https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=2409%3A4064%3A4C8F%3AADF3%3A0%3A0%3AD8B%3A8010 Bharatpedia - User contributions [en] 2026-08-21T14:34:22Z User contributions MediaWiki 1.43.6 https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Banaut&diff=383566 Banaut 2023-04-26T11:35:24Z <p>2409:4064:4C8F:ADF3:0:0:D8B:8010: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Short description|Rajput}}<br /> {{Orphan|date=March 2022}}<br /> <br /> {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2019}}<br /> {{Use Indian English|date=April 2019}}<br /> The '''Banaut'''/Bandawat '''(Bundela)''' are a branch of the [[Bundela]] [[Rajput]] found in the Indian states of [[Bihar]], [[Jharkhand]] and [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]].&lt;ref&gt;https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/78297/1/MPRA_paper_78297.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}&lt;/ref&gt; They trace their origin from Bundelkhand, Orchha Bundelkhand and Jhansi.<br /> <br /> == History and origin ==<br /> <br /> The Banaut are found mainly in north-eastern [[Bihar]]. They have come originally from [[Orchha|Orcha]] in [[Bundelkhand]]. The community are said to have left Orcha to escape the [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]]s..The Banaut are distributed mainly in ,chouparan , [[Munger district|Munger]], [[Bhagalpur district|Bhagalpur]], [[Purnia district|Purnia]], [[Saharsa district|Saharsa]], [[Katihar district|Katihar]] and [[Araria district|Arariya]]. Rajput from [[Hazaribagh district|Hazaribagh]] and Chatra in [[Jharkhand]] also from the same clan of Rajput.&lt;ref name=&quot;autogenerated100&quot;&gt;People of India Bihar Volume XVI Part One edited by S Gopal &amp; Hetukar Jha pages 100 to 103 Seagull Books&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Present circumstances==<br /> <br /> The Banaut speak [[Angika language|Angika]] and most of them understand [[Hindi]]. They have their particular village deities such as [[Hanuman]]ji, [[Rama|Ram-]][[Sita|Janaki]] and [[Radha Krishna|Radhakrishna]].<br /> <br /> ==See also==<br /> *[[Babu Saheb]]<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> <br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Rajput clans of Bihar]]</div> 2409:4064:4C8F:ADF3:0:0:D8B:8010