Nagar Brahmins

This article is about the social caste. For the moth family, see Brahmaeidae. For similarly spelled words, see Nagar (disambiguation).

Nagar Brahmin नागर ब्राह्मण
Varna	Brahmin
Religions	Hinduism
Languages	Gujarati, Malvi, Hindi, English
Country	India, USA, Canada
Populated States	Gujarat, Rajasthan, New Jersey, Illinois, Ontario
Region	Malwa, Mumbai, Kolkata
Ethnicity	Indian

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Nagar Brahmins in western India (c. 1855-1862).

Nagars are believed to be one of the oldest of the Brahmin groups found primarily in Gujarat, but also in Rajasthan, Malwa and in states of Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar even as far as Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh in the north, West Bengal in the east and Karnataka in the south. In North India, they form a sub-group of Vyas Brahmins.

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"Hatkeshwar Mahadev Temple Vadnagar"

Origin

The oldest account of the Nagars is given in the Nagar Khand, a part of the Skanda Purana.

Notable people

• Narsinh Mehta (1414–1481), poet-saint
• Himmatlal Dhirajram Bhachech - Indian civil engineer, rebuilt the Ellis Bridge
• Ranchhodlal Chhotalal - Indian businessman who set up the first textile mill at Ahmedabad
• Sir Chinubhai Madhowlal Ranchhodlal, 1st Baronet - the first Hindu baronet of British India, textile mill owner and philanthropist
• Sir Chinubhai Madhowlal Ranchhodlal, 2nd Baronet, baronet - independence activist
• Sir Chinubhai Madhowlal Ranchhodlal, 3rd Baronet - Arjuna awardee, shooter, etc.

See also

Nagar Muslims

External links

• Nagar.org Nagar.org

• Research in Sociology: Abstracts of M.A. and Ph. D. Dissertations Completed in the Department of Sociology, University of Bombay, Concept Publishing Company, 1989, p. 100