Description:
DHAMGAY is an Indian surname. It is derived from the Sanskrit word 'Dharma' meaning 'righteousness, law, religion, custom, tradition' and the Tamil word 'Gai' meaning 'son'. The Dhamgays are a Hindu caste found in the states of Maharashtra, Gujarat, and Rajasthan. The Dhamgays are a sub-caste of the Maratha caste. The Dhamgays are a cultivator caste and are found in the districts of Ahmednagar, Aurangabad, Bhandara, Beed, Berar, Buldhana, Chandrapur, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Dhule, Gadchiroli, Goa, Hamirpur, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Orissa, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal and Yemen. The Dhamgays are also a community of writers and have produced several notable writers, including V. S. Naipaul, Rohinton Mistry, and Ashok Vajpeyi.
