Bachchas | |
Type: | Rajput (Bachas) |
Location: | Rajasthan, Haryana, Odisha and Uttar Pradesh |
Religion: | Hinduism Rajput |
Language: | Haryanvi, Khadi boli, Hindi, Odia |
Surnames: | Bachas/Bachchas (बच्छस) |
The Bachas is clan of Rajput caste. Most of the people related to these gotras lives in Noida, Haridwar, Bijnor districts of Western Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Delhi, etc. They are also prevalently found in coastal Odisha.
Many Bachas or Bachal Rajputs are said to get the name from queen Bachchal (Hindi: बाछल), who was mother of famous folk-deity, Jaharveer Gogaji. Goga (Hindi: गोगा) was born to queen Bachchal (the daughter of a Rajput ruler, Kanwarpala ruled over Sirsa in present-day Haryana) and king Zewar in Dadrewa, the ancient capital of Chauhan Rulers in the Churu district of Rajasthan.
According to another legend Gogaji was son of a Chauhan Rajput Ruler named Vacha or Juar, whose wife Bachal (Hindi: बाछल) was from Tomar clan. The apparent reference to parents of Gogaji is same except slight difference in names due to different dialects being spoken those part of Rajasthan and Haryana.