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Burdak is a surname

Family name

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found in the countries of Eurasia

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, Australia

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and United States

United States

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. In India

India

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, Burdak is a clan

Clan

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of the Jat people

Jat people

The Jat people are a community of traditionally non-elite tillers and herders in Northern India and Pakistan. Originally pastoralists in the lower Indus river-valley of Sindh, Jats migrated north into the Punjab region in late medieval times, and subsequently into the Delhi Territory,...

and Bishnois

Bishnois

The Bishnois are known as the conservationists to whom the preservation of animal and vegetable life is a religion and has been so from the early 15th century. Their spiritual mentor, Guru Jambheshwar was a wise ecologist. He formulated Bis + noi = Bisnoi tenets from which the community derives...

History

Burdak is a surname of the Jat

Jat people

community in India, found primarily in northwest Rajasthan

Rajasthan

Rājasthān the land of Rajasthanis, , is the largest state of the Republic of India by area. It is located in the northwest of India. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with...

, which indicates membership in the Burdak Gotra

Gotra

In the Hindu society, the term Gotra broadly refers to people who are descendants in an unbroken male line from a common male ancestor. Panini defines gotra for grammatical purposes as apatyam pautraprabhrti gotram , which means "the word gotra denotes the progeny beginning with the son's son"...

. The origin of Burdak surname seems to be of Iran

Iran

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ian. Burdak Jats are considered to be the descendants of Maharaja Bahuka

Bahuka

Bahuka was the changed name of Nala, a character of Hindu mythology, while he was a charioteer of Rituparna, the king of Ayodhya. His story is told in the Mahabharata, published around the 8th century BC....

(बाहुक), who was a Suryavanshi King, son of Vrika. Bahuka had been 33 generations earlier than Rama

Rama

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of Ramayana

Ramayana

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in the ancestry of Suryavansha

Suryavansha

The Sooryavamsham or Suryavansh or Suryavamsa or Sun Dynasty or Solar Dynasty was one of the most prominent dynasties in the mythical history of India, along with the "Chandra-vaṃśa" or Lunar Dynasty.-Introduction:...

. Burdak is an Agni kula
Agnivansha
In Indian mythology and culture, the Agnivanshi are people descended from Agni, the Vedic god of fire. The Agnivanshi lineage or Agnivansha is one of the three lineages into which the Kshatriya caste of Hindus is divided, the other two races being the Suryavanshi and the Chandravanshi .-The...

("Fire Born") lineage Jat clan included in Chauhan

Chauhan

Chauhan, Chouhan or Chohan , , - is a clan who ruled parts of northern India in the Middle Ages. The clan is most famous for Rajput King Maharaja Prithviraj Chauhan...

s. They write Burdok in the north-east region of India.

As per records of the Bards the Jat Gotra Burdak started after Rao Burdakdeo of Dadrewa

Dadrewa

Dadrewa is a village situated in Churu district of Rajasthan, India. The village is situated on the Hissar-Bikaner Highway in between Sadulpur and Taranagar. It was the ancient capital of Chauhan Rulers. The famous Gogaji Pir, was also born at Dadrewa. This was also ruled by Punias and Kaimkhanis....

. Rao Burdak Dev went to Lahore

Lahore

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to help Raja Jai Pal

Jayapala

Jayapala Janjua Shahi, the son of Asatapala and father of Anandapal, was the first king and founder of the Hindushahi dynasty of Afghanistan and Northwest Pakistan. He succeeded the last Brahman Shahi king Bhimadeva in about 964 CE, and thus began the Janjua Rajput phase of Shahiya Dynasties...

of Hindu Shahi dynasty to fight against Mahmud of Ghazni

Mahmud of Ghazni

Mahmud of Ghazni , actually ', was the most prominent ruler of the Ghaznavid dynasty who ruled from 997 until his death in 1030 in the eastern Iranian lands. Mahmud turned the former provincial city of Ghazni into the wealthy capital of an extensive empire which covered most of today's Iran,...

