Pundir Rajputs

Pundir Rajput

Regions with significant populations
India
Languages
Hindi, Rajasthani, Garhwali, Kumaoni
Religion
Hinduism, Islam (reverted lineage)

The Pundir are a clan of Rajputs based in Uttarakhand and western Uttar Pradesh. ^[1]

History

Eric Stokes noted that:

In the Katha the Pundir Rajputs stood out as the dominant landholders, dwelling together as a formidable clan that had never been properly brought under close administration. A proud, hardy race ... they possessed a long history of turbulence. Significantly they had successfully warded off alien intrusion ... So formidable did they appear as adversaries before the recapture of Delhi at the end of September 1857 that the British left them severely alone, despite their attacks on Deoband town and in similar depredations. ^[2]

See Also

• Rajput clans
• Prithviraj Chauhan
• First Battle of Tarain

References

1. Kolenda, Pauline (2003). Caste, Marriage, and Inequality: Essays on North and South India. Rawat Publications. pp. 82: The dominant caste was and is Pundir Rajput, about 40 percent of the population belongs to one or another of the minor or minimal patrilineages of the maximal patrilineage of Pundir Rajputs . Virtually, all male Rajputs trace their. ISBN   978-81-7033-799-7.
2. Stokes, Eric (1980). The Peasant and the Raj: Studies in Agrarian Society and Peasant Rebellion in Colonial India. Cambridge University Press. p. 172. ISBN   978-0-52129-770-7.

Sources

• Evatt, John T. Historical Record of the Royal Garhwal Rifles (p. 78; p. 103)
• Roy, K. The Construction of Regiments in the Indian Army: 1859-1913. War in History, 1 April 2001, vol. 8, no. 2 (pp. 127–148)
• Bajpai, Shiv Chandra. The Northern Frontier of India: Central and Western Sector (p. 23)
• Siddiqi, Jamal Muhammad. A Historical Survey: Ancient Times to 1803 AD (p. 124; p. 180)