Garha

The Garha, referred as Gaur and occasionally Gauri, ghori or Gour are a Muslim community ancients from ghor Afghanistan with Muhammad gauri, ghori are pashtu origin caste found in the Indian states of Delhi NCR Uttar Pradesh^[1] and Haryana.^[2] Uttarakhand

History and origin[]

The Garha have 51 sub-divisions, known as biradaris. Their main biradari is the pashtu of ghor called ghara

Most Garha sub-groups claim descent from the ghor Afghanistan with Muhammad gauri,ghori in 10th century

The Garha have a caste association, called the Anjuman Garha (Garha association), whose primary purpose is to look after their socio-economic welfare. The association runs schools imparting Social activity and education, as well as a boarding house for poor boys. They live in multi-caste villages, occupying their own quarters.they are well educated as well as powerful .^[3]

The community comprises mostly peasants called Nambardaar, Gour ,Padhaan, Zamindaar, concentrated in the Doab Saharanpur , Muzaffarnagar , meerut, Muradabad region of Uttar Pradesh, and neighbouring Haridwar District of Uttarakhand and Yamuna Nagar district of Haryana kashmir but the majority of them lives on behat road of Saharanpur. Each of their settlements contains a village-based caste council, known as a biradari panchayat, which acts as an instrument of social control and resolves intra-community disputes. In terms of religion, they are fairly orthodox Sunni Muslims, and have customs similar to other neighbouring Muslim peasant castes. The Garha speak both Urdu and the local Khari boli dialect.^[3] Cast population approximately 5000000.^{[citation needed]}

See also[]

• Gauḍa Brahmins
• Mughal Empire
• Maratha Empire
• Rajputana

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