. He died in war in V.S. 1057 (1000 AD) and his wife Tejal of gotra Shekwal became sati in Dadrewa

Dadrewa

. Her chhatri was built on the site of Dadrewa pond in samvat 1058 (1001 AD). Rao Burdakdeo’s elder son Samudra Pal went to Vaihind near Peshawar

Peshawar

Peshawar is the capital of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and the administrative center and central economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan....

in Pakistan to help Raja Anand Pal and was killed there in war. Samudra Pal’s wife Punyani became sati

Sati

Sati may refer to:*An alternative name for Hindu goddess Dakshayani, Shiva's first wife*Sati , an ancient Indian tradition of the immolation of a widow on her husband's funeral pyre, now illegal*Mindfulness...

in samvat 1067 (1010 AD) at Sambhar.

Burdak branch of Chauhan

Chauhan

Chauhan, Chouhan or Chohan , , - is a clan who ruled parts of northern India in the Middle Ages. The clan is most famous for Rajput King Maharaja Prithviraj Chauhan...

s moved from Sambhar to Ajmer

Ajmer

Ajmer , formerly written as Ajmere, is a city in Ajmer District in Rajasthan state in India. Ajmer has a population of around 800,000 , and is located west of the Rajasthan state capital Jaipur, 200 km from Jodhpur, 274 km from Udaipur, 439 km from Jaisalmer, and 391 km from...

to Dadrewa

Dadrewa

and finally to Sarnau. They built a fort there and settled at Sarnau located near Harsh

Harsh

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and Jeenmata

Jeenmata

Jeenmata is a village of religious importance in Sikar district of Rajasthan, India. It is located at a distance of 29 km from Sikar town in south. The population of town is 4359 out of which 1215 are SC and 113 ST people. There is an ancient Temple dedicated to Jeen Mata . The sacred shrine...

and ruled from 975 AD - 1258 AD. Sarnau was made Jagirdari of Burdaks under Raja Mahi Pal of Delhi in samvat 1032 (975 AD). Burdaks survived at Sarnau till 1258 AD when they were exterminated by Dhaka

Dhaka

Dhaka is the capital of Bangladesh and the principal city of Dhaka Division. Dhaka is a megacity and one of the major cities of South Asia. Located on the banks of the Buriganga River, Dhaka, along with its metropolitan area, had a population of over 15 million in 2010, making it the largest city...

s under the rule of Delhi Badashah Nasir-ud-din Mahmud (1246–1266). They grew from sole survivor Nanak Burdak (1259-1319) and spread to other parts of Rajasthan

Rajasthan

.

According to Dr Mahendra Singh Arya and others , they are considered to be the descendants of Maharaja

Maharaja

Mahārāja is a Sanskrit title for a "great king" or "high king". The female equivalent title Maharani denotes either the wife of a Maharaja or, in states where that was customary, a woman ruling in her own right. The widow of a Maharaja is known as a Rajamata...

Wardak

Wardak Province

Maidan Wardak Province is one of thirty four provinces of Afghanistan located in the central east region of Afghanistan. It has a population of approximately 540,100. The capital of the province is Maidan Shar...

(वरडक).
The records of Kushan

Kushan Empire

The Kushan Empire originally formed in the early 1st century AD under Kujula Kadphises in the territories of ancient Bactria on either side of the middle course of the Oxus in what is now northern Afghanistan, Pakistan, and southern Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.During the 1st and early 2nd centuries...

ruler Huvishka

Huvishka

Huvishka was a Kushan emperor from the death of Kanishka until the succession of Vasudeva I about forty years later. His rule was a period of retrenchment and consolidation for the Empire...

(140-183 CE) have been unearthed at Wardak

Wardak Province

, to the west of Kabul

Kabul

Kabul , spelt Caubul in some classic literatures, is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan. It is also the capital of the Kabul Province, located in the eastern section of Afghanistan...

