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{{Short description|Rajput Clan}}
{{Use Indian English|date=March 2023}} '''Bandhalgoti''' is a [[clan]] of [[Rajput|Rajputs]] found mainly in [[Amethi district|Amethi]]-[[Sultanpur district|Sultanpur]] region of [[Uttar Pradesh]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Govt. Press United Provinces |first=Allahabad |url=http://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.113213 |title=Sultanpur: A Gazetteer, Being Volume Xlvi Of The District Gazetteers Of The United Provinces Of Agra And Oudh |date=1903 |pages=112–166}}</ref> Bandhalgoti is the most prominent clan among [[Kachhwaha]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Lethbridge |first=Sir Roper |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pHZDAAAAYAAJ&q=Bandhalgoti+ |title=Prominent Indians of Victorian Age: A Biographical Dictionary |date=1985 |publisher=Archives Rare Prints |pages=294 |language=en}}</ref> Bandhalgoti Rajputs ruled a number of estates including [[Kohra (estate)|Kohra]], [[Amethi]] and [[Shahgarh, Amethi|Shahgarh]] etc. which lie in present-day [[Uttar Pradesh]].<ref name=":2" />

== History ==
Bandhalgoti sept of [[Rajput|Rajputs]], claiming descent from Raja Sodh Dev, a scion of the [[Kachhwaha]](Suryavansi) dynasty of [[Jaipur]], who is said to have migrated from Narwargarh, conquered the Bhars of [[Amethi]], and built a fort at Raipur.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=Lorimer |first=John Gordon |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NL0sAQAAMAAJ&q=Bandhalgoti+ |title=Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, ʻOmān, and Central Arabia: Historical. 4 v |date=1970 |publisher=Gregg |pages=26 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8KQIAAAAQAAJ&q=Bandhalgoti |title=Gazetteer of the Province of Oudh |date=1877 |publisher=Oudh Government Press |pages=44–45, 46 |language=en}}</ref> The sixth in descent from him was Raja Mandhata Singh, who was childless; but with the aid of a saint's prayers a son was born to him, who was called Bandhu, in memory of the circumstances of his birth-whence the clan name of Bandhalgoti.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Lethbridge |first=Sir Roper |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7iOsNUZ2MXgC&q=Bandhalgoti+ |title=The Golden Book of India: A Genealogical and Biographical Dictionary of the Ruling Princes, Chiefs, Nobles, and Other Personages, Titled Or Decorated of the Indian Empire |date=2005 |publisher=Aakar Books |isbn=978-81-87879-54-1 |pages=294 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" />

== Notable people ==

*[[Babu Himmat Sah]] (Ruler of [[Kohra (estate)|Kohra]])<ref>{{Cite book |last=Govt. Press United Provinces |first=Allahabad |url=http://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.113213 |title=Sultanpur: A Gazetteer, Being Volume Xlvi Of The District Gazetteers Of The United Provinces Of Agra And Oudh |date=1903 |pages=101–102}}</ref>
*[[Babu Bhoop Singh]] (Leader of the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]] against the British)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mukherjee |first=Rudrangshu |url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=TiWNAvhoLkkC&q=Kohrah&redir_esc=y#v=snippet&q=Kohrah&f=false |title=Awadh in Revolt, 1857-1858: A Study of Popular Resistance |date=2002 |publisher=Orient Blackswan |isbn=978-81-7824-027-5 |pages=179–195 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Ravindra Pratap Singh]] (Former MP and Former MLA)
*[[Sanjaya Sinh]] (Former MP and Former Cabinet Minister)
*[[Rakesh Pratap Singh]] (MLA)
*[[Deepak Singh (politician)|Deepak Singh]] (Former MLC)

== See also ==

*[[Rajput clans]]

== References ==

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[[Category:Suryavansha]]
[[Category:Rajput clans]]

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