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Kumaoni Rajput

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Kumaoni Rajput
Regions with significant populations
Uttarakhand
Languages
Hindi • Kumaoni
Religion
Hinduism
Related ethnic groups
Garhwali Rajput, Kumaoni people

Kumaoni Rajput, also referred to Rajputs of Kumaun region of Uttrakhand who held considerable power in the Kumaon region of Uttarakhand.[1] They are the most populated community in the Kumaon and were the landowning caste in the region.[2] They were highly represented in the British Indian Army and formed major part of the Kumaon Regiment.[3]

Kumaoni Rajput clans

List of Rajput clans in Kumaon:[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ People of India: Uttar Pradesh. Anthropological Survey of India. 2005. ISBN 978-81-7304-114-3.
  2. ↑ Bahadur), Sarat Chandra Roy (Rai (2001). Man in India. A. K. Bose.
  3. ↑ The Indian Army List. Defense Department. 1932.
  4. ↑ The Himalayan Gazetteer Volume 3 Part 2. 1886. p. 432.
  5. ↑ Pandey, Badri Datt (1993). History of Kumaun: English Version of "Kumaun Ka Itihas" Volume 2. Shyam Prakashan. pp. 551–553. ISBN 9788185865010.