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Origin of Gor Banjara community - There is a Gor river to the East of Kabul in Afghanistan, there is a range of Gor as well there is a region of Gor, Gor means old province. All these things are intimately related to Gor society Gor Banjara is known by different names in our country. Gypsy in Europe, Banjara in Asia continent, Gypsy in Australia, Gypsy in Africa and Gypsy in America. We can tell certainly that this is a worldwide scattered society.it is scattered from certain part. But from Greek and Sindhu civilization but Gor Banjara understand themselves that they are from India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nepal. Banjara are semi nomadic tribe of carriers and drivers of pack-bullocks. Migrated from Rajasthan through Madhya Pradesh and Bihar, there are major concentration lies in the southwestern part of the State, particularly in the areas of Lanjigarh, Dharmgarh, Patna and Nuapara Tahasils of undivided Kalahandi district. The ethnographers like K.S.Singh (1998) has reported Traditionally a nomadic community, the Banjara were carriers and drivers of pack bullocks. The community name is derived from the word bajjika, which means trade or business. One view is that the name is derived from the Sanskrit word vanijya or banijyakara, meaning a trader or merchant, while the other view is that the name Banjara is a derivative of the word banji, meaning a peddler's pack. Now, Banjara universally means the trading community, though the root word differs across states. The Banjara trace their descent from Lakha Banjara, who as recounted, used to move from one forest (ban) to another with his merchandise. Crooke (1896) describes them as a tribe whose primary occupation is or rather used to be, that of grain carriers and suppliers for armies in the battlefield. Risley (1891) states that the term 'Banjara' is applied to a grain and cattle merchant who moves to different markets. Ibbetson (1891) opines that they and the 'Labana caste are generally said to be identical being called Banjara in the eastern districts and Labana in the whole of Punjab proper,

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