:Talk:Bhil

There is a lot of historical and old ethnographic information in the Encyclopaedia Britannica entry Bhil. A lot of it has a bad British Empire POV. I didn't want to include any of it because I don't know how much of the history is correct and how much of the culture is relevant. Someone else may be more able to determine what's worth keeping. David Brooks (talk) 00:10, 15 September 2008 (UTC)

I think that "The Tomb of His Ancestors", a tale by Kipling, would be an useful addition to this article.

An online text may be found at

http://www.readbookonline.net/readOnLine/2413/

--Grijalvo (talk) 13:45, 4 April 2010 (UTC)

TRIBAL PEOPLE OF RAJASTHAN

IT is CLEARLY written in UNIVERSITY BOOKS that Bheels/Bhils and Meenas(Mina/Matsya/Mena/Minout) is an aboriginal community means a tribal community.The Meena kingdom was known as Matsya kingdom in sanskrit was mentioned in the RIG VEDA.They decent from Lord Matsya/Meen or Meenesh and worships Lord Shiva]. Also, Matsya purana is the oldest puranas of India.according to oldest aboriginals their religion is Aadim Dharma. Bhils and Minas are the oldest tribes of Rajasthan(India) since INDUS CIVILIZATION.Till 1400BC they ruled the land which is now called rajasthan,they were humbeled by the adventurous aryans but regained control and lived peacefully. Due to their war like characteristics they were Bhils and Minas were included in Agnivanshi kshatriyas(written in University book Rajasthan ka itihas),They were respected by Hunas,Kusans etc. Bhils and minas are poor agriculturist people of rajasthan.Only 2%of the mina tribe are graduate so far.According to news published in THE TIMES OF INDIA news paper dated 31august2010 even after 17years only 7%seats are filled of OBC(other backward classes of India) out of 27%seats reservation;Moreover only 2% of ST/SC are in class 1 jobs.In India for Equality there is a strong need of OBC/SC/ST reservation in [[billion dollor Corporate world and Private Sector.Then only the deprived and backward classes(more than 70%people/majority of poor people) will be able to compete higher and forward classes.There is a strong need of extending reservation policy in all sphers and jobs for equality among our people.Being a good human let us try for the wellbeing of crores of People..Thanks

Are there attempt and party to create autonomy or province, state for Bhil people ?--Kaiyr (talk) 09:43, 4 January 2015 (UTC)

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In the book 'we were Adivasis' by megan moodie it is mentioned that dhankas is subtribe of the bheel tribe.

And many other sources proves that dhanka was a martial tribe.

Sources - Bihar the heart of india, Gupta

1. Meenas are also a sub-group of Bhils.{{cite book|title=Human Rights and Legal Pluralism| isbn=9783643999054 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HAE1UqAo3GoC| last1=Sezgin | first1=Yuksel | year=2011 }}

1. According to Pramod Kumar, the word Bhil or Bhilada was used for the Meenas.{{cite book |last=Kumar |first=Pramod |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dF-Iu2Pt3KQC&pg=PA3 |title=Folk Icons and Rituals in Tribal Life |publisher=Abhinav |year=1984 |isbn=978-8-17017-185-0 |pages=3–4}}

• {{Re|Bheelraj}} Please kindly explain the reason for deleting these edits. -- Karsan Chanda (talk) 01:47, 17 August 2022 (UTC)

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Bhils have been described in a very derogatory manner. The Kolis were said to be superior to the Bhils and the Bhil caste was considered inferior. Prashant Ram Kumar ji (talk) 15:56, 23 July 2023 (UTC)

How can you say that the British article is not reliable? The most reliable history of India has been written by the British. If you do not consider the British source to be reliable then remove the British source from the entire Wikipedia. This is a very foolish argument that the British source is not reliable.The British ruled India for four hundred years. During this period, the British recorded all the activities taking place in the country in history and in any case, Indian historians did not write the history of the tribals.When the Bhil kings ruled during the British rule, the people in power in the country were writing the history of the tribals during that period and if I am adding the same reference, what is your problem? Please Bring back the part of this article that you removed BhiRaaj (talk) 02:07, 17 May 2025 (UTC)

:See WP:RAJ! Thank you Durjan Singh Jadon (talk) 02:42, 17 May 2025 (UTC)