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Bargujar are one of the Hindu Rajput clans of India. The Bargujars form one of the many branches of Rajput clans of Indian subcontient. They are mainly distributed present day Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana and Madhya Pradesh. There are many inscriptions found in these states, like inscriptions at Machari, inscriptions at Paranagar (near Alwar), mentioning the rulers as Bargujar. Among the notable chiefs of Baragujar are Raja Pratap Singh, close associate of Prithiviraj Chauhan, who founded his kingdom with capital at Barauli near Bulandshahar after defeating the Meos from Pahasu, Dibai and Anupshahr. He belonged to the Bargujar rules of Macheri (Alwar) and was invited by Prithviraj Chauhan to this area.

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