“AJGAR”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

AJGAR was a suggested alliance of the Ahir, Jat, Gurjar and Rajput castes. It was first proposed by Sir Chhotu Ram, a rural leader and politician in pre-independence India as a form of peasant-alliance.^[1] AJGAR later morphed into MAJGAR, by adding Muslims to the equation.{{Citation needed|date=June 2018}}

The theory was later used by Charan Singh in the 1970s as a part of his Kisan-Politics^[2] to break the monopoly of Indian National Congress in Uttar Pradesh.^[3] He subscribed to this theory that Ahirs, Jats, Gurjars and Rajputs are of the same social and racial group, the Kshatriya.^[4]

Aims and objectives

The backward castes are prosperous throughout the state of Uttar Pradesh and constitute the mid-strata of the village social structure. Their social conditions largely correspond to their economic position, better than the Scheduled Castes and nearer to the higher castes. AJGAR emerged to gain political power in the state.^[5]^[6]

Political outcome

In Western Uttar Pradesh, the wealth and power of AJGAR alliance increased during the Green Revolution period,^[3]^[7] but the AJGAR formula failed to gain widespread support.^[8] However, later in 1989, the Rajput leader V. P. Singh used the AJGAR cluster successfully to conjoin the Other Backward Classes and Rajputs.^[9]{{clarify|reason=successful for what?|date=June 2018}}

References

1. ^{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=OAkW94DtUMAC&lpg=PP1&pg=PA278#v=onepage&q&f=false|title=India's Silent Revolution: The Rise of the Lower Castes in North India|last=Jaffrelot|first=Christophe|date=2003|publisher=Hurst|isbn=9781850656708|language=en}}
2. ^{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=OAkW94DtUMAC&lpg=PP1&pg=PA288#v=onepage&q&f=false|title=India's Silent Revolution: The Rise of the Lower Castes in North India|last=Jaffrelot|first=Christophe|date=2003|publisher=Hurst|isbn=9781850656708|language=en}}
3. ^¹{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=Vq6YvOM__nsC&lpg=PP1&pg=PA48#v=onepage&q&f=false|title=Power and Influence in India: Bosses, Lords and Captains|last=Price|first=Pamela|last2=Ruud|first2=Arild Engelsen|date=2012-07-26|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781136197987|language=en}}
4. ^{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tlsPnV87QLoC&pg=PA49 | title=Social, Economic and Political Contribution of Caste Associations in Northern India: A Case Study of All India Jat Mahasabha | publisher=Har Anand Publications, 2008 | author=Brij Kishore Sharma | year=2008 | pages=49 | isbn=9788124114124}}
5. ^{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ao5tlGH2sFQC&pg=PA110 | title=Democratic Transformation of a Social Class | publisher=Mittal Publications | date=1991-01-01 | author=M. P. S. Chandel | pages=110}}
6. ^{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=58G8PPAN48cC&pg=PA33 | title=Awareness in Weaker Section: Perspective Development and Prospects | publisher=M.D. Publications Pvt. Ltd | author=Mahendra Lal Patel | year=1997 | pages=33 | isbn=9788175330290}}
7. ^{{cite web | url=http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/2106/1/U613338.pdf | title=Sons of Krishna: the politics of Yadav community formation in a North Indian town | publisher=London School of Economics and Political Science University of London | year=2002 | accessdate=20 May 2015 | author=Lucia Michelutti | pages=34}}
8. ^{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kqs1tHWovvcC&pg=PA44 | title=The Samajwadi Party: A Study of Its Social Base, Ideology, and Programme | publisher=APH Publishing | date=2003 | author=Shafiuzzaman | pages=44}}
9. ^{{cite book|author1=Rajendra Vora|author2=Suhas Palshikar|title=Indian Democracy: Meanings and Practices|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rLWICwAAQBAJ&pg=PT252|year=2003|publisher=SAGE Publications|isbn=978-93-5150-019-3|page=252}}