21 November 2007

About Jaiswal History and Jaiswal Community

Wikipedia has information about the Jaiswal community and part of that is pasted below,

Jaiswal is a community widely spread across different states of India, but known in different names. Ezhavas and Thiyyas of Kerala, Billavas and Edigas of karnataka, Nadars of Tamilnadu, Gouds and Goudas of Andhra Pradesh, Bhandaris of Maharastra are all off shoots of the Jaiswals.They were warriors involved in different professions such as liquor making, Ayurveda, Agriculture and so on..in olden days..But in modern times they are in every sphere of life as front runners.

In the south they are politically, educationally and economically strong and dominates all aspects of life. V.S. Achuthandan, the present Chief Minister of Kerala is from this community so is the CPM state secretary Pinarayi vijayan. Vijay Mallayya, Ramakrishna Khoday, Deva Gowda, K.Kamaraj(late) are some of the names need mention here..


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