Delhi was founded by Gujjar Tanwars

Delhi was founded by Gujjar Tanwars

Delhi was founded by Gujjar Tanwars and named after the Gujjar Pratihar Emperor Mihir Bhoja the Great as Mihirawli, now called as Mehrauli is still dominated by Gujjar Tanwars.
Mr. Kanwar Singh Tanwar belong to a village Fateh Pur. This is really a good pace of progress by Gujjar tanwars considering the fcat that no Gujjar Male of more than 12 years of age of Fateh Pur was left alive after the 1857 revolt.
All the three candidates for Delhi assembly seats are from Tanwar gotra of Gujjars.
Here is the report about him published in a leading National News Paper.
This BSP candidate is worth Rs 150 crore 11 Nov 2008, 0241 hrs IST, Dipak Kumar Dash, TNN Print Email Discuss Share Save Comment Text:


NEW DELHI: He is perhaps the richest candidate in the fray for the Delhi assembly elections. BSP nominee from Chhatarpur Kanwar Singh Tanwar disclosed that he owned movable and immovable assets worth Rs 150 crore while filing his nomination papers on Monday afternoon. His net worth is thus almost 15 times the MLA local area development fund an elected representative is entitled to during his five-year tenure.
In a scenario where the majority of candidates prefer to be "discreet" when it comes to disclosing their wealth, Tanwar says "submitting wrong information in an affidavit is a crime" and that's precisely why he was "honest" in filing his affidavit. "Why should I hide anything? Wrong disclosure does not help as people of my locality know about my wealth. They are aware I have joined politics not to make money but to work for them and my locality,'' the aspiring MLA said.
Tanwar was born to a village assessee. Now a large chunk of his disclosed wealth is in the form of agricultural and non-agricultural land which includes a farmhouse in his name and an apartment owned by his wife worth Rs 5.3 crore. Clubbed together the total comes to Rs 150 crore. Besides this, his affidavit submitted with the returning officer (Mehrauli) also includes a fleet of luxury cars worth Rs 1.66 crore. Three of them are Mercs and he also owns a tractor, an indicator of his rural roots. Tanwar, who has dabbled in real estate as well, belongs to village Fatehpur Beri near Chhatarpur.
Moreover, he and his wife have invested approximately Rs 4.16 crore in banks and bonds and both of them have jewellery worth Rs 21.5 lakh. Surprisingly, this politician has taken two loans amounting to Rs 24.95 lakh from two banks.
Tanwar, who is also the secretary of BSP Delhi state unit, claims neither he nor his family have ever shown off wealth. His close associates maintain that the leader has come this far through sheer hard work. In fact, this was evident when thousands of his supporters marched behind him when he started his padyatra from his village led by two elephants, the "live" party symbols.
Locals maintain the leader has earned enough good will with his social service in the last seven or eight years. "What's wrong if he has huge wealth? He has been running two AC dispensaries on wheels to provide free health care to the needy. He has been providing water free of charge to people with his fleet of over 20 water tankers,'' said Yogendra Bidhuri of Chhatarpur village.
Tanwar provides all these services under the umbrella of Narayani Devi Trust, which has been named after his mother and his father is the chairman of the body. This BSP candidate also distributes monthly pension to approximately 1,700 widows. "To ensure this continues, the trust has invested Rs 10 crore as fixed deposit,'' said one of his close aides.
Sure of his victory, the leader promises to bring maximum government funds to his constituency and to work for all round development of the locality. "I am not money hungry. With God's grace I have enough to take care of my family. I will give back to everyone if they elect me,'' Tanwar says.
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Battle of Rajasthan

Battle of Rajasthan

Junaid, the successor of Qasim, finally subdued the Hindu resistance within Sindh. Taking advantage of the conditions in Western India, which at that time was covered with several small states, Junaid led a large army into the region in early 738 CE. Dividing this force into two he plundered several cities in southern Rajasthan, western Malwa, and Gujarat.

