The Dalera, sometimes pronounced as Dalere, is a Hindu caste found in North India.People of India Uttar Pradesh Volume XLII Part One edited by A Hasan & J C Das pages 407 to 411 Manohar Publications They claim lineage from union between a Gurjar male and Kahar female."Their own tradition is that they spring from an alliance between a Gujar on the male side and a woman of the Dhimar caste" in Nevill, H. R. (1911). Bareilly: A Gazetteer, being Volume XIII of the District Gazetteers of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh (p. 198). Allahabad: Government Press.
Occupation The primary occupation of the caste was according to the 1901 Census of India was BasketmakingCensus of India Volume 16, Issue 1, 1901. (1902). India: Printed at the Government central Press. p231 and day-labouringHaikerwala, B.S. Economic And Social Aspect of Crime in India. George Allen And Unwin Limited. p.151
Geographical Location They are found almost entirely in Bareilly District(Census of India 1901 Volume XVI, Issue I. p.231)
Social Status There social positioning in the Hindu caste system is generally considered lowBlunt, E. (2010). The Caste System of Northern India. Isha Books. p.159
Government Status The Dalera were classified as a Criminal Tribe under the Criminal Tribes Act in a case titled "Queen-Empress vs Hori on 27 May, 1899" it was declared that the accused named Hori could not be sent to a reformatory school as he was from a tribe declared ineligible to be done so under "Rule 4 of the rules made by the Local Government and published at pages 167, 168 of the North-Western Provinces and Oudh Government Gazette, Part VI, 3rd July 1897"Queen-Empress v. Hori, (1899). Indian Law Reports, Allahabad Series, 21, 391. The Dalera themselves are neither Scheduled Tribes, Scheduled Caste or Other Backward CasteLok Sabha Secretariat. (1982). Dalera Caste of Uttar Pradesh [Parliamentary Question And Answers]. Government of India. https://eparlib.nic.in/handle/123456789/2707976
See also
Basor
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