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=== Basti ===
=== Basti ===
Due to big land-holdings they are called ''Bhumidar'' in the [[Basti district|Basti]] district of [[Uttar Pradesh]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Desai |first=Akshayakumar Ramanlal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TD9uAAAAMAAJ&q=the+Kurmis+and+Ahirs+Bhumidar |title=Agrarian Struggles in India After Independence |date=1986 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-561681-1 |language=en}}</ref>
Due to big land-holdings they are called Bhumidar in the [[Basti district|Basti]] district of [[Uttar Pradesh]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Desai |first=Akshayakumar Ramanlal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TD9uAAAAMAAJ&q=the+Kurmis+and+Ahirs+Bhumidar |title=Agrarian Struggles in India After Independence |date=1986 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-561681-1 |language=en}}</ref>
=== Ayodhya ===
=== Ayodhya ===
Them in the Faizadad pargana (now [[Ayodhya]]) as landlords claim to be descended from an [[Ahir]] raja of Berat. Another account is, that they were settled there by Raja Chandra Sen.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sherring |first=Matthew Atmore |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VYnlAAAAMAAJ&q=Pargannah+Fyzab%C3%A2d+Berat |title=Hindu Tribes and Castes |date=1872 |publisher=Thacker, Spink & Company |language=en}}</ref>
Them in the Faizadad pargana (now [[Ayodhya]]) as landlords claim to be descended from an [[Ahir]] raja of Berat. Another account is, that they were settled there by Raja Chandra Sen.<ref name=":5">{{Cite book |last=Sherring |first=M. A. |url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=SS6yEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA335&dq=Ah%C3%AErs+pargannah&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi5-crpo_uFAxWvxzgGHbpJDOkQ6AF6BAgKEAM#v=onepage&q&f=false |title=Hindu Tribes and Castes, as Represented in Benares |date=2023-03-07 |publisher=BoD Books on Demand |isbn=978-3-368-15890-3 |language=en}}</ref>

=== Ghazipur ===
The flourishing town of Balah, in the [[Ghazipur district|Ghazipur]] district, and several villages in its neighbourhood, are in the hands of a clan of this tribe. Some of their ancestors, in the time of the [[Muslims|Muslim]] emperors, embraced Islamism. Their descendants disavow their Hindu origin, and style themselves Sheikhs.<ref name=":5" />


== Military History ==
== Military History ==

Revision as of 10:07, 7 May 2024

Gwalvanshi Ahir is a very dominant[1] subdivison of Ahirs.[2]

Krishna with Gopis; their ancestors

Origin

The Gwalvanshi Ahirs claim their descent from the Gopis of Braj[3][4] who were from the Abhira tribe.

History

Mirzapur

According to Ain-i-Akbari, they were zamindars of the Ahirwara pargana (present Ahraura) in Mirzapur district of Uttar Pradesh.[5]

Varanasi

They also made Warren Hastings fled from Varanasi.[citation needed]

Basti

Due to big land-holdings they are called Bhumidar in the Basti district of Uttar Pradesh.[6]

Ayodhya

Them in the Faizadad pargana (now Ayodhya) as landlords claim to be descended from an Ahir raja of Berat. Another account is, that they were settled there by Raja Chandra Sen.[7]

Ghazipur

The flourishing town of Balah, in the Ghazipur district, and several villages in its neighbourhood, are in the hands of a clan of this tribe. Some of their ancestors, in the time of the Muslim emperors, embraced Islamism. Their descendants disavow their Hindu origin, and style themselves Sheikhs.[7]

Military History

From the United Provinces, they were also ones who were recruited in the First World War.[8]

Present circumstances

They were farmers and land-holders in Eastern Uttar Pradesh. At the turn of the century, they took up other occupations, including business in a big way.[9][10]

Notable people

Culture

They sing Loriki and Birahas.[16] They have started the Ramleela at Chaukaghat (Nati Imli) in Varanasi.[17] They also actively participate in the Bharat Milaap done in the Ramleela.[17] They are great devotee of Radha-Krishna.[18] Most of the Ahir Birs (deities who died gloriously) in Eastern Uttar Pradesh were Gwalvanshi Ahirs only.[12][19]

Kuldevi

Their clan deity (Kuldevi) is Mata Vindhyavasini Jogmaya.[18]

References

  1. ^ Maurya, Sahab Deen (1989). Population and Housing Problems in India. Chugh Publications. ISBN 978-81-85076-77-5.
  2. ^ People of India: Uttar Pradesh. Anthropological Survey of India. 2005. ISBN 978-81-7304-114-3.
  3. ^ Ibbetson, Sir Denzil; Maclagan (1990). Glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North West Frontier Province. Asian Educational Services. ISBN 978-81-206-0505-3.
  4. ^ Michelutti, Lucia (2020-11-29). The Vernacularisation of Democracy: Politics, Caste and Religion in India. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-000-08400-9.
  5. ^ Contemporary Social Sciences. Research Foundation of India. 1978.
  6. ^ Desai, Akshayakumar Ramanlal (1986). Agrarian Struggles in India After Independence. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-561681-1.
  7. ^ a b Sherring, M. A. (2023-03-07). Hindu Tribes and Castes, as Represented in Benares. BoD – Books on Demand. ISBN 978-3-368-15890-3.
  8. ^ Roy, Kaushik (2018-06-29). Indian Army and the First World War: 1914–18. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-909367-0.
  9. ^ Ratan Mani Lal (11 May 2014). "Azamgarh: Why Mulayam cannot take Yadav votes for granted"
  10. ^ Lucia Michelutti, Sons of Krishna: the politics of Yadav community formation in a North Indian town (2002) London School of Economics and Political Science University of London, p.90-98
  11. ^ "Moscow Olympic gold medallist former hockey player Ravinder Pal Singh succumbs to COVID". The Times of India. 2021-05-08. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2024-04-04.
  12. ^ a b Comar, Savitri (2018-09-07). "Bir Babas Of Banaras Diane Marjori Cocarie ( Thesis)". Bir Babas Of Banaras. Retrieved 2023-10-22.
  13. ^ a b Division, Publications. WHO'S WHO OF INDIAN MARTYRS Vol 3. Publications Division Ministry of Information & Broadcasting. ISBN 978-81-230-2182-9.
  14. ^ "मिला तेज से तेज- Mila Tej se Tej | Exotic India Art". www.exoticindiaart.com. Retrieved 2024-03-13.
  15. ^ भारतीय शहीदों का परिचय (in Hindi). प्रकाशन विभाग, सूचना और प्रसारण मंत्रालय, भारत सरकार. 2009. ISBN 978-81-230-1511-8.
  16. ^ Beissinger, Margaret; Tylus, Jane; Wofford, Susanne Lindgren (1999-03-31). Epic Traditions in the Contemporary World: The Poetics of Community. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-21038-7.
  17. ^ a b Arya, Banarasi Lal (1975). Mahārāja Balavanta Siṃha aura Kāśī kā atīta (in Hindi). Āryā.
  18. ^ a b Saraswati, Baidyanath (2000). Bhoga-moksha samabhava: Kaśī kā sāmājika-sāṃskr̥tika svarūpa (in Hindi). Ḍī Ke. Prinṭavarlḍa. ISBN 978-81-246-0151-8.
  19. ^ Coccari, Diane Marjorie (1986). The Bir Babas of Banaras: An Analysis of a Folk Deity in North Indian Hinduism. University of Wisconsin--Madison.