Batar

Batar also known as Battar^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] is a clan of the Gurjar community.^[5]^[6] They are mostly found in the Indian states of Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Indian-Kashmir and Pakistani areas of Kashmir and Punjab.^[7]

Origin and history

In the Saharanpur district of Uttar Pradesh state of India, the Battar Gurjars possess 52 villages surrounding Gangoh Town.^[8]

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.^[9]

Variants

Variants of this Gurjar clan name includes, Battar,^[2] Batar Bhattar, Bhatar

References

↑ 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.
1 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.
↑ 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.
↑ Bingley, A. H. (2018-07-20). Jats, Gujars and Ahirs. Government Central Printing Office,Simla. p. 38.
↑ Crooke, William (1896). The Tribes and Castes of the North-western Provinces and Oudh. Office of the superintendent of government printing. p. 443.
↑ First History Conference on the Gurjars and Their Contribution in History (in Hindi). Bhāratīya Gurjara Parishada. 1993. p. 30.
↑
- "Gurjar Gotra". 2023-12-10. Archived from the original on 2023-12-10. Retrieved 2024-05-31.
- "Gujjar history by Ali Hassan Chauhan Gurjar". 2017-08-18. Archived from the original on 2017-08-18. Retrieved 2024-05-31.
↑ 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.
↑ "Uttar Pradesh functioning under medieval rule: Batar Khap of Gujjars". India Today. 2012-07-14. Retrieved 2024-06-14.

[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.

[:0-2] 1 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.

[7] 
"Gurjar Gotra". 2023-12-10. Archived from the original on 2023-12-10. Retrieved 2024-05-31.

"Gujjar history by Ali Hassan Chauhan Gurjar". 2017-08-18. Archived from the original on 2017-08-18. Retrieved 2024-05-31.

[mwiA] "Gurjar Gotra". 2023-12-10. Archived from the original on 2023-12-10. Retrieved 2024-05-31.

[mwkA] "Gujjar history by Ali Hassan Chauhan Gurjar". 2017-08-18. Archived from the original on 2017-08-18. Retrieved 2024-05-31.

[:1-8] 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.

[9] "Uttar Pradesh functioning under medieval rule: Batar Khap of Gujjars". India Today. 2012-07-14. Retrieved 2024-06-14.

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