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{{short description|Ethnic group}}
{{about|the ethnic group in India and Pakistan|}}
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{{infobox ethnic group
|group= Bagban
|image= [[File:Bagwan Educational Conference.jpg|250px]]
|caption= Bagban Educational Conference 2007 at [[Aurangabad Maharashtra]]
|poptime =
|region2 = [[India]]
|langs = [[Urdu language|Urdu]] •
|rels= [[File:Allah-green.svg|18px]] [[Islam]]
|related= [[Kunjra]] • [[Kabaria]] • [[Rayeen]]s • [[Arain]]• [[Arain (tribe)]] • [[Arain (Delhi)|Arain of Delhi]] • [[Maliar]] • [[Rayee]]
}}

The '''Bagban''' are a [[Muslim]] community found in [[North India|India]].<ref name="A Hasan pages 108">People of India Uttar Pradesh Volume XLII Part One edited by A Hasan & J C Das pages 108 to 111</ref> In the [[Deccan Plateau|Deccan]] region they are known as '''Bagwan'''. All of the Bagwans are converted to Muslims from Hindu community during Mughal empire.

==History and origin==
According to some traditions, the Bagban are a branch of the [[Kunjra]] community. Baghban literally means gardener in [[Persian language|Persian]] and [[Urdu]] languages. The term is exactly the same as the [[Hindi]] term Mali, which also means gardener, and is the name of a well known Hindu caste [[Mali caste|Mali]].

The Bagban have three sub-divisions, the [[Kachhi (caste)|Kachhi]], Murao and Mali suggesting that they are [[Muslim]] converts from these three communities.<ref name="A Hasan pages 108"/>

===Present circumstances===
The Bagban are a community of farmers, growing and selling vegetables such as potatoes, onions. Their landholdings are small, and many are sharecroppers. The Bagban are thus distinct from the [[Kunjra]], who are a landless community.<ref>People of India Uttar Pradesh Volume XLII Part One edited by A Hasan & J C Das page 109</ref>

The Bagban have a formal community association, the Bagban Mohammadi Imdadi Association (Bagban Muslim Welfare Association). This community association campaigns on behalf of the Bagban community, and has replaced the traditional community council. They are an endogamous community, with all three sub-communities marrying each other.<ref>People of India Uttar Pradesh Volume XLII Part One edited by A Hasan & J C Das page 111</ref> The Bagban are concentrated in the [[Awadh]] region, found mainly in the districts of [[Allahabad]], [[Bahraich]], [[Barabanki city|Barabanki]], [[Faizabad]], [[Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh|Gorakhpur]], [[Kanpur]], [[Lukhnow]], [[Sitapur]] and [[Sultanpur district|Sultanpur]]. They are found in Maharashtra such as [[Jalgaon]], [[Bhusawal]], [[Dhule]], [[Malegaon]], [[Ratnagiri]], [[Mumbai]], [[Solapur]], [[Satara (city)|Satara]], [[Sangli district|Sanagli]], [[Kolhapur]]. In [[Madhya Pradesh]] such as Indore, [[Bhopal]], [[Ujjain|Ujjiain]], Itarasi, [[Jhansi|Zhansi]], [[Gwalior|Gwalier]]. In [[Karnataka]] such as Wadi [[Bijapur]], [[Gulbarga]], [[Bangalore|Banglore]], [[Hubli]], Gadag etc. They speak Hindi, Urdu,Marathi ,and local lanaguggealso, [[Awadhi]] among themselves, and [[Urdu]] with members of other communities. Many members of this community migrated to [[Pakistan]] in 1947 and have settled in [[Karachi]] and [[Sindh]].

==Bagwan of Deccan==
The '''Bagban''' or '''Bagwan''' as they are called in [[Dakhni]] are found mainly in the [[Deccan Plateau|Deccan]] region, i.e., [[Maharashtra]] parts of [[Andhra Pradesh]] (mainly [[Telangana]]) and [[Karnataka]] ([[North Karnataka]]). The present day Bagwan community is mostly engaged in trading and act as commission agents and wholesalers and retailers of fruits and vegetables. In some towns of the Deccan they dominate the wholesale trade in fruits and vegetables in the [[Agricultural Produce Market Committee|APMC markets]].

The present-day Bagwan community of [[Maharashtra]] is classified as an [[Other Backward Class|OBC]] and accordingly provided [[Reservation in India|reservations]] in education and government jobs in [[Maharashtra]] state.<ref>[http://www.firstfoundation.in/socio_casteslist_Maha.htm OBC castes in Maharashtra] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100129201627/http://www.firstfoundation.in/socio_casteslist_Maha.htm |date=2010-01-29 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://bagbaneducationtrust.com/documents.html |title=Maharashtra Government GR on OBC Bagwan |access-date=2010-01-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090426033202/http://www.bagbaneducationtrust.com/documents.html |archive-date=2009-04-26 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Recently the Bagwan community has taken initiative to spread education in the community in particular and Muslims in general through the Bagban Educational Trust.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://bagbaneducationtrust.com/urdu.html |title=Bagban Educational Trust |access-date=2010-01-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100322232032/http://bagbaneducationtrust.com/urdu.html |archive-date=2010-03-22 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

There are over 5000 active Bagban members in a Bagwan/Bagban group on Facebook created in 2007.

===Historical perspective===
The 1884 notes about Bagwan community of the [[Marathwada]] region in the Gazetteer of [[Aurangabad Maharashtra|Aurangabad]], are as follows:

<blockquote>The Baghbans literally means gardeners. The Hindustani baghbans came originally from Northern India with [[Aurangzeb]]. They speak [[Urdu]], and dress in the [[Dakhani]] style. The [[Punjab region|Punjabi]] maiva-farosh do not differ much in dress or appearance from the last, except that they are called [[Punjab region|Punjabi]], but they both really form one community, and eat and intermarry with each other. The [[Dakhani]] baghbans are mainly descended from local [[Kunbi]] community, are found in large numbers in towns and large villages. They wear a large turban of a rather jaunty make, a chindar, anga, and either a [[Pajamas|paijama]] or [[dhoti]]; while the women use the [[Sari|sadi]] and [[Blouse|choli]]. They nominally belong to the [[Hanafi]] sect of [[Sunni]]s. They work in gardens, and are wholesale and retail vendors of vegetables. They speak [[Urdu]] and [[Marathi language|Marathi]], but do not intermarry with the Hindustani [[Kunjra]] or the Punjabi maiva-farosh.<ref>Gazetter of Aurangabad – H. H. The Nizam's Government 1884.(Chapter VI page 311-324)</ref></blockquote>

==See also==
*[[Kunjra]]
* [[Maliar]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==

{{Indian Muslim}}

[[Category:Muhajir communities]]
[[Category:Social groups of Madhya Pradesh]]
[[Category:Muslim communities of Maharashtra]]
[[Category:Social groups of Karnataka]]
[[Category:Muslim communities of Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Muslim communities of Karnataka]]

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