As untouchables, they were traditionally considered outside the Hindu ritual ranking system of castes known as varna. Thus we have the Sikh, Jat, Gurkha, Rajput, Dogra, Maratha, Mahar and Punjab regiments. Languages of India and abroad Hindi dictionary Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary. See more » Punjab, India. Rose Vol II/C (p.147-151) External Links. History of the Chamar Dynasty' over the past centuries bears witness to the fact that India was at no time a single political unit. Wikepedia gives a very good definition of trhe word chamaras follows, "Chamar ("tanner"; from the Sanskrit Charmakara) is a prominent occupational caste in India and Nepal. chamar = chamar (1)orChamar, noun. Chamar is a Dalit sub-caste mainly found in the northern states, such as Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Baluch and in Nepal at least north to the Himalayas. Basically Chamar’s are cobblers and belong to the lower castes. : English Edition English Edition ... even if that person in fact belongs to the `chamar caste, because use of such a word will hurt his feelings, court observed. Hindus maintain that the proliferation of the castes (jatis, literally “births”) was the result of intermarriage (which is prohibited in Hindu works on dharma), which led to the subdivision of the four classes, or varnas. The Chamar’s are classified as a backward community. The Chamar caste cluster (34.93%) consists of two castes of Chamars and Ad-dharmis. 2. a swatter for flies. Rajasthan: 6,100,236: 10.8% The Indian army, in particular the Infantry battalions are mostly caste based. Chamar in English Chamar is one of the untouchable communities, or dalits, who are now classified as a Scheduled Caste under modern India's system of positive discrimination. 1. a fan of feathers or similar material used in the East Indies as one of the insignia of royalty, and also in temples. a member of a low caste in India whose traditional occupation is leatherwork. Hinduism - Hinduism - Castes: The origin of the caste system is not known with certainty. New!! History of the Chamar Dynasty : From Sixth Century A.D. to Twelfth Century A.D - book by Raj Kumar; Page on Chamar community at wikipedia; Chamar Hindu caste - Page on www.britannica.com History of the Chamar Dynasty : From Sixth Century A.D. to Twelfth Century A.D. by Raj Kumar. They constitute about 50 million Indians and have a history of being warlike. Chamar—an umbrella caste category—includes Chamars, Jatia Chamars, Rehgars, Raigars, Ramdasias, and Ravidassias. chamar = chamar (2), noun. Chamar in Hindi refers in English to:—(nm) a cobbler, shoe-maker; a scheduled caste amongst the Hindus traditionally living by shoe-making; a lowly person; ~[rina/ri] feminine form of [camara]..—chamar (चमार) is alternatively transliterated as Camāra. Chamar - A glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North-West Frontier Province By H.A. I n translating Subimal Misra’s Two Anti-Novels, V Ramaswamy brings to English readers a radical Bengali author from India.The two anti-novels are This Could Have Been Ramayan Chamar’s Tale and Where Colour is a Warning Sign.These are jarring, even disturbing, compilations of snapshots of reality. There is neither plot nor character in the conventional sense. Punjab is a state in northern India.