Nibi Gaharwar

Nibi Gaharwar is a village in the Mirzapur district of India. It is picturesque village with Ganges flowing on one side and Chanvar fields on other. Agriculture is an important part of the local economy. It is inhabited mainly by Gaharwar Rajputs. Distance: 33 km from Mirzapur town, 60 km from Allahabad. Nearest railhead is Gaipura located on Delhi Howrah main section. However very few trains halt at Gaipura (Station Code GAE) making Mirzapur (Station Code MZP) a more convenient rail head. Nearest Airport is Babatpur, Varanasi or Bamrauli airport, Allahabad. The village itself is located on the main stretch of Ganges between Allahabad and Varanasi. Vindhayachal, well known for Vindhayavasini temple, a Shakti peeth & also a place fromwhere Indian Standard Time is measured, is about 20 km from this place and Sitamarhi is about 15 km (provided you cross the Ganges by boat).

Map of Nibi Gaharwar, Uttar Pradesh 231303

Avadhi and Hindi are the languages spoken.

'About Gaharwar Rajputs of Nibi

This is an old clan. According to Mr. V.A. Smith states that they had been dominant in Central India about Naugaon and Chhatarpur before the Parihārs in the eighth century. The Parihār kings were subsequently overthrown by the Chandels of Mahoba. In their practice of building embankments and constructing lakes the Chandels were imitators of the Gaharwārs, who are credited with the formation of some of the most charming lakes in Bundelkhand. And in 1090 a Rāja of the Gaharwār clan called Chandradeva seized Kanauj (on the Ganges north-west of Lucknow), and established his [447]authority certainly over Benāres and Ajodhia, and perhaps over the Delhi territory. Govindachandra, grandson of Chandradeva, enjoyed a long reign, which included the years 1114 and 1154. His numerous land grants and widely distributed coins prove that he succeeded to a large extent in restoring the glories of Kanauj, and in making himself a power of considerable importance. The grandson of Govindachandra was Jayachandra, renowned in the popular Hindu poems and tales of northern India as Rāja Jaichand, whose daughter was kidnapped by Prithwirāj Chauhan. Kanauj was finally captured and destroyed by Shihāb-ud-Dīn in 1193, when Jaichand retired towards Benāres but was overtaken and slain. His grandson, afterwards fled to Kantit in the Mīrzāpur District and, overcoming the Bhar Rāja of that place, founded the family of the Gaharwār Rājas of Kantīt Bijaypur, which was recently still in existence. All the other Gaharwārs trace their lineage to Benāres or Bijaypur.