Manihar

Manihar (English: Manihar) is a caste of a Muslim fraternity found in India. The main profession of the people of this caste is to sell bangles. Hence they are called somewhere in the form of a Chungariar. Mainly it is found in the northern provinces of northern India and Pakistan. However, there are descendents of monchars in the lowlands of Nepal. These people often put Siddiqui in front of their name as a caste term. Dr. History of origin

There are two theories about the origin of this caste, an Indian, the second Central Asian. According to the Indian theory, these were basically Rajputs who became Muslims in the light of power. The proof of this is that the names of their sub-castes are found in Rajput sub-castes, such as Bhatti, Solanki, Chauhan, Basavara, etc. According to the principles of their customs, Hindus, on the other hand, according to the Central Asian principle, these are the people who are in Ghajini The rulers had to do domestic work here and their women had to take care of Haram, who came to India with Mahmud Ghaznavi in ​​1000 AD and settled around Ferozabad. Sub castes

(1) Sheikh (2) Ishani, (3) Kutchani, (4) Lohani, (5) Shekhawat, (6) Gori, (7) Cassulli, (8) Bhanot, (9) Chauhan, (10) Pandya, (11) Mughal, (12) Syed, (13) Khokhar, (14) Basavara and (15) Rathi.

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