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The word Chasa has the generic meaning of 'a cultivator, 'and the Chasas may in Sambalpur be merely an occupational group recruited from other castes.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II R. V. Russell
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The word Chasa has the generic meaning of a cultivator, and the caste are said by Sir H. Risley to be for the most part of non-Aryan origin, the loose organisation of the caste system among the Uriyas making it possible on the one hand for outsiders to be admitted into the caste, and on the other for wealthy Chasas, who gave up ploughing with their own hands and assumed the respectable title of Mahanti, to raise themselves to membership among the lower classes of Kayasths.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) Robert Vane Russell 1894
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On March 21, 2004, after a lifeitme of searching and a prior article in Chasa 24 over a decade earlier, she FOUND MY FAMILY IN BULGARIA!
Bankia Seminar Matthew Wahlgren 2005
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Chasa chairman Andre Potgieter said its provision for a renewal of licences posed a severe problem, because it placed an unnecessary burden on the legal owner of a firearm.
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The Confederation of Hunters 'Association of South Africa (Chasa) said the bill, if passed into legislation, would infringe the rights of law-abiding gun owners.
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Padili bolai dons; or 'What does the Chasa know of the dice?
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II R. V. Russell
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A subcaste of Kolta and Chasa, and title of several Uriya castes.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) Robert Vane Russell 1894
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Caste customs -- Badhak 8, Balahi 3, Banjara 19, Chasa 3, Kabirpanthi
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) Robert Vane Russell 1894
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In Sonpur the Taonlas admit a close connection with Chasas, and say that some of their families are descended from the union of Chasa men and Taonla women.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala Robert Vane Russell 1894
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-- A section of Chasa so named, because as a mark of respect they make the noise 'Hulhuli,' when a king passes through the village.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) Robert Vane Russell 1894
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