Naruka
The Naruka (Devnagari: नरुका or नरूका) is a clan of Rajputs found in India. Naruka is one of the most prominent Sub-Clan of Kachhwaha dynasty. They independently ruled over Alwar State.
History
[edit]Naruka Rajputs are offshoots of Maharao Naru Singh of Mojad (now called Mozamabad), a Rajput warrior from 15th century Dhundhad region. He was great-grandson of Raja Udaykaran of Amer who reigned 1366-1388 AD.[1][2]
At the time of Indian Independence, Rajasthan included 19 princely states (including Alwar), 3 chiefships (Lawa, Neemrana and Kushalgarh) and 1 centrally-adminstered territory of Ajmer-Merwara. Among these total 23 territories, 3 were ruled by Kachhwaha dynasty - Jaipur, Alwar and Lawa.[3][4]
Naru Singh had five sons - Dasa, Lala, Teja, Jeta and Chitar.
The territories of which Naruka Rajputs kept hold were collectively called Narukhand.[5] In initial history of the clan it is mentioned as territories centered around Mojad (Mozamabad) but later history defines it as a region which was part of the former princely state of Alwar.
References
[edit]- ^ Bayley, C. S. (2004). Chiefs and Leading Families in Rajputana. Asian Educational Services. ISBN 978-81-206-1066-8.
- ^ Rajasthan (India) (1987). Rajasthan [district Gazetteers]. Printed at Government Central Press.
- ^ K̲h̲ān̲, Rānā Muḥammad Sarvar (2005). The Rajputs: History, Clans, Culture, and Nobility. Rana Muhammad Sarwar Khan.
- ^ The Idea of Rajasthan: Constructions. South Asia Publications by arrangement with Manohar Publishers & distibuators. 1994. ISBN 978-0-945921-25-7.
- ^ Ratnawat, Shyam Singh (1990). Rajput Nobility: With Special Reference to the Kachchawaha Nobility of Jaipur During 1700-1858 A.D. Panchsheel Prakashan. ISBN 978-81-7056-057-9.