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==Legend==
==Legend==
The Baranwal [[family]] was started by a [[Tomara Dynasty|Tomara]] King [[Ahivarn]], whose ancestors had moved to a place called [[Ahar]] in [[North India]]. Ahivaran renamed the Ahar kingdom after himself and founded its capital as "Varn-sahar" (identified with modern [[Bulandshahar]] in present day Western UP). His children adopted the title Varnwal, a term that distorted to Barnwal over the years. Barnwals were the oldest and most prominent families of the Bulandshahr region.<ref>Beyond ujamaa in Tanzania: underdevelopment and an uncaptured peasantry By Göran Hydén; page no 8 http://books.google.com/books?id=odtcxVDaANQC&pg=PA8&dq=ahibaran&lr=&ei=_cqyS5z5MZKMkATLp53uDA&cd=11#v=onepage&q=ahibaran&f=false</ref><ref>http://books.google.co.in/books?id=CJ4IAAAAQAAJ&q=ahibaran&dq=ahibaran&hl=en&ei=5DuvS_SMFJK8rAesnv2mAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CDwQ6AEwAg</ref><ref>Book:Statistical, descriptive and historical account of the North-western Provinces; page no:125; Edwin Thomas Atkinson. url: http://books.google.co.in/books?ei=r_kgTOWjEsqHkQXc26wQ&ct=result&id=CJ4IAAAAQAAJ&dq=baranwal+hindu&q=baranwal</ref><ref>Book: An ethnographical hand-book for the N.-W. provinces and Oudh; William Crooke - 1890</ref>
The Baranwal [[family]] was started by a [[Tomara Dynasty|Tomara]] King [[Ahivarn]], whose ancestors had moved to a place called [[Ahar]] in [[North India]]. Ahivaran was a Suryavanshi Kshatriya and some say the great grandson of King Agrasen<ref>People of India, Volume 16, Part 1 Kumar Suresh Singh, Anthropological Survey of India, 2008 http://books.google.co.in/books?id=dw8wAQAAIAAJ&q=ahibaran&dq=ahibaran&hl=en&ei=2jt7Tcq4FYjLrQf0mMTIBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CEQQ6AEwBg</ref>. He renamed the Ahar kingdom after himself and founded its capital as "Varn-sahar" (identified with modern [[Bulandshahar]] in present day Western UP). His direct descendents Varnwal, a term that distorted to Barnwal over the years. Barnwals were the oldest and most prominent families of the Bulandshahr region.<ref>
*Beyond ujamaa in Tanzania: underdevelopment and an uncaptured peasantry By Göran Hydén; page no 8 http://books.google.com/books?id=odtcxVDaANQC&pg=PA8&dq=ahibaran&lr=&ei=_cqyS5z5MZKMkATLp53uDA&cd=11#v=onepage&q=ahibaran&f=false</ref><ref>http://books.google.co.in/books?id=CJ4IAAAAQAAJ&q=ahibaran&dq=ahibaran&hl=en&ei=5DuvS_SMFJK8rAesnv2mAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CDwQ6AEwAg</ref><ref>Book:Statistical, descriptive and historical account of the North-western Provinces; page no:125; Edwin Thomas Atkinson. url: http://books.google.co.in/books?ei=r_kgTOWjEsqHkQXc26wQ&ct=result&id=CJ4IAAAAQAAJ&dq=baranwal+hindu&q=baranwal</ref><ref>Book: An ethnographical hand-book for the N.-W. provinces and Oudh; William Crooke - 1890</ref>


King Ahibaran was a king of the Tomar caste.<ref>Book:Statistical, descriptive and historical account of the North-western Provinces; page no:125</ref>
King Ahibaran was a king of the Tomar caste.<ref>Book:Statistical, descriptive and historical account of the North-western Provinces; page no:125</ref>He was concerned with the promotion and development of trade, commerce and industry in his kingdom.


The city of BulandShahar (literal meaning - High City, due to being situated at a high place) derives its name from the fort of Barnwals located at a very high mound/ hillock. The old name 'Baran' can be still be traced in the old Government documents and in all the historical documents written before or around 19th century. It was a rich and prosperous capital state of King Ahivarn's kingdom and numerous copper and gold coins with Greek and Pali inscriptions had been excavated at the site of the fort as mentioned in the Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, Volume 52, Parts 1-2 By Asiatic Society of Bengal and many other journals. Although excavations done have been done on a small scale; numerous Indian, Greek and Roman coins, texts and other evidences have been found and the kingdom and its people had extensive trade links within India and in abroad.
The city of BulandShahar (literal meaning - High City, due to being situated at a high place) derives its name from the fort of Barnwals located at a very high mound/ hillock. The old name 'Baran' can be still be traced in the old Government documents and in all the historical documents written before or around 19th century. It is a Persianised name of UnchhaNagar and the site is of great antiquity. It was a rich and prosperous capital state of King Ahivarn's kingdom and numerous copper and gold coins had been excavated at the site of the fort.


