Bisen
Bisen are the Suryavanshi Rajputs found in the Gangetic plains of India in the provinces of Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Bihar. They are a powerful and an ancient Rajput clan (Raj Vansha) and have several kingdoms in the northern plains of India. They are a brave, generous, land-owning (zamindar) clan. Raja Prithvi Mull of Majhauli was the ancestor of the Bisen dynasty.
The name of this dynasty is derived from the Sanskrit words visva meaning entire and sena means an army.
Unnao district in Uttar Pradesh is named after a Bisen Rajput, Unwant Singh who was the ruler of the place before it came under the British administration in 1857-58 and remained with them until India’s independence in 1947.
The foundation of the town of Gonda in Uttar Pradesh is credited to Man Singh, a Bisen Rajput ruler, who lived in the early reign of Mughal Emperor, Akbar.
Major Shakhas- Bumtela (Gotra-Shandilya), Bumbwar (Gotra-Bharadwaj), Donwar(Gotra-Kashyap)
Present kingdoms
- Majhouli (District Gorakhpur)
- Bhinga (District Bahraich)
- Mankapur (District Gonda)
- KalaKankar and Bhadri (District Pratapgarh)
Classification
- Gotra: Vats Also include: Parashar, Vashistha
- Kuldevi: Durga
- Veda: Samveda
Criteria for marriage
Give daughters to: |
Take wives from: |
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Chauhan |
Suryavanshi |
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Bhadauriya |
Srinet |
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Rathor |
Kaushik |
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Parihar |
Chandravanshi |
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Gaharwar |
Kanhpuriya |
Notable Bisen Rajputs
- Raja Dinesh Singh ji - Ex M.P. and Deputy Minister in the Ministry of External Affairs, Govt. of India
- Rajkumari Ratna Devi - Ex M.P. and General Secretary, P.C.C., Uttar Pradesh
See also
- Rajput
- Rajput clans
- Martial Race
References
- A. H. Bingley, Handbook on Rajputs
- James Tod, Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan
- Thakur Uday Narayan Singh ji, Kshatriya Vanshavali