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'''Satha Chaurasi''' refers to an area in the west of the Indian state of [[Uttar Pradesh]] where the population consists in large part of members of the [[Rajput]] community. It falls within the boundaries of the [[Ghaziabad (Lok Sabha constituency)|Ghaziabad Lok Sabha constituency]], [[Meerut]] and [[Muzaffarnagar]] for electoral purposes.<ref>{{cite news |work=The Hindu |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/ghaziabad-to-see-exciting-5cornered-contest/article5880924.ece |title=Ghaziabad to see exciting 5-cornered contest |first=Kritika |last=Sharma |date=7 April 2014 |accessdate=2015-02-10}}</ref> ''Satha'' translates as ''group of sixty'' and ''chaurasi'' as ''group of eighty-four''. These numbers may have had a significant socio-political context in the medieval period as a definition of scope for territorial and lineal boundaries.<ref>{{cite book |title=Rethinking Villages |editor-first=Bhaskar |editor-last=Majumder |publisher=Concept Publishing Company |year=2011 |isbn=978-8-18069-764-7 |page=43 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uwS53sZZZDkC&pg=PA43}}</ref>
'''Satha Chaurasi''' (also known as '''Laghu Mewar''') refers to an area in the west of the Indian state of [[Uttar Pradesh]], where the majority population belongs to the members of the [[Rajput|Rajputs]] ([[Thakur (title)|Thakur]]) community.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/amp/india/story/up-military-aspirants-sceptical-agnipath-scheme-1963719-2022-06-17|title=In UP's 'warrior village', military aspirants sceptical about Agnipath scheme|date=17 June 2022 }}</ref> It falls within the boundaries of the [[Ghaziabad Lok Sabha constituency|Ghaziabad]], [[Meerut Lok Sabha constituency|Meerut]] and [[Muzaffarnagar Lok Sabha constituency|Muzaffarnagar]] Lok Sabha constituencies.<ref>{{cite news |work=The Hindu |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/ghaziabad-to-see-exciting-5cornered-contest/article5880924.ece |title=Ghaziabad to see exciting 5-cornered contest |first=Kritika |last=Sharma |date=7 April 2014 |accessdate=2015-02-10}}</ref>  


The region includes [[Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh|Ghaziabad]], [[Hapur]], [[Gautam Budh Nagar district]], [[Bulandshahr]], [[Dadri]], [[Baghpat]], [[Meerut]], [[Muzaffarnagar]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/-/articleshow/11643261.cms|title=चुनाव के साथ ही सट्टेबाजी का खेल भी शुरू-}}</ref> There are 60 villages where members of the [[Sisodia]] Rajput clan dominate and 84 villages where the [[Tomar]] Rajputs dominate.<ref>http://www.amarujala.com/feature/samachar/national/muzaffarnagar-riots-hindu-muslims/</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.amarujala.com/news/states/uttar-prsadesh/hapur/Hapur-35259-112/|title = भाजपा के साठा-चौरासी किले को भेद पाना आसान नहीं}}</ref>
''Satha'' translates as ''group of sixty''(60) [[Sisodia dynasty|Sisodia Rajput]] villages and ''chaurasi'' as ''group of eighty-four''(84) [[Tomaras of Delhi|Tomar or Tanwar Rajput]] villages.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ashutosh |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=me0wEQAAQBAJ&dq=satha+chaurasi&pg=PT35 |title=Hindu Rashtra |date=2024 |publisher=Context |isbn=978-93-6045-289-6 |language=en}}</ref> The villages of Satha-Chaurasi region are known as the ‘warrior villages’ maybe due to their historical importance. These numbers may have had a significant socio-political context in the medieval period as a definition of scope for territorial and lineal boundaries.<ref>{{cite book |title=Rethinking Villages |editor-first=Bhaskar |editor-last=Majumder |publisher=Concept Publishing Company |year=2011 |isbn=978-8-18069-764-7 |page=43 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uwS53sZZZDkC&pg=PA43}}</ref>
 
==History==
The region includes [[Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh|Ghaziabad]], [[Hapur]], [[Gautam Budh Nagar district]], [[Bulandshahr]], [[Dadri]], [[Baghpat]], [[Meerut]] and [[Muzaffarnagar]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/-/articleshow/11643261.cms|title=चुनाव के साथ ही सट्टेबाजी का खेल भी शुरू-}}</ref>  
 