Indian inscriptions confirm this invasion but record the Arab success only against the smaller states in Gujarat. They also record the defeat of the Arabs at two places. The southern army moving south into Gujarat was repulsed at Navsari by the south Indian Emperor Vikramaditya II of the Chalukya dynasty and Rashtrakutas. The army that went east, after sacking several places, reached Avanti whose ruler Nagabhata (Gurjar-Pratihara) trounced the invaders and forced them to flee. After his victory Nagabhata took advantage of the disturbed conditions to acquire control over the numerous small states up to the border of Sindh.

Junaid probably died from the wounds inflicted in the battle with the Gurjar-Pratihara. His successor Tamin organized a fresh army and attempted to avenge Junaid’s defeat towards the close of the year 738 CE. But this time Nagabhata], with his Chauhan and Guhilot feudatories, met the Muslim army before it could leave the borders of Sindh. The battle resulted in the complete rout of the Arabs who fled broken into Sindh with the Gurjar-Pratihara close behind them.

In the words of the Arab chronicler, a place of refuge to which the Muslims might flee was not to be found. The Arabs crossed over to the other side of the Indus River, abandoning all their lands to the victorious Hindus. The local chieftains took advantage of these conditions to re-establish their independence. Subsequently the Arabs constructed the city of Mansurah on the other side of the wide and deep Indus, which was safe from attack. This became their new capital in Sindh. Thus began the reign of the imperial Gurjar-Pratiharas.

In the Gwalior inscription, it is recorded that Gurjar-Pratihara emperor Nagabhata "crushed the large army of the powerful Mlechcha king." This large army consisted of cavalry, infantry, siege artillery, and probably a force of camels. Since Tamin was a new governor he had a force of Syrian cavalry from Damascus, local Arab contingents, converted Hindus of Sindh, and foreign mercenaries like the Turkics. All together the invading army may have had anywhere between 10–15,000 cavalry, 5000 infantry, and 2000 camels.

The Arab chronicler Sulaiman describes the army of the Pratiharas as it stood in 851 CE, "The ruler of Gurjars maintains numerous forces and no other Indian prince has so fine a cavalry. He is unfriendly to the Arabs, still he acknowledges that the king of the Arabs is the greatest of rulers. Among the princes of India there is no greater foe of the Islamic faith than he. He has got riches, and his camels and horses are numerous."[21]

At the time of the Battle of Rajasthan the Gurjar-Pratiharas had only just risen to power. In fact, Nagabhata was their first prominent ruler. But the composition of his army, which was predominantly cavalry, is clear from the description. There are other anecdotal references to the Indian rulers and commanders riding elephants to have a clear view of the battlefield. The infantry stood behind the elephants and the cavalry formed the wings and advanced guard.

At the time of the battle the Gurjar-Pratihara may have had up to 5,000 cavalry, while their Tomar, Guhilot and Chauhan feudatories may have had 2,000 horsemen each, added to which we may include infantry, camels, and elephants. So all told the Hindu and Muslim armies were evenly matched with the better cavalry in the former.

Gujjar Kings ruled Afghanistan

Gujjar Kings ruled Afghanistan / Gandhara (Turko-Hepthalites in Gandhara)

Napki (Nezak) Malka...................................c. 475 - 576

Sri Shaho...........................................after c. 576

White Huns Khans

o Toramana.................................................515 - 528

o Mihirakula...............................................528 - 542

o Hephthalite rule was overthrown in c. 570 and they escaped west.
Nezak Huns (at Kabul / Ghazni / Zabulistan and probably Seistan)
o Narana (Narendra).....................................c. 570 - 600
o Vasu Deva......................................................after c. 624
o Mardan Shah....................................................after c. 624
o Shahi Jaya.....................................................c. 700
o Shahi Tigin...........................................c. 719 – 739
o Sri Vajara Vakhu Deva..........................................

