What are some Dalit surnames?

Mishra, Pandey, Bharadwaj, Deshmukh, Deshpande, Kulkarni, Desai, Patil, Jothi, Kaul, Trivedi, Chaturvedi, Agnihotri, Mukherjee, Chatterjee, Acharya, Goswami, Desai, Bhat, Rao, Hegde, Sharma, Shastri, Tiwari, Shukla, Namboothiri, Iyer, Iyengar and what not. Brahmins use their caste names as surnames with much pride.

How can you tell caste by surname?

A person’s caste identity is inherent in their surnames (most times, but not always). The corollary of this is that a person’s caste can be discerned by looking at their surnames. This is more true for Brahmins than others. By various estimates Brahmin population in India ranges between 3% and 5%.

How many caste are there in Shudra?

The majority of Indians are shudra because the grouping includes all our great peasant castes (Yadav, Jat, Patel, Patil, Gowda, Reddy, Kurmi and the lot). And it is the shudra who comprises entirely the Mandal category of Other Backward Classes (OBCs).

Was Karna a Shudra?

No. Karna was not a Shudra. By birth he was a high caste Kshatriya (son of Sun-god Surya and Kshatriya princess Kunti), who was adopted by a Suta couple, Adhirath and Radha. Since Karna was abandoned by his mother Princess Kunti at birth, he was not aware of his actual identity.

Can Shudra become Brahmin?

A Shudra is a Shudra as per his in-born qualities, not by birth. He has predominance of Tamo Guna or qualities of inertia and dullness and should choose a profession as per his in-born qualities and not by birth. He can become a Brahmin by cultivating qualities of Rajas or action and qualities of Satva or purity.

Which caste is Thakur?

In India, the social groups which use this title includes the Brahmins, Rajputs(Rajputra) Ahirs, Kolis, and Jats. In Northern and Southern Region of India Thakur represents Rajput Forward caste. Most of the OBC caste to gain Political importance use Thakur as Title.