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Dhusia is a sub-caste of Chamars in India. They are also known as Ghusiya, Jhusia and Jatav. They mainly lives in Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi and Bihar. They are classified as a Scheduled Caste along with it's other subcastes.

Most of the Dhusia in Punjab and Haryana migrated from Pakistan after partition of India. In Punjab, they are mainly found in Ludhiana, Patiala, Amritsar and Jalandhar cities. They are inspired by B. R. Ambedkar to adopted the surnames like Rao, Dohrey, Lal and Jatav.

References

  1. "Lokniti" (PDF).
  2. "The Inhabitants". sultanpur.nic.in. Archived from the original on 30 March 2009.
  3. "Social Justice" (PDF).
  4. "List of Scheduled Castes in Uttar Pradesh", Misplaced Pages, 29 August 2019, retrieved 30 August 2019
  5. Verma, A. K. (December 2001). "UP: BJP's Caste Card". Economic and Political Weekly. 36 (48): 4452–4455. JSTOR 4411406.


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