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Sakarwar
The Sikarwar's are the clan of Rajput mainly found in the states of Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar in India.
Sikarwar's were the rulers of princely state Vijaypur Shikri (now Fatehpur Sikri).
They got their name from the word 'Shikri' and gradually to Sakarwar and then Sikarwar.
They majorly settled down in the villages of Khandoli, Sihori, Naharawali, etc. in Morena and Gwalior districts of Madhya Pradesh and nearly areas of Agra and Mathura in Uttar Pradesh.
Chainpur[edit]
The area of Chainpur in Kaimur district of Bihar was historically ruled by Sikarwar Rajputs.[3] A document called the Kursinama purports to trace the ancestry of the Chainpur family to Fatehpur Sikri where the family was driven out during the Turkic Muslim ruler Babur's invasion.
As they fled eastwards under the leadership of Lakshmi Mal, they eventually conquered Chainpur from the Chero dynasty which was ruled by the Chero tribe.
Among the most important rulers of the Chainpur Sikarwars was Raja Salivahana who built Chainpur fort and was prominent in the region prior to the ascendancy of the Afghan warlord Sher Shah Suri.[4]
Role in 1857 uprising[edit]
Under the leadership of a local chieftain, Meghar Singh, many Sikarwars in Zamania in Ghazipur district of Eastern Uttar Pradesh took part in the 1857 rebellion against British rule.[5][6]
Meghar Singh eventually accepted the leadership of Babu Amar Singh of Jagdishpur and the Sikarwars and the Ujjainiyas became allies. However, by November most of the rebels had surrendered and accepted British rule.[5]
References[edit]
- ↑ Rezavi, Syed Ali Nadeem (2013). Sikri before Akbar
- ↑ Saiyad Hasan Ansari (1986). Evolution and Spatial Organization of Clan Settlements: A Case Study of Middle Ganga Valley. Concept Publishing Company. pp. 103–104. GGKEY:E73UZG9UQFE.
- ↑ Peter Gottschalk (2013). Religion, Science, and Empire: Classifying Hinduism and Islam in British India. OUP USA. p. 314. ISBN 978-0-19-539301-9.
- ↑ Devendrakumar Rajaram Patil (22 December 2017). The antiquarian remains in Bihar. Kashi Prasad Jayaswal Research Institute. p. 75.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Troy Downs (2002). "Rural Insurgency During the Indian Revolt of 1857-59: Meghar Singh and the Uprising of the Sakarwars". South Asia Research. 22 (2): 123–143. doi:10.1177/026272800202200202.
- ↑ Troy Downs (2007). "Rajput revolt in Southern Mirzapur, 1857–58". Journal of South Asian Studies. 15 (2): 29–46. doi:10.1080/00856409208723166.