BAIS RAJPUTS

Gothra - Bhardwaj.
Kuldevi - Kalika.
Ved - Yajurved.
Isht Dev - Shiv ji.
ancesters: First king from this vansha was Harshawardhan. Other kings are Trilokchand, Vikramchand, Kartikchand, Ramchandra, Adharchandra, Narwardhan, Rajyawardhan etc.
States - Baiswada, Pratishthanpur etc.
Branches - Trilokchandi, Kotbahar, Rawat, Pratishthanpuri, Dodiya, Chandosiya, Kumbhi, Narwariya etc.
Being originated from Baiswada they are called Bais.

ETYMOLOGY

"Bais Rajput" means "one who occupies the soil", meaning owners of land. The clans name originates from Sanskrit and also is phonetically translated to English as Bhains. The pronunciation of the clan name - Bhains - is mostly used widely to the west of northern  while the Hindi pronunciation Bais is more commonly used in eastern and central areas.

The original ancient pronunciation was Bhaiñs or Baiñs with the nasally pronounced 'n'.

Pronunciation

Pronounced & spelt (officially):		Languages:
Bais Rajput		Hindi, Urdu, English
Bhains Rajput		Sanskrit, Punjabi and Persian

Also spelt:

• Bhaisade Rajput
• Bayas Rajput
• Bhais Rajput
• Byce Rajput
• Bhains Rajput
• Bhainse Rajput
• Bains Rajput
• Bens Rajput
• Bheunseh Rajput
• Beunse Rajput
• Baise Rajput
• Bes Rajput

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History and origin

Bais Rajput residence in South Asia. The darker the red, the denser the population of Bais Rajputs per sq/km.

The Bais Rajputs are considered to be Suryavanshi. They are an ancient Hindu warrior caste. Their eponymous ancestor was Gautamiputra Satakarni also known as Shalivahana, the king of Shalikot presently known as Sialkot in Pakistan. Shalivahana is the mythic son of a snake who conquered the great Raja Vikramaditya of Ujjain in 55 AD and established his own area. The clan claims to have come from Manji Paithan in the Dekhan in 78 AD when Shalivahana was king. This was the Saka era and Shalivahana was the leader of the Saka nomads who invaded Gujarat on two occasions before and shortly after the beginning of the Christian era.

  REPUTATION OF THE BAIS RAJPUTS

 

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On the battlefield

Since the beginning of the Rajput era to the days of the British Raj, the Bais Rajput fought extensively in many wars for their own cause and the cause of their allies. This can be seen clearly in historical evidence such as during the time of the Bais Rajput king Harsha and his empire for which many battles with the Gupta empire were fought and won, in the taking over of Oudh and certain parts of northern India from the Bhars, in the rise of the Mughals and the days of the Colonial India.

At the time of the Mughals the Bais Rajput were known as Bhale Sultan (Lords of the spear) in recognition of their warlike and brave nature.

According to tribal tradition in Sultanpur about half a millennia ago Rae Barar, the son of Amba Rae, brother of the then Raja of Morarmau, commanded a troop of cavalry entirely from the Bais Rajput clan, in the imperial service and was deputed to exterminate the troublesome Bhars, (whom the Bais Rajput had already defeated to gain Oudh), in the Isauli Pargana. Having accomplished his mission he returned to Delhi and presented himself at the head of his troop before the Emperor, who, struck with their manly bearing, exclaimed "Ao, Bhale Sultan!": "Come, spears of the Sultan!". During the days of the British Raj the Bais Rajput became particularly famous for their skills in tank building for the use of their own armies. Their Rajas and aristocrats were recorded building tanks around 1730 and again in 1780.

 

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Wealth

Their wealth caused the Bais Rajput to become the "best dressed and housed people" in the areas where they lived.

Zamindar

In these masses of lands many towns were erected but there still remained vast amounts of lands wasteful as they were not being used for any cause. The Bais Rajputs then decided in making money from these lands by agriculture. They hired many farmers to work the lands and produced profits adding to their already rich positions in wealth.

The Bais Rajputs are known for well building.

Culture

Customs

Their tribal totem or symbol is the cobra. They perpetuate the tradition of a serpent origin, and assert that no snake has or even can destroy one of the clan; for the same reason no Bais Rajput will even kill a cobra. Bais Rajput females can never wear cotton of any colour but white and above their feet and ankles their ornaments must be made of gold.The women wear one long cloth, which is fastened round their wastes around the middle, the lower folds covering the lower portions of the person, and the upper parts being thrown over the shoulder.

Amongst the Bais Rajput neither man nor woman, rich or poor, will put a hand to cultivation or labour of any sort. The Bais Rajputs divide their inheritance according to a system of primogeniture by which the three elder sons receive larger shares.

Religion

In the present day the clan consists of two major religious groups, Hindus and Muslims. There are also Sikh and Buddhist Bais Rajput, although these form a minority within the clan.

Some Muslim Bais Rajput Thakurs experience problems in expressing their Thakur identity following the religion of Islam as it does not allow one to be self extravagant and flamboyant in acts. They form part of the larger khanzada community in Awadh