Saturday 24 September 2011

History of Rawat Rajputs

Rawat Rajputs

Rawat Rajputs are a group of people who reside in Ajmer, Ballabgarh, Faridabad, Palwal Rajsamand, Bhilwara, Chittorgarh and Pali districts of Rajasthan, the area known as Magra-Merwara and the Kumaon division and Garhwal Divisions of Uttarakhand, India. The Rawat Rajputs of Magra (Rajasthan) claim their descent from warriors of the Chauhan dynasty. Rawat Gotra is also found in Meenas and bhils in Rajasthan which is not to be confused with the Rawat Rajputs as the Rawat Rajputs have distinct Rajput surnames as chauhan, Panwar, bhati etc. Rawat Rajputs of Magra Merwara traditionally marry only among other Rawat Rajputs of the same region.
According to historian Robert Vane Russell, Rawat, a corruption of Rajputra or "princeling", is the name borne by the Ahir caste in Chhattisgarh and Maharastra.

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 History

The word Rajput is claimed to be a corruption of Rajputra. Rawat Rajputs are believed to be descendants of Chauhans.[4] Some historians believe that Rawat Rajputs are direct descendants of Prithviraj III's brother Hariraj, who escaped to hilly and dense forest areas after the fall of the Chauhan empire in 1191. Some based on accounts of the records kept by the local bard like tribe called the Bhats are of the opinion that Rawat Rajputs of Ajmer, Rajsamand and Pali districts are the descendants of the Rao Lakhansi of the Nadole Branch of the Chauhans. The term 'Rawat' came to be associated with these Rajputs as some of their ancestors were awarded the title of Rawat by the Ranas of Udaipur for showing extra ordinary bravery in battle. Their descendants then started using the title with their names. The areas in Ajmer that these Rajputs resided were hilly and forest areas. After 22 generations from Hariraj Chauhan these Chauhan Rajputs had established a few separate sub-clans among themselves such as Saidot, Ghodawat, Aapawat etc, with two major branches, one represented by Rao Karansi and the other represented by Rawat Bhim singh. Due to socio-political and geo-political circumstances at this point of time, in a meeting it was decided to allow marital alliances among these sub-clans of the Chauhan Rawat Rajputs against the widely accepted norm of the rajputs of not marrying within the same major clan or Kul, "Chauhan" in this case. The first marriage of this kind was between the daughter of Rao Karan singh Chauhan (the establisher of clan of the Rawats) and the son of Rawat Bhim singh. Gradually with more frequent marital alliances within the subclans of the Rawats, a new race called Rawat-Rajputs emerged. With time some subclans of the Rathore, Panwar, Bhati, Gahlot, Sisodiya, also became part of the community of Rawat Rajputs. The Rawats of Ajmer held 10 thikanas from Narwar to Diver, with the seat of Diver to be in the Udaipur darbaar. The major thikanas were Narvar, Shyamgarh, Diver, Athungarh etc and some minor Thikanas like Borwa, Sendra etc.

 Merwara, Rajasthan

In the 13th generation of Chauhan clan was born a king Named Vakpatiraj, ruler of Sambhar. He had three sons named Singhraj, Vatsaraj and Laxman. After the king's death the kingdom was divided among the three brothers and the smallest share was given to the youngest prince Laxman. Being a valiant Rajput, he considered it to be against his dignity and left Sambhar and became a minister in the court of Raja Samant Singh Chawda, the ruler of nadole. After the death of Samant singh , Rao Laxman, being a valiant warrior, managed to establish his own kingdom in Nadole and gradually became the sole lord of Nadole. Rao Laxman had six sons 1) Anhal Rao 2) Anoop Rao 3) Aasal 4) Shobhitraj 5) Vigrahpal 6) Ajeetsingh. Rao Anhal and Rao Anoop in the year 998 A.D., set on a military expedition and defeated the Chandel Gurjars ruling in Chaang and Cheta villages.

