Chaukalshi is an ethnic community of Maharashtra and Goa.[1][2][3][4]

They are related to Panchkalshi community.[5][6][7][8] They are one of the original tribes, who migrated to Bombay in 13th century AD with Yaduvanshi king, Raja Bhimdev.[5] Community is widespread mostly across konkan region from Palghar district to Ratnagiri district in Maharashtra.

Post independence of India, there were some efforts for unification of Chaukalshi & Panchkalshi tribes and a foundation named Kshatriya Parishad was founded in 1949 for the purpose.[3]

References

  1. ^ General, India Office of the Registrar (1966). Census of India, 1961: Maharashtra. Manager of Publications. pp. 14, 15, 16, 58. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  2. ^ Survey Report on Village: Maharashtra. Agarsure. 1989. p. 2. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  3. ^ a b Kannan, Chirayil Thumbayil (1963). Intercaste and Inter-community Marriages in India. Allied Publishers. p. 50. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  4. ^ http://www.ncbc.nic.in/Writereaddata/note31635297173742607492.pdf[bare URL PDF]
  5. ^ a b [1] The origin of Bombay By Joseph Gerson Da Cunha
  6. ^ Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Kola'ba and Janjira, 1883
  7. ^ [2] Faces of Goa: a journey through the history and cultural revolution of Goa ... By Karin Larsen
  8. ^ Bombay: the cities within
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