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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]]. |
'''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== |
==Population== |
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| Choudhury (Bengali) | |
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| Religions | Hinduism |
| Languages | Bengali (Ghoti) |
| Country | India |
| Original state | Gour (Present day West Bengal, India) |
| Feudal title | |
Choudhury (Template:Lang-bn); also: Choudhuri, Chaudhuri, Choudhuary, Chowdhury) is a sanatan dharma-based- hereditary title of honor which was used to denote only those Brahmins and Kshatriyas of Gour who are the actual Rulers of Gour and has royal bloodline.
Population
The population according to the 2001 census was 282,392 (males: 141,512 and females: 140,880).[1]