In the Hindu ritual ranking system (varna) they may be supposedly vaishya, and through ownership of land, and later through their role as tax agents under British administration, the Patidars rose to a position of respectability.
They may be supposedly vaishya. This is in the Hindu ritual ranking system (varna). The Patidars rose to a position of respectability. This was through ownership of land under British administration. This was through later through their role as tax agents under British administration.