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From '''The Tribes And Castes Of The Central Provinces Of India '''
 
By R. V. Russell
 
Of The Indian Civil Service
 
Superintendent Of Ethnography, Central Provinces
 
Assisted By  
Rai Bahadur Hira Lal,  
Extra Assistant Commissioner
 
Macmillan And Co., Limited, London, 1916.
 
''' NOTE 1: The 'Central Provinces' have since been renamed Madhya Pradesh. '''

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=Rajput: Dhakar=

In the Central Provinces this term
has the meaning of one of illegitimate descent, and it is often
used by the Kirars, who are probably of mixed descent from
Rajputs. In northern India, however, the Dhakars are a
clan of Rajputs, who claim Surajvansi origin ; but this is not
generally admitted. Mr. Crooke states that some are said
to be emigrants from the banks of the Nerbudda ; but the
main body say they came from Ajmer in the sixteenth
century. 

They were notorious in the eighteenth century for
their lawlessness, and gave the imperial Mughal officers
much trouble in the neighbourhood of Agra, rendering the
communications between that city and Etawah insecure.
In the Mutiny they broke out again, and are generally a
turbulent, ill-conducted sept, always ready for petty acts of
violence and cattle-stealing. They are, however, recognised
as Rajputs of good position and intermarry with the best
clans.^

In the Central Provinces the Dhakars are found principally
in Hoshangabad, and it is doubtful if they are proper
Rajputs.