. The existence of Wardak province

Wardak Province

and Chaki Wardak District

Chaki Wardak District

Chaki Wardak or Čak-e-Wardak , literally : The Head of Wardak , is a district in the south of Wardak Province, Afghanistan. Its population was estimated at 83,376 in 2005, the last year for which figures are available...

in Afghanistan, probably, indicates their migration from Afghanistan

Afghanistan

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to India

India

.

Hathigumpha inscription

Hathigumpha inscription

The Hathigumpha inscription , from Udayagiri, near Bhubaneshwar in Orissa, was written by Kharavela, the king of Kalinga in India, during the 2nd century BCE...

is about king Kharavela

Kharavela

Khārabēḷa was the third and greatest emperor of the Mahāmēghabāhana Dynasty of Kaḷinga . The main source of information about Khārabeḷa is his famous seventeen line rock-cut Hātigumphā inscription in a cave in the Udayagiri hills near Bhubaneswar, Orissa.During the reign of Khārabēḷa, the Chedi...

at Bhubaneswar

Bhubaneswar

Bhubaneswar is the capital of the Indian state of Orissa, officially Odisha. The city has a long history of over 2000 years starting with Chedi dynasty who had Sisupalgarh near present-day Bhubaneswar as their capital...

. At the same place there is one minor inscription in "Manchapuri cave inscription 'B' (Lower storey)" . This inscription has been engraved on the right wall of Veranda, to the :right of the entrance to the right-hand side chamber of the main wing, consisting of one line. This inscription is probably about a Burdak prince. The text is presented below in Devanagari

Devanagari

Devanagari |deva]]" and "nāgarī" ), also called Nagari , is an abugida alphabet of India and Nepal...

script:

कुमारो वडुखस लेणं. Translation - [This is] the cave of Prince Vaḍukha.

The Burdak gotra of Jats are probably related with Virudhaka

Virudhaka

Virudhaka was son of Raja Prasenjit and king of Kashi Kosala.Soon after usurping the prosperous kingdom built up by his father Bimbisara, the parricide Ajatashatru went to war with his aged uncle Prasenjit, and gained complete control of Kashi...

. Virudhaka

Virudhaka

(विरूढक) (IAST: Virūḍhaka, Pali

Páli

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: Viḍūḍabha) was son of Raja Prasenjit

Prasenjit Chatterjee

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and king of Kashi

Varanasi

-Etymology:The name Varanasi has its origin possibly from the names of the two rivers Varuna and Assi, for the old city lies in the north shores of the Ganga bounded by its two tributaries, the Varuna and the Asi, with the Ganges being to its south...

. Soon after usurping the prosperous kingdom built up by his father Bimbisara

Bimbisara

Bimbisara was a King, and later, Emperor of the Magadha empire from 543 BC to his death and belonged to the Hariyanka dynasty.-Career:There are many accounts of Bimbisara in the Jain texts and the Buddhist Jatakas, since he was a contemporary of Mahavira and Gautama Buddha. He was the king of...

, the parricide Ajatashatru

Ajatashatru

Ajatasatru was a king of the Magadha empire in north India. He was the son of King Bimbisara, the Great Monarch of Magadha. He was contemporary to Mahavira and Buddha. He took over the kingdom of Magadha from his father forcefully by imprisoning him...

went to war with his aged uncle Prasenjit

Prasenjit Chatterjee

, and gained complete control of Kashi

Varanasi

. Just after this Prasenjit, like Bimbisara, was deposed by his son Virudhaka, and died. The new king, Virūḍhaka (in Pali Viḍūḍabha), then attacked and virtually annihilated the little autonomous tribe of Shakya

Shakya

Shakya was an ancient janapada of India in the 1st millennium BCE. In Buddhist texts the Shakyas, the inhabitants of Shakya janapada, are mentioned as a clan of Gotama gotra....

s, in Himalyan foothills, and we hear no more of the people which produced the greatest of Indians, the Buddha. Probably Virudhaka

Virudhaka

, like Ajatashatru of Magadha

Magadha

Magadha formed one of the sixteen Mahājanapadas or kingdoms in ancient India. The core of the kingdom was the area of Bihar south of the Ganga; its first capital was Rajagriha then Pataliputra...

