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KAYASTH

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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 703 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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KAYASTH  , the writer

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caste of
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Northern
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India, especially numerous and influential in
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Bengal . In 1901 their
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total number in all India was more than two millions . Their claim to be Kshattriyas who have taken to clerical
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work is not admitted by the Brahmans . Under
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Mahommedan
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rule they learnt
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Persian, and filled many important offices . They are now eager students of
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English, and have supplied not only several
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judges to the high
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court but also the first
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Hindu to be a member of the
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governor-
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general's
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council . In Bombay their
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place is taken by the Prabhus, and in
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Assam by the Kalitas (Kolitas); in
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Southern India there is no distinct clerical caste .

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