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The Rajbhar (also spelled Rajbhaar or Bhar ) are a community of the state of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, Bihar, Nepal and other states of India.

They belonges to Bharshiva Naagvanshi Kshatriya and ruled Kashi, Kathura and Kantit about 200AD to 400AD aprox .

Gotra

Gotra of Rajbhars are Bhardwaj. The Surname of Rajbhars Are Rajbhar ,Bhar ,Bhardwaj, Bhargav ,Rai ,Singh, Rajput, Rajvar ,Bharshiva, etc.

HISTORY

Bhar is a word derived from tribal languages ​​such as Gondi and Munda , and means "warrior". Tribal society in central India used to have its own hierarchy, with clans ranging from the Brahmins (priestly class), warriors, and domestic class. Tribal society had a special respect for their warriors and martial clans. Bhar was one such clan, which in the Medieval period had its own small principalities in various parts of northern India. The Bhars formed small kingdoms in the eastern Uttar Pradesh region, until they were driven out by invading Rajputs and Muslim groups.in the later Middle Ages. The last raja bhar was killed by Ibrahim Shah Sharki , sultan of Jaunpur. At the beginning of the 9th century, the king of the Gurjara-Pratihara , Nagbhatta II , overthrew the Ayodhyas who ruled Kanauj at the time , and made this city the capital of his expanding empire, which reached its maximum extent in the reign of the famous Mihirbhoj (836-885 AD). From the time of Mahipal , the power of Kanauj began to decline, and Awadh was divided into small states commanded by chiefs, all of whom had to finally recognize the emerging power of the Gaharwals of Kanauj.

Jay Chandra (1170-1194 AD), the last major ruler of the dynasty, died at the Battle of Chandawar (near Etawah ) fighting the invaders of Ghiyath al-Din Muhammad of Ghur . Shortly after his death, Kanauj was occupied by the Guride Turks . His grandson ended up fleeing to Kantit in the Mirzapur district ; there he defeated the raja bhar of the district and founded the family of the Gaharwar rajas of Kantit (Mirzapur) which still subsists. All of Kantit's Gaharwar ragas have their origins in Benares or Bijapur. The predecessors of the Gaharwars were the Bhars, a race of great drive, who built forts, dams, and the like.

The Bhars were an ancient clan of kshatriyes of the Benares district, of which the Raj-Bhar and the Bharpatwa were sections, though they could not eat together or intermarry. They are said to have ruled the territory of eastern Uttar Pradesh , including Suagor, at various times, and many ancient fortresses are also assigned to them. In the hills east of Mirzapur, the principalities of Korar, Kurrich, and Huraha were each held by a bhar raja. Many of the ancient stone forts, embankments, and excavations of the Bhars at Gorakhpur , Azimghur(Azamgarh) , Jonpur(jaunpur) , Mirzapur , etc., are still preserved. The famous Vijayagarh fortressit is still known as Bharawati fort; and a pargana in Benares is called Bhadoi, probably derived from Bhar-dai . It is sometimes said that they might have a connection with the ancient warrior tribe of the Bharatas who give their name to India.

According to legends, for centuries Basti was a desert and a large large part of eastern Uttar Pradesh was occupied by the Bhars. It is said that the capital of the Bhars was less than 10 km from Mirzapur, and that it had 150 temples. Elliot (Supplemental Glossary, art. Bhar) mentions that "common traditions assign to the Bhars the possession of all the territory from Gorakhpur to Bundelkhand and Saugor , and many underground caverns in Gorakhpur, Azamgarh, Jaunpur, Mirzapur, and Allahabad which ' attributed to them, would seem to indicate a considerably advanced civilization Mr. Smith states that the Bhars adopted the Jain religion, but there is no evidence in favor of this thesis. The Gaharwars were probably derived from the Bhars, and the Chandeles are said to be a branch of the Gaharwars. The Chandeles, however, seem to derive from the Gonds . Many of the modern Rajput clans of eastern Uttar Pradesh like Gargwanshis, Bisens, Raikwars, Rajkumars, Kalhans etc. are considered by scholars to have originated from ancient Rajbhars ruling clans.

Influenced by the Arya Samaj movement, as were members of other kshatriya castes, Baijnath Prasad Adhyapak published Rajbhar Jati ka Itihas in 1940. This book attempted to prove that the Rajbhar were formerly rulers who were related to the ancient Bhar ruler.

Present

The Bhars are a Hindu community, and have customs similar to other Hindu religious communities in Awadh . They speak Awadhi and Bhojpuri . The community is located in the districts of Azamgarh , Jaunpur , Ghazipur , Gonda , Gorakhpur , Varanasi and Faizabad .

References

1. People of India Uttar Pradesh Volume XLII, Part I, editada per A Hasan & J. C. Das, pàgines 268 a 271
2. People of India Uttar Pradesh Volume XLII, Part I, editada per A Hasan & J. C. Das, pàgines 268 a 271
3. "CITY OF WICHITA INDUSTRIAL REVENUE BONDS (IRBS) – SPECIFICITY", Dispute Settlement Reports 2012, Cambridge University Press, pp. 374–387, ISBN 978-1-107-05000-6, retrieved 3 January 2022
4. People of India Uttar Pradesh Volume XLII Part One edited by A Hasan & J C Das pàg. 268
5. Narayan, Badri (209). Fascinating Hindutva: Saffron Politics and Dalit Mobilisation. SAGE Publications. p. 25. ISBN 978-8-17829-906-8.
6. People of India Uttar Pradesh Volume XLII Part One edited by A Hasan & J C Das page 270

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