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The '''Nanwag Rajputs''' are a branch of the [[chandravanshi|sisodiya]]  [[Rajput]] of suryavansh  <ref>{{Cite web|title=District Jaunpur, Government of Uttar Pradesh {{!}} Siraj-e-Hind {{!}} India|url=https://jaunpur.nic.in/|access-date=2021-08-25|language=en-US}}</ref>  in what is now the Indian state of [[Uttar Pradesh]]. In the 16th century, they seized a portion of Pandrah [[pargana]] and ruled there for many years before losing it to a Punjabi and Brahmans.<ref>{{Cite book|title = Uttar Pradesh District Gazetteers: Varanasi|publisher = Government of Uttar Pradesh|year = 1965|location = Uttar Pradesh|page = 44}}</ref> The villages of [[Kathiraon]], Newarhia (having fort of Nanwag chieftain, Zamindar Sangram Singh)<ref name=":2"/> lying at 25" 31' N longitude and 82" 80' E latitude (tahsil [[Mariahu]])<ref name=":2">{{Cite book|title = Uttar Pradesh District Gazetteers: Jaunpur|publisher = Government of Uttar Pradesh|year = 1986|location = Uttar Pradesh|pages = 295}}</ref> and Barsathi, latitude 25" 34' N and longitude 82" 91' E  in [[Mariahu]] tehsil,<ref>{{Cite book|title = Uttar Pradesh District Gazetteers: Jaunpur|publisher = Government of Uttar Pradesh|year = 1986|location = Uttar Pradesh|pages = 285}}</ref> were administered by the Nanwag Rajputs from the 16th century to the later part of the 19th century.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|title = Uttar Pradesh District Gazetteers: Varanasi|publisher = Government of Uttar Pradesh|year = 1965|location = Uttar Pradesh|pages = 403}}</ref> The whole of Mariahu tehsil was administered by them during the medieval period and the tehsil got its name from Mandav Dev, the presiding deity of Nanwags.<ref>{{Cite book|title = Uttar Pradesh District Gazetteers: Jaunpur|publisher = Government of Uttar Pradesh|year = 1986|location = Uttar Pradesh|pages = 293}}</ref>
Nanwag Rajput is a branch of the Rajput community that resides in Uttar Pradesh and belongs to the Kaushika Gotra. <ref>{{Cite web|title=District Jaunpur, Government of Uttar Pradesh {{!}} Siraj-e-Hind {{!}} India|url=https://jaunpur.nic.in/|access-date=2021-08-25|language=en-US}}</ref>  in what is now the Indian state of [[Uttar Pradesh]]. In the 16th century, they seized a portion of Pandrah [[pargana]] and ruled there for many years before losing it to a Punjabi and Brahmans.<ref>{{Cite book|title = Uttar Pradesh District Gazetteers: Varanasi|publisher = Government of Uttar Pradesh|year = 1965|location = Uttar Pradesh|page = 44}}</ref> The villages of [[Kathiraon]], Newarhia (having fort of Nanwag chieftain, Zamindar Sangram Singh)<ref name=":2"/> lying at 25" 31' N longitude and 82" 80' E latitude (tahsil [[Mariahu]])<ref name=":2">{{Cite book|title = Uttar Pradesh District Gazetteers: Jaunpur|publisher = Government of Uttar Pradesh|year = 1986|location = Uttar Pradesh|pages = 295}}</ref> and Barsathi, latitude 25" 34' N and longitude 82" 91' E  in [[Mariahu]] tehsil,<ref>{{Cite book|title = Uttar Pradesh District Gazetteers: Jaunpur|publisher = Government of Uttar Pradesh|year = 1986|location = Uttar Pradesh|pages = 285}}</ref> were administered by the Nanwag Rajputs from the 16th century to the later part of the 19th century.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|title = Uttar Pradesh District Gazetteers: Varanasi|publisher = Government of Uttar Pradesh|year = 1965|location = Uttar Pradesh|pages = 403}}</ref> The whole of Mariahu tehsil was administered by them during the medieval period and the tehsil got its name from Mandav Dev, the presiding deity of Nanwags.<ref>{{Cite book|title = Uttar Pradesh District Gazetteers: Jaunpur|publisher = Government of Uttar Pradesh|year = 1986|location = Uttar Pradesh|pages = 293}}</ref>


== Distribution ==
== Distribution ==

Revision as of 16:23, 30 March 2025

Nanwag Rajput is a branch of the Rajput community that resides in Uttar Pradesh and belongs to the Kaushika Gotra. [1] in what is now the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. In the 16th century, they seized a portion of Pandrah pargana and ruled there for many years before losing it to a Punjabi and Brahmans.[2] The villages of Kathiraon, Newarhia (having fort of Nanwag chieftain, Zamindar Sangram Singh)[3] lying at 25" 31' N longitude and 82" 80' E latitude (tahsil Mariahu)[3] and Barsathi, latitude 25" 34' N and longitude 82" 91' E in Mariahu tehsil,[4] were administered by the Nanwag Rajputs from the 16th century to the later part of the 19th century.[5] The whole of Mariahu tehsil was administered by them during the medieval period and the tehsil got its name from Mandav Dev, the presiding deity of Nanwags.[6]

Distribution

Jaunpur (Ataria and Madiyahun), Benares (Vishnupur and Gobindpur), Azamgarh, Allahabad and Mirzapur districts of erstwhile North West Province (now U.P.). Nanwag Rajputs are well distributed in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Maharashtra (Mumbai).[7][need quotation to verify]

Nanwag Rajputs are large and important Rajput clan in the district of Jaunpur, where they numbered at the last Census[when?] between 20,000-30,000. There are colonies of the Nanwags amounting to 100 families, or more, in each of the districts of Allahabad, Mirzapur, and Benares. A small number also is found in Azamgarh. In Benares district, the Nanwags are landlords. Sangram Singh, a zamindar of influence and position and a leader of Nanwag Rajputs in Jaunpur, revolted and defeated the British East India Company on several occasions. His old fort is still there in north of Newaria Bazar.[3][need quotation to verify]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "District Jaunpur, Government of Uttar Pradesh | Siraj-e-Hind | India". Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  2. ↑ Uttar Pradesh District Gazetteers: Varanasi. Uttar Pradesh: Government of Uttar Pradesh. 1965. p. 44.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Uttar Pradesh District Gazetteers: Jaunpur. Uttar Pradesh: Government of Uttar Pradesh. 1986. p. 295.
  4. ↑ Uttar Pradesh District Gazetteers: Jaunpur. Uttar Pradesh: Government of Uttar Pradesh. 1986. p. 285.
  5. ↑ Uttar Pradesh District Gazetteers: Varanasi. Uttar Pradesh: Government of Uttar Pradesh. 1965. p. 403.
  6. ↑ Uttar Pradesh District Gazetteers: Jaunpur. Uttar Pradesh: Government of Uttar Pradesh. 1986. p. 293.
  7. ↑ Singh, Ram Bali (1975). Rajput clan-settlements in Varanasi District. Varanasi, India: National Geographical Society of India. pp. 61, 107.
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