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Gaur Brahmins (also spelled Gor, Gour, Gaud or Gauda) are a community of Brahmins in India. They are one of the five Pancha Gauda Brahmin communities that live north of the Vindhyas . [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
Their main biradari is the Gaur Brahmin. Some Garha sub-groups descent from the Gaur (Clan) of Rajput. But most of Gada groups are descent from the Gaur Brahmin community, and Garha is the khadi boli transformation of the original Sanskrit word "Gauda" which means "fair one" an allusion to the learnedness and high status.
The Sahyadri-khanda, considered a part of the Skanda Purana, also mentions the same classification as the Rajatarangini. [3] For example, fragments of the Sahyadri-khanda, featured in Hemadri's Chatur-varga-chintamani (13th century), quote Shiva to provide this classification.
There are many interpretations on how the Gaud Saraswat Brahmins received the name "Gaud" and the information about it is scant. Authors Jose Patrocinio De Souza and Alfred D'Cruz interpreters that the word Gauda or Goud may have been taken from Ghaggar, with Goud and Saraswat having the same meaning, that is an individual residing on the banks of river Saraswati.
Brahmin Sikh is a Sikh religious group whose members belong to Brahmin community. They played a key role in the early years of Sikhism . [ 1 ] Sometimes they are called Kashmiri Sikhs, for those who are of Kashmiri origin .
The 3rd Brahmans were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. 3rd Brahmanas recruits from Gaur Brahmins and Kanyakubja Brahmins composition of 2 companies from both.
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Iyer Brahmin: Eighth president. 25 July 1987 to 25 July 1992. Shankar Dayal Sharma [355] 19 August 1918 26 December 1999 Gaur Brahmin: Ninth President (25 June 1992 – 25 July 1997) Pranab Mukherjee [356] 11 December 1935 31 August 2020 Kulin Brahmin: Thirteenth President (25 July 2012 – 25 July 2017)