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[[File:Raja Rao Tula Ram.jpg|thumb|Raja Rao Tula Ram]]
'''Bighoto''' is a tract of country starting from [[Delhi]] territory, from [[Rewari]] on the borders of [[Mewat]] to the [[Bikaner]] frontier and was dominated by [[Rajput|Rajputs]].<ref name="Shashi1977">{{cite book|author=Shyam Singh Shashi|title=The Shepherds of India: A Socio-cultural Study of Sheep and Cattle-rearing Communities|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0de_Kox9rkEC|year=1977|publisher=Sundeep Prakashan|pages=104–106}}</ref>
==Etymology==
The name of Bighoto, or Bighota as it is sometimes called, is derived from Bigha Raj Chauhan, a descendant of [[Prithviraj Chauhan]].<ref name="Elliot1869">{{cite book|author=Sir Henry Miers Elliot|title=Memoirs on the history, folk-lore, and distribution of the races of the North Western Provinces of India: being an amplified edition of the original supplemental glossary of Indian terms|url=https://archive.org/details/memoirsonhistor00elligoog|accessdate=29 April 2011|year=1869|publisher=Trübner & co.|pages=[https://archive.org/details/memoirsonhistor00elligoog/page/n45 37]–}}</ref>
==History==
{{see also|Dhundhoti|Rewari|Alwar State}}
[[File:Rao Tula Ram Chowk.jpg|thumb|king Rao Tula Ram statue]]
In the neighborhood of Bighoto existed the territories of [[Dhundhoti]], [[Alwar#Colonial era|Rath]] and Chandain. Bighoto region, established by and named after Bigha Raj Chauhan, was an area of 12 villages including greater part of [[Taoru]] that were collectively known as Chandain, remained under the Chand Chauhans, descendants of Sahesh Mal Chauhan. According to Sir [[Henry Miers Elliot]], Bighoto included [[Rewari]], [[Kotkasim|Kot Kasim]], [[Bawal]], Kanon, [[Pataudi]], [[Kotkasim]], and a great part of the [[Bahraich]] [[jagir]].<ref name="subod">{{cite book|last1=Kapoor|first1=Subodh|title=The Indian Encyclopaedia: Kamli-Kyouk Phyu|year=2002|publisher=Cosmo Publications|isbn=9788177552706|page=3874|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AYN0n0pzlpcC&dq=ahir+rajput+raja&pg=PA3874|language=en}}</ref> Sahesh Mal was a son of Raja [[Chauhan Dynasty|Sangat Singh Chauhan]]. Sangat was the great grandson of Chahir Deo Chauhan, brother of famous rajput king [[Prithviraj Chauhan]].<ref name=dhund5>[[Henry Miers Elliot]] and [[John Beames]], 1869, Memoirs on the history, folk-lore, and distribution of the races of the North Western Provinces of India: being an amplified edition of the original supplemental glossary of Indian terms. Trübner & co. p.64 and 82.</ref>
A popular saying is ''Baghoto ko du dhāni Khoro'' ''aur Chauhan''; "Bighoto has two lords, [[Khoro clan|Khoros]], and Chauhans."<ref name=raj1>Memoirs on the history, folk-lore, and distribution of the races of the ...what By Sir Henry Miers Elliot</ref>
==See also==
* [[Administrative divisions of Haryana]]
* [[Ahirwal]]
* [[Alwar State]]
* [[Bharatpur State]]
* [[History of Haryana]]
* [[History of Rajasthan]]
* [[Mewat]]
==References==
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