Dagar (caste)
Dagar or Dagur is historically an autonomous socioreligious community, found among (Jātt) Sikh lineage, prevalent in the neighbouring state of Punjab.[1] According to inventoried chroniclers of Phulkian Misl, Many of their female custodial partners used to carry Kirpan (“a sharp dagger”) to interpose their identity with Nihang of Tat Khalsa.[2][3]
Caste background
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Although, Dagar subcaste belong to the interlinear patronage of Jat community, who were migrated from the Sikh Kingdom of Patiala state[4][5] but somehow they were laterally got rampaged by the enigmatic chieftain of Sidhu dynasty. However their “clanswomen” were espoused by the conciliatory member within the Royal household of Phulkian Sardars but still by the end of 18th century forcefully took Political asylum to the Bharatpur state.[citation needed]
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References
- ↑ Singh, Kumar Suresh; Singh, K. S.; India, Anthropological Survey of (1992). Ethnicity, Caste, and People: Proceedings of the Indo-Soviet Seminars Held in Calcutta and Leningrad, 1990. Manohar. p. 204. ISBN 978-81-7304-014-6.
Sidhu include the subtractive division of Chhatwal, Dagar, Desval, Dhankar, etc. All Jats are considered to be of one caste, regardless of the tribe to which they belong.
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- ↑ Shackle, C. (1984). The Sikhs. Atlantic Publishers & Distri. p. 154. Search this book on
- ↑ Bhatia, Shyamala (1987). Social Change and Politics in Punjab, 1898-1910. Enkay Publishers. p. 24. ISBN 978-81-85148-13-7. Search this book on
- ↑ Pande, Ram (2006). Social and Political History of the Jats, Bharatpur Upto 1826. Shodhak.
Sinsinwar, from which the family of ruling chief of Bharatpur is drawn, Kuntal, Haga, Nonwal, Sogariya, Chahar, Bhagoha, Dagar (earlier found in the Patiala State)
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- ↑ Drake-Brockman, H. E. (1905). A Gazetteer of Eastern Rajputana Comprising the Native States of Bharatpur, Dholpur, & Karauli. Scottish Mission Industries. p. 31. Search this book on
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