Zamindara

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The Zamindara or Rautara, (combinations of words Rai and Tartar from village Hasanpur-Beenapur) is a distinct Muslim community found mainly in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.[ citation needed ] Mangrawan Raipur is the village where a huge number of Rai were located there but they left the village & different castes of Muslims from different location settled down in that village. Hasan Khan who himself was Bukhran Turk was the native of Mirzapur, who founded village Hasanpur. Hasan Khan's descendants( Nomadic nauture) crossed the River and settled down in Beenapara in search of better living opportunity, along with them several others caste migrated from other places including Shia and settled down in the village. Shia called the desendents of Hasan Khan " Tartar" because these people had matrimonial relations with muslims of Mangrwan Raipur hence Shia referred to them as " Rautara ". inhabitants of Hasanpur-Beenapara are from same ethnic group but they are not " Rautara ". Caste of shaikh & Pathan called themselved " Rautaara & zamindara who own a vast land in the villages of Azamgrah districts.

Rautara Village in West Bengal, India

Rautara is a village in Ranibandh CD Block in Khatra subdivision of Bankura district in the state of West Bengal, India

Uttar Pradesh State in India

Uttar Pradesh is a state considered to be part of central, northern and north-central India. Abbreviated as UP, it is the most populous state in the Republic of India as well as the most populous country subdivision in the world. It is located in the north-central region of the Indian subcontinent, has over 200 million inhabitants. It was created on 1 April 1937 as the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh during British rule, and was renamed Uttar Pradesh in 1950. The state is divided into 18 divisions and 75 districts with the capital being Lucknow. The main ethnic group is the Hindavi people, forming the demographic plurality. On 9 November 2000, a new state, Uttarakhand, was carved out from the state's Himalayan hill region. The two major rivers of the state, the Ganga and Yamuna, join at Allahabad (Prayagraj) and then flow as the Ganges further east. Hindi is the most widely spoken language and is also the official language of the state.

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