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Chaukalshi is an ethnic community of Maharashtra and Goa.[1][2][3][4]
They are related to Panchkalshi community.[5][6][7][8] It is a local folk that they are one of the original tribes,[vague][contradictory] who migrated to Bombay in 13th century AD with King Bhimdev.[5] The community is widespread mostly across konkan region from Palghar district to Ratnagiri district in Maharashtra.
Post independence of India, there were some efforts for unification of Chaukalshi & Panchkalshi tribes and a foundation named Kshatriya Parishad was founded in 1949 for the purpose.[3]
References
[edit]- ↑ General, India Office of the Registrar (1966). Census of India, 1961: Maharashtra. Manager of Publications. pp. 14, 15, 16, 58. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
- ↑ Survey Report on Village: Maharashtra. Agarsure. 1989. p. 2. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
- 1 2 Kannan, Chirayil Thumbayil (1963). Intercaste and Inter-community Marriages in India. Allied Publishers. p. 50. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
- ↑ "The Gazette of India" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 July 2014.
- 1 2 The origin of Bombay By Joseph Gerson Da Cunha
- ↑ Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Kola'ba and Janjira, 1883
- ↑ Faces of Goa: a journey through the history and cultural revolution of Goa ... By Karin Larsen
- ↑ Bombay: the cities within