“Similar yet different — What Marathas of Maharashtra can learn from the Patidars of Gujarat”, Swarajyamag, February 26, 2024:
“The twentieth century in India was a period of not just the nationalist fervour to break free from colonialism, but also that of a social churn.
While nationalists took advantage of the spread of printing technology by starting newspapers, several caste groupings also started their periodicals.
There were two such periodicals — ‘Patidar Hitecchu’ and ‘Patel Bandhu’ — devoted to the cause of uplifting Patidars, a Gujarati-speaking dominant agrarian caste in the erstwhile Bombay Presidency….”
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