, had ambitions of empire, and wished to embark on a career of conquest after bringing the outlying peoples, who had paid loose homage to his father, more directly under the control of the centre; but his intentions were unfulfilled, for we hear no more of him except an unreliable legend that he was destroyed by a miracle soon after his massacre of Shakyas. A little later his kingdom was incorporated in Magadha

Magadha

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.

Alexander Cunningham

Alexander Cunningham

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found a sculpture of Virudhaka

Virudhaka

at Bharhut

Bharhut

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stupa in Satna district

Satna District

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in Madhya Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh

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. There is an inscription in a scene at Bharhut

Bharhut

which reads as under:

Vadukokatha dohati nadode pavate - This long label inscription shows a curious scene but could not be made out by historians. In fact Vaduko has been used for Vardak in prakrit language.

The name "Burdak" derives from a legend of Parashurama

Parashurama

Parashurama , is the sixth avatar of Vishnu and belongs to the treta yuga, and is the son of a Brahmin father Jamadagni and mother Renuka. He is considered one of the seven immortal human. He received an axe after undertaking a terrible penance to please Shiva, from whom he learned the methods of...

. Upon this deity's apparent destruction of the entire Kshatriya

Kshatriya

*For the Bollywood film of the same name see Kshatriya Kshatriya or Kashtriya, meaning warrior, is one of the four varnas in Hinduism...

varna
Varna
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, a single boy-child survived as a result of a Jat woman's hiding the boy by burying him, covering him in sand. The boy's name in Hindi

Hindi

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, "Burdak", derives from a combination of the words "Bura" and "Dhaka", meaning "buried" and "covered", respectively. All Burdaks are said to descend from this single male.

With the defeat of Prithiviraj Chauhan

Prithviraj III

Prithvi Raj III, commonly known as Prithviraj Chauhan , was a king of the Hindu Chauhan dynasty, who ruled the kingdom of Ajmer and Delhi in northern India during the latter half of the 12th century....

in the Second Battle of Tarain (1192) and establishment of Muslim rule in North India in the form of the Delhi Sultanate

Delhi Sultanate

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, Jats moved to the countryside and started tilling the land. As part of this Jat exodus, Burdaks moved out from Delhi

Delhi

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with 50 horses and founded the village of Sarnau near Jeenmata

Jeenmata

in Sikar

Sikar

Sikar is a city located in the Shekhawati region of Rajasthan state in India. It is the administrative headquarter of Sikar District. Sikar is a historical city and contains many old Havelis which are a huge tourist attraction. The best way to reach the city is to use road transport from Jaipur...

Rajasthan

. All modern-day Burdaks in Rajasthan

Rajasthan

are descendants of a single child born of a Kharra

Kharra

Kharra is a gotra of Jats found in Rajasthan, India. Kharra word is derived from Arabic language used in Qur'an meaning to be pure....

Gotra woman, the sole survivor of the massacre of Burdaks by members of Dhaka

Dhaka

s Gotra in Sarnau.

Burdak in tree protection movement

Maharaja Abhay Singh, Ruler of Marwar

Marwar

Marwar is a region of southwestern Rajasthan state in western India. It lies partly in the Thar Desert. In Rajasthani dialect "wad" means a particular area. The word Marwar is derived from Sanskrit word 'Maruwat'. English translation of the word is 'The region of desert'., The Imperial Gazetteer...

(Jodhpur

Jodhpur

Jodhpur , is the second largest city in the Indian state of Rajasthan. It is located west from the state capital, Jaipur and from the city of Ajmer. It was formerly the seat of a princely state of the same name, the capital of the kingdom known as Marwar...

