The Naruka (Devnagari: नरुका or नरूका) is a clan of Rajputs found in India. Naruka is one of the most prominent Sub-Clan of Kachhwaha dynasty. They independently ruled over Alwar State.

History

Naruka Rajputs are offshoots of Maharao Naru Singh of Mojad (now called Mozamabad), a Rajput warrior from 15th century Dhundhad region. He was great-grandson of Raja Udaykaran of Amer who reigned 1366-1388 AD. Rajputana States - Census of India 1891

At the time of Indian Independence,

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included 19 princely states (including Alwar), 3 chiefships (Lawa, Neemrana and Kushalgarh) and 1 centrally-adminstered territory of Ajmer-Merwara. Among these total 23 territories, 3 were ruled by Kachhwaha dynasty -

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, Alwar and Lawa. Naru Singh had five sons - Dasa, Lala, Teja, Jeta and Chitar. The territories of which Naruka Rajputs kept hold were collectively called ''Narukhand''. In initial history of the clan it is mentioned as territories centered around Mojad (Mozamabad) but later history defines it as a region which was part of the former princely state of Alwar.

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