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Barnwal (Hindi: बर्णवाल), also spelt as Baranwal or Varanwal, is a Baniya community in India.

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King Ahibaran

Legend

The Baranwal community has its origin in a Tomara king Ahibaran, whose ancestors had moved to a place called Ahar in North India. Ahibaran was a Suryavanshi Kshatriya.[1] He renamed the Ahar kingdom after himself and founded its capital as "Baran-sahar" (identified with modern Bulandshahar in present day Western Uttar Pradesh. His direct descendents were called Barnwals. They 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. He is said to have adopted the Vanika Dharma for the promotion 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 The old name 'Baran' can be still be traced in the old Government documents and in all the historical documents written before or around 19th century.

King Ahibaran

Ahibaran was a Suryavanshi Kshatriya who was the 21st descendant of Emperor Mandhata, the ruler of Ayodhya. According to the mythological Mahalakshmi Vrat Katha, Ahibaran, 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.[7]

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.

There are 36 gotras in Barnwals. These are Garg, Vatsil, Goval, Gohil, Kraw, Deval, Kashyap, Vats, Atri, Vamdev, Kapil, Galb, Sinhal, Aaranya, Kashil, Upmanyu, Yaimini, Parashar, Kaushik, Maunas, Katyaapan, Kaundilyam, Pulishh, Bhrigu, Sarvay, Angira, Krishnabhi, Udhhalak, Aashvalayan, Bhardwaj, Sankrit, Mudgal, Yamadgri, Chyevan and Vedpramiti.[8]

History

It is traditionally believed by Barnwals that their ancestors adopted Vanika Dharma for promoting trade, commerce, development and peace in their region.[9]

Rahul Sankrityayan, the historian and wanderer of India, in his book, 'Volga se Ganga Tak', in which he has commented that many communities, including Agarwals and 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. These large republics were repeatedly confronted by kings and emperors, who felt that such republics were posing danger to their overall dominance. Islamic invasions certainly accelerated this process.

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' caste.[10]

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.

Many Barnwals adopted generic surnames such as Lal, Gupta, Prasad, Anand, Prakash & the ubiquitous Kumar. - A partial list of the surnames of Barnwals are given below.[11]

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Surname Places where it is used

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Barnwal All over India;especially in Lucknow, Bahraich, Khiri, Lakhimpur, Banares, Sultanpur, Mirzapur,Deoghar

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Gupta All over India, Basti, Rasda, Gazipur

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Garg Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Chhatishgarh, Jaunpur

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Prasad Bihar, Jharkhand

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Shah Meerut, Gujrat, Nadiad, Vapi, Surat, Madhubani, Chittorgarh

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Kashyap Ranchi, Bulandshahar, Jaipur, Jaunpur

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Poddar Hapud, Meerut, Katihar

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Singh Munger, Hazipur, Khiri

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Mazumdar West Bengal, Malda, Purnima, 24 Pargana

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Bhagat Katihar, MUzzafarpur, Mirzapur

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Shandil Jabalpur, Sambalpur, Raigarh

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Goyal Rajsthan, Sikar, Gorakhpur, Dalsinghsarai

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Gohil Chhatisgarh, Rabal Kila

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Barni Bulandshahar

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Sahu Hazaribag, Asansol, Bhagalpur

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Lal Patna, Gaya, Mokama, Bihar Sharif, Dalsinghsarai

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Varnwal Jharkhand, Jharia, Dhanbad, Giridih, Jhumri Tilaiya, Asansol

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Shaha Dhuliyan, Hamirpur, Munger, Sagar, Jhumri Tilaiya

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Modi Jamui, Jhajha, Deoghar, Koderma, Hazaribag

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Munshi Jaunpur, Muradabad

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Lala Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Madhubani

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Bakshi Muradabad, Chandigarh

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Patwari Maunath, Bhanjan, Baliya, Chhatisgarh

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Notable people

Barnwals today are in need of renaissance in terms of social and economic development.

