PratapraoGujar (actual name Kudtoji Gujar) was the third royal Sarnaubat (Commander-in-chief) of Shivaji's army, which was probably the most successful guerilla force in 17th century India.
He was given the pseudonym of Prataprao (The brave) by Shivaji in acknowledgement of his bravery in the war against Mirza raje Jaisingh.
Prataprao's forces defeated and captured the opposing general in the battle.
A Gujjar (also Gujar, Gurjar, or Gurjara, is a member of an ethnic group mainly inhabiting Punjab (Pakistan), Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab (India) and Gujarat, with some groups in Rajasthan and Haryana.
Place (cities) names such as Gujranwala, Gujar Kot, Gujar Khan, Gojra and Gujrat in Pakistan and the state of Gujarat in India are a testament to the Gujar influence in the past.
PratapraoGujar was a famous Maratha general during the reign of Chhatrapati Shivaji.
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PratapraoGujar (actual name Kudtoji) was the second Sarnaubat (General) of Shivaji.
He was given the name of Prataprao (The brave) by Shivaji in acknowledgement of his bravery in the war againt Mirza raje Jaisingh (Rajput general sent by Aurangzeb).
Shivaji's second son, Rajaram, was later, married to the daughter of PratapraoGujar.
He has stated that there are Georgian tribes among the Indian Gujars, because their accent, their dress, and their bullock carts resemble those of aristocratic Georgians.
Huthi is of the view that during the reign of Timur(who ruled from the Caucasus to Samarqand), the Gujjars arrived in South Asia in a series of migratory waves.
However, similarities with pre-Slavic Georgians does not necessarily mean Gujars are descended from Georgians or visa versa, but rather the Gujar and the Gurji have a common ancestor in the ancient Persian/Central Asian peninsula.
MULUND PLUS(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
A bridge connecting Gawanpada with PratapraoGujar Marg is on the cards, but commuters are of the opinion that without concretisation of the road here, this new development will not do much good.
With that bit of good news, the PratapraoGujar Marg running from the Mulund east flyover down to Neelam Nagar Phase-II and then beyond the Jain Mandir to the Sharada Nilayam School, with a number of new residential complexes on the way, will finally lead to the Gawanpada fire station and to the highway junction.
Rajesh Patagaonkar, assistant engineer, maintenance, BMC, avers, "The PratapraoGujar Marg is a 1.8 km stretch right from the 90-feet junction leading to the proposed bridge and finally to the Gawanpada fire station.
PratapraoGujar (actual name Kudtoji Gujar) was the second Sarnaubat (Commander-in-chief) of Shivaji's army, which was probably the most successful guerilla force in 17th century India.
This event has been retold in the form of a Marathi poem "Sat vede vir" (Seven irrational braves).
Shivaji's second son, Rajaram, was later, married to the daughter of PratapraoGujar.
It included the present day Indian Gujarat, Kathiawar and Junagarh etc. The remaining elements of the Gujars in The Punjab and Kashmir, were forced to adopt menial jobs by the Aryans, including the breeding of cattle and not the horses, for milk, meat, tilling, ploughing and transport.
Although I had heard that the gujars came to India with the Huns and were assimilated into hinduism as Kashatryas.
PratapraoGujar was a famous Maratha general during the reign of Chatrapati Shivaji.
Their maximum concentration is in The Punjab, where they are present in large numbers in Gujrat, Jehlum, Kharian, Gujranwala, Shekhupura, Faisalabad and Jhang etc. In Azad Kashmir too, they are found in Muzaffarabad and Hattian Bala.
Another living proof of the greatness of the Allah's Saints was seen in October 2005 Earthquake, when all of the village Daman Basauli was levelled to ground, except ofcourse the shrine of Hazrat Sufi Faqir Muhammad, his old house and its adjoining Masjid.
Place names such as Gujranwala, Gujar Kot, Gujar Khan and Gujrat in Pakistan and the state of Gujarat in India are a testament to the Gujar influence in the past.
Indian Express: Nagpur Cong members oppose Independent legislators' entry(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Yet another alliance supporter, Ashok Gujar, gave up his Ramtek seat and made an unsuccessful bid to the Lok Sabha.Radke's name figured in the first list of Independents likely to be admitted to the Congress.
But even before the process to make themassociate members of the Congress legislature wing was set in motion, local Congressmen came out with a statement opposing his entry into the party.
He then supported the alliance government till it served his purpose and switched loyalties again, when he found alliance prospects to be bleak in the forthcoming Assembly elections.
Mailgate: soc.culture.indian.marathi: Re: Vedaat daudale veer marathe saat!(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
In other words, CSM didn't ask for the battallion to > > go to war with the Mughals again; just PG.
> > > > It is laughable to suggest that Shivaji could have asked > PratapraoGujar to recapture a sardar heading a big > army on his own : 'just PG' as you put.
Undoubetedly, he was furious at the lost opportunity, but the punishment he mated out to the sirdar appreciated the valour of the latter.
