Editing Other Backward Class (section)

===Politically important social groups listed as OBC===
* [[Koli people|Koli]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Koli community leaders meet, seek their due from political parties |url=https://www.dnaindia.com/ahmedabad/report-koli-community-leaders-meet-seek-their-due-from-political-parties-2574525 |access-date=2022-09-05 |website=DNA India |language=en}}</ref> in the National<ref>{{Cite web |title=National Commission for Backward Classes |url=http://www.ncbc.nic.in/User_Panel/GazetteResolution.aspx?Value=mPICjsL1aLuo5Ww/EcQPqeqoATXAB7p/QEBF7wOoZVUZeNdA4Fs5xoHN3KPmF8ST |access-date=2022-09-02 |website=www.ncbc.nic.in}}</ref> as well as state list of [[Goa]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Goa OBC caste list 2022 |url=https://www.goa.gov.in/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/citizens-charter-Sc-OBC.pdf |date=2022 |website=Goa.Gov.in}}</ref> [[Gujarat]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=List of Other Backward Class |url=https://sje.gujarat.gov.in/ddcw/List-of-Socially-and-Educationally-Backward-Classes-of-Gujarat-State?lang=English |website=Gujarat.Gov.In}}</ref> [[Daman and Diu]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=National Commission for Backward Classes |url=http://www.ncbc.nic.in/user_panel/GazetteResolution.aspx?Value=mPICjsL1aLt8a5dxY/huUNOVKOPzPpwDQRscORk2BsrMUNMDn9VLxMp5itOVUUVl |access-date=2022-11-06 |website=www.ncbc.nic.in}}</ref> [[Dadra and Nagar Haveli]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=National Commission for Backward Classes |url=http://www.ncbc.nic.in/user_panel/GazetteResolution.aspx?Value=mPICjsL1aLsxd+9+s0uIb26Ezq2qkkg0dpU9tRhvabO7KGCVKcnUGj1m3h4/aFWT |access-date=2022-11-06 |website=www.ncbc.nic.in}}</ref> [[Karnataka]],<ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-01-06 |title=Koli leaders demand inclusionof all sub-groups in list of STs |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/koli-leaders-demand-inclusionof-all-sub-groups-in-list-of-sts/article25927832.ece |access-date=2022-11-06 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Koli community hopeful of getting ST tag in Karnataka |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/koli-community-hopeful-of-getting-st-tag-in-karnataka/articleshow/59305521.cms |access-date=2022-11-06 |website=The Times of India |date=25 June 2017 |language=en}}</ref> [[Maharashtra]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=National Commission for Backward Classes |url=http://www.ncbc.nic.in/user_panel/GazetteResolution.aspx?Value=mPICjsL1aLsN+CCWgSsv8+uAyaBuDqnRoSLrvXbEEJTY+y0eazrlMjhC5BUvBdUU |access-date=2022-11-06 |website=www.ncbc.nic.in}}</ref>
* [[Rajput]]s in National<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ncbc.nic.in/User_Panel/GazetteResolution.aspx?Value=mPICjsL1aLsThxqt53NPf0ggPwu7BzPqq3bdU2%2bMS4jCYieqRNO1XcIozUEJpyYh| title=Central OBC list, Karnataka|website=National Commission for Backward Classes|access-date=2020-11-30}}</ref><ref name="Central OBC">{{Cite web|url=http://www.ncbc.nic.in/Writereaddata/cl/karnataka.pdf|title=PDF - National OBC list for Karnataka}}</ref> as well as State<ref name="Karnataka">{{cite web|title=CASTE LIST Government Order No.SWD 225 BCA 2000, Dated:30th March 2002. |url=http://kpsc.kar.nic.in/New%20Cast%20List.htm |website=KPSC |publisher=Karnataka Government |access-date=17 September 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140920230051/http://kpsc.kar.nic.in/New%20Cast%20List.htm |archive-date=20 September 2014 }}</ref> OBC list of Karnataka.
* [[Lodhi (caste)|Lodhi Rajputs]] in states of Assam, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Telangana only and except these states they are notified as [[Forward caste|Forward Caste]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ncbc.nic.in/User_Panel/CentralListStateView.aspx|title=Lodhis as OBC in 10 states of India.}}</ref>
* [[Bishnoi]]/[[Bishnoi|Vishnoi]] in only State <ref>https://sec.rajasthan.gov.in/cm/upload/List%20of%20OBC.pdf|title=OBC list of Rajathan-PDF</ref> OBC list in Rajasthan State.