==King Ahivaran==
==King Ahivaran==
King Ahivaran was a [[Suryavanshi]] [[Kshatriya]] who was the 21st descendant of Emperor Mandhata, the ruler of [[Ayodhya]]. According to the mythological ''Mahalakshmi Vrat Katha'', Ahivarn, the son of King Parmaal, and the King [[Agrasen]] (son of King Vallabh) belonged to the same lineage. According to a treatise called ''Jaati Bhaskar'', Mandhata had two sons, Gunadhi and Mohan. Parmaal was the descendant of Gunadhi, while Vallabh was the descendant of Mohan.
King Ahivaran was a [[Suryavanshi]] [[Kshatriya]] who was the 21st descendant of Emperor Mandhata, the ruler of [[Ayodhya]]. According to the mythological ''Mahalakshmi Vrat Katha'', Ahivarn, the son of King Parmaal, and the King [[Agrasen]] (son of King Vallabh) belonged to the same lineage. According to a treatise called ''Jaati Bhaskar'', Mandhata had two sons, Gunadhi and Mohan. Parmaal, a Tomar king was the descendant of Gunadhi, while Vallabh was the descendant of Mohan.


According to the book ''Agrasen Agroha Agrawal'', written by Dr. Swarajya Mani Agrawal, the Barnwals were a part of the Agrawal community, but later separated out.
According to the book ''Agrasen Agroha Agrawal'', written by Dr. Swarajya Mani Agrawal, the Barnwals were a part of the Agrawal community, but later separated out.

Revision as of 10:09, 12 March 2011

Baranwal (Hindi: बर्नवाल), also spelt as Barnwal or Barnawal, is a Kshatriya origin Vaishya community in northern India.

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King Ahivaran

Legend

The Baranwal family was started by a Tomara King Ahivarn, whose ancestors had moved to a place called Ahar in North India. Ahivaran was a Suryavanshi Kshatriya and some say the great grandson of King Agrasen[1]. He renamed the Ahar kingdom after himself and founded its capital as "Varn-sahar" (identified with modern Bulandshahar in present day Western UP). His direct descendents Varnwal, a term that distorted to Barnwal over the years. Barnwals were the oldest and most prominent families of the Bulandshahr region.[2][3][4][5]

King Ahibaran was a king of the Tomar caste.[6]He was concerned with the promotion and development of trade, commerce and industry in his kingdom.

The city of BulandShahar (literal meaning - High City, due to being situated at a high place) derives its name from the fort of Barnwals located at a very high mound/ hillock. The old name 'Baran' can be still be traced in the old Government documents and in all the historical documents written before or around 19th century. It is a Persianised name of UnchhaNagar and the site is of great antiquity. It was a rich and prosperous capital state of King Ahivarn's kingdom and numerous copper and gold coins had been excavated at the site of the fort.

King Ahivaran

King Ahivaran was a Suryavanshi Kshatriya who was the 21st descendant of Emperor Mandhata, the ruler of Ayodhya. According to the mythological Mahalakshmi Vrat Katha, Ahivarn, the son of King Parmaal, and the King Agrasen (son of King Vallabh) belonged to the same lineage. According to a treatise called Jaati Bhaskar, Mandhata had two sons, Gunadhi and Mohan. Parmaal, a Tomar king was the descendant of Gunadhi, while Vallabh was the descendant of Mohan.

According to the book Agrasen Agroha Agrawal, written by Dr. Swarajya Mani Agrawal, the Barnwals were a part of the Agrawal community, but later separated out.

It is said that there are 36 gotras in Barnwals. Some of the gotras of Barnwals like Garg and Goyal overlap with the gotras of Agarwals though other gotras like Kashyap, Maurya etc. are specific to Barnwals. Gohil, Garg and Kashyap are probably the most widespread gotras.

Surnames used by Barnwals are Barnwal, Goyal, Bakshi, Choudhary, Singh, Modi, Jaiswal, Agrawal, Lal, Arya and Shah.


History

A forthright hypothesis comes from Mahapandit Rahul Sankrityayan, the great historian and wanderer of India, in his groundbreaking book, 'Volga se Ganga Tak', in which he has commented that many communities, including Agarwals & Baranwals who have become part of the Vaishya class of the Hindu religion, were actually 'Yaudheya'. 'Yaudheyas' were Kshatriya communities, mainly from modern western UP, Haryana and some parts of Rajasthan, who were the founders of the most ancient Republics of the world. It is informed that these large Republics were repeatedly confronted by Kings and Emperors from across the Indus, who felt that such Republics were posing danger to their regional dominance. Many of these Yaudheya communities dispersed to Eastern India and due to their knowledge of western Indian routes, they took up the trading from western India including Modern Pakistan and even from Afghanistan and other countries. These circumstances transformed these communities from 'Yaudheya' to 'Vaishya'.

A large part of the community dispersed to different parts of India in later centuries mostly along the Gangetic plains of Eastern India and excelled in administration, trade and commerce as their means of livelihood.

