{{Short description|Rajput clan}} {{pp-extended|small=yes}} {{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2022}} {{distinguish|Panhwar}}{{Infobox clan | clan name = Parmar | region = Uttarakhand. Gujarat, Rajasthan Madhya Pradesh | native name = | branches = Panwar, Pawar Parmar }} '''Parmar''', also known as '''Panwar''' or '''Pawar'''<ref name="maharashtra2009">{{cite book |title=Maharashtra, Land and Its People |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bl90u5lmwRAC&q=parmar+pawar+powar+bhoyar |date=2009 |publisher=Gazetteers Department, Government of Maharashtra |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/hinduworldencyc00walk/page/186/mode/2up?q=Panwar+Powar|title=The Hindu world; an encyclopedic survey of Hinduism|date=1968 |page=186}}</ref> is a Rajput clan that claims descent from the Agnivanshi lineage.<ref> *{{cite book | author=Maya Unnithan-Kumar | title=Identity, Gender, and Poverty: New Perspectives on Caste and Tribe in Rajasthan | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b9ktWLud0oIC&pg=PA135 | access-date=11 January 2013 | year=1997 | publisher=Berghahn Books | isbn=978-1-57181-918-5 | page=135}} *{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NYK7ZSpPzkUC&q=parmar+rajput&pg=PA44|title=The Rajputs of Saurashtra|first=Virbhadra|last=Singh |publisher=Popular Prakashan|year=1994|isbn=9788171545469|page=44}} *{{cite book|author=Nandini Chatterjee|title=Land and Law in Mughal India: A Family of Landlords across Three Indian Empires|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0HzUDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA50|year=2020|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-1-108-48603-3|page=51|quote=One such Rajput dynasty was that of the Paramaras of Malwa}} *{{Cite book|author=Brajadulal Chattopadhyaya |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=21SgAAAAMAAJ|title=Studying Early India: Archaeology, Texts and Historical Issues|date=2006|publisher=Anthem|isbn=978-1-84331-132-4|language=en|page=116|quote="The period between the seventh and the twelfth century witnessed gradual rise of a number of new royal-lineages in Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh, which came to constitute a social-political category known as 'Rajput'. Some of the major lineages were the Pratiharas of Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and adjacent areas, the Guhilas and Chahamanas of Rajasthan, the Caulukyas or Solankis of Gujarat and Rajasthan and the Paramaras of Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan."}} *{{Cite book|author=David Ludden|title=India and South Asia: A Short History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pBq9DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT79|year=2013|publisher=Oneworld Publications|isbn=978-1-78074-108-6|pages=88–|quote=By contrast in Rajasthan a single warrior group evolved called Rajput (from Rajaputra-sons of kings): they rarely engaged in farming, even to supervise farm labour as farming was literally beneath them, farming was for their peasant subjects. In the ninth century separate clans of Rajputs Cahamanas (Chauhans), Paramaras (Panwars), Guhilas (Sisodias) and Caulukyas were splitting off from sprawling Gurjara Pratihara clans...}} *{{Cite book |last=Unnithan-Kumar |first=Maya |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b9ktWLud0oIC&dq=parmar+agnivanshi&pg=PA135 |title=Identity, Gender, and Poverty: New Perspectives on Caste and Tribe in Rajasthan |date=1997 |publisher=Berghahn Books |isbn=978-1-57181-918-5 |language=en}} *{{Cite book |last=Atal |first=Yogesh |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RuK9z3jLcwgC&dq=parmar+agnivanshi&pg=PA246 |title=Sociology: A Study of the Social Sphere |date=2012 |publisher=Pearson Education India |isbn=978-81-317-9759-4 |language=en}}</ref> They are mainly found in Northern and Central India, especially in the states of Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, and Maharashtra. They are also known as '''Bhoyar''', '''Bhoyar Pawar''',<ref name="maharashtra2009" /> or '''Powar''' in the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra.