The Gwalvanshi Ahirs are historically associated with cowherding.[1] According to history professor Rahul Shukla, the Gwalvanshi Ahirs had settled in Azamgarh, Varanasi, Gorkakhpur, Mirzapur, Jaunpur etc., besides in Western Bihar. According to various sources, Today, Gwalvanshi Ahir belt starts from Sitapur of Uttar Pradesh. They are also found in small numbers in the historical Braj region.[2] In the Varanasi district, they are known as "Sardars".[3]
Origin[edit | edit source]
The Gwalvanshi Ahirs are said to be descended from Shree Krishna's childhood playmates[4] who were from the Vrishni clan.[5][6][7][2][8][9]
Present Circumstances[edit | edit source]
They were cultivators or farmers in Eastern Uttar Pradesh and Western Bihar. At the turn of the century, they evolved into business and other vocations in a big way.[10][11]
Notable People[edit | edit source]
• Heer Chand Yadav, ruler of Jaunpur.[12]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Gupta, Dipankar (2021). Caste in Question. BookRix. p. 58. ISBN 9788132103455.
Their original caste title was Ahir. The idea of a unique Krishnavanshi kinship category which fuses traditional subdivisions Yaduvanshi, Nandavanshi and Goallavanshi into a single endogamous unit
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Vernacularisation of Democracy: Politics, Caste, and Religion in India By Lucia Michelutti Routledge • (2008)
- ↑ Saath Ke Hemant By Umesh Prasad Singh · (2023)
- ↑ Mithilā ke Yādava By Mīnākshī Sinhā · (1993)
- ↑ Haryana's Art & Culture By Gopal Bhargava • (2011)
- ↑ Srimad Bhagavatam By Geeta Kasturi · (2013)
- ↑ People of India By K.S. Singh • (1992)
- ↑ The Cattle and the Stick: An Ethnographic Profile of the Raut of Chhattisgarh By Lok Nath Soni • (2000)
- ↑ People of India: Rajasthan (2 pts.) By K. S. Singh · (1998)
- ↑ Ratan Mani Lal (11 May 2014). "Azamgarh: Why Mulayam cannot take Yadav votes for granted"
- ↑ Lucia Michelutti, Sons of Krishna: the politics of Yadav community formation in a North Indian town (2002) London School of Economics and Political Science University of London, p.90-98
- ↑ Jaunpur, Gazzeter (2011). "Jaunpur District". Jaunpur Journal.
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