Bagri
Bagri (बागड़ी)[1] Bagdi (बगड़ी) is a Jat Gotra[2]. (Baghra, Bogar) Jat clan is found in Afghanistan.[3]. It is also found at a few places in Madhya Pradesh.
Origin
History
H.A. Rose[4] writes that Bagri (बागड़ी), (1) a term applied to any Hindu Rajput or Jat from the Bagar (बागड़)or prairies of Bikaner, which lie to the South and West of Hissar in contradiction to Deswala.
James Tod[5] places it in the list of Aboriginal Races, many names in which are not capable of identification, and their correct form is uncertain and those of the mercantile tribes are largely groups confined to Rajasthan.
Distribution
The Bagris are most numerous in the south of that District, but are also found in some numbers under the heading of Jat in Sialkot and Patiala. In Gurdaspur the Bagri are Salahria who describe themselves as Bagar or Bhagar by clan and probably have no connection with the Bagri of Hissar and its neighbourhood. (2) a Jat clan (agricultural) found in Amritsar.
Baghra Jat clan is found in Afghanistan.
There is one Village Baghra in Muzaffarnagar Tahsil and district of Uttar Pradesh.
Distribution in Madhya Pradesh
Villages in Dhar district
Notable persons
Late Chaudhary Mani Ram Bagri former Member Lok Sabha from Hisar
References
- ↑ Jat History Dalip Singh Ahlawat/Parishisht-I, s.n. ब-98
- ↑ History and study of the Jats/Chapter 10 : B S Dhillon
- ↑ An Inquiry Into the Ethnography of Afghanistan, H. W. Bellew, p.45,109
- ↑ A glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North-West Frontier Province By H.A. Rose Vol II/B , p.33
- ↑ James Todd Annals/Chapter 7 Catalogue of the Thirty Six Royal Races,p.144
- ↑ User:Sk56
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