Gaur Rajput

The Gaur Rajput (also Gour) is a Suryavanshi clan of the Rajputs in India. The Gaur Kshatriyas are descendants of Bharata[1], the younger brother of Lord Shri Ram[2]. These belong to the pure Suryavanshi clan. When Shri Ram became the emperor of Ayodhya, Maharaja Bharata was made the lord of the Gandhar region. Maharaja Bharata had two sons, Taksha and Pushkal, who were famous takshashila (famous university) and Pushkalavati Basai (now Peshawar) respectively.

According to a legend, Gandhar's illiteracy was noticed, which later became Gaur under the influence of the local language in Rajasthan. In the Mahabharata period, the king of this dynasty was Jayadratha. Later on, Sinhvaditya and Lakshmanaditya were two majestic kings who had expanded their kingdom from Gandhar to Rajasthan and Kurukshetra.

Pujya Gopichand who was the nephew of Emperor Vikramaditya and Bharthari belonged to this dynasty. Later the Kshatriyas of this dynasty migrated to Bengal which came to be known as Gaur Bengal. Even today, the oldest temple of Mahakali, the total goddess of the Gaud Rajputs, is in Bengal, which has now moved to Bangladesh.


Gaur Vansh Gotra Pravadi ===

Vansh-Suryavansh,

Gotra-Bharadwaj,

PravarTeen-Bharadwaj,Baispatya,Angiras,

Ved-Yajurved,

Shakha-Vajsnayi,

utra-Paraskar

Kuldevi-Mahakali,

IshtDev-RudraDev,

Garh-Pahla Bengal Dusra Garh Ajmer,

Kile Ki Devi-Mahadurga,

Dhal-Ashavari,

Talvar-Rangroop,

Banduk-Sandan

, Top-KatakBijli,

Katar-Ranvir,

Churi-Aspay,

Ghat-Haridwar,

Tirth-Dwarika ,

Gaur Rajputs Of Uttar Pradesh

Out of the Marwar region of Rajasthan, two Gaud brothers, Deo and Nahardev, reached Kannauj Emperor Nagabhatta II. Those whom Nagabhatta gave in the jalir area of Kalpi and Nar (Kanpur). Their descendants today live in Kanpur, Etah, Etawah, Gorakhpur Badaun, Moradabad and Aligarh in Uttar Pradesh. Prithvi Dev Gaur, the king of Nar, was married to the sister of Maharaja Gopichand Rathod. When Prithvi Dev received Veeragati in a battle, Gopichand Rathore called his nephew and made him the ruler of Amethi (Kanpur). These descendants of King Kanhadeva were called Amethia Gaur. These Amethi reside in Lucknow, Sitapur districts. A branch came to Mathura from Bengal itself.The commanders of the Delhi Emperor Anangpal Tanwar were two Gaur brothers, Sur and Ghot. He won the current Bilram (Mathura).

Pavayan princely state In 1705, King Uday Singh Gaud defeated the Rohilla Pathans and established the largest Rajput princely state of Pavayan (District Shahjahanpur) in Rohilkhand Uttar Pradesh (Mahabharata Panchal Pradesh). Whose rule lasted till 1947. The ruler here has the right to bear the title of king.The ancestors of the Gauds who settled in Bulandshahr had two brothers from Rajasthan. The Gaud Rajputs also reside in the district Bijnor. Here, 12 kings, including Balabhadrasinh Gaud and Buddha Singh Gaur, who came from Rajasthan to take a holy dip in the Ganges on Somavati Amavasya under the leadership of Mukut Singh Shekhawat, protected Hindu monks by killing the terrorist Muslim Nawab Fatah Ullah Khan. After this, these 12 kings divided 84-84 villages among themselves and started ruling there.

From Kanpur, a family of Gaud Rajputs came to Allahabad, who were in the service of the Bundelas of Orchha. One of his feudal Bihari Singh Gaud rebelled against Aurangzeb and died in a battle. Dr. Narendra Singh Gaur of Allahabad was also the Minister of Education and Sugarcane in the Government of Uttar Pradesh.

Gaur Rajputs Of Madhya Pradesh

Sheopur (district Jabalpur) has been a major destination of Gaud Rajputs in Madhya Pradesh. In 1301 Allauddin Khilji captured Sheopur which was by then Hamir Dev Chauhan. Later, Sultan of Malwa and Sher Shah Suri were also captured here. Then Bundi ruler Surjan Singh Hada also captured Sheopur. Akbar later annexed it into the Mughal Empire.This state was established independently by Anirudh Singh Gaur, son of Vitthaldas Gaur. His Amer had very close and close relations with the Kachhwaha Rajputs. The daughter of Anirudh Singh Gaur was married to Amer Naresh Mirza Raja Ramsingh. Sawai Raja Jaisingh was married to Anandakanwar, the daughter of Uday Singh Gaur. From whom the eldest son Shiv Singh was born. Apart from this, Inder Singh Gaur was also in the help of Sawai Raja in the war against Peshwas in Bhopal and war against Jodhpur. In this way, Indrasingh Gaur supported Sawai Raja Jai Singh throughout his life. The Sindhis later conquered Sheopur with Gaudas.

The 225-year history of Sheopur is a testimony to the magnificent Gaud Rajput architecture. Be it Narsingh Gaud's palace, Rani Mahal or Kishor Das Gaud's canopies, all are unique in themselves. Today, this city is a major part of Madhya Pradesh's tourism.


Gaur Rajputs Of Khandwa

Apart from Sheopur, Khandwa has also been a prominent place of Gaudas in Madhya Pradesh. Gajsingh Gaur, a descendant of the feudal king Vatsaraja (Bachhraj) Gaur (Kekri-juniyan) of the Ajmer Empire, and his brothers, moved from Rajasthan to establish the Ghatkhedi salt kingdom in East Nimar (Khandwa) in 1485. It remained a strong base of the Gaud Rajputs. Presently, the descendants of the aforesaid hideout are settled in villages like Mohanpur, Goradia Pokhar Rajpura Plassey etc. of Khandwa.

References

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Further reading
  • Fox, Richard G. (1971). Kin, Clan, Raja, and Rule: State-Hinterland Relations in Preindustrial India. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520018075.
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