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On 8th January' 1901, Akhil Bhartiya Vaishya Mahasabha had written a letter to Chief Secretary of then Seemant Pradesh (Now UP) & demanded to call "Vaishya" instead of "Baniya-Bakkal"  for following 42 subclasses :

1- Agrawal   15- Gujarati   29- Nagar
2- Agrawal (Kadimi) 16- Jainy 30- Narisinghpure Jainy
3- Atode 17- Jangdhe 31- Neme
4- Barahseni 18- Kesarwani 32- Oswal
5- Baranwal 19- Khandelwal 33- Padmavati
6- Beejavargeeya 20- Khature 34- Palliwal
7- Bhagerwal 21- Kolwar 35- Pokre
8- Chauseni 22- Kumartanay 36- Puruwal
9- Churuwal 23- Lohaniya 37- Puruwal
10- Dasaure 24- Maheswari 38- Rastogi / Rothiki
11- Deedu 25- Mahur (Mahour) 39- Shravak
12- Dhakad (Maheswari) 26- Mathur 40- Shrimal
13- Gahoi 27- Maudh (Chaturvedi) 41- Tonkwal
14- Gidodiya / Gandhariya 28- Medatwal 42- Rajvanshi

In famous book "Aain-e-Akabari" there were 84 subclass of Baniyas written in page 132. Hence, search was continued & following subclass were searched later on:

1 Aanerwal   2 Achawal   3 Adalaj
4 Adaliya 5 Adhay 6 Adora
7 Agrahari 8 Ajmeri 9 Architwal
10 Aryavaishya 11 Asthwar 12 Avadhpuriya
13 Avadhwal 14 Ayodhyavashi 15 Badesa
16 Badnora 17 Bagbas 18 Baisbaniya
19 Bandarwal 20 Barama 21 Bargas
22 Barsani 23 Baugar 24 Bavariya
25 Bhagat 26 Bhagau 27 Bhagorwal
28 Bhaidawal 29 Bhakriya 30 Bharamasi
31 Bhareeja 32 Bhatevade 33 Bhatevara
34 Bhatiya 35 Bhavangeh 36 Bhragadi
37 Bhrigat 38 Bhrityapuri 39 Bhugadhwal
40 Bhugadvar 41 Bhungda 42 Bogara
43 Bohara 44 Brahamaka 45 Budhal
46 Chakk 47 Chaturath 48 Chaturshreni Mahaur
49 Chhoti 50 Chitoda 51 Chitrwal
52 Chkod 53 Cholodiya 54 Choursiya (Tamoli) - Disputed
55 Churuwal 56 Dadsadi 57 Dasara
58 Dasora 59 Davanivaish 60 Dediumar
61 Deedoriya 62 Deesawal 63 Deshwal
64 Dewari 65 Dhadi 66 Dharwal
67 Dhawal 68 Dhawalkosthi 69 Dhoi
70 Dilliwal 71 Doilwal 72 Dosar
73 Dwarkavasi 74 Gadhwali 75 Gagerwal
76 Gahilwal 77 Gajera 78 Gandhriya
79 Gangapari 80 Gangrada 81 Gasora
82 Gathchak 83 Gaurat 84 Gauri
85 Ghrami 86 Gobhuj 87 Gogvar
88 Gohle 89 Golai 90 Golpuri
91 Gorkhe 92 Gudhiya 93 Gujarava
94 Gulhare (Golwara) 95 Gware Mahor 96 Hakariya
97 Halora 98 Harad 99 Hardui
100 Harsora 101 Harsora 102 Hohal
103 Hoom 104 Indoriya 105 Jaiswal
106 Jaitwal 107 Jalhari 108 Jambu
109 Jamey 110 Jamniya 111 Janora
112 Jarola 113 Jeevadwal 114 Jema
115 Jetivasar 116 Jhaliyara 117 Jhalora
118 Jhankde 119 Jharaul 120 Jigipari
121 Kadu 122 Kajohiwal 123 Kakariya
124 Kakhana 125 Kakola 126 Kamalpuriya
127 Kambowal 128 Kandoiya 129 Kanu
130 Kanyakubj 131 Kapadiya 132 Kapola
133 Karnera 134 Kartiwal 135 Kasmiri
136 Kasodhan 137 Kath 138 Kath
139 Katherwal 140 Kathola 141 Kathora
142 Kaumati 143 Khadayacha 144 Khadeta
145 Khairwal 146 Khandayat 147 Khandwal
148 Kharwa 149 Khatarwal 150 Khemwal
151 Khichi 152 Khobi 153 Kolapuri
154 Kunthtara 155 Kunware 156 Kurmi Baniya
157 Kuruwar 158 Ladisak 159 Ladisak
160 Lahu 161 Lakam 162 Lavech
163 Lingayat 164 Lohiya 165 Luhaniya
166 Madhyadeshiya 167 Madohad 168 Mahajan Vaishya
169 Maharajan 170 Mahavanik 171 Mahawar
172 Mahuri 173 Maithal 174 Mandaliya
175 Mandara 176 Mangora 177 Maraki
178 Mathpar 179 Matiya 180 Maudh
181 Maur 182 Maurya 183 Maya
184 Medara 185 Meeranbal 186 Mehta
187 Mehwada 188 Mihir 189 Mihirwal
190 Mihirya 191 Muihar 192 Nachhila
193 Nadame 194 Nadara 195 Nadhora
196 Nadi 197 Nagdah 198 Nagendra
199 Nangahesa 200 Narasiya 201 Naraya
202 Naroda 203 Nathchalla 204 Navamara
205 Notiya 206 Omar 207 Orwal
208 Oswal 209 Pachampokhara 210 Padasiya
211 Padhara 212 Padmeera 213 Palewal
214 Pancham 215 Panchamwar 216 Pantiwal
217 Parvata 218 Parwal 219 Pataniya
220 Patnapuri 221 Patoliya 222 Pau-das
223 Paukar 224 Pavachiva 225 Pisarwani
226 Pivadi 227 Posara 228 Praharav
229 Pravara 230 Puratan 231 Puskarwal
232 Ragora 233 Rahati 234 rajiya
235 Rajpuri 236 Rama 237 Roniyar
238 Rothai 239 Rui 240 Saadh
241 Saan 242 Sachora 243 Sadaiya
244 Sahel 245 Salau 246 Sardewal
247 Sarhiya 248 Sarkharal 249 Sarviya
250 Satwal 251 Saudhat 252 Saurathiya
253 Sethi (Seth) 254 Setwal 255 Shaundrik
256 Shivhare 257 Shursheni 258 Sigar
259 Silharwal 260 Sirkata 261 Soharwal
262 Sojatwal 263 Sonaiya 264 Soni
265 Sootal 266 Srikhand 267 Stiguru
268 Sunmaniy 269 Surani 270 Sursarwal
271 Swariv 272 Tachatrara 273 Tailik (Disputed)
274 Takchal 275 Talnada 276 Tatar
277 Tatoriya 278 Teetoda 279 Thakar
280 Thakarwal 281 Thanthwal 282 Urvala
283 Urwal 284 Usmar 285 Vachad
286 Vadarwal 287 Vaghr 288 Vagiwal
289 Vagreeva 290 Vagrora 291 Vahada
292 Vahora 293 Vaice 294 Vaish
295 Valmiwal 296 Vandvaiya 297 Vapachawal
298 Vareeri 299 Varuri 300 vasmi
301 Vasta 302 Vatham 303 Vativara
304 Vayad 305 Vayech 306 Vayeda
307 Vednara 308 Vidiyada 309 Visalvar
310 Yaghyaseni         

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