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sRajput

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, Mainpuri

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, Delhi

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, Hariyana, Rajasthan

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, Gujarat
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| Rajputana

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, Samthar

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, Barauli Rao

Barauli Rao

Barauli Rao बरौली राव also known as is a Town & Panchayat block in Aligarh district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India.Situated on 25 km from Aligarh city, which is famous for Aligarh Muslim University....

, Chhatari

Chhatari

Chhatari is a town and a nagar panchayat in Bulandshahr district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India.-History:Chhatari was a jagir during British India.It was owned by Nawabs of Lalkhani, a Badgujar, Muslim Rajput community.-Nawabs of Chhatari:...

, Pahasu

Pahasu

Pahasu is a town and a nagar panchayat in Bulandshahr district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.-Geography:Pahasu is located at . It has an average elevation of 187 metres .-History:...

, Talib Nagar

Talib Nagar

Talib Nagar is a village in Jawan Sikanderpur Mandal, Aligarh District of Uttar Pradesh, India.It is located at a distance of 15.6 km from Aligarh.-History:Talib Nagar was a jagir during British India...

, Dharampur

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"Dharampur" is a small town cum Railway Station in Aligarh to Moradabad Railway line. It is located in Bulandshahr District of Uttar Pradesh, India.Nearest town Dibai is only 7 km away and Aligarh is 35 km away.The Railway code of Dharampur Station in "DMPR"....

, Danpur

Danpur

Danpur is a town in Danpur Mandar in Bulandshahr District in Uttar Pradesh, India.Nearby towns are Dibai, Pahasu, Anupshahr-History:...

, Sadabad
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and Pakistan

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, Gujari, Gujarati

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The Bargujar or Badgujars is one of the Brahman

Brahman

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, Meo

Meo

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, Rajput

Rajput

and Gurjar clan of India

India

, who claims descent from Suryavanshi Kshatriyas.

Origin

Bargujars were originally Gujjar

Gujjar

The Gurjar are an ethnic group in India, Pakistan and Afghanistan. Alternative spellings include Gurjara, Gujar, Gurjjara and Gūrjara. The spelling Gurjara or Gurjar is preferable to the rest....

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As per A.H.Bingley, the name of this clan is derived from Hindi

Hindi

bara ("great") and 'Gujar', forming "great Gujar".He further mentions that Bargujars being of Solar race i.e. Suryavanshi and like Gehlots worship lord Rama

Rama

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and claim descent from Lava

Lava (Ramayana)

Lava or Luv and his twin brother Kusha, were the children of the Lord Rama and his wife Sita, whose story is recounted in the Ramayana. Per that text, he is known as the founder of Lavapuri,that is, the modern day city of Lahore,...

, elder son of Rama. Historian R. V. Russell also stated that Bargujars have been simply a section of the Gujjar

Gujjar

The Gurjar are an ethnic group in India, Pakistan and Afghanistan. Alternative spellings include Gurjara, Gujar, Gurjjara and Gūrjara. The spelling Gurjara or Gurjar is preferable to the rest....

s. Most of them now use the surname Raghav

History

Among Marathas, one of the major clans is called "Bargujar". Prataprao was the third royal Sarnaubat (Commander-in-chief) of Maratha ruler Shivaji's army. Sidhoji Bargujar was a notable admiral in Shivaji's navy. The Khandesh region in Maharashtra has a sizable Gujar population, the major sub-castes being Dode Gujar, Leva Gujar, Bargujar etc {fact}.

They built numerous monuments, including the fort and Nilkanth

Nilkanth

Nilkanth is a name used to refer to Shiva, one of the Hindu trinity of Creator , Preserver , and Destroyer .According to the Purnas, Shiva received this name as he drank the poison that emerged from the oceans after it was churned for getting 'amrut' - the nectar of immortality...

Mahadev Temple at Kalinjar; the famous Nilkanth

Nilkanth

temple complex near Tehla now in the Sariska Tiger Reserve

Sariska Tiger Reserve

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; many other palaces and forts at Alwar, Machari, Sawai Madhopur

Sawai Madhopur

Sawai Madhopur is a city and a municipality in Sawai Madhopur District in the Indian state of Rajasthan. It is the administrative headquarters of Sawai Madhopur District....

and in Dausa

Dausa

Dausa is a city and administrative headquarters of Dausa District in the state of Rajasthan, India. It is 55 km from Jaipur,240 km from Delhi and situated at NH-11. It is also known as "Dev Nagari."- History :...

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Neelkanth near Tehla was the old capital of the Bargujar tribe, its old name is Rajor or Rajor Garh. Its founder was possibly Raja Bagh Singh Bargujar, in Vikrami Samvat (VS) 202 which corresponds to 145 AD, the difference being 57 years. The place was also referred to as 'Baghola'. This place was also possibly influenced by Gurjara Pratiharas. Most carvings probably date to 9th - 10th century. Remains of more than 300 temples are there, some of them are Jain shines. One Shiva

Shiva

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temple is still in use.
One of their famous kings was Raja Pratap Singh

Raja Pratap Singh

Raja Pratap Singh राव प्रताप सिंह was the founder King of Barauli State, in the Aligarh District, who was Prithviraj Chauhan's nephew and assisted in his fight against the Muslim invaders, who were led by Muhammad of Ghor in 1191...