Poonch was ruled over by Sango Gujjar

In eighteenth century Poonch was ruled over by Sango Gujjar who was a brave king. K.D Maini in 'Tareekh Poonch" writes


Great scholar Dr. Jamil Jalbi of Pakistan has written in his book 'Urdu Adab ki Tareekh' at page 79 in his first edition in this way, "One form of Urdu language is found in Gujarat which is called as Gojri or Gujarat dialect. History tells us that Gujjar community entered India as conquerors and divided its southern occupied areas into three parts: the biggest was called as Maharath, second as Gujrath and the third as Swarath. The conquerors from Turkey found it difficult to pronounce Gujrath so they modified it to Gujarat."


One usually finds the proofs of presence and rule of Gujjars in Kashmir form the external aggressions. According to history, Mohd. Gaznavi attacked Kashmir twice but he failed both the times and many kingdoms came up in Kashmir from 1038 A.D to 1326 A.D. Tung Rai Gujjar was the commander in chief opposite Mohd. Gaznavi. This was the period when king Tarlochan Pal Khattana sought refuge to J&K. Sarvari Kasana writes in his essay, 'Jammu Kashmir par Gujjron ki Hakumat' about acceptance of Islam by Gujjars as, "in 1301, King Ranjan appointed Shah Mir Gujjar as his minister, who had already adopted Islam. Shah Mir sat on the throne of Kashmir as Wazir Shamsudin. The proof of his being a Gujjar can be traced in chapter Kashmir of'Ain-e-Akbari'.There is also written that Shah Mir considered himself as descendants of Pandavas. Four sons of Shah Shamsudin were rulers of Kashmir. One of them had ruled over Lohar Kot which is now known by the name of Loren in district Poonch.K.D Maini in 'Tareekh Poonch" writes in eighteenth century that Poonch was ruled over by Sango Gujjar who was a brave king.

Gujjar History in Urdu 11

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اسلام علیکم ۔۔ ایک لمبے عرصے کے بعد ہم اپنا ٹوٹا ہوا سلسلہ پھر سے شروع کر رہے ہیں۔ آج ہم کوشان گجروں کے بارے میں بات کریں گے 

