Baniya (clan)

Baniya or Bania is a clan of the Gurjar community of India and Pakistan. They speak Gujari in the Himalayan region and a number of other languages in the other locations where they inhabit. They practise Hinduism and Islam.[1] They are Muslims in Kashmir and Pakistan, and Hindus in northern Indian regions.

Distribution

They inhabit in several provinces of Pakistan, including Punjab, Balochistan, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Azad Kashmir, and Gilgit-Baltistan.

They are mostly found in Indian states such as Rajasthan, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, East Punjab, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh, and Jammu and Kashmir.[2]

References

Rahi, Javaid. The Gujjars -Vol 04 (Gujjars History & Culture) by Dr. Javaid Rahi. Jammu and Kashmir Acacademy of Art, Culture , Languages , Jammu. Initially the Gujjars were Hindus but during the rule of Mughal king Aurangazeb, most of them converted to Islam but retained their Hindu gotras or subcastes. The common gotras are: Bhati, Chandel, Chauhan, Baniya, Lodha, Bhensi, Chopra, Chechi, and Khatana.
Ambagudia, Jagannath; Xaxa, Virginius (2020-12-01). Handbook of Tribal Politics in India. SAGE Publishing India. p. 297. ISBN 978-93-5388-460-4. There are more than 30 gotras among the Gujjars and Bakarwals, and they share similar gotra names. Some of them which are commonly found among the Gujjars and Bakarwals in Jammu and Kashmir are Poswal, Baniya, Char, Bajran, Chechi, Khatana, Kasana, Thikriya, Lodha.

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[1] Rahi, Javaid. The Gujjars -Vol 04 (Gujjars History & Culture) by Dr. Javaid Rahi. Jammu and Kashmir Acacademy of Art, Culture , Languages , Jammu. Initially the Gujjars were Hindus but during the rule of Mughal king Aurangazeb, most of them converted to Islam but retained their Hindu gotras or subcastes. The common gotras are: Bhati, Chandel, Chauhan, Baniya, Lodha, Bhensi, Chopra, Chechi, and Khatana.

[:0-2] Ambagudia, Jagannath; Xaxa, Virginius (2020-12-01). Handbook of Tribal Politics in India. SAGE Publishing India. p. 297. ISBN 978-93-5388-460-4. There are more than 30 gotras among the Gujjars and Bakarwals, and they share similar gotra names. Some of them which are commonly found among the Gujjars and Bakarwals in Jammu and Kashmir are Poswal, Baniya, Char, Bajran, Chechi, Khatana, Kasana, Thikriya, Lodha.