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| The '''Sagar Rajput''' is a ] caste. | The '''Sagar Rajput''' is a ] caste. | ||
| ==History and origin== | |||
| Sagar Rajputs are formerly known as Suryavanshi Rajputs. They are Kshatriyas. They belong to royal family and are descendents of King Sagar. | |||
| The '''Sagar Rajput''' caste was formerly known as Shegar Dhangar. They were shepherds and farmers by tradition. They owned more farming land than other farming communities and also held the office of the ] prior to independence. The living informants at the time of study of this caste by scholars asserted that they changed their name to Sagar Rajput after holding a caste meeting and one of these Rajputs claimed to have gone to a Pandit in Pune who had uncovered their lineage. This lineage connected them with the Maratha ruler ], who was a Dhangar Shepherd and back to the ] Rulers of Rajasthan.<ref name="BaviskarAttwood2013">{{cite book|author1=B. S. Baviskar|author2=D. W. Attwood|title=Inside-Outside: Two Views of Social Change in Rural India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jVQtBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA389|date=30 October 2013|publisher=SAGE Publications|isbn=978-81-321-1865-7|pages=389–|quote= As one example among thousands, a small caste living partly in the Nira Valley was formerly known as Shegar Dhangar and more recently as Sagar Rajput}}</ref> | |||
| Bhagirath one of the descendents of King Sagar once worshipped Lord Shiva so as to bring Goddess Ganga to Earth so as to remove the curse given by Sage Kapil. | |||
| Lord Rama who killed Ravana also belongs to Raghuvanshi. Sagar descendents. | |||
| Robert Eric Frykenberg<ref>{{cite web|title=ROBERT ERIC FRYKENBERG|url=https://history.wisc.edu/people/frykenberg-robert-eric/}}</ref> states that they were originally from the ] varna and successfully changed their status to twice-born by employing genealogists due to improvement in economic conditions and thus changed their name to Sagar Rajputs and started wearing the Sacred thread.<ref name="Frykenberg1984">{{cite book|author=Robert Eric Frykenberg|title=Land Tenure and Peasant in South Asia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gOLSAAAAMAAJ|year=1984|publisher=Manohar|page=197|quote=Another example of castes' successful efforts to raise their sacred status to twice-born are the Sagar Rajputs of Pune district. Previously they were considered to be Dhangars—shepherds by occupation and Shudras by traditional varna. However, when their economic strength increased and they began to acquire land, they found a genealogist to trace their ancestry back to a leading officer in Shivaji's army, changed their names from Dhangars to Sagar Rajputs, and donned the sacred thread. }}</ref> | |||
| Sagar Rajputs mainly reside in Gujrat, Rajasthan, UP and Some part of Maharashtra. | |||
| ==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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Sub-caste of Rajput and Dhangar casteThe Sagar Rajput is a Hindu caste.
History and origin
The Sagar Rajput caste was formerly known as Shegar Dhangar. They were shepherds and farmers by tradition. They owned more farming land than other farming communities and also held the office of the Patil prior to independence. The living informants at the time of study of this caste by scholars asserted that they changed their name to Sagar Rajput after holding a caste meeting and one of these Rajputs claimed to have gone to a Pandit in Pune who had uncovered their lineage. This lineage connected them with the Maratha ruler Malhar Rao Holkar, who was a Dhangar Shepherd and back to the Rajput Rulers of Rajasthan.
Robert Eric Frykenberg states that they were originally from the Shudra varna and successfully changed their status to twice-born by employing genealogists due to improvement in economic conditions and thus changed their name to Sagar Rajputs and started wearing the Sacred thread.
See also
References
- B. S. Baviskar; D. W. Attwood (30 October 2013). Inside-Outside: Two Views of Social Change in Rural India. SAGE Publications. pp. 389–. ISBN 978-81-321-1865-7.
As one example among thousands, a small caste living partly in the Nira Valley was formerly known as Shegar Dhangar and more recently as Sagar Rajput
- "ROBERT ERIC FRYKENBERG".
- Robert Eric Frykenberg (1984). Land Tenure and Peasant in South Asia. Manohar. p. 197.
Another example of castes' successful efforts to raise their sacred status to twice-born are the Sagar Rajputs of Pune district. Previously they were considered to be Dhangars—shepherds by occupation and Shudras by traditional varna. However, when their economic strength increased and they began to acquire land, they found a genealogist to trace their ancestry back to a leading officer in Shivaji's army, changed their names from Dhangars to Sagar Rajputs, and donned the sacred thread.
| Clans of the Rajput people | |
|---|---|
| Suryavanshi | |
| Chandravanshi | |
| Agnivanshi | |
| Subclans | |
| Subdivision Clans | |