Birgoojur

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The Bargujar is the ancient most Suryvanshi kshatriyas of India.They are the most revered Rajputs of ancient india. It also gotra of chamar and julaha of north india.

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[edit] History

The Bargujar's were the original rulers of Dhundhar in Rajasthan which comprises present day Alwar, Macheri, Amber (Jaipur), and Dausa. The Kacchwaha rajput clan betrayed and expelled them from Rajasthan. Dulah Rai the founder of Jaipur State married the daughter of a Bargujar chief who did not have a son and by craft and avarice acquired their lands.[1]

A colony found refuge in present day Anupshahar, which was founded by Raja Anup Singh Bargujar, the eldest son of Raja Pratap Singh Bargujar. They built numerous monuments, including the famous Neelkant temple now in the Sariska Tiger Reserve; the fort and Neelkant Mahadev Temple at Kalinjar being Shiva Worshipers; the Amber Fort; many palaces and forts at Alwar, Machari, Sawai Madhopur; and the fort of Dausa. One of their famous kings was Raja Pratap Singh Bargujar who was Prithviraj Chauhan's (c.) nephew and assisted in his fight against the Muslim invaders led by Muhammad of Ghor in 1191. They also fought on the side of Rana Pratap) of Mewar and Maharana Hammir as there generals. One of them, Raja Nune Shah Burgujar of the Samthar state,[2]fought with the British and pushed back their forces many times later signed a peace treaty with the British in 1817.

The Bargujars are not to be confused with the Hepthalites, or Huns, as they came only towards the 6th century. One branch of Bargujars, Raja Bagh Singh Bargujar was the founder of 'Rajor' their ancient capital in Vikrami Samvat 202 which corresponds to A.D.145 (difference being 57 years). The place was also referred to as 'Baghola'. He also built a lake near Sileser Lake in the same year and when it was dug up red water flowed from it, which was called Kanganoon.

[edit] Origins and statistics

The Bargujar's are the ancient rulers of 'Gujardes' comprising most of Rajasthan and Gujarat and hence acquired the name Bargujar. Bargujar rajputs are the most ancient kshatriya's of India, being Suryavanshi, descendants of the eldest son of Rama, Lava [3] and hence most of them use the surname Raghav. Nowadays they are mostly settled around Anupshehr in Uttar Pradesh, along the river Ganges. Ranjit Singh Judeo is the present ruler of Samthar. In 1901, the Bargujars population was numbered at 25,732.

[edit] Notes

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  1. ^ confirmed by Col. James Tod In his famous Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan
  2. ^ The Samthar state was founded in the 18th century
  3. ^ Rama (rāma in IAST, राम in Devanāgarī) is the Seventh Avatara of Vishnu, and one of the most important manifestations of God in Hinduism. Lava and his twin brother Kusha are the children of the Hindu God Rama and his wife Sita Devi, whose story is told in the Ramayana

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