Dhobi
Sign in to saveDhobi, known in some places as Dhoba, Rajaka, is a scheduled caste in India and the greater Indian subcontinent whose traditional occupations are washing, ironing, and agricultural labour.
In the Vinony graph
Vinony's link graph records 311 inbound references to Dhobi, and connects out to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, Islam and Buddhism.
It is catalogued under topics including Dalit communities, Indian castes and Laundry.
Vinony links it to 13 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Ethnic group.group
- Dhobi
- Ethnic group.image
- A dhobie (washerman) ironing in the early 1870s.jpg
- Ethnic group.image_caption
- Carte-de-visite of a Dhobi ironing.
- Ethnic group.religions
- Hinduism, Islam and Buddhism
- Ethnic group.related_groups
- Muslim Dhobi
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Synonyms
- Maharastra
- Tamil Nadu
- Demographics
- Dhobis in Nepal
- Notable people
- See also
- References
Dhobi, known in some places as Dhoba, Rajaka, is a scheduled caste in India and the greater Indian subcontinent whose traditional occupations are washing, ironing, and agricultural labour.
In 2017, Supreme Court of India noted calling people dhobi was offensive.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dhobi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.