1) Indian caste
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[caste] Velama is a caste found mainly in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana states. The earliest occurrence of `Velama` as a term for a community dates from the 17th century. According to some historians, warriors who migrated from Velanadu (part of present day Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh) to the Kakatiya empire in the 11th century came to...
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(from the article `India`) ...lasted for only 10 years, however, and a third war (1417–20) ended in a disastrous defeat for Frz by the united forces of Vijayanagar and Frz`s ... ...Nalgonda, and other forts and to regain Udayagiri. The defeat of Frz Shah in 1419 and the death of his Vema ally led to the eventual partition of ... ...
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