Bighoto
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Bighoto is a tract of country starting from Delhi
terrritory , from Rewari
on the borders of Mewat
to the Bikaner frontier and was dominated by Yaduvanshi Ahirs who today are known as Yadav
s. Bighoto is a term mainly used by the British
. According to Sir Henry Miers Elliot
, Bighoto includes Rewari
, Bawal
, Kanon, Pataudi
, Kotkasim
, and a great part of the Bahraich Jagir.
A popular saying is बोघोतो को दू धानी खोरो और चौहान; "Bighoto has two lords, Khoros (amongst Ahirs), and Chauhans (amongst Rajput
s).
Delhi
Delhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census...
terrritory , from Rewari
Rewari
Rewari is a city and a municipal council in Rewari district in the Indian state of Haryana. It is located in south-west Haryana around from Delhi and from Gurgaon.- Etymology :...
on the borders of Mewat
Mewat
Mewat is a historical region of Haryana and Rajasthan states in northwestern India. The loose boundaries of Mewat are not precisely determined but generally include Mewat District of Haryana and parts of Alwar, Bharatpur, and Dholpur districts of Rajasthan...
to the Bikaner frontier and was dominated by Yaduvanshi Ahirs who today are known as Yadav
Yadav
Yādav refers to an umbrella group of traditionally non-elite pastoral communities, or castes, in India and Nepal which since the nineteenth and twentieth centuries has claimed descent from the mythological King Yadu as a part of a movement of social and political resurgence.The term 'Yadav' now...
s. Bighoto is a term mainly used by the British
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
. According to Sir Henry Miers Elliot
Henry Miers Elliot
Sir Henry Miers Elliot was an Indian civil servant and historian.Elliot was the third son, one of the fifteen children, of John Elliot, colonel commandant of the Westminster volunteers, by a daughter of John Coakley Lettsom, M.D...
, Bighoto includes Rewari
Rewari
Rewari is a city and a municipal council in Rewari district in the Indian state of Haryana. It is located in south-west Haryana around from Delhi and from Gurgaon.- Etymology :...
, Bawal
Bawal
Bawal is a municipality of Rewari district in the state of Haryana, India. Bawal comes under the National Capital Region of India and is strategically located on the National Highway 8, about 14 km from Rewari, 60 km from Gurgaon and about 100 km from Delhi.- Geography :Bawal is...
, Kanon, Pataudi
Pataudi
Pataudi is a town in Gurgaon district in the Indian state of Haryana. It is located from Gurgaon, at the foot hills of the Aravali hills.Pataudi was the seat of Pataudi State which was ruled by the Nawabs of Pataudi. The 8th Nawab, Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi, played cricket for both England and...
, Kotkasim
Kotkasim
Kotkasim is in Rajasthan, and has a sizeable population of Ahirs. Kotkasim is one of the Town in Kotkasim Mandal in Alwar District in Rajasthan State . Kotkasim is 50.07 km far from its District Main City Alwar...
, and a great part of the Bahraich Jagir.
A popular saying is बोघोतो को दू धानी खोरो और चौहान; "Bighoto has two lords, Khoros (amongst Ahirs), and Chauhans (amongst Rajput
Rajput
A Rajput is a member of one of the patrilineal clans of western, central, northern India and in some parts of Pakistan. Rajputs are descendants of one of the major ruling warrior classes in the Indian subcontinent, particularly North India...
s).