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| Regions with significant populations | |
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| • India | |
| Languages | |
| • Hindi, Maithili, Bhojpuri, Magadhi, Angika, Bajjika | |
| Religion | |
| • Hinduism, Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| • Rajputs • Khanzada Rajputs • Thakurai |
Rajputs in Bihar are members of the Rajput caste found in the Indian state of Bihar. 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.
Bihari Rajputs have a long tradition of being recruited as mercenaries for various rulers such as the British and the Marathas.
Along with members of the Bhumihar caste many of the Zamindari estates were ruled by Rajputs such as Sonbarsa Raj which was ruled by the Ganwaria Rajput clan and Jagdishpur which was ruled by the Ujjainiya Rajput clan.
Bihari Rajputs along with Bihari Brahmins made up the majority of the Bengal Army.
Notables
- Sushant Singh Rajput,Bollywood Actor
- Babu Kunwar Singh, Leader of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 in Bihar
References
- "Muslim Politics in Bihar". google.co.uk.
- Anand A. Yang (1998). Bazaar India: Markets, Society, and the Colonial State in Gangetic Bihar. University of California Press. pp. 139–. ISBN 978-0-520-91996-9.
- Alf Hiltebeitel (15 February 2009). Rethinking India's Oral and Classical Epics: Draupadi among Rajputs, Muslims, and Dalits. University of Chicago Press. pp. 308–. ISBN 978-0-226-34055-5.
- Waltraud Ernst; Biswamoy Pati (18 October 2007). India's Princely States: People, Princes and Colonialism. Routledge. pp. 57–. ISBN 978-1-134-11988-2.
- "Merchants, Politics, and Society in Early Modern India". google.co.uk.
- Peter Karsten (31 October 2013). Recruiting, Drafting, and Enlisting: Two Sides of the Raising of Military Forces. Routledge. pp. 103–. ISBN 978-1-135-66150-2.
- "My Bihar, my Chhath". The Telegraph.