Mudiraju

Mudiraju or Mudiraj, earlier recorded as Mutracha, is a Telugu community from Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and also some portion of Tamil Nadu.[1][2][3][4] It is categorised among the Other Backward Classes by the Government of India.[5] They were once armed retainers in Telugu villages, and many were palaigars. They are a dominant community and claimed Kshatriya status. There are two divisions: Paligiri and Oruganti, and several intiperlu.[6] Like other backward class communities in the Andhra-Telangana region, community in recent years has been influenced by Hindutva ideology and have been more assertive against Dalits.[7]

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References
  1. Eveline Masilamani-Meyer, ed. (2004). Kattavarayan Katai. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. p. 19. ISBN 9783447047128. Among the Telugu castes that came to Tamilnadu were the Mutturajas or Mutrāchas.
  2. L. D. Sanghvi; V. Balakrishnan; Irawati Karmarkar Karve, eds. (1981). Biology of the People of Tamil Nadu. p. 21. Mutracha (MT) Mutracha is primarily a Telugu caste found in the southern districts of Andhra Pradesh. They were employed by the Vijayanagar kings to defend their frontiers when they entered Tamil Nadu and were honoured with the title of Paligar. They speak Telugu. In Tamil Nadu, they are more numerous in Tiruchirappalli than elsewhere
  3. Athreya, Venkatesh B.; Djurfeldt, Göran; Lindberg, Staffan, eds. (1990). Barriers broken: production relations and agrarian change in Tamil Nadu. Sage Publications. p. 25. ISBN 9780803996397. The Muthurajas are descendants of the soldiers which the poligars recruited in their homeland, the Telugu-speaking areas of contemporary Andhra Pradesh, north of Tamil Nadu. Like other castes originating from Andhra, they are bilingual, often speaking Telugu in family circles and Tamil outside the house
  4. K. M. Venkataramaiah, ed. (1996). A handbook of Tamil Nadu. p. 425. ISBN 9788185692203. Muthuracha: A Telugu caste found in some districts of Tamil Nadu, the Muthuracha (muthurācha) is also called Muttaraiyan. Some are talaiyāris or watchmen of villages. They seem to be a major sect in the coastal villages of Andhra Pradesh
  5. Central List of OBCs
  6. "The Castes and Tribes of Southern India". Nature. 84 (2134): 365–367. September 1910. doi:10.1038/084365a0. ISSN 0028-0836.
  7. Dhara, Tushar. "In Telangana, rising OBC-led anti-Dalit violence points to Hindutva's inroads in the state". The Caravan. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
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