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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)