Yadav (other)
Yadav refers to a grouping of communities or castes in the Indian subcontinent. Yadav may also refer to: * Yadav (surname), modern Indian adopted surname * Yadav Wadi, a village in Ahmednagar district, Maharashtra, India * Yadava, ancient Indian peoples * Seuna (Yadava) dynasty (c. 1187–1317), an ancient Indian dynasty See also * * * Yaduvanshi (other) * Jadhav, an Indian surname * Yadu (legendary king) Yadu () is the founder of the Yadu dynasty in Hinduism. He is described to be the eldest son of King Yayati, and his queen, Devayani. He married five daughters of Nāga king. Legend According to a narrative found in the Mahabharata, and th ...

Yadav
Yadavs are a grouping of non-elite, peasant-pastoral Quote: "The Yadavs were traditionally a low-to-middle-ranking cluster of pastoral-peasant castes that have become a significant political force in Uttar Pradesh (and other northern states like Bihar) in the last thirty years." communities or Caste system in India, castes in India that since the 19th and 20th centuries Quote: "In a not dissimilar way the various cow-keeping castes of northern India were combining in 1931 to use the common term of Yadava for their various castes, Ahir, Goala, Gopa, etc., and to claim a Rajput origin of extremely doubtful authenticity." have claimed descent from the legendary king Yadu (legendary king), Yadu as a part of a movement of social and political resurgence. Quote: "The movement, which had a wide interregional spread, attempted to submerge regional names such as Goala, Ahir, Ahar, Gopa, etc., in favour of the generic term Yadava (Rao 1979). Hence a number of pastoralist castes were subs ...
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Yadav (surname)
This is a list of notable people using Yadav surname. Religion * Swami Ramdev, born Ram Krishna Yadav * Mahant Balaknath Freedom fighters * Rao Gopal Dev, general in the army of Rao Tula Ram during the Indian rebellion of 1857 * Mahendra Gop, freedom revolutionary * Chaudhary Brahm Prakash Yadav (1918–1993), Indian politician, first chief minister of Delhi, and freedom fighter Academicians * K. C. Yadav * Usha Yadav Civil servants and bureaucrats * Vinod Kumar Yadav, Former Chairperson of the Railway Board, First Chief Executive Officer, Railway Board, Indian Railways and the ex-officio Principal Secretary to the Government of India * Bhupendra Yadav, IPS, former DGP of Rajasthan Police, chairman, Rajasthan Public Service Commission * Gaurav Yadav, IPS, DGP of Punjab Police * Jagmohan Yadav, IPS, Former DGP of Uttar Pradesh Police * Manoj Yadava, IPS, DG/Chief of Railway Protection Force, former DGP of Haryana Police * Meera Yadav, IFS, 22nd Amb ...
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