Sinsinwar

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Sinsinwar is an Indian clan of Jats mainly found in the state of Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana. The name Sinsinwar is derived from the village Sinsini in Bharatpur, Rajasthan. Rulers of the Bharatpur state belong to this clan such as Maharaja Suraj Mal. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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Etymology

The word Sinsinwar was originated from the name of village Sinsini, to which ancestral lineage of Bharatpur rulers belong. [6]

Mythological origin

The Sinsinwar rulers of the Bharatpur dynasty claimed their descent from Balchand, a Yaduvanshi Rajput of Jadaun clan. Balchand's wife was infertile, so he had two sons named Vijje and Sijje with a Jat concubine whom he had captured during one of his usual plundering raids. His sons became Jats and adopted Sinsinwar as their gotra based on the village of Sinsini after being rejected as Rajputs. Historian Ram Pande notes several issues when examining the veracity of this legend: Sinsini had never been part of Karauli State, the caste of a child is not based on the mother's caste, and they would have become Darogas when rejected as Rajputs instead of Jats. Ram Pande states that this legend was created "to show superiority of Sinsinwar Jats over other Jats". [7]

List of notable persons

This list includes some notable persons from Sinsinwar clan.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "अब विश्वेंद्र सिंह बोले: मुझे किसी को बताने की जरूरत नहीं है, हम यदुवंशी सिनसिनवार जाट थे, हैं और सदैव रहेंगे". Dainik Bhaskar (in Hindi). 2023-01-04. Archived from the original on 2023-01-04. Retrieved 2024-12-25.
  2. ↑ Khari, Rahul (2007). Jats and Gujars: origin, history, and culture. New Delhi: Reference Press. p. 72. ISBN   978-81-8405-031-8.
  3. ↑ Census of India, 1901. Vol. 25. 1902. p. 151.
  4. ↑ Pawar, Hukam Singh (1993). The Jats, their origin, antiquity, and migrations (1st ed.). Rohtak: Manthan Publications. p. 74. ISBN   978-81-85235-22-6.
  5. ↑ Sadasivan, Sivanandamandiram Narayanan (2005). Political and administrative integration of princely states (1st ed.). New Delhi, India: Mittal Publ. p. 33. ISBN   978-81-7099-968-3.
  6. ↑ Khari, Rahul (2007). Jats and Gujars: Origin, History and Culture. Reference Press. ISBN   978-81-8405-031-8.
  7. ↑ Pande, Ram (1970). Bharatpur up to 1826: A Social and Political History of the Jats (1st ed.). Rama Publishing House. p. 29. OCLC   610185303. The legend current in the Durbars of Bharatpur and Karauli till late was that one Balchand, a Yadav Rajput, 19th from Sindpal, a common claimed ancestor of Bharatpur and Karauli families, one day went out, as was his custom, on plundering expedition. On the way he met a Jat of Dogar clan, resident of Jagar, Hindaun in the former State of Jaipur. This Jat was carrying home his wife from Hodal, Balchand made both the Jat and his wife the prisoners and carried them of to his home Sinsini. Balchand had no family by his own wife and made his Jat prisoner's lady as his concubine and by her had two sons, Viije and Sijje. From that time when these two sons of Balchand were not admitted in the Rajput clan, they became Jats. After becoming Jats they proclaimed Sinsinwar as their Gotra from their own village Sinsini. There are several difficulties in accepting the story. Firstly, Karauli never had been such a big Stage at any time that Sinsini could have been a part of it. Secondly, a child's caste is normally determined by the caste of the father not by that of the mother. If Balchand's sons were not admitted to a Rajput clan, they would have been known as Darogas. Probably the purpose of above legend was to show superiority of Sinsinwar Jats over other Jats.
  8. ↑ Pande, Ram (1970). Bharatpur Upto 1826: A Social and Political History of the Jats. Rama Publishing House.
  9. ↑ Bond, J. W.; Wright, Arnold (2006). Indian States: A Biographical, Historical, and Administrative Survey. Asian Educational Services. ISBN   978-81-206-1965-4.
  10. 1 2 3 Census of India, 1981: District census handbook. A & B, Village & town directory ; Village & townwise primary census abstract (in Hindi). Controller of Publications. 1983.
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