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Rajputs in Bihar are members of the Rajput caste found in the Indian state of Bihar.

History

They have a history stretching back to the early 14th century when Parmar Rajputs migrated and deposed the local Chero rulers. These Rajputs later came known as Ujjainiya Rajputs and form one of the many clans to now inhabit the region. According to the "Khyat", a legendary source for information about the Ujjainiya Rajputs, the Jaunpur Sultanate rulers interrupted the prayers of Brahmins 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.

Along with members of the Bhumihar caste, many of the Zamindari estates were ruled by Rajputs, such as Sonbarsa Raj, ruled by the Ganwaria Rajputs clan, and Dumrao Raj, Jagdishpur chaugain Ujjain-Dah & several other zamindari estates in Shahabad region, Bihar, were ruled by the Ujjainiya Parmar Rajputs & some estates by other rajputs clans]], Shakarpura-Raj Zamindari in North Bihar, ruled by Parmar Rajputs. Bihari Rajputs made up the majority of the Bengal Army.

Present Circumstances

Rajputs are scattered all over the Mithila region of North Bihar and are divided into different sub-groups such as Chandravanshi, Suryavanshi and Agnivansha. They are mostly landowners, cultivators, doctors, lawyers and even petty zamindars. They have social relationships with Rajputs in other parts of India and are more exposed to them.

An Indian Army handbook describes them as being tall and bearing the same characteristics as Rajputs in Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh.

Major Clans in Bihar

Some of the clans are of local origin and some are of immigrant origin from other parts of India. List of all the prominent clans in Bihar.

• Ujjainiya
• Gandhavarias
• Gaharwal
• Lohtamia
• Chandela
• Sengar
• Chauhan
• Solanki
• Kachwaha
• Tomar
• Surwar
• Rathore
• Bisen
• amethiya gours
• sisodiyas
• kakans
• nagvanshis
• gaharvars
• gahlots
• sikarwars
• dhikhits
• suryavanshis
• gautam
• somvanshi
• parihars
• parmars
• bhadhoriyas
• Kandwars

Notable Historical figures

• Babu Kunwar Singh, Leader of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 in Bihar

See also

• Purbiya
• Ujjainiya
• Gandhwaria

References

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3. Anand A. Yang (1998). Bazaar India: Markets, Society, and the Colonial State in Gangetic Bihar. University of California Press. p. 139. ISBN 978-0-520-91996-9.
4. Dirk H. A. Kolff (8 August 2002). Naukar, Rajput, and Sepoy: The Ethnohistory of the Military Labour Market of Hindustan, 1450-1850. Cambridge University Press. p. 59. ISBN 978-0-521-52305-9.
5. Kumkum Chatterjee (1996). Merchants, Politics, and Society in Early Modern India: Bihar, 1733-1820. BRILL. p. 35. ISBN 90-04-10303-1.
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11. People of India - Volume 16, Part 2 - Page 801

• Ethnic groups in India
• Social groups of Bihar