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The '''Banaut'''/Bandawat '''(Bundela)''' are a branch of the [[Bundela]] [[Rajput]] found in the Indian states of [[Bihar]], [[Jharkhand]] and [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]].<ref>https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/78297/1/MPRA_paper_78297.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref> They trace their origin from Bundelkhand, Orchha Bundelkhand and Jhansi. Banauts/Bandawats claim their ancestry from Raja Rao Tularam of Rewari.
The '''Banaut'''/Bandawat '''(Bundela)''' are a branch of the [[Bundela]] [[Rajput]] found in the Indian states of [[Bihar]], [[Jharkhand]] and [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]].<ref>https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/78297/1/MPRA_paper_78297.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref> They trace their origin from Bundelkhand, Orchha Bundelkhand and Jhansi.


== History and origin ==
== History and origin ==
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==Present circumstances==
==Present circumstances==


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]].
The Banaut speak [[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]].


==See also==
==See also==

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The Banaut/Bandawat (Bundela) are a branch of the Bundela Rajput found in the Indian states of Bihar, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh, India.[1] They trace their origin from Bundelkhand, Orchha Bundelkhand and Jhansi.

History and origin[edit | edit source]

The Banaut are found mainly in north-eastern Bihar. They have come originally from Orcha in Bundelkhand. The community are said to have left Orcha to escape the Mughals..The Banaut are distributed mainly in ,chouparan , Munger, Bhagalpur, Purnia, Saharsa, Katihar and Arariya. Rajput from Hazaribagh and Chatra in Jharkhand also from the same clan of Rajput.[2]

Present circumstances[edit | edit source]

The Banaut speak Angika and most of them understand Hindi. They have their particular village deities such as Hanumanji, Ram-Janaki and Radhakrishna.

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/78297/1/MPRA_paper_78297.pdf Template:Bare URL PDF
  2. People of India Bihar Volume XVI Part One edited by S Gopal & Hetukar Jha pages 100 to 103 Seagull Books