This area was settled between the 10th and 11th. There are 60 (Satha) villages of [[Gahlot|Gehlot Rajputs]] ([[Sisodia dynasty|Sisodias]]), the descendants of Rawal Khumaan I, son of founder of [[Mewar]], [[Bappa Rawal]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Meininger |first=Irmgard |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lC1uAAAAMAAJ&q=rawal+khumaan |title=The Kingdom of Mewar: Great Struggles and Glory of the World's Oldest Ruling Dynasty |date=2000 |publisher=D.K. Printworld |isbn=978-81-246-0144-0 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-06-17 |title=In UP's 'warrior village', military aspirants sceptical about Agnipath scheme |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/amp/india/story/up-military-aspirants-sceptical-agnipath-scheme-1963719-2022-06-17 |access-date=2024-11-28 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref> It is believed that two brothers from the Guhilot royal family of Mewar, Rana Vakshraj Singh and Rana Hastraj Singh, established their new kingdoms in Uttar Pradesh. Rana Vakshraj Singh settled 60 Guhilaut (Sisodia) villages in the Dadri-Dhaulana area, while Rana Hastraj Singh founded the town of Hathras.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Pal |first=Vijay Kumar |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5BQZEAAAQBAJ&dq=satha+chaurasi&pg=PA121 |title=Discriminated Hindus - in Indian Sub-Continent |date=2021-01-01 |publisher=Shashwat Publication |isbn=978-93-90290-66-6 |language=en}}</ref> Dehra village became the headquarters of Shishodia's, seven generations later, three princes Rana Sahajpal, Rana Jaspal, and Rana Bhanwar Pal continued the legacy by establishing new villages in the area.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wQArEQAAQBAJ&dq=sisodia+rajput&pg=PA208 |title=The Mewar Conspiracy: An Epic Saga of How the Rajputs Defeated Aurangzeb {{!}} A true historical account of an epic love story that led to a war |date=2024-11-06 |publisher=Sristhi Publishers & Distributors |isbn=978-93-6411-159-1 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Steinberg |first=S. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TY3JDQAAQBAJ&dq=sisodia+rajputs&pg=PA170 |title=The Statesman's Year-Book: Statistical and Historical Annual of the States of the World for the Year 1948 |date=2016-12-23 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-0-230-27077-0 |language=en}}</ref>
 
There are 84 (Chaurasi) villages of the [[Tomar (Rajput clan)|Tomar Rajputs]], founded by Ajaypal Tomar, the younger brother of [[Anangpal Tomar]], in the 11th century<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.amarujala.com/feature/samachar/national/muzaffarnagar-riots-hindu-muslims/ |title=muzaffarnagar riots hindu muslims - यादें: अमन के चमन में दंगों का दाग - Amar Ujala |website=www.amarujala.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130915014708/http://www.amarujala.com/feature/samachar/national/muzaffarnagar-riots-hindu-muslims/ |archive-date=2013-09-15}} </ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=भाजपा के साठा-चौरासी किले को भेद पाना आसान नहीं |url=https://www.amarujala.com/uttar-pradesh/hapur/Hapur-35259-112 |access-date=2023-01-20 |website=Amar Ujala |language=hi}}</ref>  while the descendants of Maharaja Anangpal Tomar set up camp near Sanskar College of Parson in 1178 AD after returning from [[Ganges|Ganga Snan]]. From here Rishi Galav established Galand which is the largest village of Tomar Rajputs.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mhw3AQAAMAAJ&dq=tomar+rajputs&pg=PA145 |title=Imperial Gazetteer of India |date=1908 |publisher=Clarendon Press |language=en}}</ref> The Sisodias are believed to be of Suryanvanshi Kshatriya lineage<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Singh |first1=Kumar Suresh |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dhAwAQAAIAAJ&q=sisodia+suryavanshi |title=People of India: Rajasthan |last2=Ahmad |first2=S. I. |date=1998 |publisher=Anthropological Survey of India |isbn=978-81-7154-769-2 |language=en}}</ref> while the Tomars are believed to be of Chandravanshi Kshatriya lineage<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sahni |first=Mahima, S. K. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U3zcEAAAQBAJ&dq=tomar+chandravanshi&pg=PT12 |title=The Hauz Khas & Its Neighbourhood South Delhi |date=2023-11-08 |publisher=Notion Press |isbn=979-8-89133-709-1 |language=en}}</ref> thus for the same reason marriages take place between the Sisodias and Tomars from the ancient time and still the same continues.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Singhji |first=Virbhadra |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NYK7ZSpPzkUC&dq=rajput+marriage&pg=PA165 |title=The Rajputs of Saurashtra |date=1994 |publisher=Popular Prakashan |isbn=978-81-7154-546-9 |language=en}}</ref>
 
The region also played a significant role during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. Fourteen martyrs from the Dhaulana Tehsil were executed by the British, leaving behind a legacy of bravery and sacrifice.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mondini |first=Umberto |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GQR_DwAAQBAJ&dq=tomar+rajputs&pg=PA22 |title=The Cult of Pābūjī |date=2018-12-12 |publisher=Cambridge Scholars Publishing |isbn=978-1-5275-2320-3 |language=en}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

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Satha Chaurasi (also known as Laghu Mewar) refers to an area in the west of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, where the majority population belongs to the members of the Rajputs (Thakur) community.[1] It falls within the boundaries of the Ghaziabad, Meerut and Muzaffarnagar Lok Sabha constituencies.[2]

