•Rajputs in the Jaunpur district• 🧵

The Rajputs, as of 1903, numbered at 101,002 people, or 9.24% of the Hindu population of the Jaunpur district.

Found throughout the districts, divided into various clans, of which the Prominent ones being– •The Raghuvanshi Rajputs

Numbered at 16,736 as of 1891. They traditionally descend from the sons of Doman Deo, a Raghuvanshi from Varanasi. They are said to have expelled the aboriginal tribes from Chandwak and also Dobhi– one of the chief settlements of this clan.

Kakan Rajputs- Origin , migration and settlements.

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( 1/20) • Traditional Origins

The Kakan Rajputs are Suryavanshi Kshatriyas who descend from Bharata , the younger brother of Lord Rāma.

Bharat ji was the son of Kaikeyī , one of the 3 chief queens of Raja Daśaratha of Ayodhyā. (2/20)

A Thread on Amar Shaheed Bandhu Singh Shrinet (1833-1858), the fearless freedom fighter from Gorakhpur sho challenged British rule during the 1857 rebellion. (1/8) Bandhu Singh ji was born on the 1st of May , 1833 in Dumari Riyasat , Gorakhpur, into a Rajput Zamindar family of the Shrinet clan. He was the son of Babu Shiv Prasad Singh. He had five brothers and was deeply devoted to Tarkulha Devi , a deity he worshipped Fervantly. (2/8)

A Thread🧵 on Amar Shaheed Bandhu Singh Shrinet (1833-1858), the fearless freedom fighter from Gorakhpur sho challeged British rule during the 1857 rebellion. (1/8) Bandhu Singh ji was born on the 1st of May , 1833 in Dumari Riyasat , Gorakhpur, into a Rajput Zamindar family of the Shrinet clan. He was the son of Babu Shiv Prasad Singh. He had five brother and deeply devoted Tarkhulha Devi , a deity he worshipped Fervantly. (2/8)

A Thread 🧵 on the Haihaya and Karchuliya Rajputs , the undoubted successors of the Haihayavamśī Kalachuris and debunking the false claim of the Karchuliya Rajputs being Sisodiyas. (1/25) 1. Haihaya / Haihobans Rajputs

The name Haihaya clearly shows their descent from the ancient Haihaya Ksatriyas of the Kalchuri empire.

The clan is known by various names like Haihaya ,Harihobans , Haihobans and Haihayvanshi.

They chiefly reside in the Ballia district. (2/25)

A Thread 🧵 on Rani Talash Kunwari, the unsung fierce warrior queen of Amorha (present-day Basti, Uttar Pradesh), who stood tall against the British in 1857. (1/7) Rani Talash Kunwari was born into a Durgvanshi (Dikhit) Rajput family.

She married Raja Jung Bahadur Singh, the Surajbansi Rajput Raja of Amorha in the Basti district.

After the death of her husband in 1852, she took charge as the ruler. (2/7)

A Thread on Raja Dariyav Chandra Gaur , the forgotten Hero of the 1857 revolt 🧵 (1/12) Raja Dariyav Chandra Gaur was born to Surya Chandra in a Rajput family of the Gaur clan. His family ruled the small princely state of Nar Kahinjari , located in modern day Kanpur Dehat district of Uttar Pradesh. (2/12)

A Thread on the Traditional Genealogy of the Bachhgoti , Rajkumar and Rajwar Rajputs 🧵 1. Baba Bariyar Shah , Also known as Bariyar Singh.

He is the progenitor of the Bachhgotis, Rajkumars and Rajwars and was a Chauhan Rajput who migrated to the east from what is now western Uttar Pradesh

He married the Daughter of the Bilkhariya ( Dikhit ) Rajput Raja.

A Thread on some Districts in the Awadh , Purvanchal and Bundelkhand regions of Uttar Pradesh that are named after Rajputs.

( Note that this is "named after" and not "founded by" )

👇🏻 1. Unnao

- Named after Unwant Rai Singh , A Bisen Rajput.