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[[image:Aravalli.jpg|thumb|240px|The Aravalli Range]] |
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The southern belt of [[Haryana]] state in India is known as '''Ahirwal''' {अहीर वाल).{{clarify|reason=whart script/language is this?|date=October 2011}} People from the [[Yadav caste|Yadav community]] dominate this area.{{cn|date=October 2011}} The [[Ahir]] community is frequently referred to as being synonymous with the wider Yadav community. |
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== Ahirwal belt == |
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Ahir dominated areas in the [[National Capital Region]] (NCR) include [[Gurgaon]], [[Noida]], [[Manesar]], [[Behror]], [[Bawal]], [[Dharuhera]], [[Pataudi]], [[Bhiwadi]], [[Badshahpur]], [[Kosli]], [[Alwar]] and Rewari.{{cn|date=October 2011}} |
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The Ahirwal belt area extends from south of Delhi to southwest of Haryana and east of Rajasthan.{{cn|date=October 2011}} |
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The modern day Gurgaon city has more than 40 Yadav villages. Thousands of Yadav villagers from Gurgaon and [[Noida]] are millionaires today after selling their agricultural land to private builders and Haryana Urban Development Authority and many have become property dealers.<ref>http://indiatoday.intoday.in/content_mail.php?option=com_content&name=print&id=2177</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://overseasindian.in/2009/mar/news/20092003-113339.shtml |title=Overseas Indian: Connecting India with its Diaspora |publisher=Overseasindian.in |date=2006-01-30 |accessdate=2010-07-26}}</ref> |
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For centuries the Ahirs were eclipsed as a political power in Haryana until the time of the Pratihara dynasty.{{cn|date=October 2011}} In time they became independent rulers of southwest Haryana.{{cn|date=October 2011}} |
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Yaduvanshi Ahirs were found in other Haryana districts. The 1901 census report showed 17,000 Ahirs in [[Jhajjar]], 14,000 in [[Delhi]] and 10,000 in [[Hisar District|Hisar]] and claimed a Rajput origin.<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=-AO2AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA251&dq=ahirs+of+jhajjar+and+rohtak&hl=en&ei=lMoqTd6sFYSglAf3l6TtAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CEYQ6AEwBg#v=snippet&q=ahirs&f=false Imperial gazetteer of India ... - Google Books<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Yaduvanshi Ahirs synonyms are Yadav and [[Rao Sahab]]. Rao Sahab is only used in Ahirwal region consisting of territories of few villages of Delhi, Southern Haryana & Behrod area of [[Alwar]] district (Rajasthan).{{cn|date=October 2011}} |
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== Yaduvanshi's of Western Uttar Pradesh == |
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According to historian [[Matthew Sherring]], Ahirs of [[Meerut]] either came either from Rewari or from Gurgaon, Ahirs of [[Agra District]] came from Haryana and Meerut.{{full}} In [[Bulandshahr]] they claim descent from [[Chauhans]],<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=tCc-AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA2&dq=abhira+tribe&hl=en&ei=JPwFTfP_NIH88AbE-9TnAg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CDIQ6AEwAzgy#v=onepage&q=abhira%20tribe&f=false An ethnographical hand-book for the ... - William Crooke - Google Books<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Ahirs of [[Etah]] came from Mathura. Ahirs of [[Rohilkhand]] came from Hisar more than 700 years ago, Ahirs of [[Mainpuri]] are Nandvanshi's except the Pathaks assert that they are descendants of Rana Khatira of [[Mewar]] and are of the Pathak gotra, During the period of the [[British Raj]] they were recorded as holding 21 villages in [[Shikohabad]] [[tehsil]].<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=QQwJAAAAQAAJ&pg=RA1-PA35&dq=jat+++abhira&hl=en&ei=H7oZTb6BCsXflgfpl5z9Cw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCUQ6AEwADgU#v=onepage&q=nandbansee%20except%20the%20Pathaks&f=false Various census of India - Google Books<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=6OAJGO_-QYEC&pg=PA50&dq=abhira+tribe&hl=en&ei=idQFTcaVDMGblgfSxoX-Bw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=9&ved=0CEsQ6AEwCDgo#v=onepage&q=abhira%20tribe&f=false The tribes and castes of the North ... - William Crooke - Google Books<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Ahirs of [[Badaun]] came from [[Hansi]] and Hisar<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=QQwJAAAAQAAJ&pg=RA1-PA35&dq=jat+++abhira&hl=en&ei=H7oZTb6BCsXflgfpl5z9Cw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCUQ6AEwADgU#v=onepage&q=hansee%20and%20Hissar&f=false Various census of India - Google Books<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |
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There are twenty three villages of Ahirs in the [[Bagpat]] tehsil: fourteen are of the [[Deshwal]] [[gotra]], eight in [[Mawana]], five in [[Meerut]] and eight in [[Ghaziabad district, India|Ghaziabad]] tehsil.{{clarify|reason=this totals far more than 23 but not as much as 44|date=October 2011}} In total, 44 villages. In Bulandshahr district there are four villages.<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=CJ4IAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA265&dq=dahima+ahirs&hl=en&ei=PIUITdi8JIL7lweY-MyiAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CDoQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=dahima%20ahirs&f=false Statistical, descriptive and ... - North-western provinces - Google Books<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |
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== Ahirwati language == |
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[[Ahirwati]] is a [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan language]], classified as a [[Rajasthani language|Rajasthani]] language,<ref>[http://www.gurgaon.gov.in/HISTORY.HTM District History]</ref> and is spoken in the [[Mahendragarh district|Mahendragarh]] and [[Rewari district|Rewari]] districts of Haryana. According to historian [[Robert Vane Russell]], Ahirwati is language of Ahirs and spoken in the [[Rohtak]] and Gurgaon Districts of [[Punjab region|Punjab]] (now Haryana) and Delhi.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=4lfhAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA19&dq=gujarati+ahirs&hl=en&ei=16IATfHCGMG88ganhazcBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=book-thumbnail&resnum=6&ved=0CEIQ6wEwBTgU#v=onepage&q&f=false |title=The Tribes and Castes of the Central ... - Google Books |publisher=Books.google.com |date=2009-09-01 |accessdate=2010-12-11}}</ref> |
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== References == |
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[[Category:Geography of Haryana]] |
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Ahirwal is region comprising Rewari, Mahendragarh, Bihar & UP