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Battar or Batar [1] [2] [3] [4] is a clan (gotra) of the Gujjar ethnic community. [5] [6] they are mostly located in the Indian states of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Indian-Kashmir and Pakistani areas of Kashmir and Punjab. [7]

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Origin and history

The Bhattar or Batar Gurjars is a subclan of Maitrak Gujjars and are the descendants of Vallabh Bhattarak who was the senapati of Gupta dynasty and later founder of the Maitraka dynasty of Gujarat (G.I. chapter 5). [8] [9]

In the Saharanpur district of Uttar Pradesh state of India, the Battar Gurjars possess 52 villages surrounding Gangoh Town. [8]

In Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh Battar and Rathi Gujjar have their own Khaps and Batar Gujjar khap based in more than seven villages in Saharanpur district and nearby areas. [10]

Variants

Variants of this Gujjar clan name includes, Battar, [2] BatarBhattar, Bhatar, Bhatarak or Bhatarik. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ Raheja, Gloria Goodwin (1988-09-15). The Poison in the Gift: Ritual, Prestation, and the Dominant Caste in a North Indian Village. University of Chicago Press. p. 18. ISBN   978-0-226-70729-7.
  2. 1 2 Jeffrey, Robin (1990). India, Rebellion to Republic: Selected Writings, 1857-1990. Sterling Publishers. p. 13. ISBN   978-81-207-1107-5. Here excessive, differential taxation appears to have been a major grievance, whether among the backward Pundir and Batar (Battar) Gujars of Saharanpur district, or the advanced cash-crop Jat farmers of western Meerut and north-eastern.
  3. ↑ Rahi, Javaid (2012-01-01). The Gujjars Vol: 01 and 02 Edited by Dr. Javaid Rahi. Jammu and Kashmir Acacademy of Art, Culture , Languages , Jammu. p. 667.
  4. ↑ Bingley, A. H. (2018-07-20). Jats, Gujars and Ahirs. Government Central Printing Office,Simla. p. 38.
  5. ↑ Crooke, William (1896). The Tribes and Castes of the North-western Provinces and Oudh. Office of the superintendent of government printing. p. 443.
  6. ↑ First History Conference on the Gurjars and Their Contribution in History (in Hindi). Bhāratīya Gurjara Parishada. 1993. p. 30.
  7. ↑
  8. 1 2 3 Rahi, Javaid (2012-01-01). The Gujjars Vol: 01 and 02 Edited by Dr. Javaid Rahi. Jammu and Kashmir Acacademy of Art, Culture , Languages , Jammu. p. 301.
  9. ↑ "Gujjar history by Ali Hassan Chauhan Gurjar". 2017-08-18. Archived from the original on 2017-08-18. Retrieved 2024-05-31.
  10. ↑ "Uttar Pradesh functioning under medieval rule: Batar Khap of Gujjars". India Today. 2012-07-14. Retrieved 2024-06-14.
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