 Distribution

Villages of Rawat Rajputs are also found in the Tehri Garhwal and Pauri Garhwal district of Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and some villages are also found in the Shivpuri and Datia districts of Madhya Pradesh. Some if not all of the Rawat Rajputs are believed to have migrated from the Indian plains during the Middle Ages. They still retain the name of their areas of origin: for instance, the 'Udaipur Patti' in Garhwal is a group of villages inhabited by people believed to have migrated from Udaipur in present-day Rajasthan.


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  1. Proud to be a Rawat...Great job Author

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    1. Abeh obc hai rawat caste rajasthan main or rajput wahin seh aye hain

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    3. pr uttarakhand me Rawat General h

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  3. It means Rawat rajputi of Rajasthan and Rawat of uttarakhand are same caste

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    1. No Rawats of Uttarakhand are different.
      Although many were from Rajasthan, quite many also migrated from Gujarat UP Punjab etc.
      I don't know much about whether the present day Rawats of Rajasthan(ie the one known as community) is really Rajput or not but Rawat Bisht Negi ...these are just the titles whereas gotra is altogether different.

      We had our own distinct gotras when we arrived and have proper history from where we arrived along with our Rajpurohits and Bhats and our servant classes.
      We as well as our Rajpurohits (now come in Brahman category) have marital relations with Rajasthani Rajputs(my Bua lives in Kota,and my Bhabhi is from Jodhpur), so really can't say about others.

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  4. rawat's are not rajput, they were tribals but they fought very well. The maharana of udaipur gave them a huge area to reside in their province and after sometime they changed their surname to chouhan, panwar etc. which rajput used to kept.

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    1. Hi, can you please elaborate some more on this, because I am doing a research on exactly the same topic, so your comment is finally a breath of fresh air. Please reply asap.

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    2. Rawats are not trials, nor is Rawat title was never given to a tribal by any maharana. Also I don't know your credentials but Swargiya Jodhpur Naresh Maharaj hanumant Singh himself had declared in the sendra meeting that rawat s of Magra are offshoots of rajputs who settled in the hills of Magra and he dined with the rawat sirdaars present there.. We have our own bhats and our own forts... So please do not spread miscommunication

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    3. Also Magra was not given to us by any Darbaar... Historically it remaind independent as corroborated by British sources..

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    4. hlooo u are chauhan thats why u r saying that rawat are not rajput.firstly u have to clearify,who the hell r u.

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    5. Loda tu na ksa bol dea ke rawat,s are not rajput tuu kha rhata ha sent me your location I tell you personally ke kon hota hai rawat sent me location on my fb id shubham RawAT GoLu id hai

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    6. o bsdk hai kon tu kaise bolra tu rawats rajput ni hote bsdk jara bihal dev rawat ke baare me pdhle

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    7. Rawat upadhi hai bhula or rajashthan main rawat obc hain rawat ko sena main bharti kiya is liye woh Khastriya howe or upadhi di isliye rawat howe even hum log rajasthan seh migrate hain or asle RAJPUT hain is liye bhandari rawat or negi toh mangolia hain un main shaddi nahi karte Garhwal k raja neh kanakpal ko apni beti seh shaddi karwai thi remember toh tum logo sewa karne k liye Garhwal aye the phir sena main bharti ho gaye warna kanha hai tumara history govt k pass

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  5. these rawat were only in ajmer,pali,rajsamand.

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  6. Jaswant singh rawat .. the hero of 1962 war .. bharat china war

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    1. Abeh lada tha iska matlab raja ka beta thodi ho jaega sena main toh sardar bhi hota hai sipoy bhi hota hai but rawat obc the jo ki utrakhand main ageh the angrezo k time k pehle

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  7. Totally such a fake history by author...
    Only 1 point u r said right about hariraj but he were a two brother... 1 is a prithviraj..2 is a hariraj...
    Laxman Singh rawat here...
    Don't be misguided about rawat community.. Should be research truth then write a blog otherwise shut a mouth...

