Paika (community) explained

Caste Name:Paika
Languages:Odia
Populated States:Odisha
Religions:Hinduism

The Paik or Paika (Odia:ପାଇକ) is a Militia community, found in Odisha state of India.[1] [2] [3] [4]

Origin

The Odia word Paika is derived from Padatika or foot soldier. They were a class of military retainers recruited from a variety of social groups to render martial services in return for hereditary rent-free lands and titles. Most Paiks were recruited from Khandayats, Chasa communities. Tribal castes like Pans and Khonds also served as Paikas. Paikas originated from tribal, peasant and pastoralist communities of Odisha. In Ghumsar region of Odisha all Paiks were Khonds.[5] [6] [7] [8] Some Paiks also belonged to Karan caste.[9] [10]

Separate Caste

The Caste based consensus introduced by the Britishers led to the formation of a separate Paika caste.[11]

History

The Paikas (Paikos) started an armed rebellion (Paika Rebellion or Paika Bidroha) against the British East India Companys rule in Odisha in 1817.[12] [13]

Classification

The Paikos are included under Other Backward Class list in the state of Odisha.[14]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Global Prayer Digest . Global Prayer Digest . 2016-09-18 . 2020-08-07.
  2. Book: Rabindra Nath Pati. Family Planning. 2008. APH Publishing. 978-81-313-0352-8. 117–.
  3. Web site: Desk . Explained . Explained: Who were the Paikas of Odisha, and what will the Paika Memorial celebrate? . The Indian Express . 2019-12-09 . 2020-08-07.
  4. Web site: Abhiyan . Ias . Paikas Of Odisha . IAS Abhiyan . 2019-12-09 . 2020-09-26.
  5. Genealogies of the “Paika Rebellion”: Heterogeneities and Linkages . international-journal-of-asian-studies.
  6. Book: Akio Tanabe . 29 July 2021 . Caste and Equality in India: A Historical Anthropology of Diverse Society and Vernacular Democracy . Routledge . 978-1-00-040933-8 .
  7. Book: Surajit Sinha . Centre for Studies in Social Sciences . 1987 . Tribal Polities and State Systems in Pre-colonial Eastern and North Eastern India . Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta . 9788170740148 .
  8. Web site: magazines.odisha.gov.in.
  9. Web site: shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in . 204.
  10. Web site: Madhab Chandra Routray : The Hero of Tapanga . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20181224220517/http://magazines.odisha.gov.in/Orissareview/august-2007/engpdf/Page40-41.pdf . 24 December 2018 . 24 December 2018 . www.magazines.odisha.gov.in . dmy-all.
  11. Web site: 2019-12-09. Explained: Who were the Paikas of Odisha, and what will the Paika Memorial celebrate?. 2022-02-13. The Indian Express. en.
  12. Book: Ajit Mani. The Nawab’s Tears. 20 November 2018. Partridge Publishing India. 978-1-5437-0428-0. 154–.
  13. Book: Urmi: The Journal of the Odisha Society of Americas 49th Convention: For Annual Convention Held in 2017 at Dearborn, Michigan. Odisha Society of the Americas. 144–. GGKEY:AA7R5DUUHEZ.
  14. Web site: Central List of Other Backward Castes (OBCs): Odisha. sanjaykumarnishad.wordpress.

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