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'''Rajputs in Bihar''' are members of the ] ] found in the Indian state of ]. In some historical sources, they are also referred to as '''] Rajputs''', meaning Eastern Rajputs.<ref name="ErnstPati2007">{{cite book|author1=Waltraud Ernst|author2=Biswamoy Pati|title=India's Princely States: People, Princes and Colonialism|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9eKbW3ukh9oC&pg=PA57|date=18 October 2007|publisher=]|isbn=978-1-134-11988-2|page=57}}</ref> In contrast, the Rajputs living in ] were historically referred to as "Western Rajputs".<ref name="Naravane1999">{{cite book|author=M. S. Naravane|title=The Rajputs of Rajputana: A Glimpse of Medieval Rajasthan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lF0FvjG3GWEC&pg=PA23|year=1999|publisher=APH Publishing|isbn=978-81-7648-118-2|page=23}}</ref>

==History==
They have a history stretching back to 1100. The Kings of Chandel descent ruled on erstwhile Patsanda (now Gidhaur)for more than six centuries. Raja Bir Vikram Singh founded this princely state in 1266. His ancestors belong to Mahoba of Bundelkhand region and were the builders of the Khajuraho Temples in Madhya Pradesh. His ninth in descent, Raja Puran Singh is said to have built the temple of Baba Baidyanath (Lord Shiva) in Deoghar, Jharkhand.
In early 14th century when ] Rajputs migrated and deposed the local ] rulers. These Rajputs later came known as
] Rajputs and form one of the many clans to now inhabit the region.<ref name="Yang1998">{{cite book|author=Anand A. Yang|title=Bazaar India: Markets, Society, and the Colonial State in Gangetic Bihar|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D5lQutvzAp4C&pg=PA139|year=1998|publisher=]|isbn=978-0-520-91996-9|page=139}}</ref>
According to the "Khyat", a legendary source for information about the Ujjainiya Rajputs, the ] rulers interrupted the prayers of ]s on the bank of the Ganges. The Ujjainiya Rajputs attempted to defend the Brahmins, but the Jaunpur Sultanate soon defeated them and demolished the temples used by the Brahmins.<ref name="Kolff2002">{{cite book|author=Dirk H. A. Kolff|title=Naukar, Rajput, and Sepoy: The Ethnohistory of the Military Labour Market of Hindustan, 1450-1850|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SrdiVPsFRYIC&pg=PA59|date=8 August 2002|publisher=]|isbn=978-0-521-52305-9|page=59}}</ref>

Apart from Bihar local Rajputs Like Parmar, Chandel, Lohtamia many other Rajput Clan Migrated from UP and Rajshthan during Mugal periods in Bihar.

Bihari Rajputs have a long tradition of being recruited as mercenaries for various rulers such as the ]<ref name="Hiltebeitel2009">{{cite book|author=]|title=Rethinking India's Oral and Classical Epics: Draupadi among Rajputs, Muslims, and Dalits|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MMFdosx0PokC&pg=PA308|date=15 February 2009|publisher=]|isbn=978-0-226-34055-5|page=308}}</ref><ref name="Karsten2013">{{cite book|author=Peter Karsten|title=Recruiting, Drafting, and Enlisting: Two Sides of the Raising of Military Forces|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Fh_fAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA103|date=31 October 2013|publisher=]|isbn=978-1-135-66150-2|page=103}}</ref> and the ].<ref name="ErnstPati2007" />

Along with members of the ] caste, many of the ] estates were ruled by Rajputs, such as ], ruled by the ] clan, and Dumrao Raj, ] in South Bihar, and Shakarpura Raj ] in North Bihar, ruled by the ] Rajput clan from Dhar.Kursela was a Zamindari under British India. R. B. Raghubansh Prasad Singh was the last zamindaar of Kursela. <ref name="Chatterjee1996">{{cite book|author=Kumkum Chatterjee|title=Merchants, Politics, and Society in Early Modern India: Bihar, 1733-1820|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wUeqQ2buQ80C&pg=PA35|year=1996|publisher=]|isbn=90-04-10303-1|page=35}}</ref>{{Fcn|date=June 2015}}{{Page needed|date=June 2015}}<ref name="Jha2003">{{cite book|author=Usha Jha|title=Land, Labour, and Power: Agrarian Crisis and the State in Bihar (1937-52)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lHAMkZGI_OoC&pg=PA50|date=1 January 2003|publisher=Aakar Books|isbn=978-81-87879-07-7|page=50}}</ref>
Bihari Rajputs made up the majority of the ].<ref name="Karsten2013" />

== Notable people ==
*], leader of the ] in ]
*], built the temple of Baba Baidyanath (Lord Shiva) in Deoghar in ]
*], Freedom Fighter & Ex-C.M. of Bihar
*], Famous BJP Leader Ex-Union Minister & M.P. from Chhapara.
*], Famous RJD Leader Ex-Union Minister & M.P. from Vaishali.
*], Union Minister & M.P. of (East Champaran)

==References==
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