Some of the Baranwals who were Zamindars and had received the title of Rai Bahadur continued the Singh surname. Some of them were Late Raja Dilip Narayan Singh of Mungher, Bihar and Rai Bahadur Late Raja Sri Balmiki Prasad Singh was also from Mungher, Bihar during the British rule in India.

Examples of the Baranwals who were Zamindars and had received the title of Rai Saheb and Honorary Magistrate are Late Sri Narayan Das(1928) of Gorakhpur, U.P. and the second one who had received the title of Rai Saheb and Honorary Magistrate was Late Sri Nawratan Lal(1935) of Gaya, Bihar during the British rule in India.


Many Barnwals adopted generic surnames such as Lal, Gupta, Prasad, Anand, Prakash & the ubiquitous Kumar.

Barnwals Today

  • Shri Mahendra Modi, IPS 1986, UP Cadre, Presently IG, EOW,Lucknow; A social worker[8]
  • Mr. Sunil Kumar Barnwal, IAS 1997, Jharkhand Cadre, 1st Rank in All India Civil Services Examination -1996, India, Presently D.C. Dhanbad, Jharkhand [9][10]
  • Dr. Ram Ratan Barnwal, MBBS, MD (General Medicine); leading practitioner of Giridih Dist., Jharkhand.
  • Amit Modi, CEO, www.courses18.com
  • Mr. Virendra Kumar Baranwal, Chief Commissioner of Income Tax, writer of a book on Jinnah, Jinnah ek punardrishti [14]
  • Mr. Pradeep Gupta, IPS 1995, Chief Vigilance Officer, MOIL [15]
  • Sanjeev Baranwal, Co-founder and Chief Finance Officer, A. Little. World Pvt. Ltd.[16][17]
  • Jayant Baranwal, Chairman & Managing Director, SP Guide Publications Pvt Ltd,[18]
  • Miss Pooja Barnwal, CEO, Magnum Rehab Services.
  • Mr. B. P. Barnwal, Executive Director, Montage Capital.[19][20][21][22]
  • Mr. Ram Ratan Prasad, Director, Gaurishanker Electrocastings (P) Ltd, Shree Shyam Steels, Giridih, Jharkhand
  • Mr. Vikash Kumar, Vice President, Merrill Lynch


See also

References

  1. ^ People of India, Volume 16, Part 1 Kumar Suresh Singh, Anthropological Survey of India, 2008 http://books.google.co.in/books?id=dw8wAQAAIAAJ&q=ahibaran&dq=ahibaran&hl=en&ei=2jt7Tcq4FYjLrQf0mMTIBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CEQQ6AEwBg
  2. ^
  3. ^ http://books.google.co.in/books?id=CJ4IAAAAQAAJ&q=ahibaran&dq=ahibaran&hl=en&ei=5DuvS_SMFJK8rAesnv2mAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CDwQ6AEwAg
  4. ^ Book:Statistical, descriptive and historical account of the North-western Provinces; page no:125; Edwin Thomas Atkinson. url: http://books.google.co.in/books?ei=r_kgTOWjEsqHkQXc26wQ&ct=result&id=CJ4IAAAAQAAJ&dq=baranwal+hindu&q=baranwal
  5. ^ Book: An ethnographical hand-book for the N.-W. provinces and Oudh; William Crooke - 1890
  6. ^ Book:Statistical, descriptive and historical account of the North-western Provinces; page no:125
  7. ^ http://eci.nic.in/electionanalysis/AE/S27/partycomp19.html
  8. ^ http://nisd.gov.in/newsletter/apr2008/apr2008.pdf
  9. ^ http://dqindia.ciol.com/content/egovernance/2008/308041101.asp
  10. ^ http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080611/jsp/frontpage/story_9394445.jsp
  11. ^ http://www.rediff.com/getahead/2008/may/30iit.htm
  12. ^ http://hallosushant.blogspot.com/2008/05/bihari-sithikant-iit-jee-2008-topper.html
  13. ^ http://www.hindu.com/2008/05/31/stories/2008053154271000.htm
  14. ^ http://www.chowk.com/ilogs/p/38667/32751
  15. ^ http://www.chowk.com/ilogs/p/38667/32751
  16. ^ 3 millions customers in record time http://www.alittleworld.com/
  17. ^ http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=49189154&privcapId=37614862&previousCapId=37614862&previousTitle=A.%20Little.%20World%20Pvt.%20Ltd.
  18. ^ http://www.spguidepublications.com
  19. ^ Slide number 7 http://montagecapitalmarkets.net/history.htm
  20. ^ http://steelguru.com/news/index/2009/05/01/OTI1NjY%3D/Montage_Capital_Markets_plans_steel_foray.html
  21. ^ http://wwww.udayavani.com/showstory.asp?news=0&contentid=641806&lang=2
  22. ^ Monatge Capital planning to invest Rs.4000-4500 crores in steel companies this year http://steelguru.com/news/index/2009/05/01/OTI1NjY%3D/Montage_Capital_Markets_plans_steel_foray.html
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