Jaiswal Brahmin


Jaiswal is a surname used by a Hindu community which has many branches.
Jaiswal Brahmin mainly belongs to Rajasthan, Gujarat, Punjab, adjacent areas of Uttar pradesh to these states.
History shows that Jaiswal Brahmin were those who were mainly advisors for religious matters. They are the believers and devotees of Shiv. Sometimes known as Shiv Brahmins. Further, due to Muslims mismanaged societal chaos created during the past pre independence period, some of the Jaiswal Brahmin moved to different cities and states to save themselves and theirs dependent family members. Although, there were some, who stayed there and became rulers and warriors and later got called Jaiswal Chandravansi Brahmins, and those who shifted as mentioned earlier were called Jaiswal Kanyakubj Brahmins.
Some of the Jaiswal Kanyakubj Brahmin, followers of Shiv, later started doing Business to sustain their life and become part of Jaiswal Nagar Brahmins. Some of the Nagar Brahmin are from Nepal, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Delhi. Some states also have a history of classifying Jaiswal Chandravansi Brahmins as Jaiswal Rajputs since they fought against the cruelty of Muslim rulers. Some of the Jaiswals who started doing Liquor Business to serve rich people got classified into kalal etc known as baniya, later due to restrictions on distribution of Liquor, they came up into other businesses. Moving further, Some of these Jaiswals followed the Jain Dharma, and became Jaiswal Jain. Later on, these people further made their small small communities and started doing business and consultancy to earn their livelihoods. Jaiswals are belongs to a Rajputana Clan.

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