Bargujar, who was Prithviraj Chauhan's nephew and assisted in his fight against the Muslim

Muslim

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invaders, who were led by Muhammad of Ghor

Muhammad of Ghor

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in 1191. They also fought on the side of Rana Pratap of Mewar

Mewar

Mewar is a region of south-central Rajasthan state in western India. It includes the present-day districts of Pratapgarh, Bhilwara, Chittorgarh, Rajsamand, Udaipur, Dungarpur, Banswara and some of the part of Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh. The region was for centuries a Rajput kingdom that later...

and Maharana Hammir as their generals.The Badgujars appear to held have the entire pargana Barauli and two blocks in northern part of pargana Atrauli

Atrauli

Atrauli is a city and a municipal board in Aligarh district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India.It is around 30 km far from Aligarh, which is famous for Aligarh Muslim University. Ex Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh MR...

in c,1600.In his generation Famous Badgujar king Rao Raghuraj Singh of Barauli State.

During the Muslim period, one emperor demanded in marriage the daughter of Ishwar Das (Raja of Alwar), and on his refusal many Bargujars were slaughtered. Others fled, with one faction arriving at Fatehpur Sikri

Fatehpur Sikri

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, where they obtained asylum by agreeing to change their clan name to Sikarwar

Sikarwar

Sikarwar is a clan of Rajputs found around Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh. Sikarwars were the founders of Vijaypur Sikri by Babur.Some Jatt clans have adopted 'Sikarwar' as their Gotras....

. The Sikarwar are a branch of Bargujar Rajputs. Another colony found refuge in present day Anupshahr

Anupshahr

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, which was founded by Raja Anup Rai

Anup Rai

Raja Anup Rai was a Bargujar Rajput nobleman in seventeenth century India, and a courtier of the Mughal emperor, Jahangir. He was also known as Singh Dalan for intercepting a lion that was on verge of attacking the emperor during a royal hunt.-The lion hunt:The royal party went on a hunt on or...

"Anup Singh Bargujar", the eldest son of Raja Pratap Singh

Raja Pratap Singh

Bargujar. One of them, Raja Nune Shah Bargujar of the Samthar state (founded in the 18th century) fought with the British and pushed back their forces many times but later signed a peace treaty with the British

United Kingdom

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in 1817.Ranjit Singh Judeo is the present ruler of Samthar. In 1901, the Bargujar population was numbered at 25,732.

Muslim Bargujar

According to A. H. Bingley Bargujar were expelled by Kachwahas from Rajputana.After their expulsion from Jaipur by the Kachwahas, the Bargujars settled in Anupshahr

Anupshahr

in the Bulandshahr district, where they intermarried with Dors, and expelled Mewati

Mewati

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s and Bhar

Bhar

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s.Bargujars were mostly converted to Islam

Islam

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in the time of Ala-ud-din Khilji, but they still retain many of their Hindu

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customs .
The Bargujar population of Rajputana

Rajputana

are found in Jaipur

Jaipur

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, Alwar and in Gurgaon

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and Hisar

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districts of Haryana

Haryana

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In Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh

they are settled in Bulandshahr, Aligarh, Etah

Etah

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, Badaun, and Moradabad

Moradabad

Moradabad is a city and a municipal corporation in Moradabad district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It was established in 1600 by prince Murad, the son of the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan; as a result the city came to be known as Moradabad. It is the administrative headquarters of...

districts.A branch of the Badgujar family converted to Islam by Sabit Khan, the erstwhile Governor of Koil (now a region of Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh

) in early 13th century. Muslim Badgujar Rajputs of Lalkhani

Lalkhani

The Lalkhani are a Muslim Rajput community, found in North India. They are a sub-division of the Bargujar clan of Rajputs. The community is found mainly in the districts of Aligarh and Bulandshahr in Uttar Pradesh. They are found in Dataganj and Gunnaur tehsils of Badaun District...

lineage & their dynasties of Koil now Aligarh, Bulandshahar

Bulandshahar

Bulandshahr is a city and a municipal board in Bulandshahr district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is the administrative headquarters of Bulandshahr District...

, Hathras

Hathras

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are They held large estates or jagir

Jagir

In historic India, a jagir was a small territory granted by the ruler to an army chieftain in fairly short terms usually of three years but not extending beyond his lifetime, in recognition of his military service...

s in Chhatari

Chhatari

, Dharampur

Dharampur, Uttar Pradesh

, Pahasu

Pahasu

Pahasu is a town and a nagar panchayat in Bulandshahr district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.-Geography:Pahasu is located at . It has an average elevation of 187 metres .-History:...

, Pindrawal

Pindrawal

Pindrawal is a town is Bulandshahr district of Uttar Pradesh, IndiaRohilkhand railway station is about 4 km away from Pindrawal.-History:"Pindrawal" was a zamindari during British India belonging to dynasty of Lalkhani Badgujar, Muslim Rajput community....

, Danpur

Danpur

Danpur is a town in Danpur Mandar in Bulandshahr District in Uttar Pradesh, India.Nearby towns are Dibai, Pahasu, Anupshahr-History:...

, Sadabad and Talib Nagar

Talib Nagar

Origin

History

Muslim Bargujar

See also

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