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History of the Chaudharies

Posted by wipul on February 23, 2009 at 3:32 AM


 




Lets see history of the chaudharies at a glance






Chandrankat Bakhi sir 's observation is true but it is not fact that the chaudharies are sub caste of the patels/patidarz . chaudhary has no any historical connetion wiht the patels and both are fully differet races. anjana chaudharis are cousin of Jat chaudharies.



Brief summery of history of Ojna samaj
























Lets see what wikipedia says in this matter



The earliest written references are from the 15th century, when this title was conferred by the Sultans of the Delhi Sultanate upon its military nobles of Indian origins mainly Rajputs and Kayasthas as well as Yadava and Jats .

However, the title became significant during the Mughal era as the Mughal Emperors conferred this title upon some privileged Taluqdars (area administrators) initially in Punjab, and then in most of North India.

During the Mughal era, a taluqa or district usually consisted of 84 villages and a central town. The Taluqdar was required to collect taxes, maintain law and order, and provide military supplies and manpower to the provincial government. In most cases the Taluqdars were entitled to retain a tenth of the collected revenue. However, some privileged Taluqdars were entitled to a quarter and hence were called Chowdhury, which also literally means owner of the fourth part.

The Mughal Emperor Zaheerudin Babur mentions the Chowdhurys of Bhera in his book, Tuzk-e-Babri. Those Chowdhurys were appointed by the Turk King, Alauddin Khilji. According to the Glossary of Punjab Castes, the TalukdarsMinhas and Mughal Kassar ??? ???/ ??? ??? tribes of the Dhani country (present day Chakwal district) in the northwest of Punjab were among the first few to receive this honorific title from the Mughal Emperor, Zaheerudin Baburtalukdars around the empire. belonging to Mair- for their services to his army during a later expedition in that region. During the Mughal era, this title was only conferred upon a few privileged

However, during the Sikh rule in Punjab this title became very common and quite a few village headmen or 'Lumberdars' were given 'Chowdhury' as a title by Maharaja Ranjit Singh. Ever since, the Chowdhurys of Chakwal style themselves as 'Chowdhurial' to distinguish themselves from the newly appointed men.

Choudhary surname has also been adapted by some south Indian communities, particularly by the kammas of coastal andhra pradhesh.Around 1500s the Golkonda Nawab Ibrahim Qutb Shah captured the coastal regions of Andhra Pradesh.Rayarao, his Maratha commander, appointed Kammas as Deshmukhs and Choudharys in 497 villages. The usage of the title ?Choudhary? for Kammas in coastal Andhra Pradesh commenced at this time. The people of the ojanaa Patidar community of north Gujarat and south rajasthan also hold the surname 'Chaudhari' which relates to military commander, but most of them later changed the profession as tax collectors (collection of fourth part, a quarter) and sahukari (money lenders). The ojnaa are also known as patyol(=patel=patidar), however the ojnaa has not any historical or cultural relation between the patel/patidar(famous sub cates-leva&kadva). The chaudhary were military commanders where as the patel were land-owning agriculturalists.Also some lower caste land holders in Eastern Bengal as well use this surname.






(History is my optional subject in competitive exams)

 

ચૌધરી ભાઈઓ ને નીવેદાન કે અંગ્રેજી અક્ષ્રરો વાપરી ને ગુજરતી માં લખવા માં સંકોચ ના અનુભવે.તમારી કોમેન્ટ્સ એ તમારા મન માં ઉદભવ તી લાગણીઓ છે. લાગણીઓ ને મત્રુભાષા માંજ પરફ઼ેક્ટ અભિવ્યક્ત કરી શકાય છે. તમારી કોમેન્ટ્સ મારો ઉતસાહ વધારે છે.

લી. એજ,

તમારો,

વિપુલ

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61 Comments

Reply Chirag Chaudhari
12:23 AM on February 24, 2009 
Well Done Vipul,
Really you have given very useful and authentic information. Keep it up.....
Reply dinesh chaudhary
01:25 PM on March 09, 2009 
u give us vary nice information so thanks vipul bhai keep it up.............
Reply Harsh Chaudhary
05:52 AM on March 13, 2009 
nice history by Chaudhary
Reply Harsh Chaudhary
05:53 AM on March 13, 2009 
Thnx
my dear Friend
Reply Harsh Chaudhary
05:58 AM on March 13, 2009 
ચૌધરી માટેનુ સારુ લખાણ છે.
આભાર............હ્ષૅ ચૌધરી
Reply lalji
03:55 AM on March 19, 2009 
definately u hav done very very well.
i m doing my research on NRG chaudhary of Bnaskantha so can u help me to knoew ideas about our social and cultural dimensions.
Reply Tushar Chaudhary
12:46 PM on March 20, 2009 
Great task sir
Thanks a lot
Reply Darshan Patel
01:14 PM on March 27, 2009 
Abhar vipulbhai tame samaj nu ek mahatvanu kam saras rite karyu chhe.
Reply sandip chaudhary
02:39 AM on March 29, 2009 
great work done dear...........thanx a lot......but i have one question?.......if we r RAJPUT then why we call patel?............ we don't have any historical relationship with patels ( leuva/kadva)..........then after why we get same surname?...................plzzzz try to give me my ans.........RAM RAM
Reply SIDHARTA PATEL
01:21 AM on April 10, 2009 
kheralu na ek bhai a anjana history par book lakhi 6.hu tamne anu nam kahish.k
Reply kalpesh chaudhari
05:19 AM on May 06, 2009 
bahu saras janva madyu........... thank you and keep it up
Reply jaydevsinh vaghela
01:14 AM on May 08, 2009 
yes, i totally agree with this fact that patel and choudhary are from different races. few days ago i went rajashthan for my proffessional visit i saw there many choudhary communities people but they look like diffrent than patels ..... they turbans and dress has its own theme. i agree with wikipedia and WIPUL.
Reply Girish Patel
01:28 PM on May 09, 2009 
this is great rearch vipulbhai
thanks to share it on net
Reply DINESH CHAUDHARI
09:22 PM on May 31, 2009 
abhar vipulbhai you did a great job even i don't know some of this history
thank you
Reply govind chaudhari
01:40 AM on June 09, 2009 
thanks from all chaudharies in melbourn for the history given by u , Jay Arbuda......
Reply kp Chaudhary
03:34 AM on June 16, 2009 
What a History Yaar !!!!! Fine Work Mr.Vipul !! All The Best ..
Reply omprakash
05:58 AM on July 18, 2009 
chaudhary is most atractive cast in india also honest for the all samaj activity and also donet the hug money for the samaj of our anjana comunity....
i am also {karad} anjana form sanchoure jalore now in ahmedaabd settled.
Reply Mihir Chaudhari
04:21 AM on April 26, 2010 
what a great job!
I had never expected that this much much i can get about history and origin of anjnas on the web.

thank you from all who admire chaudharies!!!

great job Vipulbhai thank you!!!!
Reply Labhesh Patel
08:30 AM on April 27, 2010 
I feel immense pleasure after knowing such a great history of chaudharies,,,,,,,,,,
Thank you Vipulbhai from the bottom of my heart.
We Chaudhary rocks man.
Reply Madha Ram Patel
02:50 AM on April 28, 2010 
Choudhary is one of the greatest cast in India