<ref name="maharashtra2009" /> The capital of the Parmar dynasty was Ujjain, and later it shifted to Dhar.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Benett |first=William Charles |url=https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Gazetteer_of_the_Province_of_Oudh_Vol-2_--_H._to_M. |title=Gazetteer of the Province of Oudh Vol-2 -- H. to M.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Service |first=Tribune News |title=Pivot of state's history—Tehri Garhwal |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/features/pivot-of-states-history%E2%80%94tehri-garhwal-196215 |access-date=2022-11-22 |website=Tribuneindia News Service |language=en}}</ref>{{sfn | Russell | 1916 | pp=334-336}}
An offshoot of the Parmars, known as the Sodha, also ruled in Amarkot, in the Sindh province of Pakistan.<ref>{{cite book|title=Calcutta Review| date=1893 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A6agAAAAMAAJ&dq=sodha+parmar&pg=PA106}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Gazetteer of the Province of Sindh| date=1907 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eU3RAAAAMAAJ&dq=sodha+parmar&pg=PA138}}</ref>
The clan name is also used by Jats, Gurjars, Kōḷīs,<ref>{{Cite book |last=Roy |first=Dr. Shibani |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o4RJAAAAMAAJ |title=Koli Culture: A Profile of the Culture of Talpad Vistar |publisher=Cosmo Publication |year=1983 |location=New Delhi, India |pages=98: Koli clans such as Parmar, Dabhi, Rathod, Chudasma, Jhinjhuvadia |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Tambs-Lyche |first=Harald |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5ntuAAAAMAAJ |title=Power, Profit, and Poetry: Traditional Society in Kathiawar, Western India |date=1996-12-31 |publisher=Manohar Publishers & Distributors |isbn=978-81-7304-176-1 |location=New Delhi, India |pages=130: Thus a Baria Koli is totally distinct from a Talabda Koli and their clans name are like Vaghela or Parmar |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Shah |first=Ghanshyam |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zHHaAAAAMAAJ |title=Caste Association and Political Process in Gujarat: A Study of Gujarat Kshatriya Sabha |publisher=Popular Prakashan |year=1975 |location=New Delhi, India |pages=13: The 1911 Census reports : There are several general ataks in use among Kolis such as Dharala and Talabda and clans Parmar, Vaghela, Dabhi and Shiale |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Lobo |first=Lancy |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1DBuAAAAMAAJ |title=The Thakors of North Gujarat: A Caste in the Village and the Region |publisher=Hindustan Publishing Corporation |year=1995 |isbn=978-81-7075-035-2 |location=New Delhi, India |pages=124: the Kolis of Surendranagar and its adjoining districts. A few clans are Karelia, Kambad, Godia, Gohel, Gangadia, Joapra, Jinjhuvadia, Patadia Macwana, Parmar, etc. |language=en}}</ref> Garoḍās, Līmaciyā Valands, Mōcīs, Tūrīs, Luhārs, Kansārās, Darajīs, Bhāvasārs, Cūnvāḷiyās, Ghañcīs, Harijans, Sōnīs, Sutārs, Dhobīs, Khavāsas, Rabārīs, Āhīrs, Meos, Sandhīs, Pīñjārās, Vāñjhās, Dhūḷadhōyās, Rāvaḷs, Vāgharīs, Bhīls, Āñjaṇās, Mer and Ḍhēḍhs.<ref>{{Cite web |title=પરમાર |trans-title=Paramāra |url=http://www.bhagavadgomandal.com/index.php?action=dictionary&sitem=%E0%AA%AA%E0%AA%B0%E0%AA%AE%E0%AA%BE%E0%AA%B0&type=1&page=0 |website=Bhagwadgomandal |publisher=GujaratiLexicon}}</ref>
==Notable people==
* Mani Singh * Bachittar Singh * Udai Singh * Yashwant Singh Parmar * Talwinder Singh Parmar
==See also== * Paramara dynasty * Panwar * Pawar *Rajput *Rajputisation
== References == {{reflist}}
== Sources == * {{cite book | last=Russell | first=R.V. | title=The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India: pt. II. Descriptive articles on the principal castes and tribes of the Central Provinces | publisher=Macmillan and Company | year=1916 | chapter=Panwar Rajput | chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oUgzAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA330 | access-date=2024-06-05 | pages=330–351}}
{{Rajput Groups of India}} {{India-ethno-stub}} Category:Rajput clans Category:Rajput clans of Uttarakhand