Rohilla

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The Rohilla are a Pashtun-origin community historically known for establishing the Rohilkhand region in northern India and playing a significant role in 18th-century North Indian politics.

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Rohilla canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Pashtun community
ethnic group
alternativeName Rohilla Pathan
associatedDynasty Nawabs of Rampur
surface form: Rampur Nawabs
conflict Rohilla War
conflictOpponent Oudh
surface form: Awadh

British East India Company
country India
culturalInfluence Indo-Islamic culture
Persianate court culture
demographicConcentration Badaun district
Bareilly district
Pilibhit
surface form: Pilibhit district

Rampur district
ethnicMinorityIn India
Pakistan
ethnicOrigin Pashtuns
surface form: Pashtun
governedAs semi-independent state
historicalAdversary Maratha
surface form: Marathas

Nawab Wazir of Awadh
surface form: Nawab of Awadh
historicalAlly Nawab Wazir of Awadh
surface form: Nawab of Awadh
historicalCapital Bareilly
Rampur
historicalPeriodOfProminence 18th century
historicalRegionEstablished Rohilkhand
historicalStatus military aristocracy
integratedInto British Indian princely state system
language Pashto language
surface form: Pashto

Urdu language
surface form: Urdu
locatedIn Uttar Pradesh
northern India
migrationCentury 17th century
18th century
namedAfter Roh
notablePolity Rohilkhand
surface form: Rohilkhand state

Rohilla Kingdom
notablePrincelyState Rampur State
playedRoleIn 18th-century North Indian politics
politicalStatus18thCentury regional power in North India
primaryRegion Rohilkhand
regionOfMigrationFrom Afghanistan
Pashtun areas of present-day Pakistan
religion Islam
religiousBranch Sunni Islam
settledAlong Indo-Gangetic Plain
surface form: Ganges plain
subgroupOf Pashtuns in South Asia
traditionalOccupation landholding
soldiery

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