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The Gandhwaria Rajputis a Rajput clan claiming descent from the mythical Indian Fire dynasty. The clan is based in the eastern an central parts of Bihar, the Gandhwaria (or ganwaria, Gandhwair, Kuldevi: *Jiwachh Mata*,Gotra:*Parashar*). Members of the clan call themselves Agnivanshi. They have traditionally ruled the Malwa region of western central India. Gandhwaria are an Agnivanshi Rajput clan. The Ganwaria Rajputs of Bihar which is an out-shoot of mighty Parmar dynasty. The clan traces its lineage back to *Raja Bhoj*,a philosopher king and polymath of medieval India and *Raja Vikramaditya*,a legendary 1st century BCE Emperor of *Ujjain*, India, famed for his wisdom, valor and magnanimity .Ethnographic statusGandhwarias are in significant population in western and southern parts of Bihar and also vague in number in northernJharkhand. They are respectfully locally called asbabu-sahebandbabuaan. The Gandhwarias are scattered all over Tirhoot and Western regions of Bihar. The royal famalies of Sonbarsa, Shahpur, Panchgachia, Durgapur, Sukhpur and Kapsia are part of the clan. Common *surnames* used by Gandhwaria Rajputs include Singh, Rajput, Ganwaria, Parmar and Parashar.History The Gandhwariya Rajputs acquired power during 14th century in Bihar. They successfully ruled estates of Tirhoot,Saharsa,Sonbarsa Raj,Madhepuraand other vast adjoining areas. During 14th century the Parmar rulers of Malwa had been weakened by their conflict with the neighboring kingdoms of Gujarat and Ranthambhor. After the Turk conquest many Parmar princes sought refuge in Rajputana or migrated east.Of whom two princes moved with their armies to Bihar, one settled inJagdishpurandBhojpurdistricts of Eastern Bihar now calledUjjainiyaRajputs.[1]and second prince Prithi Raj Singh along with his army halted near to Garh, Gandhwar province in Tirhoot,then waged a war and defeated the king of that province, from thereon, in Bihar they become famous as Gandhwaria (gandh ari:one who beheaded the Raja of Gandhwar) Rajputs.[2]Their Gandhawariya trace their descent from the fact that prince defeated the king of Gandhwar province by virtue of beheading. His descendant Lakhesh Singh annexed extensive territories of Tirhoot and Western Bihar. One of the descendants Raja Keshri Singh obtained sanad and title of Raja fromEmperor of Delhi. It is said that Raja ofMithilarefused to recognize the Rajship conferred upon Raja Keshri Singh and hence a sanguinary battle took place between mighty armies of Raja Keshri Singh and Raja of Darbhanga in which army of Mithila Raj had to face severe casualties and damages .[3]At last both parties came to terms and Tiljuga River wasfixed as boundary of their dominions of the Gandhwarias and those of the Darbhanga Raj.Sardar Singh one of the descendants of Lakhesh Singh settled down in the vicinity of Panchganchia and owned rich Panchgachia estate.The royal estate ofSonbarsa Rajwas also ruled by Ganwarias. The last titular zamindar MaharajaHari Ballabh Singh died without son and succeeded by his daughter's son, who was from Rajawat Sept of Kachhwaha clan in the Jaipur State of Rajasthan.Ganwarias summoned various Rajput clans ofRathore,ChauhanandTomar, etc. from Rajputana and various other Rajput provinces and served them with estates and wealth for theirpermanent establishment. The main reason behind this was scarce population of Rajputs andto continue marriage and other rituals with Rajput Royalty.
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