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    1. Abhiman Singh rawat here from Magra , Thikana Ramgarh sendra on jodhpur Road... The article is cent percent right and based on records kept by our bards... You need to do some research of the area...Magra merwara.. All the Thikanas mentioned in the article are actual forts and havelis present in Magra. Merwara

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  8. I think rawats origiated from uttarakhand and have migrated to plain areas.....or the author is merely right

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    1. bro the rawats originated from ajmer and some of them migrated to uttrakhand and himanchal pradesh with the chauhans

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  9. rawats are basically originated from mainly rajasthan , gujrat and there ancestors are pritviraj, maharana pratap . rawats are also belongs to suryavansh .

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    1. yes i am a suryavanshi rawats my name is rawat abhinav singh sishodiya and i am frompauri garhwal uttrakhand

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  10. Can anyone have some information regarding history of kumaoni rawat's

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  12. Rawats are jats.
    Check it here
    https://www.jatland.com/home/Rawat
    Proud to be a Jaat!
    Rajputs are also not less than JAATS

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    1. So basically you are a Muslim Rajput who was converted to Muslim or your ancestors would have converted

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  14. My grandmother says that our ancestors got migrated from
    Rajasthan that's all I know

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    1. That's right, Rawats migrated from Rajasthan to Garhwal. Dont know if there are other categories of Rawat bt my ancestors were Rajputs/ Thakurs and not tribals.

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  15. My grandfather migrated from Indian Punjab district ludhyana village raisar
    That's all i know about

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  16. wow what a great history of rawat we should proud on our surname rawat.

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  17. We are mewadi MahaRawat.......means Rawat Rajput

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    1. and i am rawat fron uk but mere par dada chittorgarh se the or humare paas abhi tak unke weapons safe rakhehue hai

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  19. you need to work on your sources more. Rawat's fraternity is in all over uttrakhand not only in Pauri and Tehri Garhwal.

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    1. but the rawat rajputs who migrated are only in pauri and tehri along with the chauhans

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  20. I am Raut from Kathmandu, Nepal. In eastern part of Nepal we write our Surname as "Raut" and western part of Nepal bordering with Utarakhanda and UP write surname 'Rawat'. Basically we are from same kul. In Nepal, Rawat or Raut is regarded as Kshetriya and our gotra is "Bashistha". As per our research on ancestral history, we have been migrated from Kumaon to eastern side during 15th century. At present Raut or Rawats of Nepal are residing almost all part of Nepal. Some of them have been migrated eastward like in Sikkim, Asam, even Bhutan and Myanmar as well.

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  21. How can all Uttarakhandi Rawats come from Rajasthan. There are lakhs of Pahari Rawats. Why are some idiots getting pride in saying that. I hope I am a tribal Rawat. This Rajput nonsense came because of british fake martial race theory to enlist us in British army.
    I love my mitti. I love my Devbhoomi. Jai Badri Vishaal.
    Har Har Mahadev,
    Garvit Rawat

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    1. Oo bsdk tu hoga nonsense bc agli baar humari rajputana community ko nonsense na bol diyo ghr me ghus ke marunga bsdk

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    2. Oo bsdk tu hoga nonsense bc agli baar humari rajputana community ko nonsense na bol diyo ghr me ghus ke marunga bsdk

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    3. Tu bada nalayak kutte ka bachha nikla. Matlab humare paharon ke riti riwaaj, khaan peen, vesh bhusha, gaan nritya rajasthan se aaya hai? Humare Badrinath Kedarnath bhi tum log aake banaye? Agar tu Rajasthan se hai to bolna ki Rajasthani hoon. Pahari kahan se hogaya.
      Ghazni aaya, Ghori aaya, Mughal aaye...tere baapon ki gaand marke chalege aur tum apni talwaar aur dhaalon ko polish karte rahege? Ulta tu bhaag ke paharon mein sharan lene aa gaya. Aur suar ki aulad baat karta hai ghar mein ghuske marne ki. Kaun Kshatriya apni Dharmbhoomi chorta hai. Asli Rajput Gujarat/Rajasthan ke Pratihaar vansh ke the jinhone jihadon ko 300 saal rokke rakha (700-1000). Baad mein gande khoon ka bahut milawat ho gaya. 1850 ke census mein west UP mein aadhe rajput mussalman the. Ye baad ke 'Mughal' Rajputon ke time pe hi tho Dehradun mein mohmmaden bas gaye.
      Mujhe gaali dene se accha tu apni nassal check karle. Thotha channa baaje ghana.

