Chobdar Samaj

CHOBDAR MEANS 'STICK HOLDER' ( CHOB-STICK ,DAR-HOLDER ) . CHHADIDAAR TOO MEANS THE SAME. ACTUALLY CHOBDAR WAS THE TITLE FOR THE PERSONS WHO USED TO GAURD THE RULERS AND INFORM THE PEOPLE ABOUT THE ARRIVAL OF THE RULER IN A LOUD VOICE.IT IS SAID THAT PRITHVIRAJ CHOUHAN HAD APPOINTED TOMAR RAJPUTS AS CHOBDARS.SOME OF THE RAJPUTS,IT IS SAID, CHANGED THEIR SURNAMES TO PROTECT THEMSELVES FROM THE MUSLIM INVADERS AND CAME TO BE KNOWN AS CHOBDARS.THEY ARE DISTRIBUTED IN BHARATPUR, DHOLPUR , KOTA AND OTHER DISTRICTS OF RAJASTHAN THEY SPEAK BRAJ, RAJASTHANI AND HINDI LANGUAGES AND USES DEVNAGARI SCIPT FOR WRITING.
THE CHOBDARS ARE DIVIDED IN MANY KULS.SOME OF THIS INCLUDES BADGUJAR, BASI, SINSINWAR ,TOMAR ,GEHLOT, SOLANKI, PARIHAR ,MORRA SISOSIDIYA,CHOUHAN, BHATI,ETC.ALL THIS KULS ARE EQUAL IN STATUS.A FEW OF THE CHOBDAR ARE STARTED WRITING VARMA AS THEIR SURNAME.CHOBDARS OCCUPY MIDDLE POSITION IN THE LOCAL SOCIAL HIERARCHY AND ARE PLACED AFTER RAJPUTS.CHOBDARS CLAIM TO BE THE RAJPUTS,BUT IT IS NOT ACCEPTED BY THE RAJPUTS.CHOBDARS ARE TRYING VERY HARD TO GET THE STATUS OF RAJPUT BY ORGANISING RAJPUT MEETINGS.BUT THE RAJPUTS DISCLAIMER WAS THAT CHOBDARS TRADITIONAL WORK IS TO SERVE THE RULERS AS A ROYAL GAURD.NOWADAYS CHOBDARS ARE IN THE GOVERNMENT AS WELL AS IN PRIVATE SERVICES AND REFLECTS THEIR TRADITIONAL WORK.