  • Vishvanath Modi, Freedom Fighter and Ex-MLA, Koderma[12] http://eci.nic.in/SR_KeyHighLights/SE_1977/Statistical_Report_1977_Bihar.pdf
  • Mahendra Modi, IPS 1986, UP Cadre, Presently IG, EOW,Lucknow; A social worker[13]
  • Sunil Kumar Barnwal, IAS 1997, Jharkhand Cadre, 1st Rank in All India Civil Services Examination -1996, India, Presently D.C. Dhanbad, Jharkhand [14][15]
  • Shithikanth Barnwal, IIT-JEE 2008 topper [16][17][18]
  • Virendra Kumar Baranwal, Chief Commissioner of Income Tax, writer of a book on Jinnah, Jinnah ek punardrishti [19]
  • Pradeep Gupta, IPS 1995, Chief Vigilance Officer, MOIL [19]
  • Sanjeev Baranwal, Co-founder and Chief Finance Officer, A. Little. World Pvt. Ltd.[20][21]
  • B. P. Barnwal, Executive Director, Montage Capital.[22][23][24][25]
  • Vikram Baranwal, Chief Manager, Dhanlaxmi Bank Ltd, New Delhi

See also

References

  1. ^ Singh, Suresh Kumar (2008). People of India, Volume 16, Part 1 (1st ed.). India: Anthropological Survey of India. p. 131. ISBN 8170463025. Retrieved 16 May 2011. {{cite book}}: More than one of |author= and |last= specified (help)
  2. ^ Atkinson, E.T. (1876). Statistical, descriptive and historical account of the North-western Provinces of India. India: Board of Revenue. pp. 84, 125, 129.
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  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. ^ Mahalakshmi Varta Kartha. India.
  8. ^ "2". Baranwal Samvad (in Hindi). Gorakhpur, India: Akhil Bhartiya Baranwal Vaishya Mahasabha. 2010.
  9. ^ "2". Baranwal Chandrika (in Hindi). Vol. 3 (22 ed.). Gorakhpur, India: Barnwal Vaishya Mahasabha. pp. 23–34. {{cite book}}: C1 control character in |pages= at position 4 (help)
  10. ^ "2". Baranwal Chandrika (in Hindi). Vol. 3 (22 ed.). Gorakhpur, India: Barnwal Vaishya Mahasabha. pp. 23–34. {{cite book}}: C1 control character in |pages= at position 4 (help)
  11. ^ "6". Baranwal Chandrika (in Hindi). Vol. 6 (20 ed.). Gorakhpur, India: Barnwal Vaishya Mahasabha. pp. 46–54. {{cite book}}: C1 control character in |pages= at position 4 (help)
  12. ^ http://eci.nic.in/electionanalysis/AE/S27/partycomp19.html
  13. ^ http://nisd.gov.in/newsletter/apr2008/apr2008.pdf
  14. ^ Dataquest : E-GOVERNANCE : Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikander
  15. ^ The Telegraph - Calcutta (Kolkata) | Frontpage | Ranchi’s most wanted: IAS officers
  16. ^ Tips from this year's IIT topper
  17. ^ Bihari Sithikant: IIT JEE 2008 Topper & super30 scores 100%:I LOVE INDIA
  18. ^ "Mumbai boy tops IIT-JEE 2008". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 31 May 2008.
  19. ^ a b http://www.chowk.com/ilogs/p/38667/32751
  20. ^ 3 millions customers in record time http://www.alittleworld.com/
  21. ^ Sanjeev Baranwal: Executive Profile & Biography - BusinessWeek
  22. ^ Slide number 7 http://montagecapitalmarkets.net/history.htm
  23. ^ Steel Guru : Montage Capital Markets plans steel foray - 92566 - 2009-05-01
  24. ^ http://wwww.udayavani.com/showstory.asp?news=0&contentid=641806&lang=2
  25. ^ 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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