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  22. ...also author says Rawat us corruption of Rajputra. Bakwaas. Hum log Rajputra nahi bol sakte kya? Rawat is from sanskrit. It means roaring or Garajna. As in the greatest elephant which Vishnu gave in Samudramanthan - Airavata.

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    1. Saale matlab tu ant sant padh
      Or phir bakwaas beta aisa hai agar chata hai ki thik rahe toh apni bakwaas bandh kar

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  23. I'm extremely thankful to the unknown contributor on "History of Rawat Rajputs".
    Based on certain available history books/documents and records maintained by my grand father late Shri Hayat Singh Rawat son of Shri Diwan Singh Rawat,(1901-1986),our great self respecting ancestors did not compromise with Mughals(invaders) and decided to leave Pali, Rajasthan during 16th century.I have 16 generation Vanshawali(2015).
    I am one of the fortunate ones who got a chance to visit Pali.
    So I presume, our roots got originated from Pali, Rajasthan.
    With regards to esteemed elders and best wishes to self respecting youngsters in Uttarakhand, who have lineage with Rawat clan.
    Take special care during the prevailing COVID-19.
    Dr. Raghubir Singh Rawat,
    Mehargaon, Chamoli Garhwal.






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    1. सभी गढ़वाली उत्तराखंड के भुला लोगों से निवेदन है की सोसियल मिडिया में कई साईटें खुली हुई है तथा बिना किसी डाक्यूमेंट्री प्रुफ के राजस्थान के रावत लोग जो अब आदिवासी से पिछडी जाति में आ गए हैं,वे जबरदस्ती पहाड के हमारे भाईयों को उल्टा सीधा इतिहास बता कर बरगला रहे हैं की पहाड के रावत इन पिछडे रावत राजपूत के ही भाई लोग हैं। इतिहास की पुरानी पुस्तकें पढ़ें मेश। अजमेर के आसपास का क्षेत्र मेर जाति के आदिवासी बहुल होने से मेरवाडा कहलाया। इस मेर जाति के आदिवासी समाज ने महाराणा प्रताप के पुत्र अमर सिंह द्वारा दिबेर के युद्ध में राजपूतों का साथ दिया, राजपूतों की मुगलों पर जीत के बाद महाराणा ने इन आदिवासियों के मुखिया को रावत की उपाधि दी। उसके बाद सभी ये आदिवासी मेर अपने आपको रावत राजपूत लिखने लगे तथा कालांतर में ये पिछडी जाति समाज के है। पहाड मे आप लोगों को ये रावत राजपूत जबरदस्ती अपने आप से जोड रहे हैं,इन अजमेर के रावत राजपूतों का पहाड के रावत लोगों से किसी भी प्रकार का कोई संभवत सम्बन्ध नहीं है, मै खुद राजस्थान में रहता हूं,पहाड के रावत लोगों से राजस्थान में बडे बडे राजपूत घरानों में सम्बन्ध है पर इन रावत राजपूत समाज से राजस्थान का कोई राजपुत्र संबंध नहीं करता

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  24. bhai they are same mai ek rawat hu mere pr dada ji mewar se the unke weapons abhi tak hai humare paas or bhai uttrakhand mai bhi raj purohits brahaman hi hote hai or bhai mera gotra kashyap hai veda yajurveda hai

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  25. the rawat rajput of magra merwara are the descendants of chauhan ruler of ajmer, and presently heavily occupying the region of beawar(ajmer), pali, rajsamand, bhilwada of rajasthan. merwada was the unconquered independent state, the govt, britishers and earlier rulers neglected the existance of rawat rajput and forced them to limit within aravalli ranges resulting in miserable economic conditions.
    But the people of magra still take their name with pride under rawat rajput dominion. the beawar-devgad belt of 90 kms is basic seat of origin of this fierceful race. they still call themselves 'thakkars'.

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