Bhadauria

Bhadauria also referred as Bhadoria, Bhadouria, Bhadauriya, Bhadoriya, Bhadawariyah or Bhaduria are a Kshatriya Rajput clan belonging to the Chauhans of Shakambhari and Ajmer. They were historically mainly concentrated in the ethno-linguistic and geographical regions of the modern day Braj and the Chambal river valley, in what are now the districts of Agra, Etawah, Bhind and Dholpur, in the states of Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, and Rajasthan. ^[1]

Bhadaurias are Kshatriyas of Solar dynasty as the Chahamanas of Shakambhari are also Suryavanshi Rajput.

The chief of the clan was the ruler of the Bhadawar Kingdom in the region from Bhind to Agra. The majority of the Bhadaurias today are present in the states of Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Delhi.

Delhi Sultanate chroniclers defined Bhadauria Rajputs as stiff & warlike people and maintained their independence by paying stiff resistance to every Sultans of Delhi. They were successful till after the advent of Akbar. The clan was chastised in 1562 A.D. ^[2]

During the decline of the Mughal Empire, Raja Kalyan Singh Bhadauria obtained possession of the Princely state of Dholpur in the state of Rajasthan. Thus the boundaries of the estate extended up to Gwalior in the South, Dholpur in the West, Mathura, Agra and Etawah in the North and parts of Kanpur in the East.

References

1. Singh, Tripurdaman (2019). Imperial Sovereignty and Local Politics: The Bhaduria Rajputs and the Transition from Mughal to British India, 1600– 1900. Cambridge University Press. p. 7. doi:10.1017/9781108609135. ISBN   978-1-108-49743-5. S2CID   159361904.
2. Shrivasatava, vidyand Swami (1953). Parmars Of Abu Chandravati And Their Descendants.

2. https://forebears.io/surnames/bhadoria