Satha translates as group of sixty(60) Sisodia Rajput villages and chaurasi as group of eighty-four(84) Tomar or Tanwar Rajput villages.[3] The villages of Satha-Chaurasi region are known as the ‘warrior villages’ maybe due to their historical importance. These numbers may have had a significant socio-political context in the medieval period as a definition of scope for territorial and lineal boundaries.[4]

History[edit | edit source]

The region includes Ghaziabad, Hapur, Gautam Budh Nagar district, Bulandshahr, Dadri, Baghpat, Meerut and Muzaffarnagar.[5]

This area was settled between the 10th and 11th. There are 60 (Satha) villages of Gehlot Rajputs (Sisodias), the descendants of Rawal Khumaan I, son of founder of Mewar, Bappa Rawal.[6][7] It is believed that two brothers from the Guhilot royal family of Mewar, Rana Vakshraj Singh and Rana Hastraj Singh, established their new kingdoms in Uttar Pradesh. Rana Vakshraj Singh settled 60 Guhilaut (Sisodia) villages in the Dadri-Dhaulana area, while Rana Hastraj Singh founded the town of Hathras.[8] Dehra village became the headquarters of Shishodia's, seven generations later, three princes Rana Sahajpal, Rana Jaspal, and Rana Bhanwar Pal continued the legacy by establishing new villages in the area.[9][10]

There are 84 (Chaurasi) villages of the Tomar Rajputs, founded by Ajaypal Tomar, the younger brother of Anangpal Tomar, in the 11th century[11][12] while the descendants of Maharaja Anangpal Tomar set up camp near Sanskar College of Parson in 1178 AD after returning from Ganga Snan. From here Rishi Galav established Galand which is the largest village of Tomar Rajputs.[13] The Sisodias are believed to be of Suryanvanshi Kshatriya lineage[14] while the Tomars are believed to be of Chandravanshi Kshatriya lineage[15] thus for the same reason marriages take place between the Sisodias and Tomars from the ancient time and still the same continues.[16]

The region also played a significant role during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. Fourteen martyrs from the Dhaulana Tehsil were executed by the British, leaving behind a legacy of bravery and sacrifice.[17]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "In UP's 'warrior village', military aspirants sceptical about Agnipath scheme". 17 June 2022.
  2. ↑ Sharma, Kritika (7 April 2014). "Ghaziabad to see exciting 5-cornered contest". The Hindu. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  3. ↑ Ashutosh (2024). Hindu Rashtra. Context. ISBN 978-93-6045-289-6.
  4. ↑ Majumder, Bhaskar, ed. (2011). Rethinking Villages. Concept Publishing Company. p. 43. ISBN 978-8-18069-764-7.
  5. ↑ "चुनाव के साथ ही सट्टेबाजी का खेल भी शुरू-".
  6. ↑ Meininger, Irmgard (2000). The Kingdom of Mewar: Great Struggles and Glory of the World's Oldest Ruling Dynasty. D.K. Printworld. ISBN 978-81-246-0144-0.
  7. ↑ "In UP's 'warrior village', military aspirants sceptical about Agnipath scheme". India Today. 17 June 2022. Retrieved 28 November 2024.
  8. ↑ Pal, Vijay Kumar (1 January 2021). Discriminated Hindus - in Indian Sub-Continent. Shashwat Publication. ISBN 978-93-90290-66-6.
  9. ↑ The Mewar Conspiracy: An Epic Saga of How the Rajputs Defeated Aurangzeb | A true historical account of an epic love story that led to a war. Sristhi Publishers & Distributors. 6 November 2024. ISBN 978-93-6411-159-1.
  10. ↑ Steinberg, S. (23 December 2016). The Statesman's Year-Book: Statistical and Historical Annual of the States of the World for the Year 1948. Springer. ISBN 978-0-230-27077-0.
  11. ↑ "muzaffarnagar riots hindu muslims - यादें: अमन के चमन में दंगों का दाग - Amar Ujala". www.amarujala.com. Archived from the original on 15 September 2013.
  12. ↑ "भाजपा के साठा-चौरासी किले को भेद पाना आसान नहीं". Amar Ujala (in हिन्दी). Retrieved 20 January 2023.
  13. ↑ Imperial Gazetteer of India. Clarendon Press. 1908.
  14. ↑ Singh, Kumar Suresh; Ahmad, S. I. (1998). People of India: Rajasthan. Anthropological Survey of India. ISBN 978-81-7154-769-2.
  15. ↑ Sahni, Mahima, S. K. (8 November 2023). The Hauz Khas & Its Neighbourhood South Delhi. Notion Press. ISBN 979-8-89133-709-1.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  16. ↑ Singhji, Virbhadra (1994). The Rajputs of Saurashtra. Popular Prakashan. ISBN 978-81-7154-546-9.
  17. ↑ Mondini, Umberto (12 December 2018). The Cult of Pābūjī. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. ISBN 978-1-5275-2320-3.


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