Regar

The Regar (Raigar, Rehgar, Rehgarh[1]) are a caste found in the states of Gujarat and Rajasthan in India. They are known as regar in the Mewar region of Rajasthan.[2]

At the beginning of the 20th century, the British Raj administration imposed restrictions on the indigenous manufacturing of saltpetre which destroyed their livelihood.[3]

References
  1. India. Office of the Registrar General (1969). Census of India, 1961. p. 1070. Retrieved 22 June 2011.
  2. Debnath, Debashis (June 1995). "Hierarchies Within Hierarchy: Some Observations on Caste System in Rajasthan". Indian Anthropologist. 25 (1): 23–30. JSTOR 41919761.
  3. Srivastava, Kamal Shankar (1998). Origin and development of class and caste in India. Sangeeta Prakashan, 1998. pp. 180–190.
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