Bargujar Rajput
Bargujar as descendant of Lava, son of Rama.
One of their famous kings was Raja Pratap Singh Bargujar, who was Prithviraj Chauhan's nephew and assisted in his fight against the Muslim invaders, who were led by Muhammad of Ghor in 1191. They also fought on the side of Rana Pratap of Mewar and Maharana Hammir as their generals.The Badgujars appear to held have the entire pargana Barauli and two blocks in northern part of pargana Atrauli in c,1600.In his generation Famous Badgujar king Rao Raghuraj Singh of Barauli State.
During the Muslim period, one emperor demanded in marriage the daughter of Ishwar Das (Raja of Alwar), and on his refusal many Bargujars were slaughtered. Others fled, with one faction arriving at Fatehpur Sikri, where they obtained asylum by agreeing to change their clan name to Sikarwar. The Sikarwar are a branch of Bargujar Rajputs. Another colony found refuge in present day Anupshahr, which was founded by Raja Anup Rai "Anup Singh Bargujar", the eldest son of Raja Pratap Singh Bargujar. One of them, Raja Nune Shah Bargujar of the Samthar state (founded in the 18th century) fought with the British and pushed back their forces many times but later signed a peace treaty with the British in 1817.Ranjit Singh Judeo is the present ruler of Samthar.
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