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People of this cast have various surnames usually depending on which part of country they are from. They use 'Chauhan', 'Prasad', 'Mehto', 'Nuniya', 'Singh
Chauhan', 'Jamedar', 'Loniya', 'Beldar'. Women usually have 'Devi' in their surname if they don't use their husbands surname.
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895:Caste politics in India
1791:Social groups of Bihar
1213:Other Backward Classes
1063:Other Backward Classes
930:IIT reservation policy
819:Lloyd Rudolph (1967).
402:"A Lunia, salt-digger"
339:, former president of
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890:Caste system in India
878:Caste and reservation
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323:, fifth president of
299:Present circumstances
186:Related ethnic groups
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1074:Affirmative action
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522:Noniya, Chauhan. "
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