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Exposing the myth of Ahirs being Yaduvanshi Kshatriyas in this thread.

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In 1910,a meeting of Shudra Ahirs was held & it was decided that now Ahirs will write Yadav as their surname. Meanwhile, Ghosi Ahirs of Shikohabad, District- Firozabad (UP) formed All India Yadav Mahasabha in 1914 & a movement took place in UP and Bihar and Ahirs started
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writing Yadav and started calling themselves Yaduvanshi Kshatriyas.
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Ahirs started keeping 'Yadav' surname under the influence of Arya Samaj for purpose of Sanskritisation.

They held Mahasabha in Allahabad in 1910 from whence cow herders across North India and some in central India took Yadav name.
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Also,there was Janeu Andolan as well, headed by Arya Samaj missionary Krishnanand Saraswati who was himself Ahir before name change.
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In the caste literature on the basis of which the Ahirs Yadavised themselves with the help of the Arya Samaj, it is mentioned that they are borrowing the Yadav identity while claiming their origin from the "Rajputs."
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Also in 1931 census, the Ahirs/Ahars claimed a new caste name for themselves, started calling themselves "Yadav, Yaduvanshi, Jaduvanshi, Nandvanshi".
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The real Yaduvanshis are Rajputs only. Jadon, Bhati, Jadeja, Chudasamas are Yaduvanshi Rajputs.

Due to this, Ahirs borrowed the name Yadav while claiming their origin from Yaduvanshi Rajputs.(3rd img.)

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Now let us know the proof of their being Shudra......
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According to the Sanskrit text "Hemshabdanushasan" written by Acharya Hemchandra in the 12th century,Abhir is a Mahashudra and here the meaning of the word Mahashudra is also explained (Mahti Chasau Shudra Cha Mahashudreti = Lower Than Shudra in Varna system = Malechha)

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According to Matsya Purana (Part-1, Chapter 50, Verse 76), the origin of Abhiras is from the Mlechchha caste who ruled with deceit. This verse proves that the Abhiras described in the Mahabharata are Mlechchha (ßhudra tribe).
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According to Smriti Chandrika written by Devan Bhatt in 1200 AD, Ahir Padas (family of Ahir caste) were always kept out of Varna and Ashram, that is, this description proves them to be Mlechchha and Mahashudra. Image
Abhira dynasty ruled in West Deccan from 203-315 AD where a total of 7 inscriptions and copper plates were found but they are not mentioned as Kshatriya, Yaduvanshi or Chandravanshi anywhere. In Daulatpur inscription their gotra is written as Sudauskrasa which is not from
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Yaduvanshi gotra (Atri) but is of Iranian origin.
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Acharya Dandi stated in the 7th century book Kavyadarsh that the Abhirs did not speak Sanskrit and their behavior was like that of the non-Aryans and Mlechhas (plundering, robbery) and their language was Apabhramsha and Abhiri… which proves them to be Mlechhas and Mahashudras. Image
It is clear from Vedic and Mahabharata era, ancient and medieval sources that Ahir caste was Mahashudra and Mlechchha who had no relation with Yaduvanshis. After 1910, they formed a group of Ahir, Gwala, Ghoshi, Gola, Sadgop castes and started writing collectively as Yadav... Image
We have come to know that Ahirs claim their origin from Yaduvanshi Rajputs to make themselves Kshatriyas and adopt the name Yadav, but let us also tell you that the Mathura case is going on, in which history of Yaduvnshi Kshatriya is explained in terms of Karauli Jadon Rajputs
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Now let us know about the ßhudra Ahir women who were in the harem of Rajputs and from whom many Ahir clans also sprung.

"The Bundela Rajput King kept an Ahir lady as his concubine whose husband was still alive at that time. He even had a son from that Ahir concubine." Image
>Dauwa or wet-nurse Ahirs are the descendants of the illegitimate offsprings of Bundela Rajput fathers and Ahir m*others.

>Bundela Rajputs often preferred to keep ahir women as concubines, who were called Pardwarni, fosterage or from another home. Image
"Ahir clans were the personal servants of all Rajput families, not only this, the Daua sub-clan of Ahirs used to supply nurses i.e. concubines to the Rajput families, and they were also proud of it." Image
Source- Culture and power in Banaras, Page No 137
Source - India's Silent Revolution: The Rise of the Lower Castes in North India. By Christophe Jaffrelot, Page No. 189

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