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Districts. |Number.
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Dehra Dûn | 203
Sahâranpur | 45,768
Muzaffarnagar | 5,053
Meerut | 60
Mathura | 1
Agra | 2
Partâbgarh | 1
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Total | 51,088
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Garg; Gargbansi.—A sept of Râjputs. They represent themselves to be the
descendants of the Rishi Garga who was the father of Sini, from whom,
according to the Vishnu Purâna, the Gârgyas and Sainyas, “Brâhmans of
Kshatriya race,” were sprung. The statement of the Bhâgavata is that
Gârgya from a Kshatriya became a Brâhman. With him we reach an age when
the modern distinctions of caste were unknown. In the Gargbansi are
sometimes included the Chanamiya (q.v.). In Faizâbâd [407] the sept
assert that their ancestor the Rishi was summoned from Kanauj by Râja
Dasaratha to assist him in performing the horse sacrifice; others say
that Vikramaditya sent for him from Kaikaides on his restoration to
Ajudhya. In the Eastern Districts of the North-West Provinces [408]
they are both Bhuînhârs and Chhatris, and in the latter caste they do
not rank high. [409] Those of the Garg Bhuînhârs, whose blood has not
been tainted by admixture with inferior races, take a fair rank among
Bhuînhârs. There can be no doubt that both are of the same stock. One
division of the Chhatri branch is called Surhaniya, from Surhan in
Pargana Mahul of Azamgarh. In Faizâbâd they are reputed to be thieves.
The Chhatri sept are generally regarded as Bais of inferior stock.
2. In Sultânpur they are reported to marry girls of Bilkhariya,
Tashaiya, Chandauriya, Kath Bais, and Bhâlê Sultân, Panwâr, Chandel,
Palwâr; and to give brides to the Tilokchandi Bais, Mainpuri Chauhâns,
Sûrajbansi of Mahul, Bisens of Majhauli, Râjkumâr, and Bachgoti. In
Faizâbâd they marry Palwâr, Raghubansi and Chandel brides, and give
girls to the Bachgoti, Sombansi, and Bais septs.