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The tribes and castes of the North-Western Provinces and Oudh, Volume 1 (of 4)

Note 107 — B (continued 2)

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Barwâr.107—A notorious criminal tribe found in Northern Oudh. There is much difference of opinion as to the meaning of the word. According to one theory it means “a bearer of burdens” (bârwâla); according to others it comes from the Hindi Baryara in the sense of “violent.”

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