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=Marwadi (Bania)=
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THE CASTES AND TRIBES <br/>

OF <br/>

H. E. H. THE NIZAM'S DOMINIONS <br/>

BY <br/>

SYED SIRAJ UL HASSAN <br/>

Of Merton College, Oxford, Trinity College, Dublin, and <br/>

Middle Temple, London. <br/>

One of the Judges of H. E. H. the Nizam's High Court <br/>

of Judicature : Lately Director of Public Instruction. <br/>

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Marwadi Bania, Mahajan, Sahukar — a ferm denoting the com- 
mercial classes that came from Marwar and settled in these dominions. 
They are found all over the country, but chiefly abound in the icities 
of Hyderabad, Aurangabad, Jalna, Parbhani, Nander, Gulbarga and 
other centres of commercial activity. Among native traders they 
occupy a pre-eminent rank, being mill-owners, bankers, brokers, 
money-lenders, grain and cloth dealers and shopkeepers. The majori- 
ty of these settlers keep in communication with their native land, 
visiting it from time to time, and many return home in old age to 
pass the remainder of their days in peace. They^ are fine looking, 
tall, strongly built men with affable manoers and industrious habits. 
Their thrift and love of money is proverbial. 

==Internal Structure==
The Marwadi Banias include (1) Mesri 
or Mahesri, (2) Agarwal, (3) Oswal, (4) Porwal, (5) Shrawak and 
several other sub-castes.