Rajput: Bagri

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From The Tribes And Castes Of The Central Provinces Of India

By R. V. Russell

Of The Indian Civil Service

Superintendent Of Ethnography, Central Provinces

Assisted By Rai Bahadur Hira Lal, Extra Assistant Commissioner

Macmillan And Co., Limited, London, 1916.

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Rajput: Bagri

This clan is found in small numbers in the Hoshangabad and Seoni Districts. The name Bagri, Malcolm says," is derived from that large tract of plain called Bagar or ' hedge of thorns,' the Bagar being surrounded by ridges of wooded hills on all sides as if by a hedge.

The Bagar is the plain country of the I^ikaner State, and any Jat or Rajput coming from this tract is called Bagri.^ The Rajputs of Bikaner are Rathors, but they are not numerous, and the great bulk of the people are Jats. Hence it is probable that the Bagris of the Central Provinces were originally Jats. In Seoni they say that they are Baghel Rajputs, but this claim is unsupported by any tradition or evidence. In Central India the Bagris are professed robbers and thieves, but these seem to be a separate group, a section of the Badhak or Bawaria dacoits, and derived from the aboriginal population of Central India.

The Bagris of Seoni are respectable cultivators and own a number of villages. They rank higher than the local Panwars and wear the sacred thread, but will remove dead cattle with their own hands. They marry among themselves.