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Table 2          Distribution of Muslim Advertisers by Product

 

A. Low caste occupations    Number            Chief locations              Category of origin

1. hides, leather, shoes               107                   Madras 39                    butchers (qassabs)
U.P. 19

2. hardware, metals                      74                   Bombay 23                   Khoja sect
                                                                           Calcutta 16                   blacksmiths
                                                                           Delhi 9                         (lohars or karkhanedars)
                                                                           Hyderabad 8
                                                                           Aligarh 6
                                                                           Vijayawada 5
                                                                           Moradabad 1

3. Cloth & clothing                      73                   Madras 22                   tailors (darzis)
                                                                            Bombay 11                 weavers (julahas or momins)
                                                                            Calcutta 9                    dyers (rangrez)
                                                                            Gorakhpur 4
                                                                            Ahmedabad 2

5.cigarettes (bidis)                        43                   Tamil Nadu 20                      ?
                                                                            Andhra P. 18

6. transportation; electrics:            41                   Vijayawada 8               pilgrims (hajis)?
machinery                                                            Delhi 7                        smiths (lohars)

 

8. rubber, plastics                          33                   Calcutta 21                            ?

9. hotels, restaurants, food             27                   Calcutta 9                    cooks (bhatiyaras)
                                                                             Delhi 8                        bakers (nanbais)
                                                                                                                 confectioners (halwais)
                                                                                                                 grocers (kunjras)

10. glass, optician; watches           19                    Delhi 8                        bangle-makers (manihars)?

4. perfume, incense                       18                    Mau, Kanauj 16           oil presser (telis)

 

B. High caste occupations         50                    Bombay 8                   perfumer (gandhis)

4. patent medicine;                        32                    Calcutta 7                    doctor (unanihakims)
pharmacy 

7. publishing, books, journals       39                    Delhi 16                      savants (ulema)
Calcutta 5

Source: Wright, 1981, p.42