The origin of Banjara community is stated[by whom?] in the area between Bikaner and Bahawalpur, Pakistan. After the fall of the Rajputs, they started spreading across the country. The Banjara had spread to Andhra Pradesh, Haryana, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and other states of India. About half their number speak Lambadi, one of the Rajasthani dialects, while others are native speakers of Telugu, Kannada and Gor boli, Hindi and other languages dominant in their respective areas of settlement. Rathod, Pawar, Naik, Chauhan, and Jadhav castes belong to Banjara community in Rajasthan and Gujarat now are in General Seats after the communal rights taken place in Rajasthan for Reservation in 2008 as they were landlords in Amarkot, Fathaykot and Sialkot before Partition of India and Pakistan. They are a Scheduled castes in Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh(Gorakhpur,Lucknow, Bareiiy and Moradabad divisions where they are known as Gual, Nat Brijvasi and speaking fluently Gor boli) and Scheduled Tribe in Andhra Pradesh (where they are listed as Lambani in Karnataka & Sugali in A.P.), Orissa, Haryana, Punjab, and Himachal Pradesh. Even though they settled across the country, they still consider themselves as nomad community.They are also called Lakha.
Posted on: Wed, 16 Oct 2013 09:17:52 +0000
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