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KUNBIS , the See also: great agricultural caste of Western See also: India, corresponding to the Kurmis in the See also: north and the Kapus in the See also: Telugu country
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Ethnically they cannot be distinguished from the See also: Mahrattas, though the latter name is sometimes confined to the class who claim higher See also: rank as representing the descendants of See also: Sivaji's soldiers
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In some districts of the Deccan they See also: form an actual majority of the population, which is not the See also: case with any other See also: Indian caste
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In 19or the See also: total number of both Kunbis and Mahrattas in all India was returned at nearly 8i millions
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