Bargujar
The Badgujar or Bargujar is a clan of Rajputs in India.
History
The Bargujars were originally Gurjars who established kingdoms and entered the Rajput groups. 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.
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.
- Rao Raj Kunwar Singh, M.L.A., the last jagirdar of Barauli Estate[1]
Distribution
They are mainly distributed parts of present-day Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.[2][3]
References
- Indian & Pakistan Year Book & Who's who. Bennett, Coleman & Company. 1950. p. 770.
- Uttara Bhārata kī Buksā janajāti: sāmājika-sāṃskr̥tika-sarvekshaṇa by Rāmajīta Śukla. Sañjaya Prakāśana, 1981 - Bhoksa (Indic people). 1981. p. 56. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
- 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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