کوشان، کوشانہ، کشانہ، کسانہ یہ سب ایک ہی لفظ کے مختلف انداز ہیں جو وقت کے ساتھ ساتھ اانداز و بیان میں بدلتے گئے۔ کوشان گجروں کے بارے میں تمام جدید اور قدیم، مغربی اور مشرقی، ہندو اور مسلمان مورخ متفق ہیں کہ انہوں نے قبل مسٰیح میں میں ہندوستان، افغانستان، سنٹرل ایشیاء اور چائنا کے کچھ خطے پر ایک لمبا عرصہ حکومت کی ہے ۔ کوشان نے گندھارا آرٹ کو جنم دیا، بدھ مت مذہب کو پھیلایا، کوشان کا دارالحکومت موجودہ پشاور تھا۔ زیادہ تر تاریخ دان کہتے ہیں کہ کوشان یوآچی نسل تھے اور یوآچی نسل کے بارے میں زیادہ تر تاریخ دان متفق ہیں کہ یہ یورپ انڈین نسل ہے ۔ جیسے کہ ہم اپنی پچھلی اقساط میں اس بات کو بیان کر چکے ہیں کہ آرین نسل کے دو گروپ بنے ایک یورو آرین اور ایک انڈو آرین۔ اور یہ ساری تحقیق ثابت کرتی ہے کہ کوشان انڈو آرین گروپ کا ہی حصہ تھے۔ اس بات کو بھی پوری دنیا کے تاریخ دان مانتے ہیں کہ کوشان جس نسل سے تعلق رکھتے تھے وہ آج بھی گجر قوم کے روپ میں زندہ ہے۔ بس ہندوستانی اور مغربی یا اسلامی تاریخ دانوں میں اختلاف اس بات پر ہے کہ کوشان ہی گجر کہلائے اور ہندوستانی تاریخ دان کہتے ہیں کہ نہیں گجر پہلے تھے ان میں سے ایک گوت یا گجر قبیلہ کوشان تھا۔ یہ اختلاف صرف فروعی نوعیت کا ہے کیونکہ اسلامی تاریخ دان جب اس خطے میں آئے تو کوشان حکومت کو 1000 سال سے زیادہ کا عرصہ گزر چکا تھا اور جب مغربی تاریخ دان اس خطے میں آئے اس وقت تک تو سکندر، مسلم حکمران، چنگیز خان، ہلاکو خان، غزنوی، غوری، مغل کئی بادشاہتیں گزر چکی تھی ۔ گرجر پرتیہار کو بھی گزرے 5 یا 6 سو سال گزر چکے تھے ایسے میں ایسے اختلافات کا جنم لینا حقیقی تھا۔ مغل دورِحکومت میں ہندوستان کی تاریخ میں بہت سی تبدیلیاں کی جاچکی تھی ۔ بہت سے آثار مٹ چکے تھے یا ان کے نام بدل دیے گئے تھے۔ آج ہم اکیسویں صدی میں جی  رہے ہیں آج اگر ہم 23 یا 24 سو سال پیچھے جا کر تحقیق کرنے کی کوشش بھی کرتے ہیں تو بہت سی الجھنیں ہیں بہت سے نامکمل حقائق یا مسخ شدہ تاریخ ہم کو ملتی ہے ایسے میں کسی بھی حتمی نتیجے پر پہنچنا ناممکن ہے اس لیے ہم اس میں الجھے بغیر تصدیق شدہ اور تسلیم شدہ باتوں کو لے لیتے ہیں اور یہ ایک تصدیق شدہ اور تسلیم شدہ بات ہے کہ گجر ہی کوشان تھے اور کوشان گجر تھے۔ جنہوں نے اس خطے کی حالت بدل کے رکھ دی تھی۔ اس خطے میں یونیورسٹیز بنائی نئے نئے آرٹ کو جنم دیا مضبوط حکومت قائم کی ٹیکسلا جیسی تہذیب دی۔ اور دنیا کی تاریخ کو ایک نیا موڑ دیا۔ اور دنیا کی تاریخ میں اپنے انمٹ نقوش چھوڑے۔

والسلام چودھری ظفر حبیب گجر 

Gujjars in Mughal Era... Ch Zafar Habib

Gujjar the beginning of the 17th century, the decline of the Mughal emperor was actually the beginning of the Gujjars in the Mughal era. There was an increased power of the Gujjars at that point of time. Finally Aurangzeb accepted the lordship of the Gujjar leaders in various principalities. The chief Gujjar power of the Mughal era are mentioned below

Gurjar in Bharatpur district

Bhati of Dadri

Dera Gazi Khan

Gurjarghar

Pawar of Landhore

Gurjar of Maharastra

Nangde of Parikisatgarh

Judeo of Samther



The Gurjars and the Jats of Agra stood together at the time of Surajmal Jat. After his murder, his fourth son Ranjit Singh and the Gurjar chief Motiram Baisla of Sundraoli signed a pact of treaty. As Surajmal had taken the lead on his son Motiram Baisla became the army chief of Bharatpur. In 1803 CE, after a stubborn fight, the Gujjars and Jats were defeated and thus, Bharatpur district remained as a small territory under the British rulers. A great body of Bhati Gurjars along with Dave and Kala Gujjar settled south of Delhi on both sides of  Yamuna River with their head quarter at Kasna. The Bhati Gurjar occupied 360 villages. In 1540 CE Sher Shah felt the power of Gurjars round about Delhi and they took vigorous proceeding against them. Akbar allowed these unruly Gurjars to settle IT the area. After the death Aurangzeb, the Maratha hordes of the south plundered the north and the Gurjars again took on arms. Another Bhati Gurjar chief namely Rao Amra had ousted the unruly chief of Bhurta clan and established himself as Raja at Dadri. His successor Raja Roshan Singh was ruling when the British occupied the area.



