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'''Ahirwada''' is a historic town located between the [[Parvati Valley|Parvati]] and [[Betwa River|Betwa]] rivers in Central [[India]] or modern [[Madhya Pradesh]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Tripathi|first=Rama Shankar|title=History of ancient India|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.50249|year=1942|publisher=Motinal Banarsidass|location=Delhi|isbn=81-208-0018-4|pages=[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.50249/page/n271 244]|edition=1st. ed., repr.}}</ref> It was between the cities Bhilsa and [[Jhansi]].<ref>{{cite journal|title=Epigraphia Indica|journal=Epigraphica|issn=0013-9572|volume=Volume 39, Part 7|page=256|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6G9DAAAAYAAJ&q=AHIRWADA|year=1985}}</ref>

== History ==
The [[Abhira]]s are often mentioned in Ksatrapa inscriptions of Saurashtra. The [[Puranas]] and the Brihatsamhita place the Abhiras in the southern region during the [[Samudragupta]].<ref name="HOAI1">{{cite book|last1=Tripathi|first1=Rama Shankar|title=History of ancient India|date=1942|publisher=Motinal Banarsidass|location=Delhi|isbn=9788120800182|page=244|edition=1st. ed., repr.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rOVpOG6MPMcC&q=ahirwada&pg=PA244|accessdate=4 April 2016|language=en}}</ref> These tribes slowly spread out in different parts of India. They may have occupied Ahirwada in [[Madhya Pradesh]] at a late date. We know of their occupation in [[Rajasthan]] also at a late date as is evident from the [[Jodhpur]] inscription of [[Hindu calendar|samwat]] 918, that the Abhira people of this area were a terror to their neighbours, because of their violent demeanour.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fWVZWjNAcAgC&pg=PA87 |title=A Political History of the Imperial Guptas: From Gupta to Skandagupta |publisher=Concept Publishing Company |date=1989 |accessdate=7 September 2014 |author=Tej Ram Sharma |pages=87|isbn=9788170222514 }}</ref>

In the reign of [[Aurangzeb]], Ahirwada came under the rule of Raja Dhiraj Singh of [[Khichi]] dynasty, who for most of the time remained busy in putting down the Ahir rebellion and restoring order.<ref name="malw">{{cite book|last1=Sinh|first1=Raghubir|title=Malwa in Transition Or a Century of Anarchy: The First Phase, 1698-1765|date=1993|publisher=Asian Educational Services|isbn=9788120607507|page=75|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L1Z6yHKuwlUC&q=Ahirwada|accessdate=30 May 2016|language=en}}</ref>

==Thakur Puranmal Yaduvanshi ==
[[File:Thakur_Puranmal_Singh_Yaduvanshi.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Thakur Puranmal Singh Yaduvanshi]]

[[Thakur Puranmal Singh Yaduvanshi]] was an [[Ahir]] chief or leader of the Malwa region during 1714-1716 (A.D.) .<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gGBuAAAAMAAJ&q=puranmal+ahir | title=The emergence of Jaipur state: Rajput response to Mughal rule, 1562-1743 | publisher=University of Pennsylvania, Original from the University of Michigan | author=Doris Marion Kling | year=1993 | pages=662}}</ref>

In 1714, Raja [[Jai Singh II]] of [[Jaipur]] succeeded in suppressing the disorder in [[Malwa]].<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DLQeSBLpUwsC&pg=PA91 | title=Dalit Literature: Our Response | publisher=Sarup & Sons | author=N. Shantha Naik | year=2012 | pages=91 | isbn=9788176258418}}</ref> The Afgan marauders established control over Sironj with the help of Ahir leader Puranmal.<ref name="Doris Marion Kling1">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gGBuAAAAMAAJ&q=puranmal+ahir | title=The emergence of Jaipur state: Rajput response to Mughal rule, 1562-1743 | publisher=University of Pennsylvania, Original from the University of Michigan | author=Doris Marion Kling | year=1993 | pages=275}}</ref> The Ahir country (Ahirwada) stood rebellion under its leader Puranmal, who closed the roads from Sironj to Kalabagh and from his strongholds of Ranod and Indore continued to trouble the government.<ref name="Orient Blackswan">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O0oPIo9TXKcC&q=ahir+chief&pg=PA164 | title=A History of Jaipur: C. 1503-1938 | publisher=Orient Blackswan | author=Jadunath Sarkar, Editor Raghubir Sinh | year=1994 | pages=164 | isbn=9788125003335}}</ref> Raja Jai Singh reached Sironj and defeated Afgan Army in April 1715. The peace so imposed could last no longer and in November 1715, Puranmal Ahir renewed his depredations in Malpur. The Rohilas, Girasias, Bhils, Ahirs and other Hindu princelings rose up in all the sides in Malwa. None of the efforts made by government could control the situation.<ref name="Orient Blackswan1">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O0oPIo9TXKcC&q=ahir+chief&pg=PA164 | title=A History of Jaipur: C. 1503-1938 | publisher=Orient Blackswan | author=Jadunath Sarkar, Editor Raghubir Sinh | year=1994 | pages=167, 168 | isbn=9788125003335}}</ref>

== Rulers and chiefs ==
* [[Churaman Ahir]], of Mandla
* Puranmal Ahir

== See also ==
* [[Asirgarh Fort]]

==References==
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