Bais Rajput
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Bais is a common surname/caste found in the Unnao and Raibarely districts of Uttar Pradesh as well as isolated ares in Kashmir. Their clan originally belonged to an ancient Hindu Rajput caste.
Kulgotra- Bais, vansh- Suryavanshi,
Rishigotra- Bhardwaj,Pravar-3
Branch of kulgotra Present name of the Branch
Bais/Baise Baniya
Baisle Basere
Kathbaise Kathbaise
Bhadelia Barulia
Kathi katha
Tilok Chandi Tilok Chandi
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[edit] Origin and history
The Bais Rajputs are considered to be Suryavanshi but, according to their own account, their eponymous ancestor was Salivanhana, the mythic son of a snake.
The Baise Rajputs are now a numerous clan and have given their name to an extensive district Baiswada in the Doab, the land between the Ganga and Yamuna. They are found all over the United Provinces and Bihar and they have settled in small numbers in the Northern and Eastern Districts.
The name according to Crooke in his book, The Tribes and Castes of the North-western Provinces and Oudh means 'one who occupies the soil'.
[edit] Custom
The Baise Rajput clan never kill snakes, which they hold in great reverence. The Baise believe that no snake has destroyed, or ever can destroy, one of the clan. They seem to take no precautions against snake bite except hanging a vessel of water at the head of the sufferer, with a small tube at the bottom, from which the water is poured on his head for as long as he can bear it. So important is the snake to the Bais that the cobra forms part of the clan's flag.
The principal hero of the Baise was Tilokchand, who is supposed to have come from the Central Provinces. He lived about 1400 AD and he was the premier Raja of Oudh. He extended his dominions over all the tract known as Baiswara which comprises the bulk of the Rai Bareli and Unnao Districts. The descendants of Tilokchand form a separate subdivision known as Tilochandi Baise.
The Baise intermarry with the Chauhan, Kachwaha, Chandel, Gautam and other prominent Rajput clans.
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[edit] References
- Crooke, William (1896). The Tribes and Castes of the North-western Provinces and Oudh. Calcutta, Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing. ISBN 81-206-1210-8.
