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Swarnkar (alternately, Sunar or Sonar) is a Hindu Kshatriya caste in India. They are mainly Suryavanshi and chandravanshi Rajputs. The suryavanshi are descendents of luv and the Chandravanshi are descendents of Samrat Ajmedh Ji Maharaj. They are associated with Sun and Moon. The Swarnkar community works trader of gold or as goldsmiths. The community is primarily Hindu, and found all over India. Indian and Nepali sunar use soni as their surname.
History and origin
The term Sunar may derive from the Sanskrit suvarna kār, "worker in gold".
The history of swarnkars are that they are the rajputs who started the trading and work of golds in the past times this pattern continued and the swarnkar samaj has later formed.
History of Suryavanshi ( KANNAUJIA SWARNKAR)
They are from Kannauj. The Kshatriya of kannauj who started trading of gold are later known as Kannaujia Swarnkars. They have mainly Kashyap,Shandilya etc. Gotras and belongs to Suryavanshi kul. ( Descendents of lord Shree Ram )
History Of Chandravanshi ( Maidh Kshatriya Swarnkar)
They are from maidh. They are the descendents of samrat ajmedh ji maharaj ( Hastinapur Samrat).
They had a great history.
Samrat ajmedh has interest in crafting that was carried out by their Vanshaj and hence the Maidh Kshatriya Swarnkar Samaj got formed.
The swarnkar uses Swarnkar, Soni,Verma,Seth,Sah,Singh,Gupta,Varma as their surnames.
Category and Varna
They swarnkar are have to belongs to the General Category but due to the involvement of british rule and the Gold act that was passed during british times the got emerged in the OBC category.
The Swarnkar belongs to Kshatriya Varna
Since they are Suryavanshi and chandrvanshi rajputs.
Sunar in Nepal
The Central Bureau of Statistics of Nepal classifies the Sunar (called Sonar in the Nepal census) as a subgroup within the broader social group of Madheshi Other Caste. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, 64,335 people (0.2% of the population of Nepal) were Sunar. The frequency of Sunars by province was as follows:
- Madhesh Province (1.0%)
- Koshi Province (0.1%)
- Lumbini Province (0.1%)
- Bagmati Province (0.0%)
- Gandaki Province (0.0%)
- Karnali Province (0.0%)
- Sudurpashchim Province (0.0%)
The frequency of Sunars was higher than national average (0.2%) in the following districts:
- Parsa (1.6%)
- Mahottari (1.3%)
- Bara (1.1%)
- Rautahat (1.1%)
- Sarlahi (1.1%)
- Dhanusha (1.0%)
- Siraha (0.5%)
- Morang (0.3%)
- Saptari (0.3%)
Famous Sunar Personality
- Raj Babbar Film Actor & Politician
- Parmish Verma Punjabi Singer & Performer
See also
References
- People of India: Uttar Pradesh (Volume XLII) edited by A Hasan & J C Das page 1500 to 150
- R.V. Russell (October 1995). The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India. Vol. IV. Published Under the Orders of the Central Provinces Administration, Macmillan and Co., Limited St. Martin's Street, London. 1916. p. 517. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
- People of India: Haryana (Volume XXIII) edited by M.L Sharma and A.K Bhatia pages 475 to 479 Manohar Books
- Population Monograph of Nepal, Volume II
- 2011 Nepal Census, District Level Detail Report
- https://translate.google.com/translate?u=https://indianexpress.com/article/political-pulse/how-and-why-congress-chose-raj-babbar-to-head-up-fight/&hl=hi&sl=en&tl=hi&client=srp&prev=search
Further reading
- R.K. Gupta, S.R. Bakshi. Studies In Indian History: Rajasthan Through The Ages The Heritage Of Rajputs (set Of 5 Vols.). Sarup & Sons, 2008. ISBN 81-7625-841-5, ISBN 978-81-7625-841-8