Tomar (Gurjar clan)

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Tomar[1][2] (also spelled as) Tomara, Tanwar, Tunwar, Taur or Toor is a clan of the Gurjars of Pakistan and India. They found among Hindu and Muslim Gujjars in various regions of Indo-Pak.

Ethnography[edit]

They are mainly found in Rajasthan, Gujarat, Haryana, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Himachal and Dehli regions of India. While in Pakistan they found in Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Azad Kashmir, And Islamabad.

References[edit]

  1. Rahul Khari (5 January 2007). Jats and Gujars: origin, history and culture. Reference Press. ISBN 978-81-8405-031-8. Retrieved 28 September 2011. In the contemporary Delhi, there are about 75 villages inhabited by the Gujars out of which 12 villages happened to be in Mehrauli where Gurjar belonging to Tomar clan dwell, who call themselves 'Tanwar'.
  2. Singh, Kumar Suresh, ed. (1998). India's communities. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-563354-2. The Hindu Gujjar have a number of clans (gotra), such as Bainsale, Bhati, Bankar, Korri, Dhame, Godhane, Khari, Nangari, Khatana Pedia, Peelwar, Tanwar, Fagna, Vidhuri, Vasatte and Lomor