Bandhalgoti is a

clan A clan is a group of people united by actual or perceived kinship and descent. Even if lineage details are unknown, clans may claim descent from founding member or apical ancestor. Clans, in indigenous societies, tend to be endogamous, meaning ...

Rajputs 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 ...

found mainly in

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- Sultanpur region of

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. Bandhalgoti is the most prominent clan among

Kachhwaha The Kachhwaha or Kachawa is a Rajput clan found primarily in India. Sometimes families within the clan ruled a number of kingdoms and princely states, such as Jaipur State, Jaipur, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Alwar State, Alwar and M ...

. Bandhalgoti Rajputs ruled a number of estates including Kohra,

and

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etc. which lie in present-day

History

Bandhalgoti sept of

, claiming descent from Raja Sodh Dev, a scion of the

(Suryavansi) dynasty of

Jaipur Jaipur (; Hindi Language, Hindi: ''Jayapura''), formerly Jeypore, is the List of state and union territory capitals in India, capital and largest city of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of Rajasthan. , the city had a pop ...

, who is said to have migrated from Narwargarh, conquered the Bhars of

, and built a fort at Raipur. The sixth in descent from him was Raja Mandhata Singh, who was childless; but with the aid of a saint's prayers a son was born to him, who was called Bandhu, in memory of the circumstances of his birth-whence the clan name of Bandhalgoti.

Notable people

* Babu Himmat Sah (Ruler of Kohra) * Babu Bhoop Singh (Leader of the

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against the British) * Ravindra Pratap Singh (Former MP and Former MLA) *

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(Former MP and Former Cabinet Minister) * Rakesh Pratap Singh (MLA) * Deepak Singh (Former MLC)

References

{{reflist Suryavansha Rajput clans

History

Notable people

See also

References