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Chauhan is a surname [1] [2] [3] of various Indian communities. It is found among the Rajput , [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Bhil , [ 6 ] Dhobi , [ 7 ] Lonia , [ 8 ] Orh Ror , Pateliya [ 9 ] caste groups found in the Indian states of Punjab , Rajasthan , Gujarat , Madhya Pradesh , Haryana , Uttar Pradesh , Uttrakhand and Bihar .
The Chauhan Koli [1] (also spelled as Chouhan Koli and Chohan Koli) is a clan of the Koli caste living in the Gujarat and Rajasthan states in India. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Principlities
The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 411 total. ... Bagal (caste) Bairagi Brahmin (caste) Baishya Kapali; Baishya Saha; Baiswar; Balija;
Genealogies of the Rajput clans were fabricated by pastoral nomadic tribes when they became sedentary. In a process called Rajputization, after acquiring political power, they employed bards to fabricate these lineages which also disassociated them from their original ancestry of cattle-herding or cattle-rustling communities and acquired the name 'Rajput'.
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Chauhan, a name derived from the historical Chahamanas, a clan name associated with various ruling Rajput families in the present-day Indian state of Rajasthan from ...
The Lonia are a Hindu other backward caste, found in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar adjoining areas, who were traditionally involved in salt-digging [1] and salt-making activities. [2] The Lonia are listed as extremely backward caste , along with the Mallaah , Bind and Beldar communities, by state governments.
Muslim Rajputs or Musalman Rajpoots are the descendants of Rajputs in the northern regions of the Indian subcontinent who generally are followers of Islam. [1] They converted from Hinduism to Islam from the medieval period onwards, creating various dynasties and states while retaining Hindu surnames such as Chauhan.