Batar

Batar also known as Battar is a clan of the Gurjar community. They are mostly found in the Indian states of Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Indian-Kashmir and Pakistani areas of Kashmir and Punjab. Variants of this Gurjar clan name includes, Battar, Batar Bhattar, Bhatar

Origin and history

In the Saharanpur district of Uttar Pradesh state of India, the Battar Gurjars possess 52 villages surrounding Gangoh Town.

In Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh Batar and Rathi Gurjar have their own Khaps and Batar Gurjar khap based in more than twenty one villages in Saharanpur district and nearby areas.

References

  1. ↑ Raheja, Gloria Goodwin (1988-09-15). The Poison in the Gift: Ritual, Prestation, and the Dominant Caste in a North Indian Village. University of Chicago Press. p. 18. ISBN 978-0-226-70729-7.
  2. ↑ Jeffrey, Robin (1990). India, Rebellion to Republic: Selected Writings, 1857-1990. Sterling Publishers. p. 13. ISBN 978-81-207-1107-5. Here excessive, differential taxation appears to have been a major grievance, whether among the backward Pundir and Batar (Battar) Gujars of Saharanpur district, or the advanced cash-crop Jat farmers of western Meerut and north-eastern.
  3. ↑ Rahi, Javaid (2012-01-01). The Gujjars Vol: 01 and 02 Edited by Dr. Javaid Rahi. Jammu and Kashmir Acacademy of Art, Culture , Languages , Jammu. p. 667.
  4. ↑ Bingley, A. H. (2018-07-20). Jats, Gujars and Ahirs. Government Central Printing Office,Simla. p. 38.
  5. ↑ Crooke, William (1896). The Tribes and Castes of the North-western Provinces and Oudh. Office of the superintendent of government printing. p. 443.
  6. ↑ First History Conference on the Gurjars and Their Contribution in History (in Hindi). Bhāratīya Gurjara Parishada. 1993. p. 30.
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  8. ↑ Jeffrey, Robin (1990). India, Rebellion to Republic: Selected Writings, 1857-1990. Sterling Publishers. p. 13. ISBN 978-81-207-1107-5. Here excessive, differential taxation appears to have been a major grievance, whether among the backward Pundir and Batar (Battar) Gujars of Saharanpur district, or the advanced cash-crop Jat farmers of western Meerut and north-eastern.
  9. ↑ Rahi, Javaid (2012-01-01). The Gujjars Vol: 01 and 02 Edited by Dr. Javaid Rahi. Jammu and Kashmir Acacademy of Art, Culture , Languages , Jammu. p. 301.
  10. ↑ "Uttar Pradesh functioning under medieval rule: Batar Khap of Gujjars". India Today. 2012-07-14. Retrieved 2024-06-14.