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Dosar Vaishya
Dosar, also known as Dhusar, is a Vaishya community in North India that originated in the Dhosi hill region near Rewari in the Indian state of Haryana. The Dosar Vaishya community has a royal background in ancient times. In ancient times, people from dosar vaishya community were zamindars, kings or traders of weapons & ayurvedic medicines. Basically, it is a minority caste because very few people belongs to this caste comparatively. Some court cases are pending which states that roots of this caste are not connected with vaishya (baniya) samaj and demands separate caste group for them. However, after having several proofs also, no justified decision came from courts into this till now. Dhusar is a community of historical significance. They are mentioned in a Khandela (Sikar dist.) inscription of 807 AD They are also mentioned in the Sakarari (Sikar district) inscription of VS 699 (AD 642–2) along with the Dharkata community. The last Hindu ruler of Delhi Hem Chandra (often ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vaishya
Vaishya (Sanskrit: वैश्य, ''vaiśya'') is one of the four varnas of the Hindu social order in India. Vaishyas are classed third in the order of caste hierarchy. The occupation of Vaishyas consists mainly of agriculture, taking care of cattle, trade and other business pursuits. Traditional duties Hindu religious texts assigned Vaishyas to traditional roles in agriculture and cattle-rearing, but over time they came to be landowners, traders and money-lenders. Therefore making it their responsibility to provide sustenance for those of higher class, since they were of lower class. The Vaishyas, along with members of the Brahmin and Kshatriya varnas, claim ''dvija'' status ("twice born", a second or spiritual birth) after sacrament of initiation as in Hindu theology. Indian traders were widely credited for the spread of Indian culture to regions as far as southeast Asia. Historically, Vaishyas have been involved in roles other than their traditional pastoralism, trad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rewari
Rewari is a city and a Municipal Council in Rewari district in the Indian state of Haryana. King of Rewari is Rao Onkar Singh.It is located in south-west Haryana around 82 km from DelhiRewari.nic.in and 51 km from Gurgaon. Etymology During the '''' period in ancient India, a king named Rewat had a daughter named Rewati. The father used to call her Rewa, and founded a village "Rewa Wadi" named after her. ''Wadi'' and ''wada'' mean a neighbourhood (small and big, respectively) in Hindi and many other Indian languages. When Rewa married[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haryana
Haryana (; ) is an Indian state located in the northern part of the country. It was carved out of the former state of East Punjab on 1 Nov 1966 on a linguistic basis. It is ranked 21st in terms of area, with less than 1.4% () of India's land area. The state capital is Chandigarh, which it shares with the neighboring state of Punjab, and the most populous city is Faridabad, which is a part of the National Capital Region. The city of Gurugram is among India's largest financial and technology hubs. Haryana has 6 administrative divisions, 22 districts, 72 sub-divisions, 93 revenue tehsils, 50 sub-tehsils, 140 community development blocks, 154 cities and towns, 7,356 villages, and 6,222 villages panchayats. Haryana contains 32 special economic zones (SEZs), mainly located within the industrial corridor projects connecting the National Capital Region. Gurgaon is considered one of the major information technology and automobile hubs of India. Haryana ranks 11th among ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khandela
Khandela is a town and municipality in the Sikar district of the Indian state of Rajasthan. Etymology Khandela is associated with the origin of Khandelwal Jains ( Sarawagi), Khandelwal Banias and Khandelwal Brahmins. The Khandelwal Jains have 84 divisions. The legendary origin of these divisions is given in a 17th-century text, "Shravakotpatti Varnanam". The name Khandela is believed to have been originated from the sage named Khandel. He had 72 sons from whom 72 clans of Khandelwal originated. Some of those clans are Atolia, Tasid, Akar, Ameria, Mali, Rajoria, Haldia, Raot, Bushar, Pithalia, Vaid, Thekura and Bukhmaria. Geography Khandela is at . It has an average elevation of 318 metres (1043 feet). Demographics India census, Khandela had a population of 22,475. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Khandela has an average literacy rate of 57%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 69%, and female literacy is 45%. In Khand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sikar
Sikar is a city and municipal council in the Sikar district of the state of Rajasthan in India. It is the administrative headquarters of the Sikar district. It is part of the Shekhawati region, which consists of Sikar, Churu and Jhunjhunu.Sikar is a major coaching hub of the country post Kota for competitive examination preparations and has a number of engineering and medical coaching institutes.. Sikar is a historical city and contains many old havelis. It is away from Jaipur, from Jodhpur, from Bikaner, and from New Delhi. History Sikar had been the biggest Thikana (Estate) of the Jaipur state. Previously Sikar was known as Shekhawati Pradesh. It was the capital of Thikana Sikar. Sikar is surrounded by fortified walls consisting of seven "Pols" (gates). These historic gates are named: Bawari Gate, Fatehpuri Gate, Nani Gate, Surajpole Gate, Dujod Gate Old, Dujod Gate New, and Chandpole Gate. Shekhawat Rajputs were rulers of this region. Nearby to sikar , in dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hemu
