Gangari Brahmin also spelled Gangadi is aTemplate:Citation needed Garhwali Brahmin subcaste from Uttarakhand, India.Template:Cn Gangari Brahmins were the authenticated Brahmin castes in the then small Garhwal Kingdom.Template:Citation needed The capital of this kingdom was Chandpur Garhi and several castes of Brahmins were settled in the villages surrounding the Ganges valley. Brahmins living in these villages were known as "Gangari" Brahmins. Later the relatives of these Brahmins who joined them in Garhwal were also known as "Gangari Brahmins".[1]
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- ↑ The History of a Himalayan Princely State: Change, Conflicts, and Awakening: an Interpretative History of Princely State of Tehri Garhwal, U.P., A.D. 1815 to 1949 A.D.{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Durga Publications(1987)