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The Bais () is a
The Bais () is a Rajput
Rajput (from Sanskrit ''raja-putra'' 'son of a king') is a large multi-component cluster of castes, kin bodies, and local groups, sharing social status and ideology of genealogical descent originating from the Indian subcontinent. The term Ra ...
clan from India.
History
Their wealth causedDonald Butter
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, a visiting doctor who wrote ''Outlines of the Topography and Statistics of the Southern Districts of Oudh, and of the Cantonment of Sultanpur-Oudh'', to describe the Bais Rajput in the 1830s as the "best dressed and housed people of the southern Oudh
The Oudh State (, also Kingdom of Awadh, Kingdom of Oudh, or Awadh State) was a princely state in the Awadh region of North India until its annexation by the British in 1856. The name Oudh, now obsolete, was once the anglicized name of ...
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The Bais Rajputs were known for well-fighting spirit.
See also
*Baiswara
Baiswara is a subregion of Awadh in Uttar Pradesh, India, which includes parts of Unnao and Raebareli districts. Unnao and Raebareli districts are part of Baiswara state.
Baiswara is established by Bais Rajput king Abhaichand Bais. He was the 2 ...
* Rajput clans
References
{{Rajput clans of Uttar Pradesh Rajput clans of Uttar Pradesh