Karki (clan)

Karki also known as Kharku is a Rajput clan from the Kumaon region of Uttarakhand. ^{[1] [2]}

History

The Karki Rajputs have descended from the junior members of the Katyuri House and have also had some influence in former times. One of them, Sukhram Karki held power in the early part of the seventeenth century during the reign of Raja Vijay Chand. ^[3] The Karki Rajputs administered Palbelon Patti with Karkyuda Bunga as their fort and provided military commanders to the Kingdom of Kumaon. ^{[4] [5]}

References

1. The Himalayan Gazetteer Volume 3 Part 3. 1886. p. 170. The four tribes of Taragi, Bora, Chaudhari, and Karki or Kharku and their headmen or Burhas were in former days counted great men, and held their lands rent-free in jagir.
2. Sati, Vishwambhar Prasad (2022). Uttarakanad Society, Culture, and Pilgrimage. Today and Tomorrow, Printers and Publishers. p. 28. ISBN   9789391734237. Pal or Rajwar of Askot, Gaida, Kadakoti, and Karki are the major clans of Suryavanshi Rajputs. Chandravanshi Rajputs include descendants of the Chand dynasty such as Rautela of Sor, Kota, Dhaniakot, and Fadtyal of Kali Kumaon. They are the main Rajput clans of Kumaon.
3. The Himalayan Gazetteer Volume 3 Part 2. 1886. p. 433. Kharkus have sprung from Rautela Gusains as the junior members of the Katyuri House were called, and have also had some influence in former times. One of them, Sukhram held power in the early part of the seventeenth century in the time of Vijay Chand.
4. Singh, Ram (2002). Rag Bhag Kali Kumaon. p. 17. ISBN   8186246185.
5. Pandey, Badri Datt (1993). History of Kumaun: English Version of "Kumaun Ka Itihas" Volume 1. Shyam Prakashan. p. 200. ISBN   9788185865010. He had four fauzdars or kiledars who upto now are famous as the four alas Karki, Bora, Tadagi and Chaudhari. These four chieftains were the leaders of the people of the four factions and they also lived in forts called alas.