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Reddy (also transliterated as Reddi, Raddi, Roddy, Ruddy) is a social group or caste of India, predominantly inhabiting Andhra Pradesh. They are enlisted as a forward caste by the government. Traditionally, they are a high-caste community of nobility, warriors and cultivators. According to academics, they were a warrior caste in the remote past and later became feudal overlords and peasant proprietors. Historically they have been the land-owning aristocracy of the villages. Their prowess as rulers and warriors is well documented in Telugu history. The Reddy dynasty (1325 - 1448 CE) ruled coastal and central Andhra for over a hundred years. The origin of the social group of Reddys has been linked to the Rashtrakutas.
Reddys regard Telugu as their mother tongue.[Full citation needed] According to the 1921 census, they constituted 6.5% of the population of Andhra Pradesh.
The word Reddy derives from the great "Rathis" or "Rattis", also known as the "Rattas" or "Rashtrikas" who ruled the Deccan from ancient times. The word "Rathi" or "Ratti" is also found under various forms such as Reddi, Ratta, Rashtrakuta, Rahtor, Rathaur. Some linguists also surmised the word Reddy originated from the medieval term Rattodu, which is derived from Rashtrakutudu.[citation needed] One more theory is that the word "Rashtrakuta" is the Sanskrit version of the word "Rettakudi". Rettakudi is converted into Rettadi and later Reddy.[citation needed]
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