) state wanted to fell green Khejri (Prosopis cineraria

Prosopis cineraria

Prosopis cineraria is a species of flowering tree in the pea family, Fabaceae, that is native to arid portions of Western and South Asia, such as the Arabian and Thar Deserts...

) trees at village Khejarli

Khejarli

Khejarli or Khejadli is a village in Jodhpur district of Rajasthan, India, 26 km south-east of the city of Jodhpur. The name of the town is derived from Khejri trees, which were in abundance in the village....

to burn lime for the construction of his new palace. Since, there was a lot of greenery in the Bishnoi

Bishnois

villages even in the middle of Thar desert

Thar Desert

The Thar Desert |Punjab]] province. The Cholistan Desert adjoins the Thar desert spreading into Pakistani Punjab province.-Location and description:...

, they protested to protect the trees and 363 Bishnois were massacred in the process. Out of these martyrs 3 persons were from Burdak clan. This incidence is considered to be the origin of Chipko movement

Chipko movement

The Chipko movement or Chipko Andolan is a social-ecological movement that practised the Gandhian methods of satyagraha and non-violent resistance, through the act of hugging trees to protect them from being felled...

. It was on Tuesday 10th day of the bright fortnight of the month Bhadrapad (Indian lunar Calendar) in 1730 A.D. The brave Bishnoi lady Amrita Devi played a historical role in this incidence.

Gotra wise number of these martyrs was as under:
Achara

Adjara

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(1), Badaderi (1), Badiyani (1), Chotiya (1), Degipal (1), Dudan (1), Geela (1), Goyal

Goyal

Goyal is one of the eighteen gotras of the Agrawal community and is a common family surname amongst the Indian community in India and abroad. In some parts of England, the word Goyal refers to deep gully or ravine. However, there is no connection between the English word and this Indian...

(1), Janwar (1), Javalia

Jewlia

Jewlia is the gotra of Jats found in Sikar district, Ganganagar, Hanumangarh, Jaipur, Ajmer, Tonk and Jodhpur in Rajasthan, India...

(1), Juriya (1), Kalirani (1), Khavi (1), Khichar

Khichar

Khichar or Khichad is gotra of Jats found in Jhunjhunu, Churu, Nagaur, Ganganagar, Hanumangarh and Sikar districts in Rajasthan state in India. Veerbhan Khichar was the founder of Sikar city in Rajasthan. They are also found in Sirsa and Fatehabad districts in Haryana. Khichars are believed to be...

(1), Kupasiya (1), Lamba

Lamba (Surname/Gotra)

Lamba is a Yaduvanshi Ahirs and Jat surname found in northwest India and Pakistan, notably in Haryana, Rajasthan and the Punjab region.It is also a khatri Punjabi surname.- Lamba Khatri Last Name:...

(1), Maal (1), Rinwa

Ranwa

Ranwa , also Rinwa, is a gotra of Jats found in Sri ganganagar, Churu, Sikar and Jhunjhunu districts in Rajasthan, India. Due to being the horrible warriors they were called Ranwa....

(1), Seegar

Seegar

Seegar is a gotra belonging to the Jats. Members of the Seegar gotra are mainly found in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh in India....

(1)
Tadi (1), Vaasu (1), Adeena (2), Bhadiawas (2), Bola (2), Jhangu (2), Manjhu

Manjhu

Manjhu is a small village in district Jamshoro. The population strength of this village is approximately 450-500. The population contains a heavy part of tribe Lanjar and, Khosa, khaskheli, Panhwar, Mir Bahar, Baladi. It is situated beside railway station Unarpur and is at about two kilometers...

(2), Punia (2), Thalod (2), Bhanwal (3), Burdak (3), Chahar

Chahar (clan)

Chahar also known by variations like Chahad, Char and Chaharag, is a gotra or clan of Jats in India. People belonging to this clan are found in the states of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh...

(3), Dhatarwal

Dhetarwal

Dhatterwal , , is gotra of Jats found in Districts Hanumangarh, Sri Ganganagar, Jhunjhunu, Nagaur, Jodhpur, Barmer, Bikaner in Rajasthan state & Haryana in India....

