Bargujar

The Badgujar or Bargujar is an Indian caste of Rajputs.[1]

History

The Bargujars were originally Gurjars who established kingdoms and entered the Rajput groups.[2] The Bargujar held considerable possessions in Dhundhar, and their capital was the hill fortress of Rajor in the principality of Macheri. Rajgarh and Alwar also had their possessions.[3]

The capital of their Principality was Machheri.[4][5][6][7] They built numerous monuments, including the famous Nilkanth temple now in the Sariska Tiger Reserve; the fort and Neelkanth Mahadev Temple at Kalinjar being Shiva Worshipers; many other palaces and forts at Alwar, Machari, Sawai Madhopur; and the fort of Dausa. Neelkanth was the old capital of the Bargujar tribe, its old name is Rajor or Rajor Garh.

The title of Rao was first used by Raja Pratap Singh, the founder king of Barauli Rao. Bargujar Rajput's Bajgarhi state at the time of Raja Pirthvi Raj and was prefixed to the name of the eldest son Rao Raja Raghuraj Singh. In 1931 title of Rao of Barauli was made hereditary by British.

Samthar

The 11- salute princely state of Samthar was ruled by the Gurjars of Khatana clan.[9][10][11][12][13][14]

Other principalities of badgujars were Daria Kheri,[15] Kamalpur.[16]

Heritage

The Ghasera Fort and Khandar Fort[17] are among the two major forts built by Bargujar Rajput rulers.

Distribution

They are mainly distributed parts of present-day Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.[18][19]

See also

References
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  2. People of India: Maharashtra, Part 1 edited by Kumar Suresh Singh, B. V. Bhanu, Anthropological Survey of India pg.786
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  12. Vadivelu, A. (1915). The Ruling Chiefs, Nobles & Zamindars of India. G.C. Loganadham. p. 331. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  13. Kushwaha, Rajendra Singh (2003). Glimpses of Bhāratiya History. Ocean Books. p. 437. ISBN 9788188322404. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
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  16. Lorimer, John Gordon (1970). Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, ʻOmān, and Central Arabia. Gregg. p. 118. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  17. "UP Places of Interest". Uttar Pradesh Government. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
  18. Uttara Bhārata kī Buksā janajāti: sāmājika-sāṃskr̥tika-sarvekshaṇa by Rāmajīta Śukla. Sañjaya Prakāśana, 1981 - Bhoksa (Indic people). 1981. p. 56. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  19. Pal, Hamendar Bhisham; India Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation (1991). Rājasthāna ke devālaya - Temples in Rajasthan (in Hindi). Sāmayika Prakāśana. p. 71. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
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