The Ruins of Garh Kundar Fort

The Khangar community are an Indian anciant kshatriya community. They are referred to by many other names, such as Khangaar, Khungar, Khengar, Khagar, Khangdhar and Rao Khangad.[2]

The community ruled areas of present-day Bundelkhand after the fall of the Chandelas in 1182 A.D. and until the mid-14th century Their seat of power was at Garh Kundar, a fort built by Khet Singh Khangar.

The Khangars were formerly classified as a criminal tribe under the Criminal Tribes Acts of the British Raj. During the period of the British Raj, when the process of sanskritisation became apparent and the administration attempted to record caste in censuses, the All-India Khangar Kshatriya League campaigned for official recognition as kshatriya.

Classification

The Khangar caste is included in the upper caste of Uttar Pradesh[3] and SC category in Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Rajasthan[4] and the OBC category in Bihar.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Schwartzberg, Joseph E. (1978). A Historical atlas of South Asia. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. pp. 21, 147. ISBN 0226742210.
  2. ↑ Singh, Kumar Suresh (1998). India's communities (People of India: National Series). Oxford University Press. pp. 1684–1686. ISBN 9780195633542.
  3. ↑ "Uttar Pradesh caste list". upyojna.net (in Hindi). Retrieved 2 December 2023.
  4. ↑ "Scheduled Castes in Rajasthan". sje.rajasthan.gov.in. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  5. ↑ "95 फीसदी खंगार समाज के लोग गरीबी रेखा से नीचे" [95 percent of the people of Khangar community are below poverty line]. Amar Ujala (in Hindi). Retrieved 3 November 2023.

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