(3), Potalia (3), Rahad (3), Siyol (3), Badiya (4), Dhayal (4), Isram (4), Karhwasra

Karwasra

Karwasra or Kadwasra is a gotra of Jats found in Rajasthan, Haryana and Punjab states of India.-History:They belong to the Dahiya clan. Their name comes from their most prominent ruler Karhwasra Rao...

(4), Bhangarwas (5), Dukia

Dookya

Dookya or Dhukiya Daukiya is gotra of Jats found in Distt Hisar and Fatehabad in Haryana. They are also found in district Churu, Nagaur of Rajasthan in India....

(5), Khava (6), Khileri (6), Lol (6), Nain (6), Sahu

Sahu

Sahu is an Indian and Pakistani surname belonging to the Vaishya varna or Jat varna respectively .They derive their name Sahu, or sometimes pronounced Sao and Sah, from their ancestral family business of bankers and money lending: from the Hindi word SAHUKAR, meaning, in a sense, persons dealing...

(6), Sinwar (6), Dhaka

Dhaka

(8), Dara

Dara (clan)

Dara is gotra of Jats found in Districts Sikar, Pali, Hanumangarh and Jodhpur in Rajasthan, India. These people were mentioned as 'Dari' by Greek historians, who became Dara in India...

(10), Dudi

Dudi

Dudi or Dudee or Duddy or Dhuddy is a gotra of Jats found in Rajasthan, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Punjab and Madhya Pradesh in India as well as Pakistan. Dudi gotra is also found in Bhati Rajputs, Sikhs, Muslims, Buddhists and Bishnois.Dudi is an old tribe of Ramayana period. Dudis are Naga...

(10), Kaswan

Kaswan

Kaswan or Kuswan or Kasuan is a gotra of jats in Rajasthan and Haryana in India. The word Kaswan is 'XWN' of Tocharian language meaning 'King'.-Origin of Kaswan :...

(10), Khod (10), Khokhar

Khokhar

The Khokhar or Khokar are a people of Punjab region of Pakistan and north-western India. According to H. A. Rose they are the gotra of Rajput, Jat, Arain, Nai, and Churah. According to Denzil Ibbetson, they are also a gotra of the Tarkhan and Khatri tribes. The Khokhars were designated as an...

(10), Panwar (10), Sihag

Sihag

Sihag , Siyag , Sehwag , or Asiagh is a clan of Jat people found in Rajasthan, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Punjab region in India...

(13), Not clear (22), Jani (15), Saran

Saharan (gotra)

Saharan or Sran or Saran is a gotra of jats in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana and Madhya Pradesh in India and Some districts of Punjab, Pakistan claim from Rajputs still today, Saharan's lineage goes to both Brahmins and Kshatriya Rajput. This is an ancient clan of India and belong to Hindu as...

(18), Babal (22), Beniwal

Beniwal

Beniwal , also Veniwal Venhval Benhival Vainiwal Bhainiwal Bahinwar is a clan or gotra of Jats in Punjab, Rajasthan, Haryana, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh in India. They were rulers in Jangaldesh. They are Jats. Beniwals are also Jat Sikhs in Punjab...

(25),

Geographical distribution

Countries where the Burdak surname is found include:

Afghanistan

Afghanistan

,
Australia

Australia

,
Belarus

Belarus

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Distribution of Burdaks in Rajasthan

Palthana

Palthana is a village in tehsil Sikar of Sikar district in Rajasthan, India. It is located about 18 km from Sikar in a north direction.-Description:...

