The Baisoya are a Gujar

Gujar

Gujar may refer to:*Gujjar, an ethnic group of India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan*Gujar, Nepal, a town in Nepal.* Gurjari, Lady of Gurjar community....

 clan in India. Alwar, Rajasthan was under the rule of Gurjar king Karna Singh in 972 CE.

Etymology

Baisoya is a Sanskrit word, a portmanteau of bai (cotton) and soya (sleep). This term is said to be derived from an event when Karna Singh was returning from fighting a Muslim king in Ghazni

Ghazni

For the Province of Ghazni see Ghazni ProvinceGhazni is a city in central-east Afghanistan with a population of about 141,000 people...

in 972, and stopped to sleep in a cotton field during his travels home.

Culture

The Baisoya are generally Hindu, and do not marry within their gotra.

External Links

• Report of NDTV on Baisoya Gurjars of Kalka Garhi (a village in central Delhi) and their traditions including their ruling monarchs
• http://delhiassembly.nic.in/aspfile/whos_who/Neeraj_basoya.htm
• http://www.mcdonline.gov.in/mcddir/counsellordet.php?couid=43