Hemu (; also known as Hemu Vikramaditya and Hemchandra Vikramaditya; died 5 November 1556) was an Indian emperor who previously served as a general and Wazir of Adil Shah Suri of Sur Empire during a period in Indian history when Mughals and Afghans were vying for power across North India. He fought Afghan rebels across North India from Punjab to Bengal and Mughal forces of Humayun and Akbar in Agra and Delhi, winning 22 battles for Adil Shah. Hemu claimed royal status after defeating Akbar's Mughal forces on 7 October 1556 in the Battle of Delhi and assumed the title of Vikramaditya that had been adopted by many Indian kings in the past. A month later, Hemu was wounded by a chance arrow and captured unconscious during the Second Battle of Panipat and was subsequently beheaded by Akbar, who took the title of Ghazi. Early life Contemporary accounts of Hemu's early life are fragmentary, due to his humble background, and often biased, because they were written by Mughal histo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Munshi Nawal Kishore
Munshi Nawal Kishore (3 January 1836 – 19 February 1895) was a book publisher from India. He has been called Caxton of India. In 1858, at the age of 22, he founded the Nawal Kishore Press at Lucknow. This institution today is the oldest printing and publishing concern in Asia. Mirza Ghalib was one of his admirers. Biography Munshi Nawal Kishore was the second son of Munshi Jamuna Prasad Bhargava, a zamindar of Aligarh, and was born on 3 January 1836. At the age of six, he was admitted in a local school ( maktab) to learn Arabic and Persian. At the age on 10, he was admitted in Agra College, but he never completed his education there for an unknown reason. During this time, he developed his interest in journalistic writing, and issued a short-lived weekly paper ''Safeer-e-Agra''. He briefly served as an assistant editor and editor of ''Koh-i-Noor'', a magazine of Koh-i-Noor Press owned by Munshi Harsukh Roy. On 23 November 1858, he founded a printing press known as Munshi N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shyamlal Gupta
Shyamlal Gupta, popularly known by his pen name Parshad, (9 September 1896 – 10 August 1977) was an Indian poet and lyricist. A song written by him which featured in the 1948 Hindi film, ''Azadi Ki Raah Par'', (sung by Sarojini Naidu), has been accepted as the flag song of India and is sung every year during the flag hoisting ceremony at the Independence Day and Republic Day celebrations. He was the recipient of the fourth highest civilian award (Padma Shri) in 1969. In 1997, the Government of India issued a postage stamp in his honor. Biography Shyamlal Gupta was born on 9 September 1896 as the youngest son of Visheshwar Prasad and Kaushalya Devi, in Dosar Vaishya community in Narwal, Kanpur. Refusing to join the family business, he took up teaching as a career and worked at various government schools in Kanpur, while also participating in the Indian Independence Movement. His chance of meeting Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi at one of the conventions of the Indian National Congress ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bania Communities
Bania may refer to: * Bania (caste), also Baniya or Vanika, a trader or merchant belonging to the Indian business class * Bania (Newar caste), one of the Newar Uray castes of Kathmandu, traders specialising in traditional medicines * Bănia, a commune in Caraş-Severin County, Romania * Bănia River, a tributary of the Nera River in Romania * Bania (region) (or Banovina), a region in Croatia * Bania, part of the Swoszowice district of Kraków People with the family name Bania * Piotr Bania (born 1973), Polish football player * Kenny Bania, secondary character on the ''Seinfeld'' TV series See also * Banian (other) * Banias Banias or Banyas ( ar, بانياس الحولة; he, בניאס, label=Modern Hebrew; Judeo-Aramaic, Medieval Hebrew: פמייס, etc.; grc, Πανεάς) is a site in the Golan Heights near a natural spring, once associated with the Gree ..., an archaeological site at the foot of Mt. Hermon in the Golan Heights * Banya (disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Social Groups Of Delhi
Social organisms, including human(s), live collectively in interacting populations. This interaction is considered social whether they are aware of it or not, and whether the exchange is voluntary or not. Etymology The word "social" derives from the Latin word ''socii'' ("allies"). It is particularly derived from the Italian ''Socii'' states, historical allies of the Roman Republic (although they rebelled against Rome in the Social War of 91–87 BC). Social theorists In the view of Karl MarxMorrison, Ken. ''Marx, Durkheim, Weber. Formations of modern social thought'', human beings are intrinsically, necessarily and by definition social beings who, beyond being "gregarious creatures", cannot survive and meet their needs other than through social co-operation and association. Their social characteristics are therefore to a large extent an objectively given fact, stamped on them from birth and affirmed by socialization processes; and, according to Marx, in producing and reproducin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
