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Danuwar History
The term Danuwar is not derived from the mother tongue spoken by the people of this folk group: rather it is a derivation related to Nepali word Duna (leaves plate). Normally speaking, people who settled on the bank of the stream and the rivers and adopted the profession of fishing were called Danuwar. Thus, Dune (in Nepali signifying inner terai) was appropriate place for them. People being settled in Dune were named as Danuwar. Etymologically, the term Danuwar was derived from the Sanskrit Dronibar (droni signifies the plain land between the confluence of two rivers situated in the laps of two hills) as mentioned above, fishing is their main profession so they settled on the confluence of the two rivers. Similarly, Dukucha in Newar language signifies the domestic animal goat. One day, people heard Dukukarne (the crying of goat) while they were approaching over there right in present village. Since then, the name of the place began to be known and recognized as Duku deleting the suffix and the inhabitants were called Danuwar. Historically speaking, in the fourteenth century, the king of Simoroungarh, the ancient kingdom on the midsouthern part of Kathmandu, constructed a grandeur palace in the name of his beautiful daughter and she was married by the crown prince of Lanka (now Srilanka). The queen gave birth to five sons after marriage. Among them one was Danuwar and the rest of the three were Newar, Sunuwar, Kirat and Limbu. The same Danuwar immigrated and settled to the hilly area from the inner terai. His successors’ surname remained Danuwar. Long time ago, Machhendranath or Matsyendranath (means the king of water) was escorted from Kamarupa, one of the holy Indian pilgrimage, to Kathmandu. The Danuwar had gone to bring Matsyendranath Baba and brought him enroute to Dukuchhap. It was getting night as they arrived at Dukku. So, they stayed and passed one auspicious night over there and the devotees celebrated arrival of Baba hosting a worship during the whole night. They offered him Prasad on the plate made of leaves and a baby girl was seen on the same plate in the next morning. Machhendranath was astonished to see it and baptized her as Duna because she was born out of the Duna, the plate made of the leaves. In this way, it is believed that they are the successors of Duna girl. They claim to be God Machhendranath as their parental relative even today. They have now scattered all over in search of better life and opportunities of income generating business and settled in the different parts of the country. In search of origin of Dhimal folk group, the Danuwar is also mentioned as the three sons: Munaingba, Thoboingba, and Yoboingba of Swayambhu Satrupa in Prof. Diwasa’s research. There were ten sons of Munaingba and the ancestors of Koche, Meche and Dhimal and the youngest Thirukpa was the predecessor of Danuwar.The folk belief,in terms of origin of this folk group is that they were the poorest people of the poorest village and Duku was derived from the Nepali word Dukhi (the poorest and destitute). These people were Dukhi that signifies the poorest and destitute in terms of economic and social condition. Similarly, there were a Brahmin young boy and a Chhetrini young girl. While the girl got asleep soundly, the boy put his germs in Duna (the plate made up of the leaves) and kept over her womb. It leaked and spilled inside and she became pregnant. Her parent inquired her with whom she had sexual intercourse but she did not have answer. However, the baby was baptized because he was born from the chromosomes put on the Duna. Her successors were called Danuwar.

Danuwar settlement
The main area of settlement of Danuwars is the district of Sindhuli. They are scattered today in Bagmati, Sagarmatha and Janakpur zones. These days they are mostly found in different places of Lalitpur, Kavre, Nuwakot, Okhaldhunga, Sindhupalchowk, Bhaktapur, Kathmandu, Gorkha, Jhapa, Morang, Dhanusa, Sarlahi, Rauthahat,Sindhuli, Makwanpur, Siraha, Udayapur, and Dhading districts .Danuwars live between the Chure and Mahabharat Ranges while the thread wearing ones also known as Rajan Danuwar, live in the Terai plains. Rai Danuwars prefer the riverbanks.

Danuwar subgroups
They are divided into several subgroups or septs such as Dhoni, Chheku, Kuechariya, Rajan, Kushniya, Jidhariya, Kumar, Adhikari, Dhami, Rai, Kanchla, Nampurchre, and so on. They have their own language, but it is slowly fading away.

Danuwar population
Danuwar population is growing up in every census. Population of Danuwar according to the Population census 1991 was 50748(५०७५४).It reach 53229(५३२२९) in Population census 2001. Now according to the Population census 2011 total population is 84114(८४११५).