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Dominant Caste

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29th May, 2026

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28th May, 2026

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  • A middle or upper-middle ranking caste with a large population and newly acquired land ownership rights.
  • This combination makes these castes politically, economically and therefore socially dominant in the countryside in many regions of India.
  • Dominant castes replace the older castes which exercised dominance; unlike these earlier castes, these are not ‘twice born’ castes (i.e., not from the brahmin, kshatriya or vaishya varnas.