Gazi Khan Baloch founded a city Dera Gazi Khan after his name near about 1710 CE. Gazi Khan Baloch was appointed as the administrator and he proved himself as a great administrator. Mahmood Khatana with his Gurjar military personals crossed the river Indus and brought the whole area comprising the districts of Mujjafargarh and Faislabad under his total control. He constructed a fort at Dera Gazi Khan. The British annexed Gurjar Ghar to Gwalior and some portions of its area amalgamated to districts of , Murena and Dholpur and a portion to the district AgraUttar Pradesh . Every Gurjar in Gurjar Ghar holds its own territory. The ancestors of the Gujjars in Maharashtra had been destroyed and that is why they migrated to the south. The rulers of Samshergarh were actually a sub-caste of the Gujjars. They belonged to the Khatana sub-caste.But unfortunately, most of these states and the powers of the Gujjars were finished by the British rulers.

Gurjars have been going from strength to strength in various States - a good sign.

Gurjars have been going from strength to strength in various States - a good sign.

May ----31, 2009 at 11:24am


In the present Lok Sabha 7 MP are Gurjars

1. Sachin Pilot - Ajmer - (Rajasthan)- Union Minister of state for Corporate Affairs (Independent Charge)2. Avtar Singh Bhadana-- Faridabad-(Haryana)3. Tabassum Hassan -Kairana-(UP)4. Surendra Singh Nagar- Noida (UP)5. Sanjay Singh Chauhan- Bijnore(UP)6. (Late) Dilip Singh Judeo-Bilaspur (Chhatisgarh) Died: 14th August' 20137. Dinsha Javerbhai Patel -Khera (Gujarat)


The current list Gurjar MLA in various states.



1.Jammu & Kashmir -(5)Gujjars constitute more than 20% of the state's population and out of 87 assembly segments, in 12 segments their population is between 35 to 50%.

Gujjar candidates were declared elected from five assembly segments in 2008


1. Surankote (Chaudhary Mohammad Aslam)- ex rajya sabha MP2. Darhal (Zulifkar Chaudhary)3. Gool-Arnas (Chaudhary Aijaz Ahmed )4. Kangan (Mian Altaf Ahmad) ---------------cabinet minister J&K5. Uri (Chaudhary Taj-Mohi-ud-Din) ------------------state minister6. BASHIR NAZ-State minister for Gujjar bakarwal board.(nominated) basically from poonch.

2. Punjab -2(1) Nand Lal -- from Balachaur in Nawanshar Distt (Parl. Secretary) (2) Razia Sultana - Congress (I), Maler Kotla, Sangrur District (Wife of IGP, Punjab Mohd. Mustafa)

3.Himachal (0)In the last assembly Rangila Ram Rao was the Minister from Mandi

4. Haryana -7 (The List of newly elected MLA in Haryana (2009) is as follows)

1. Ram Kishan ---------------------Naraingarh-------Ambala2. Dharam Singh Chokkar--------Samalkha--------Panipat3. Mahendra Pratap Bhadana---Badkhal-----------Faridabad--Cabinet Minister Haryana Govt.4. Krishan Pal Bainsla Gurjar-----Tigaon------------Faridabad (BJP state President)5. Subhash Chaudhary-----------Palwal-------------Palwal6. Pradeep Chaudhary: Kalka: Panchkula7. Akram Khan (Chauhan:) BSP: Jagadhri, Yamuna Nagar. (Deputy Speaker of Haryana Assembely)

5. Delhi (7) 1. Ram Singh Netaji -Badarpur2. Ramesh Bidhudi-Tughlakabad3. Balram Tanwar-Chattarpur4. Naseeb Singh Dheda-Vishwas Nagar 5. Anil Chaudhary-- Patparganj6. Dayaram Chandila-Rajouri Garden7. Neeraj Basoya-Kasturba Nagar

6. UP (7) Modified list after Assembly Elections held in 2012 Distt Saharanpur1.Gangoh-- Pradeep Chaudhary Batar (Cong)


Distt Muzaffarnagar2.Kairana--Hukum Singh Chauhan--Ex Minister ---BJP3.Khatauli-Kartar Singh Bhadana-brother of Avtar Singh Bhadana-RLD



