Nanwag (Nandwak) Rajputs

The Nandwaks/Nanwag Rajputs are a branch of the Chandravanshi kaushik Rajputs[1] in what is now the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. In the 16th century, they seized a portion of Pandrah pargana and ruled there for many years.[2] The villages of Kathiraon, Newarhia (having fort of Nanwag chieftain, Zamindar Sangram Singh)[3] lying at 25" 31' N longitude and 82" 80' E latitude (tahsil Mariahu)[3] and Barsathi, latitude 25" 34' N and longitude 82" 91' E in Mariahu tehsil,[4] were administered by the Nanwag Rajputs from the 16th century to the later part of the 19th century.[5] The whole of Mariahu tehsil was administered by them during the medieval period and the tehsil got its name from Mandav Dev, the presiding deity of Nanwags.[6]