Dosar, also known as Dhusar, is a Vaishya community in North India that originated in the Dhosi hill region near Rewari in the Indian state of Haryana. The Dosar Vaishya community has a royal background in ancient times. In ancient times, people from dosar vaishya community were zamindars, kings or traders of weapons & ayurvedic medicines.
Basically, it is a minority caste because very few people belongs to this caste comparatively. Some court cases are pending which states that roots of this caste are not connected with vaishya (baniya) samaj and demands separate caste group for them. However, after having several proofs also, no justified decision came from courts into this till now.
Dhusar is a community of historical significance. They are mentioned in a Khandela (Sikar dist.) inscription of 807 AD
They are also mentioned in the Sakarari (Sikar district) inscription of VS 699 (AD 642–2) along with the Dharkata community. The last Hindu ruler of Delhi Hem Chandra (often called Hemu) also belonged to the same community. The saint poet Sahajo Bai and the publisher Munshi Nawal Kishore also belonged to the same community.
The author of the famous Jhanda Geet (विजयी विश्व तिरंगा प्यारा, झण्डा ऊँचा रहे हमारा), Shyam Lal Gupta was a Dosar.
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- दोसर वैश्य समाज के होली मिलन में उड़ा गुलाल, Amar Ujala, Thu, 27 Mar 2014
- THE MERCANTILE CLASSES OF INDIA DURING THE PERIOD OF THE DELHI SULTANATE, Irfan Habib Source: Proceedings of the Indian History Congress , 2008, Vol. 69 (2008), pp. 297-308
- Epigraphia Indica , XXXIV, pp. 160-61 edited by D.C. Sircar
- Epigraphia Indica, XXVII, p. 27-33
- Sahaj Prakash = the brightness of simplicity By Sahajo Bāī, Motilal Banarasidass Publishers, 2001, p. viii
- झंडा गीत के रचयिता-श्याम लाल गुप्त, Khabar Live, 9 September 2014
- Pt. Jhammanlal Jain Tarkatirtha, Shri Lamechu Samaj ka Itihas, Calcutta, 1952
Dosar Vaish Mahasamiti Organizes Holi Milan Program
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