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POONA SURNAME (Kumaoni)
Poona Rajputs are a group of people who reside in Uttarakhand,Ajmer, Ballabgarh, Faridabad, Palwal Rajsamand, Bhilwara, Chittorgarh and Pali districts of Rajasthan, the area known as Magra-Merwara and the Kumaon division and Garhwal Divisions of Uttarakhand, India. The Poona Rajputs of Magra (Rajasthan) claim their descent from warriors of the Chauhan dynasty. Poona Gotra is also found in Meenas and bhils in Rajasthan which is not to be confused with the Poona Rajputs as the Poona Rajputs have distinct Rajput surnames as Rathore, Mehra,chauhan, Panwar, etc. Poona Rajputs of Magra Merwara traditionally marry only among other Rawat Rajputs of the same region.They are generally very few known but their roots starts from the Rajasthan only. According to historian Robert Vane Russell, Poona, a Royal of Rajputra or "priceless", is the name borne by the Ahir caste in Chhattisgarh and Maharastra. Villages of Poona Rajputs are also found in the Tehri Garhwal and Pauri Garhwal,and Nainital district of Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and some villages are also found in the Shivpuri and Datia districts of Madhya Pradesh. Some if not all of the Poona's Rajputs are believed to have migrated from the Indian plains during the Middle Ages. They still retain the name of their areas of origin: for instance, the 'Poonakote' in Kumaon is a group of villages inhabited by people believed to have migrated from Udaipur and Mevad in present-day Uttarakhand.