Talk:Kunbi

Changes in Jhare Kunbi

Hello,

I would appreciate the person who have rights to make changes in the article, please update the information about Jhare / Zade (preferredly referred as Zade) kunbis. I have already provided information in my changes request.

Also, would appreciate, if they have seperate sections for Bowne or Bawane kunbi's.

Thanks, Sandeep — Preceding unsigned comment added by Msandeep25 (talk • contribs) 07:40, 30 August 2018 (UTC)

Hello Msandeep25, please see my answers in the other sections. ThanksAcharya63 (talk) 05:28, 31 August 2018 (UTC)

Please Make Changes to Jhare / Zade Kunbi Section

Hello Mr. Acharya63

Being a learned member of community, i have identified the anomalies and misinformation in "Jhare" kunbi sections. I would request you to make the necessary changes as per the information provided below.

here are fundamental misinformation in the section of jhare or jhade or Zade kunbis in the article. I would like to highlight few of them.

1. "Jhare/Jhade/Zade" and "Bowne" are different communities or sub-castes in the Kunbi's. Jhade/Zade kunbi's are prominently home in the districts or Bhandara, Gondia and Northern parts of Chandrapur & Gadhchiroli and eastern parts of Nagpur Districts. Although, for work and professional reasons you can find them in good amount in almost all districts of Vidarbha reagion and adjoining districts of present chattisgarh.

2. They are called Jhade not because "they comes from jhadi (forest). This is a blatant lie and ignorance on part on the writer. They are called Jhade/Zade because they belong to the parts of Vidharbha which gets maximum rainfall during rainy season. "Jhadi" means intermittent rainfall, which this region normally gets during monsoon. Older generations often talks about more than fortnights "jhadi" (Rains) during monsoon. Thats the reason this region is rice bowl of Maharashtra as they grows "Paddy" (dhaan/rice) due to ample rainfall during monsoon rains as against scanty rainfall in other districts of Vidarbha.

3. They are not "Gond" people. Gond people inhibits the district of Gadhchiroli in Maharashtra and Bastar in chattisgarh. Gondi people are the tribals who lived deep in the forests and dependents on forest produce for their livelihood.

While kunbis cleared the forest lands into Agricultural lands and tilled them for growing rice as a staple produce during Monsoon season i.e. kharif season and Pulses like tur(lentil), chana(groundnuts), moong(lentil), til(linseed), and grains like wheat and jowar during rabbi or winter season.

Like all kunbi's they are the people who migrated as men from Maratha Armed Forces from places like Kolhapur, Satara, Pune, Ahmednagar etc. during expansion of Maratha empire to eastern parts of India. Along the way they inhibited the area, cleared the Forests into agricultural fields, utilize their farming skills and settled in this part of vidarbha.

4. The typical surnames mentioned herein the article are Bowne's who are prominent in district of Amrawati and Nagpur primiraly. The common surnames of "Jhade" Kunbi's are Kathane, Shivankar, Munishwar, Shende, Kore, Pathode, Bhramhankar, Doye, Hatthimare etc.

5. Jhade Kunbi's are decently educated as compared to other kunbi's, even druing 1970's most of men and woman studied upto matriculation atleast. Despite a large number of Graduates and Post graduates in the community, they preferred to stay back at their villages and were primiraly engaged with Agriculture and Agro based industies till around mid 1990s, when the changing economic scenario made then seek more lucrative opportunities into new age industries of IT, Banking, Manufacturing etc.

5. The fact that they prefer to marry in relation i.e maternal uncles is correct. So is the preferred ages are mentioned.

6. The Jhade Kunbi dominated areas were always considered progressive as their forefather generations had the foresight and had ensured access to education - primary and higher, primary health, infrastructure like Rail, Roads, electricity, cottage industries, etc available since early times of Independent India. Highly politically aware people who dominated the cooperative sector at its peak.

I would suggest you to make different section for Bowne/Bawane Kunbi, Khedule Kunbis too. I am sure people from this sub-community will contribute to the sections — Preceding unsigned comment added by Msandeep25 (talk • contribs) 07:47, 30 August 2018 (UTC)

HiMsandeep25, since the current content on the page has citations, please can you provide some books /journals etc. that has information that you have stated? As per the rules of wikipedia, we editors are not allowed to make any changes unless the information has a source(books etc). You have not provided any source for the statements above. Please read WP:RS so you can identify reliable sources. Thank u so much.Acharya63 (talk) 08:02, 30 August 2018 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 23 February 2026

Lonari

Main article: Lonari The Lonari Kunbis are regarded as one of the established cultivating communities in Maharashtra.[77] The Lonari are presently located in the eastern part of the Vidharbha region and in the adjoining districts of Madhya Pradesh.[44] The name of the community comes from Lonar lake in the Mehkar-Chikhli taluka of the Buldhana district, where their original occupation was salt-making. They migrated from the Lonar lake region and eventually arrived in present-day Maharashtra. The oral history of the community contains an elaborate story of their migration. According to tradition, the community migrated to Aurgangabad from their original place of origin in the Lucknow district of Uttar Pradesh, then to Buldana and finally to their current locations in the Amravati and Betul districts of Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh, respectively. In the two tehsils of Multai and Warud in Madhya Pradesh and Maharashra, respectively, the Lonari Kunbi are also known as Deshmukhs and Kumbhares.The common surnames among Lonari Kunbi are Thakre(Patil), Kadu(Deshmukh), Lokhande, Makode(Deshmukh), Gawande(Patil), Mahalle(Deshmukh), Kumbhare(Deshmukh), Gayakwad(Patil), Baraskar, Sable (Patil)[44] The Lonari now rely on the gram panchayats under the state government as changes in the sociopolitical landscape have diminished the influence of the traditional caste council.[77] Monogamy and adult marriages are the norm, but marriages among identical surnames (referred to as hargote) is not allowed. According to the Lonari Kunbi community, they do not engage in the practice of dowry[78] The Lonari Kunbis follow the joint family system, but restrictions on land-owning for agriculture under the Land Revenue Act and the improved educational status of newer generations has caused nuclear families to form.[79] A large number of community members depend on revenue from agriculture, either by cultivating their own lands or working as agricultural labour.[77] The Lonari Kunbi community has made much progress since the 1950s, but problem of poverty is still prevalent and economic instability is still a concern to community members.[80] TANMAY MAKODE (talk) 18:10, 23 February 2026 (UTC)

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want made. Please detail the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Day Creature (talk) 19:03, 23 February 2026 (UTC)