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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.

''' NOTE 1: The 'Central Provinces' have since been renamed Madhya Pradesh. '''

NOTE 2: While reading please keep in mind that all articles in this series have been scanned from a book. During scanning some errors are bound to occur. Some letters get garbled. Footnotes get inserted into the main text of the article, interrupting the flow. Readers who spot errors might like to correct them, and shift footnotes gone astray to their rightful place.

=Rajput:Gaur, Chamar Gaur=

Colonel Tod remarks
of this tribe : " The Gaur tribe was once respected in
Rajasthan, though it never there attained to any considerable
eminence. The ancient kings of Bengal were of this race,
and gave their name to the capital, Lakhnauti." This town
in Bengal, and the kingdom of which it was the capital, were
known as Gauda, and it has been conjectured that the Gaur
Brahmans and Rajputs were named after it. Sir H. M.
Elliot and Mr. Crooke, however, point out that the home of
the Gaur Brahmans and Rajputs and a cultivating caste,
^ Quoted in Mr. Crooke's article on Gaharwar.
'^ See art. Rajput, Bundela.

the Gaur Tac^as, is in the centre and west of the United
rrovinces, far removed from Bengal ; the Gaur Brahmans
now reside principally in the Meerut Division, and between
them and Bengal is the home of the Kanaujia Brfdimans.
General Cunningham suggests that the country comprised
in the present Gonda District round the old town of Sravasti,
was formerly known as Gauda, and was hence the origin of
the caste name.^ The derivation from Gaur in Bengal is
perhaps, however, more probable, as the name was best
known in connection with this tract.

The Gaur Rajputs
do not make much figure in history. " Repeated mention
of them is found in the wars of Prithwi Raj as leaders of
considerable renown, one of whom founded a small state in
the centre of India. This survived through seven centuries
of Mogul domination, till it at length fell a prey indirectly
to the successes of the British over the Marathas, when
Sindhia in 1809 annihilated the power of the Gaur and
took possession of his capital, Supur."
"
In the United Provinces the Gaur Rajputs are divided
into three groups, the Bahman, or Brahman, the Bhat, and
the Chamar Gaur. Of these the Chamar Gaur, curiously
enough appear to rank the highest, which is accounted for
by the following story : When trouble fell upon the Gaur
family, one of their ladies, far advanced in pregnane}^ took
refuge in a Chamar's house, and was so grateful to him for
his disinterested protection that she promised to call her child
by his name.

The Bhats and Brahmans, to whom the others
fled, do not appear to have shown a like chivalry, and hence,
strange as it may appear, the subdivisions called after their
name rank below the Chamar Gaur.'* The names of the
subsepts indicate that this clan of Rajputs is probably of
mixed origin. If the Brahman subsept is descended from
Brahmans, it would be only one of several probable cases
of Rajput clans originating from this caste. As regards the
Bhat subcaste, the Charans or Bhats of Rajputana are
admittedly Rajputs, and there is therefore nothing curious
in finding a Bhat subsection in a Rajput clan.

What the
real origin of the Chamar Gaurs was is difficult to surmise.
^ Quoted in Mr. Crooke's article ^ Rajasthan, i. p. 105.
Gaur Brahman. 3 Supplemental Glossary, s.v.
VOL. IV 2 G

The Chamar Gaur is now a separate clan, and its members
intermarry with the other Gaur Rajputs, affording an instance
of the subdivision of clans. In the Central Provinces
the greater number of the persons returned as Gaur Rajputs
really belong to a group known as Gorai, who are considered
to be the descendants of widows or kept women in the Gaur
clan, and marry among themselves.

They should really
therefore be considered a separate caste, and not members
of the Rajput caste proper. In the United Provinces
the Gaurs rank with the good Rajput clans. In the
Central Provinces the Gaur and Chamar -Gaur clans
are returned from most Districts of the Jubbulpore and
Nerbudda divisions, and also in considerable numbers from
Bhandara.

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	returned from most Districts of the Jubbulpore and Nerbudda divisions,		returned from most Districts of the Jubbulpore and Nerbudda divisions,
	and also in considerable numbers from Bhandara.		and also in considerable numbers from Bhandara.
		+	= The Joshua Project’s view of the Gaurs=
		+	[http://legacy.joshuaproject.net/people-profile.php?peo3=20394&rog3=IN Text source: Keith Carey/ The Joshua Project] writes:
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		+	Where are they located?
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		+	The Gaurs are located in Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and especially Rajasthan.
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		+	What are their lives like?
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		+	Though Hindu Gaur Rajputs are still in the armed forces or own land, many have moved on to other livelihoods.
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		+	What are their needs?
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		+	[http://legacy.joshuaproject.net/people-profile.php?peo3=20394&rog3=IN Text source: Keith Carey/ The Joshua Project] adds: Hindu Gaur Rajputs are going through an identity crisis. They can no longer depend on land ownership or military careers, especially with the Indian government reserving prestigious jobs for "backward" (ie, underprivileged) castes.

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+This section was written in 1916 when conditions were different. Even in<br/>1916 its contents related only to Central India and did not claim to be true <br />of all of India. It has been archived for its historical value as well as for<br/>the insights it gives into British colonial writing about the various communities<br/>of India. Indpaedia neither agrees nor disagrees with the contents of this <br/> article. Readers who wish to add fresh information can create a Part II of this <br/> article. The general rule is that if we have nothing nice to say about <br/> communities other than our own it is best to say nothing at all. <br/>
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 NOTE 2: While reading please keep in mind that all articles in this series have been scanned from a book. During scanning some errors are bound to occur. Some letters get garbled. Footnotes get inserted into the main text of the article, interrupting the flow. Readers who spot errors  might like to correct them, and shift footnotes gone astray to their rightful  place.
-=Rajput:Gaur, Chamar Gaur=
 Colonel Tod remarks of this tribe:
 “The Gaur tribe was once respected in Rajasthan, though it never there