Nāgar Gurjar

Nagari, Nāgar or Nāgra is one of the various clans of the Gurjars.The other variations of Nagari are Nagara, Nagra, Nagada, Nagdi etc. They have special strength in Bulandshahr, Noida, Faridabad, Meerut, Ghaziabad and Uttar Pradesh.^[1]

History

Udaipur was ruled by Nagari Gurjars till the time of the invasion of Babur. Udai Singh Nagari was the last Gurjar ruler.^[2][3][4] It is said that Nāgar Gurjars established their kingdom in 1st century along with Kushan Gurjars.The king was Maharaja Subhau Nagar.

Raja Nain Singh, who restored the fort of Parikshitgarh in eighteenth century, belonged to this clan of the Gurjars.They participated in the Mutiny of 1857 and the fort was dismantled, to be used as a police station. ^[5]

References

1. ^ Bombay (India : State) (1901). Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency, Volume 9, Part 1. Govt. Central Press. p. 494. http://books.google.co.in/books?cd=1&id=Wr4MAAAAIAAJ&dq=nagari+clan+of+gurjara&q=nagari+#search_anchor. 
2. ^ The Memoirs of Babur, Volume 2. "Salâh ud dîn, Governor of Raisen and Sârangpûr, was in possession of a territory that could furnish 30,000 horsemen; Râwal Udai Singh Nâgari had 12,000 horsemen; Hasan Khan Mewâti, Governor of Mewât, 12,000; Bahâdur Hemladuri, 4,000; Sattervi Kachji, 6,000; the Governor of Barmul, Parm-Deo, and Mirta, 4,000; Birsingh Deo Jehân, 4,000; Mahmûd Khan, son of.." 
3. ^ The Memoirs of Babur, Volume 2, chapter 63. "... ten infidels, who, unlike the ten blessed, unfolded the misery-freighted banners, which mark them out for futuretorment and wailing, possessed many dependants and armies, and wide-extended pergannas. As, for instance, Silâhed-dîn possessed thirty thousand horse; Râwal Ûdai Sing Nâgari, ten thousand horse; Medini Rai, ten thousand; Hassan Khan Mewâti, twelve thousand horse; Bârmal Îdari, four thousand horse; Narpat Hâda, seven thousand; Sattervi Kachi, six thousand; Dharm Deo, ..." 
4. ^ The Memoirs of Babur, Volume 2, chapter 65. "... their heads. Hassan Khan Mewâti was enrolled in the band of the dead by a matchlock shot, and in like manner many of these bewildered and misled rebels, the leaders of that army, were struck by arrows or musket-shot, and closed their lives; of the number, Râwal Udai Sing, before named, who was Prince (Wali) of the country of Udaipûr, and had twelve thousand horse; and Rai Chander¬bhân Chuhân, who had four thousand horse, and Mânikchand Chuhân, and Dilpat Rai, who were masters of four thou¬sand horse, and Gangû, and Karm ..." 
5. ^ Imperial Gazetteer of India, vol. 20. Digital South Asia Library. pp. 2. http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/text.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V20_008.gif. Retrieved 2007-05-31.