Lodha
Lodha may refer to Hindu or Jain surname, caste, tribe or community which have different origin and class.
Disambiguation: Lodhia, a Kshatriya (Chandravanshi) surname used by people in India.[1]
- Lodha people, /Adivasi people living primarily in the Indian states of Rajasthan, West Bengal and Odisha.
- Lodhi, agriculturalist caste primarily found in Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh,[2] categorised as Other Backward Class and are Rajputs, preferably known as "Lodhi-Rajput",[3][4]
- Oswal, also known as Oswal Lodha, belongs to Jain religion.[5]
References
- "Pattni Connection". pattniconnection.com. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
- Sharma, Jagdish Saran (1981). Encyclopaedia Indica. Vol. 2. p. 737.
- Burger, Angela Sutherland (1969). Opposition in a Dominant-Party System. University of California Press. p. 27.
- Syed Siraj ul Hassan (1920). The Castes and Tribes of H.E.H. the Nizam's Dominions, Volume 1. Asian Educational Services. p. 400. ISBN 978-8-12060-488-9.
- Rajputana (1879). The Rajputana gazetteers. p. 249. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
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