* [[Sunar|Goldsmith]] or [[Sunar]]/Soni/Sunar/Swarankar in Central <ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.ncbc.nic.in/user_panel/GazetteResolution.aspx?Value=mPICjsL1aLv31HvqDjLo2b6bRBzpX69AoP2QYNS1c%2bG5fYPaeM7PeVCET3GMjhgG | title=National Commission for Backward Classes }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| title=The Gazette of India - Extraordinary | date=1994-10-20 | url=http://www.ncbc.nic.in/Writereaddata/2635221884005388474.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140708110445/http://ncbc.nic.in/Writereaddata/2635221884005388474.pdf | archive-date=2014-07-08}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| title=The Gazette of India - Extraordinary | date=2000-04-04 | language=hi | url=http://www.ncbc.nic.in/Writereaddata/note17635288548297625558.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140531164522/http://www.ncbc.nic.in/Writereaddata/note17635288548297625558.pdf | archive-date=2014-05-31}}</ref> as well as the State <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sje.rajasthan.gov.in/Default.aspx?PageID=67|title=List of Caste OBC|website=sje.rajasthan.gov.in}}</ref> OBC list in Rajasthan.
* [[Khatri]]s in the National<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ncbc.nic.in/User_Panel/GazetteResolution.aspx?Value=mPICjsL1aLv%2b2hza1cVSjGj2lbN6VTmq%2fWN4CcSyOxTDAvIblVnkv9NFuhO%2bdz42| title=Central OBC list, Tamil Nadu|website=National Commission for Backward Classes|access-date=2020-11-30}}</ref> as well as State<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bcmbcmw.tn.gov.in/bclist.htm |title= List of Backward Classes approved by Government of Tamil Nadu |website= |publisher=Department of Backward Classes and Most Backward Classes and Minorities Welfare, Tamil Nadu |access-date=6 March 2021|quote= Sl.No 59}}</ref> OBC list of Tamil Nadu.
* [[Urs (surname)|Aras (Urs)]] community of the [[Wadiyar dynasty|Mysore Wodeyars]] in Karnataka.<ref name="Arasu community included in Backward Classes 2A category">{{cite web|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/report-arasu-community-included-in-backward-classes-2a-category-1637160|title=Arasu community included in Backward Classes 2A category|date=2012-01-13|website=DNA India|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Kathi people|Kathi]]s in the central list of Gujarat.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ncbc.nic.in/User_Panel/GazetteResolution.aspx?Value=mPICjsL1aLuo5Ww%2fEcQPqeqoATXAB7p%2fQEBF7wOoZVUZeNdA4Fs5xoHN3KPmF8ST| title=Central OBC list, Gujarat|website=National Commission for Backward Classes|access-date=2021-07-13}}</ref>
* [[Ezhava]] in the state list of [[Kerala]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bcdd.kerala.gov.in/en/communities/state-obc-list/| title=List of OBC communities}}</ref>
* [[Ahoms]] in the central list.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ncbc.nic.in/user_panel/GazetteResolution.aspx?Value=mPICjsL1aLvrfca7yFSI%2F925Go7SY9937UQ98B5lbFdbKCi85fJtx2wivIdOyNDx | title=National Commission for Backward Classes|website=www.ncbc.nic.in|access-date=2021-02-17}}</ref>
* [[Jat]]s in the state list of Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Delhi, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, and Chhattisgarh. However only the Jats of Rajasthan – excluding those of Bharatpur district and Dholpur district – are entitled to reservation of central government jobs under the OBC reservation.<ref name="Times of India">{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/rajasthan-was-first-state-to-extend-obc-benefits-to-jats-in-1999/articleshow/51103445.cms |title=Rajasthan was first state to extend OBC benefits to jats in 1999|newspaper=Timesofindia.com|date=23 February 2016 |access-date= 23 February 2016}}</ref><ref name="Govt list">{{cite web |url=https://sje.rajasthan.gov.in/Default.aspx?PageID=67 |title=List of Socially and Educationally Backward Classes of Rajasthan State |website=sje.rajasthan.gov.in |access-date= 28 December 2020}}</ref>
* [[Yadav]]s in many states list except Punjab.<ref>{{Cite web| title=Central list of OBCS for the state of Uttar Pradesh | url=https://bcmbcmw.tn.gov.in/obc/faq/uttarpradesh.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140722073540/http://www.bcmbcmw.tn.gov.in:80/obc/faq/uttarpradesh.pdf | archive-date=2014-07-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.jagran.com/punjab/firozpur-13022363.html | title='अहीर-यादव' को पिछड़ी श्रेणी में शामिल न करने से रोष }}</ref>