for providing clerical services in the royal courts of the Khandayats who were holding the Odia princely states historically (Orissa Tributary States).[3]

Karan
କରଣ
ClassificationKayastha
ReligionsHinduism
LanguagesOdia
Populated statesOdisha
SubdivisionsKaran, Karan Vaishnav
Related groupsKayastha, Shudra, Brahmin, Khandayat, Chasa
StatusForward caste

Social Status
Sri Naveen Patnaik Chief Minister of Odisha belongs to Karan caste

The Karanas are a forward caste of Odisha.[4] During the British colonial era, many Karanas used to be zamindars of Odisha.[5] In recent post-Independence era India, they have also played a dominant role in politics. Such is their prominence in politics that many members from the Karan community have been elected as the Chief Ministers of Odisha, hence they are also dubbed as the political caste of Odisha.[6]

Surnames

Prominent surnames of the Karan community include Patnaik, Mohanty, Das etc.[7][8]

Notable people

References
  1. Tagore, Sourindro Mohun. The Caste System of the Hindus. Printed at the Catholic orphan Press. p. 5.
  2. Rabindra Nath Pati (2008). Family Planning. APH Publishing. pp. 116–. ISBN 978-81-313-0352-8.
  3. Mohanty, Ramesh P.; Biswal, Durgesh Nandini (2007). Culture, Gender and Gender Discrimination: Caste Hindu and Tribal. Mittal Publications. p. 40. ISBN 978-81-8324-199-1.
  4. Aila-Leena Matthies; Kati Närhi (4 October 2016). The Ecosocial Transition of Societies: The contribution of social work and social policy. Taylor & Francis. pp. 110–. ISBN 978-1-317-03460-5.
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  6. Pramit Verma; Pardeep Singh (14 July 2020). Urban Ecology: Emerging Patterns and Social-Ecological Systems. Elsevier Science. pp. 83–. ISBN 978-0-12-820731-4.
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  8. Pattanaik, Devdutt (2018-02-18). "Devdutt Pattanaik: Descendants of Chitragupta". mid-day. Retrieved 2020-09-06.
  9. Pradhan, Ashok (2019-04-13). "Reign of Patnaiks: 40 years and counting". The Times of India. Retrieved 2020-09-06.
  10. "rediff.com: The evil that envelopes Orissa". Rediff.com. 2000-02-14. Retrieved 2020-09-06.
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