The All India Yadav Mahasabha is a
caste
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-based community organisation established on 17 April 1924 to serve a broad body of Indian social groups collectively known as the
Yadav
Yadav refers to a grouping of traditionally non-elite, 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 state ...
caste.
The educated elite among the Yadavs instigated the formation of the All-India Yadav Mahasabha (AIYM) in 1924 in
Allahabad
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,
British India
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. It immediately engaged itself in two issues, appealing to its members in all regions to add ''Yadav'' to their names and at the same time launching a major programme to effect social reform.
In the mid-20th century, the AIYM pressed the
Government of India
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to form a Yadav regiment in the
Indian Army
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, following the performance of some caste members in the
Sino-Indian War
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at
in
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on 18 November 1962.
See also
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Sankritisation
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The Divine Heritage of the Yadavas''
References
External links
* {{official website, http://yadavsmovement.in/
Indian caste movements
1924 establishments in India
Yadav family of Bihar
Yadav family of Uttar Pradesh
Yadava kingdoms