Thursday 25 August 2011

Introduction of Kushwaha Community

Kushwaha is an agricultural Kshatriya hindu caste of India and Nepal as well as all over the world  . Kushwaha caste is found in large numbers in Nepalese tarai region and in different parts of India i.e. Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Madhya Pradesh as well as in Nepal and Mauritius. They claim descent from Shri Kusha, the eldest son of Shri Rama. Kushwaha are locally called Koiri in Nepal or Koiry (Bihar), Kashi or Kachi (Around Varanasi and MP), Maurya (Uttar Pradesh), Shakya (Uttar Pradesh and Nepal) as well as bhagirathi and sagarvanshi (Saini"Sainya") or Gehlaut (Western Uttar Pradesh) in several parts of india..

The Kuchwaha (also spelled as Kachavāhā,Kachawaha,Kacchavahas, Kachhawa, Kuchhwaha,Kachhawaha,Kushwaha, & Keshwala including Kacchapghata, Kakutstha, and Kurma) are a Suryavanshi Kshatriya clan who ruled a number of kingdoms and princely states in India such as Alwar, Maihar, Talcher, while the largest kingdom was Jaipur (Jainagara) which was founded by Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II in 1727. The Maharaja of Jaipur is regarded as the head of the extended Kachwaha clan.

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