Bestha
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Bestha / Besta is a backward class community in Telangana
Region, Main Occupation of the community is Fishing.These People are largely populated in all districts of pre Hyderabad State
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Bestha community in Telangana has long history of agitation to incorporate them into ST(Schedule Tribes), as most of the people are very poor.
Bestha in Kannada means the one who catches fish
or fisherman
. Each village of Karnataka
in old days had a group of people assigned the job of catching fish and were called as Bestharu. These people were especially in large numbers in costal Karnataka and by the rivers and large tanks where fish was available in plenty. in modern times this community people have chosen various other professions and have also made great strides in getting educated.
Telangana
Telangana is a region in the present state of Andhra Pradesh, India and formerly was part of Hyderabad state which was ruled by Nizam. It is bordered with the states of Maharashtra on the north and north-west, Karnataka on the west, Chattisgarh on the north-east and Orissa to the east...
Region, Main Occupation of the community is Fishing.These People are largely populated in all districts of pre Hyderabad State
Hyderabad State
-After Indian independence :When India gained independence in 1947 and Pakistan came into existence in 1947, the British left the local rulers of the princely states the choice of whether to join one of the new dominions or to remain independent...
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Bestha community in Telangana has long history of agitation to incorporate them into ST(Schedule Tribes), as most of the people are very poor.
Bestha in Kannada means the one who catches fish
Fish
Fish are a paraphyletic group of organisms that consist of all gill-bearing aquatic vertebrate animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish, as well as various extinct related groups...
or fisherman
Fisherman
A fisherman or fisher is someone who captures fish and other animals from a body of water, or gathers shellfish. Worldwide, there are about 38 million commercial and subsistence fishermen and fish farmers. The term can also be applied to recreational fishermen and may be used to describe both men...
. Each village of Karnataka
Karnataka
Karnataka , the land of the Kannadigas, is a state in South West India. It was created on 1 November 1956, with the passing of the States Reorganisation Act and this day is annually celebrated as Karnataka Rajyotsava...
in old days had a group of people assigned the job of catching fish and were called as Bestharu. These people were especially in large numbers in costal Karnataka and by the rivers and large tanks where fish was available in plenty. in modern times this community people have chosen various other professions and have also made great strides in getting educated.