Nanwag (Nandwak) Rajputs

The Nanwag Rajputs (also known as Nandwak, Nanwak, and Nagbak) are a branch of the Kachwaha Rajput community[1] (or Bais Rajputs) in what is now the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. In the 16th century, they seized a portion of Pandrah pargana and ruled there for many years before losing it to a Punjabi and Brahmans.[2] The villages of Kathiraon, Newarhia (having fort of Nanwag chieftain, Zamindar Sangram SIngh)[3] lying at 25" 31' N longitude and 82" 80' E latitude (tahsil Mariahu)[3] and Barsathi, latitude 25" 34' N and longitude 82" 91' E in Mariahu tehsil,[4] were administered by the Nanwag Rajputs from the 16th century to the later part of the 19th century.[5] The whole of Mariahu tehsil was administered by them during the medieval period and the tehsil got its name from Mandav Dev, the presiding deity of Nanwags.[6]

Distribution

Jaunpur (Ataria and Madiyahun), Benares (Vishnupur and Gobindpur), Azamgarh, Allahabad and Mirzapur districts of erstwhile North West Province (now U.P.). Nanwag Rajputs are well distributed in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Maharashtra (Mumbai).[7]

Nanwag Rajputs are large and important Rajput clan in the district of Jaunpur, where they numbered at the last Census between 20,000-30,000. There are colonies of the Nanwags amounting to 100 families, or more, in each of the districts of Allahabad, Mirzapur, and Benares. A small number also is found in Azamgarh. In Benares district, the Nanwags are landlords. Sangram Singh, a zamindar of influence and position and a leader of Nanwag Rajputs in Jaunpur, revolted and defeated the British East India Company on several occasions. His old fort is still there in north of Newaria Bazar.[3]

See also

References
  1. Uttar Pradesh District Gazetteers: Jaunpur. Uttar Pradesh: Government of Uttar Pradesh. 1986. p. 62.
  2. Uttar Pradesh District Gazetteers: Varanasi. Uttar Pradesh: Government of Uttar Pradesh. 1965. p. 44.
  3. Uttar Pradesh District Gazetteers: Jaunpur. Uttar Pradesh: Government of Uttar Pradesh. 1986. p. 295.
  4. Uttar Pradesh District Gazetteers: Jaunpur. Uttar Pradesh: Government of Uttar Pradesh. 1986. p. 285.
  5. Uttar Pradesh District Gazetteers: Varanasi. Uttar Pradesh: Government of Uttar Pradesh. 1965. p. 403.
  6. Uttar Pradesh District Gazetteers: Jaunpur. Uttar Pradesh: Government of Uttar Pradesh. 1986. p. 293.
  7. Singh, Ram Bali (1975). Rajput clan-settlements in Varanasi District. Varanasi, India: National Geographical Society of India. pp. 61, 107.
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