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The term Dhakar connotes a man of illegitimate descent and is applied to the Kirars of the Central Provinces and perhaps to other castes of mixed Rajput origin.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II R. V. Russell
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The name Dhakar, also shown as a Rajput clan, is applied to a person of illegitimate birth, like Vidur.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala Robert Vane Russell 1894
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The Panwars have still the habit of keeping women of lower castes to a greater degree than the ordinary, and this has been found to be a trait of other castes of mixed origin, and they are sometimes known as Dhakar, a name having the sense of illegitimacy.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala Robert Vane Russell 1894
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They are also called Dhakar, and this means one of illegitimate birth.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) Robert Vane Russell 1894
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Descendants of a Dhakar father by a Muria or other low-caste woman, however, always remain Suraits.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II R. V. Russell
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Formerly a Dhakar might marry his granddaughter, but this is no longer done.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II R. V. Russell
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Puraits after two or three generations, and the same rule applies to the son of a Dhakar father by a Halba or Rawat woman, who also ranks in the first place as a Surait.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II R. V. Russell
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One legend of their origin is that the first Dhakar was the offspring of a Brahman cook of the Raja of Bastar with a Kosaria Rawat woman; and though this is discredited by the Dhakars it is probably a fairly correct version of the facts.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II R. V. Russell
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If one Dhakar beats another with a shoe, both are temporarily put out of caste.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II R. V. Russell
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Maheshri Banias say they belong to the Dhakar subcaste, a name which usually means illegitimate, though they themselves explain that it is derived from a place called Dhakargarh, from which they migrated.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II R. V. Russell
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