Distt Meerut4.Meerut South -- Ravindra Bhadana (BJP)

Distt Baghpat5.Baghpat--Hemlata Chaudhary--BSP - wife of MLC Prashant Chaudhary

Distt Noida6.Dadri--Satyaveer Gurjar Basoya from BSP7.Jewar--Ved Ram Bhati --Minister --BSP

7. Uttarakhand (2)Kunwar Pranav Singh Champion- Laksar-1. Haridwar-- descendent of Raja Landhaura in Haridwar

8.Rajasthan (7)1. Mahendra Singh-Nasirabad-(Ajmer)2. Anita Gurjar-Nagar(Bharatpur)3. Ram Lal Gurjar-Asind-Bhilwara 3. Rajendra Singh Bidhuri- Begun - Chittorgarh5. Jitendra Singh--Khetri--Jhunjhunu-- Cabinet minister6. Ramswaroop Kasana- Kotputli - Jaipur7. Hem Singh Bhadana- Thanagazi- Alwar

9.Madhya Pradesh (3)1. Adal Singh Kasana-Sumavali (Morena)2. Dileep Singh Gurjar- Nagda ( Ujjain)3. Hukum singh Karada- Shajapur ( Shajapur) in western MP- ex Minister

10. Maharashtra (3)1. Girish Dattatrey Mahajan (BJP)- Jamner (Jalgaon)2. Kailash Gorakh Patil (Shiv Sena) - Chopda (Jalgaon)3. Gulab Rao Raghunath Patil (Shivsena)- Erandol (Dharangaon, Jalgaon) (Update ex MLA fr Erandol)


Admin Ch Zafar Habib Gujjar

Sajjad To Chair MEP's Code of Conduct Committee

Former opponents in the race to be the European Parliament President for 2014-2019 came together this week to bury the past behind them and focus on the future of the Parliament, particular on improving transparency.

European Parliament President, Martin Schulz, appointed British Pakistani MEP Dr Sajjad Karim for a second time to chair his Advisory Committee on the Code of Conduct for MEPs.

The committee, established in 2012, sees dual national Dr Karim continue his chairmanship from last term.

During the meeting in the President's private office the two men had a fruitful exchange and the atmosphere was relaxed.

After the meeting Dr Karim said:"It is an honour to be re-appointed by the European Parliament President to Chair the President's committee which oversees the ethics and transparency.

"The committee has made great strides in giving citizens more access to declarations of financial interest of MEPs. All declarations are published online and MEPs have to know give more information such as declare any third party payments they receive."

The Advisory Committee is composed of five MEPs, with two reserve MEPs. Dr Karim is the only dual national MEP to serve on the committee. The Code of Conduct came into force on 1 January 2012 and has worked to publish more information of MEPs expenses and outside interests online.

Citizens now have greater access to see what their MEPs are doing outside the Parliament.

- See more at: http://www.theasians.co.uk/story/20140924_sajjad_chair_committe#sthash.iC5PrCrj.Dg6mMK4w.dpuf

Anangpal Tanwar

Anangpal Tanwar was the first ruler to make ancient Delhi his capital.


Little is known of Anangpal Tanwar, who was from the Gurjar Tanwar clan and whose ancestors had settled in the Aravalli Hills around the end of the first millennium AD. Some archaeological evidence survives of earlier settlements survive in the area and may be related to a ruler called Surajpal. Of Anangpal, the primary source for information comes from the Prithviraj Raso, a history of Prithviraj Chauhan which was written much later. Physical evidence at Lal Kot (literally Red Fort), which he is thought to have built and which is the oldest identifiable city in the area, suggests that he lived in the eleventh century.[1][2]


The Tanwar rule at Delhi passed to his son, Ausan Singh (Tejpal) and then his grandson Kosal Dev Singh (Mahipal) before the dynasty collapsed when challenged by Prithviraj Chauhan (1149-1192).