Marwadi-Darzi: Deccan
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[edit] Marwadi-Darzi
This article is an extract from THE CASTES AND TRIBES OF H. E. H. THE NIZAM'S DOMINIONS BY SYED SIRAJ UL HASSAN Of Merton College, Oxford, Trinity College, Dublin, and Middle Temple, London. One of the Judges of H. E. H. the Nizam's High Court of Judicature : Lately Director of Public Instruction. BOMBAY THE TlMES PRESS 1920 Indpaedia is an archive. It neither agrees nor disagrees |
Marwadi Darzis are mostly found in places where the Marwadi mahajans have settled. Their number is very small. They are divided into two sub-castes. (1) Pipa or Maru Darzi, (2) Namdeo Darzi. These two classes eat together but do not intermarry. The Pipa Darzis trace their descent from Pippaji, a Rajput, who is said to have adopted the profession of a Darzi. The Namdeo Darzis are the followers of Namdeo, who lived in the time of Aurangzebe. They also allege that they were formerly Rajputs (Kshatriyas) but adopted their present profession after having escaped the extirpation of the Kshatriyas by Parashuram. In their customs they differ little from the Marwadi Sonars.
