Saturday, 24 September 2016

Kapu history

Kapu alludes to a social gathering of agriculturists discovered basically in the southern Indian conditions of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana (the Telugu-talking states). Kapus are essentially an agrarian group, framing a heterogeneous laborer rank. The subcastes of Kapu incorporate Telaga, Balija, Ontari, Munnuru Kapu, Turpu Kapu and so forth.

The Kapu people group in the Telugu states is transcendently moved in the beach front locale, North Telangana and Rayalaseema areas. They are likewise found in substantial numbers in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Orissa and some other Indian states, and in addition in Sri Lanka.

Historical background

Kāpu truly implies cultivator or agriculturist in Telugu. Different subgroups of kapus fan out into partitioned groups in the post-Kakatiya period (Velamas, Panta Kapus and Pakanati Kapus—both of whom got named Reddys, and Kapus of Kammanadu—in the long run marked Kammas). The rest of the kapus keep on using the first mark. All the cultivator position bunches have a typical family line in the legends. As per Cynthia Talbot, the change of word related ways of life as position names happened in the late Vijayanagara period (seventeenth century) or later.

Status

The Kapu are thought to be a Shudra people group in the customary Hindu custom positioning framework known as varna.

The Kapu have been portrayed by Srinivasulu as a "prevailing laborer position in waterfront Andhra", with the Telaga recorded as "a retrogressive worker rank" and the Baliji as a worker standing who hold Lingayat convictions. Srinisavulu has investigated the 1921 enumeration of India to bring about arrangement with the present-day state and grouping framework, from which he infers that Kapus (counting Reddys) added up to around 17 percent of the state's then populace and were viewed as a Forward position, while the Balija and Telaga were viewed as Backward standings, involving 3 percent and 5 percent of the 1921 populace, individually.

Kapus are viewed as a Forward position in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, alongside Balijas and Telagas. In mid 2016, the Kapus of the current Andhra Pradesh state dispatched a tumult requesting the status of Other Backward Class, prompting rough dissents. The Indian National Congress party and the YSR Congress party have upheld their interest. The decision Telugu Desam Party is said to be against the interest.

A portion of the subcastes of Kapus, for example, the Munnuru Kapus, Turpu Kapus, Vada Balijas and so forth are as of now included among the Other Backward Classes list, meeting all requirements for positive separation.

Srinivasulu takes note of that the Reddys and Kammas are the politically overwhelming groups of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, and that the Kapus are among a gathering with lesser yet at the same time noteworthy impact, regardless of their little populace. They are especially compelling in the locale of East Godavari and West Godavari, in spite of the fact that Srinivasulu takes note of that "The Kapus of the waterfront areas are particular from the Munnur Kapus of Telangana. While the previous are genuinely prosperous, the political development of the last mentioned, who are a piece of the OBC classification, is a late marvel.

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