Talk:Vanjari caste

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The view expressed in the 1961 edition of the Gazetteer of Maharashtra that Banjaras and Vanjaris are the two sub-tribes of a larger tribal community needs to be revised in the light of the available evidence. It is more realistic to treat Banjara and Vanjari as two different ethnic groups unrelated to each other. The description of the Banjara community in the reports of the British Government as exhibiting criminal tendencies is not applicable to the Vanjari community of Maharashtra which is mainly agriculturist community. Hence the two communities are treated as two separate groups.

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::A committee is formed under DC Wadhva who submitted a report in 1993.  (source-  http://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10973/13771)

In the conclusion the committee reported that Banjaras and vanjari are not in synonymous. (page number 83 see conclusion)

Finally we are talking about the community having a strong presence in Maharashtra. If we can have page upon small groups of people Vanjari community deserve a separate article.

And Vanjari Community also have very strong religious and political presence in Maharashtra.