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| caste_name = [[Choudhury]] ([[Bengali language|Bengali]]) |
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| classification = |
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| religions = |
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[[Hinduism]] |
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*[[Brahmin]] |
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*[[Kshatriya]] |
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| languages = [[Bengali language|Bengali]] ([[Ghoti people|Ghoti]]) |
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| country = |
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[[India]] |
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|state= [[Gauḍa (city)|Gour]] (Present day [[West Bengal]], [[India]]) |
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*[[Maharaja|Bhumipati]] (originally) |
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*[[Zamindar]] |
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'''Choudhury''' ({{lang-bn|চৌধুরী}}); also: Choudhuri, Chaudhuri, Choudhuary, Chowdhury) is a [[sanatan dharma]]-based- hereditary title of honor which was used to denote only those [[Brahmin]]s and [[Kshatriya]]s of [[Gauḍa (city)|Gour]] who are the actual [[Maharaja|Ruler]]s of [[Gauḍa (city)|Gour]] and has [[Rulership|royal bloodline]]. |
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==[[Maharaja|Bhumipati]]== |
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Originally each and every [[Maharaja|Ruler]] of [[Gauḍa (city)|Gour]] was refered to as a ''Choudhury''. The ''[[Maharaja|Ruler]]s'' of [[Gauḍa (city)|Gour]] were also termed as ''[[Maharaja|Bhumipati]]s'' of [[Gauḍa (city)|Gour]]. |
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==[[Zamindar]]== |
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After the conquest of the [[Muslim]]s over entire [[India]], all of the '''[[Maharaja|Ruler]]s''' of [[Gauḍa (city)|Gour]] who were refered to as ''Choudhury'' were converted into [[Zamindar|zamindar]]s of [[Bengal|bengal]] by the [[Muslim|muslim]] [[Sultan|ruler]]s. |
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After the conquest of [[muslim]]s over entire [[India]], all of the ''[[Maharaja|Ruler]]s'' of [[Gauḍa (city)|Gour]] were known as ''[[Zamindar|zamindars]]''. This tradition of converting [[Maharaja|bhumipati]]s into [[Zamindar|zamindar]]s continued even during british rule over [[India]]. |
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==Population== |
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The population according to the 2001 census was 282,392 (males: 141,512 and females: 140,880).<ref name=Population>{{cite web |url= https://trti.gujarat.gov.in/Assets/downloads/population_choudhuri.pdf |title= Gujurat Government - Choudhuri population}}</ref> |
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==References== |
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{{reflist}} |
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Chaudhari}} |
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[[Category:Scheduled Tribes of Gujarat]] |
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