LoDHi
LODHI... is a Hindu community of Shudra (agriculturalists) found spread throughout India and Pakistan. The Lodhi are categorised as an OBC (Other Backward Class), but they claim Rajput ties and prefer to be known as "Lodhi-kshatriya". The caste ranks with, but slightly above other Shudra castes such at the Kurmi.
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The current distribution of Lodhis extends from Pakistan in the west to West Bengal in the east, Nepal in north, and Karnataka and Goa in South India.
They have 23 rajgharanas (thikans, "ruling families") in the Indian subcontinent; from west to east:
Teenkotla, in Sialkot District of present-day Pakistan
Lodra in Multan District of present-day Pakistan.
Ludrava , Jaisalmair Rajasthan, India.
Amarpatan, National Highway No.7, 50 km away from Maihar, MP, India.
Gahora, Chitrakut MP,[clarification needed] India[1]
Kerbana, Bateagarh, Damoh,MP, India.
Hindoria (Hata, Damoh) MP, India.
Madanpur Mahroni, (Lalitpur) UP, India.
Khaniyadhana Shivpuri district, Madhya Pradesh, India.
Mankhedi Seoni MP
Umaria MP
Kumhroda, Barman Narsinghpur MP
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AVANTI BAI, a Lodhi queen of RAMGARH who opposed the British in 1857......