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Lodhi, an agricultural Hindu caste widespread throughout the Central Provinces, India; two branches, those originally from the Ganges and Jumna valleys, and the Raepore or Maher Lodhis; "fine, powerful men, living always in the open air, and following no profession but that of the plough." (A J. Lawrence, Report on the Wyngunga, p. 69.)