, Mandeta and Gothra (Tagalan) villages in Sikar

Sikar

district are the main villages of Burdaks in Rajasthan

Rajasthan

. Major concentration of Burdak population is in Danta Ramgarh tahsil in Sikar

Sikar

district in Rajasthan

Rajasthan

. Presently there are about 400 families of Burdaks in village Gothra (Tagalan) of Sikar

Sikar

district which is the epicentre of all Burdaks. Many Burdak families moved from Gothra (Tagalan) village to Mandeta village in Sikar district. There are about 400 families of Burdaks in village Mandeta. Palthana

Palthana

Palthana is a village in tehsil Sikar of Sikar district in Rajasthan, India. It is located about 18 km from Sikar in a north direction.-Description:...

village is inhabited with about 250 Burdak families, 50 families in Ghirania Bara.

Locations in Jaipur city

Imliwala Phatak,
Indira Nagar,
Jhotwara,
Kailaspuri,
Mokhampura,
Murlipura Scheme,
Narayan Nagar,
Purani Basti,
Shanti Nagar,
Tejaji ki Bagichi,

Villages in Jaipur district

Biharipura Sawli (6),
Datuli (12),
Dhamana (4),
Gopalpura Mandawri (1),
Jekampura,
Jhag (50),
Junsiya,
Keria Khurd (1),
Rampura,
Sakhoon,
Surmalikpur,
Turkyawas,

Villages in Jhunjhunu district

Burdak inhabited Villages in Jhunjhunu

Jhunjhunu

Jhunjhunu is a town in the state of Rajasthan in India, and the administrative headquarters of Jhunjhunu District. It is located a 180 km from Jaipur and 245 km from Delhi. The town is famous for the frescos on its grand Havelis, a special artistic feature of this region.- Etymology...

district are:

Badet,
Bai Jhunjhunu (2)
Bhadunda Khurd,
Birol (40),
Burdak Ki Dhani (Patoda Tain),
Chetpura,
Dhani Burdakan Kaliyasar,
Dhani Burdakan Badet,
Kaliyasar,
Patusar,
Pipal Ka Bas (Bajisar),
Rayla Jhunjhunu,

Villages in Tonk district

Aranya Jhadli (2),
Bagdi

Bagdi

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(2),
Jhadli (2),
Kurad (5),

Villages in Churu district

Villages with number of families in Churu

Churu

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district are:
Balrasar,
Sulkhania (20),
Ratangarh

Ratangarh

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(15),
Thathawata

Thathawata

Thathawata is a village located in Churu District of Rajasthan state in India. As of the 2001 census, the village had a total population of 2500....

(15).
Khari Khudi,
Loonas,

Villages in Sikar district

Akhaipura (अखैपुरा),
Arjunpura,
Badagaon

Badagaon

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(30),
Banuda (11),
Bhagatpura,
Bandha Ki Dhani (Jeenwas) (22),
Bara Gaon,
Bar Ka Charanwas,
Bhakharo Ki Dhani,
Bharija,
Bhauji ki Dhani (1),
Bijarnia Ki Dhani (Khud),
Birol,
Bhuma Chhota,
Burdakon Ki Dhani (80)(Bheema

Bheema

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),
Chachiwad Bara,
Chainpura,
Chandeli Ka Bas,
Chandeli Ki Dhani,
Chelasi,
Chandpura (100),
Chokha Ka Bas (Losal

Losal

Losal is a city and a municipality in Sikar district in the Indian state of Rajasthan.-Geography:Losal is located at . It has an average elevation of 410 metres .Losal is divided into 25 wards. An Education town in sikar dist....

),
Danta

Danta

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Dheejpura (100),
Dhod,
Dukia,
Ghirania Bara,
Ghirnia Chhota,
Gothra (Tagalan) (400),
Govati,
Gumanpura Ramgarh,
Gungara,
Jajod (Srimadhopur),
Jeenwas,
Jewli,
Jhajhar Sikar (5),
Kalyanpura Shekhisar,
Karanga Bara,
Khachariawas,
Khatushyamji

Khatushyamji

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Kheri Jajod,
Khud,
Kochhor,
Khoor,
Laxmi Pura,
Mailasi (200),
Mandeta, (400)
Mohanpura,
Nani

Nani

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Nashanwa,
Nathdwara

Nathdwara

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Palas,
Palthana

Palthana

Palthana is a village in tehsil Sikar of Sikar district in Rajasthan, India. It is located about 18 km from Sikar in a north direction.-Description:...

