Kalita (caste)

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• The update changes caste status and geographic association (Assam) and revises legendary origins, indicating a substantial rewrite of identity claims.

Replace “Kalita is a Hindu caste or social community among the Assamese people.” with “Kalita is an ethnic group or a caste of Assamese Hindus belonging to the state of Assam in North East India Kalita is a forward caste and belongs to General or Unreserved category.”. Replace “A popular tradition in Assam associates the Kalitas with Kshatriya s who escaped the.” with “According to the Purana tradition the Kalitas are considered as pure Aryan though this is not.”.

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