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{{short description|Indian social group}}
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'''Kinwar''' is an [[India]]n clan whose members belong either to the [[Rajput]] or [[Bhumihar]] caste.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=voe3AAAAIAAJ&q=kinwar+ | title=Caste: The Colonial Theories | year=2004 | publisher=Omsons Publications | accessdate=30 December 2018 | pages=3| isbn=9788171172153 }}</ref> Both the Rajput and Bhumihar members principally reside in the states of [[Bihar]] and [[Purvanchal|Eastern Uttar Pradesh]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dxDWbsztdVQC&q=kinwar+bhumihar&pg=PA115 | title=Evolution and Spatial Organization of Clan Settlements: A Case Study of Middle Ganga Valley | publisher=Concept Publishing Company | accessdate=30 December 2018 | author=Saiyad Hasan Ansari | year=1986 | pages=115}}</ref> A particularly large population of Kinwar Bhumihars can be found in [[Ghazipur district]].<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FHEcBTmxlOEC&q=kinwar+&pg=PA18 | title=Kin, Clan, Raja, and Rule: Statehinterland Relations in Preindustrial India | year=1971 | publisher=University of California Press, 1971 | accessdate=30 December 2018 | pages=18–21| isbn=9780520018075 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TTpbtbmfTk0C&q=kinwar+bhumihar&pg=PA86 | title=Geographical Research | accessdate=30 December 2018 | author=Kalluri Lakshmi Narasimha Murthy | year=1999 | pages=86| isbn=9788170227069 }}</ref>
'''Kinwar''' is a clan whose members belong to the [[Rajput]] caste.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=voe3AAAAIAAJ&q=kinwar+ | title=Caste: The Colonial Theories | year=2004 | publisher=Omsons Publications | accessdate=30 December 2018 | pages=3| isbn=9788171172153 }}</ref> The Rajput's members principally reside in the states of [[Bihar]] and [[Purvanchal|Eastern Uttar Pradesh]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dxDWbsztdVQC&dq=kinwar+bhumihar&pg=PA115 | title=Evolution and Spatial Organization of Clan Settlements: A Case Study of Middle Ganga Valley | publisher=Concept Publishing Company | accessdate=30 December 2018 | author=Saiyad Hasan Ansari | year=1986 | pages=115}}</ref> A particularly large population of Kinwar Rajputs can be found in [[Ballia district]].The founders of the [[Kharagpur Raj]]  principality in Bihar were Kinwar [[Kshatriya]].<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FHEcBTmxlOEC&q=kinwar+&pg=PA18 | title=Kin, Clan, Raja, and Rule: Statehinterland Relations in Preindustrial India | year=1971 | publisher=University of California Press, 1971 | accessdate=30 December 2018 | pages=18–21| isbn=9780520018075 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TTpbtbmfTk0C&dq=kinwar+bhumihar&pg=PA86 | title=Geographical Research | accessdate=30 December 2018 | author=Kalluri Lakshmi Narasimha Murthy | year=1999 | pages=86| isbn=9788170227069 }}</ref><ref name=Roy1992>{{cite journal | title= | author= Yogendra P. Roy | journal=Proceedings of the Indian History Congress |volume = 53| year=1992 | pages= 333–334|jstor = 44142804}}</ref>


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Kinwar is a clan whose members belong to the Rajput caste.[1] The Rajput's members principally reside in the states of Bihar and Eastern Uttar Pradesh.[2] A particularly large population of Kinwar Rajputs can be found in Ballia district.The founders of the Kharagpur Raj principality in Bihar were Kinwar Kshatriya.[3][4][5]

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  1. Caste: The Colonial Theories. Omsons Publications. 2004. p. 3. ISBN 9788171172153. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
  2. Saiyad Hasan Ansari (1986). "Evolution and Spatial Organization of Clan Settlements: A Case Study of Middle Ganga Valley". Concept Publishing Company. p. 115. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
  3. Kin, Clan, Raja, and Rule: Statehinterland Relations in Preindustrial India. University of California Press, 1971. 1971. pp. 18–21. ISBN 9780520018075. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
  4. Kalluri Lakshmi Narasimha Murthy (1999). Geographical Research. p. 86. ISBN 9788170227069. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
  5. Yogendra P. Roy (1992). Proceedings of the Indian History Congress. 53: 333–334. JSTOR 44142804. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)