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Pawar Gurjars

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Parmar also known as Panwar or Pawar is a Rajput clan that claims descent from the Agnivanshi lineage.[1][2][3] The capital of the Parmara Rajput dynasty was Ujjain, and later shifted to Dhar region of Madhya Pradesh also founders of Rohtak. A branch of Parmars, known as the Sodha Rajputs, ruled the Amarkot region of Sindh province, Pakistan.[4][5]

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Statue of Raja Bhoj Parmar in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh

They are mainly found in Northern and Central India, especially in the states of Rajasthan, Gujarat,  Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh.[6][7]

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  1. Walker, Benjamin (1968). The Hindu world; an encyclopedic survey of Hinduism. Internet Archive. New York : F.A. Praeger.
  2. Unnithan-Kumar, Maya (1997). Identity, Gender, and Poverty: New Perspectives on Caste and Tribe in Rajasthan. Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-57181-918-5.
  3. Chatterjee, Nandini (2020-04-16). Land and Law in Mughal India: A Family of Landlords across Three Indian Empires. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-108-48603-3.
  4. Calcutta Review. University of Calcutta. 1993.
  5. "Gazetteer of the Province of Oudh Vol-2 -- H. to M. - Wikisource, the free online library". en.wikisource.org. Retrieved 2026-05-09.
  6. "Gazetteer of the Province of Oudh Vol-2 -- H. to M. - Wikisource, the free online library". en.wikisource.org. Retrieved 2026-05-09.
  7. "Pivot of state's history—Tehri Garhwal". The Tribune. Retrieved 2026-05-09.