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Piprali,
Raghunathpura Sikar,
Rajpura Sikar,
Rampura Dhayalan,
Ranoli

Ranoli

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Rasidpura,
Roopgarh,
Rulyana Patti,
Sankhu

Sankhu

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Sanwali,
Sangalia,
Sarnau,
Sawai Laxmanpura,
Sihot Chhoti,
Sihot Bari,
Sikar

Sikar

,
Sulyawas,
Sutot

Sutot

Sutot is a village in tehsil Laxmangarh of Sikar district in Rajasthan, India. It is situated at a distance of 24 km west of Sikar on the Sikar-Salasar road. This is an old historical village founded 700 years back. This is a well-connected village...

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Teja ki Dhani,
Thethalia,
Tulsirampura,
Udaipura

Udaipura

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(50),
Umara,
Vijaipura,

Villages in Nagaur district

Akoda,
Asha Ki Dhani (Peepakuri),
Baldoo (4),
Bhakaron ki Dhani,
Bharnava,
Bhincharon Ka Bas (Nalot),
Bodala Bera,
Buldakon Ki Dhani (Jhareli),
Charanawas,
Dabra (Jhareli),
Daudsar,
Der Ki Dhani (Jusari),
Dugoli,
Ghatwa Nawa,
Girdharipura,
Jusari,
Kacholia,
Kalwa

Kalwa

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Karwan Ki Dhani (Daudsar),
Khojas,
Kuriyon Ki Dhani (Borawar),
Lalashri (5),
Loonoda,
Naurangpura (200),
Rampura

Rampura

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Rasal,
Ratia Ka Bas (Suratpura Nawa),
Saniya,
Sardarpura Khurd,
Sheshma Ka Bas,
Tiloti,

Villages in Hanumangarh district

Bhairu Chhani (Bhadra),
Kurda Chhani (Bhadra),
Dabli Kalan,
Sikrodi,

Variants

Variants of the Burdak surname include:

Buldak

Buldak

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Burdach,
Burdács,
Burdak,
Burdák,
Burdakas,
Burdakevich,
Burdakin,
Burdakoff,
Burdakov,
Burdakova,
Burdán,
Burdáts,
Burdavkiné,
Burdick,
Burdik,
Burdock

Burdock

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Burjak,
Burrak

Buraq

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Burraq

Burraq

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Buryat,
Spin Buldak

Spin Boldak

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Buldick,
Buldock,
Buldok,
Bardak,
Vardak

Wardak Province

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Wardak

Wardak Province

Notable persons from this clan

Hari Singh Burdak
Hari Singh Burdak
Hari Singh Burdak was a freedom fighter of Shekhawati region in Rajasthan, India. He was born in year 1884 in a Jat Hindu family of Burdak gotra in village Palthana of Sikar district in Rajasthan, India. He continued his struggle for farmers from 1930 to 1947 as a prominent leader of Prajamandal....

- Freedom fighter and leader of Jat movement in Shekhawati.
Arvind Kumar Burdak - Recipient of Shaurya Chakra
Shaurya Chakra
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award.
Harji Ram Burdak
Harji Ram Burdak
Harji Ram Burdak is a senior politician of Indian National Congress from Nagaur district in Rajasthan. He is the current Agriculture Minister.-Personal life:...

- Politician and leader of Indian National Congress
Narayan Singh Burdak - Politician and leader of Indian National Congress
Karl Friedrich Burdach
Karl Friedrich Burdach
Karl Friedrich Burdach was a German physiologist, born in Leipzig.He was graduated in medicine there in 1800; became professor of physiology in the University of Dorpat in 1811, and four years later took a similar position at the University of Königsberg.He provided in 1822 the name--due the...

- German physiologist, born in Leipzig.

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