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Kalwar (caste)

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on manufacture and sale of liquor accelerated this process, and by the early 20th century, most Kalals had abandoned their traditional occupation. By this time, they had started claiming
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rule, the Kalals took up a variety of occupations, including trade, agriculture, army service (especially the Ahluwalias), government service, and law.
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Because their hereditary occupation of distilling and selling liquor was considered degrading, the Kalals held a very low status in the traditional
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Kalals also adopted Ahluwalia as the name of their caste, and started giving up their traditional occupation. The regulations imposed by the
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and other parts of north and central India. The caste is traditionally associated with the distillation and selling of
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Before the advent of the British rule, the Muslim Kalals also attempted to raise their social status by adopting the
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Portrait of a Lahore distiller and vendor of liquor (Kalwar, Kullal, Kalal, or Kalar), ca.1862–72
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after the name of his native village, and established the ruling dynasty of the
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rose to political power in the 18th century. Jassa Singh styled himself as
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in the 1840s, further raised their status by claiming to be high-caste
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Locality, Province and Nation: Essays on Indian Politics 1870 to 1940
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Index

Kalal
Kallar (caste)

Indian caste
Uttar Pradesh
Rajasthan
Punjab
Haryana
Jammu & Kashmir
liquor
Sanskritisation
caste
South Asia
Jassa Singh
Ahluwalia
Kapurthala State
Sikh
colonial British administration
Khatri
Rajput
Kakezai
Pashtun
Kakezais
Hoshiarpur
Jalandhar Doab
Shaikhs
Allahabad
Kshatriya
British

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