Bagar region

Bagar means the prairie (grazing shrubs and grassland) of northern Rajputana,^[3] which likely comes from eponymous Arabic word "bagar" meaning "cow" (sacred to Hindus),^[4] derived from the Arabic word "cattle".^[5][6] Baggara in Arabic means "cattle herders".^[5][7] Bagar tract refers to the semi-arid semi-fertile rain-fed sandy shrubby grassland tract at the confluence of arid Thar Desert and fertile bangar and khadir areas of Indo-Gangetic Plain, which as historically inhabited by the cattle herders who remained semi-nomadic until they began to adapt to settled life in the mid to late Medieval Period. Before the adoption of the Arabic name bagar, the area was earlier known as Jangladesh during the Vedic era of Mahabharata and even in early medieval times at least until the end of Hindu reign of Prithviraj Chauhan.

Bagar (Hindi: बागड़) region is characterised by Bagar tracts which are long strips of shifting sand dunes called tibba (टिब्बा) and relatively semi-fertile lands and the area between them is called lal (लाळ) in northern districts of Rajasthan and along the northwestern districts of Haryana.^[8]

The Bagar region has potentially very fertile alluvial soil interspersed with highly permeable very sandy tracts in several places with water table more than 100 feet below ground containing brackish water usually unfit for human consumption, where dust storms frequent during the warm summer months from April till the end of July when monsoon arrives.

Previously, the drinking water availability in the Bagar tract was solely based on the rain & wells and irrigation was possible only in the small areas of Ghaggar basin of Bagar region in districts of Fatehabad, Sirsa, Hanumangarh, Sri Ganganagar and Anupgarh where the seasonal Ghaggar river flows.

Earlier Western Yamuna Canal and after 1963 Bhakra Nangal Dam canal system provides the water for irrigation in most of Haryana including all of the Bagar region falling in Haryana on its western border.

The Ganga canal in 1927 and in 1984 Indira Gandhi Canal irrigation also known as Rajasthan Canal brought the water of Sutlej and Beas rivers to the fields of Rajasthan including its Bagar tract, stabilizing the sand dunes and soil erosion by preventing the expansion of desert.^[9][8]

Geographically, the Bagar region lies between the:

• Malwa, Punjab to the north,
• The Shekhawati region and the Marwar region of Rajasthan to the south.
• The Aravali Range to the southeast in the Charkhi Dadri district & Tosham tehsil of Bhiwani district,
• Ahirwal region of Haryana also in the southeast.
• The eastern border in bounded to the Haryanavi speaking region of haryana.
• In the west of Bagar region lies the Rohi(रोई)/Cholistan desert of Punjab (Pakistan) with a few Bagri speakers in the Bahawalpur district & Bahawalnagar district.

Bagri (बागड़ी), a dialect of overlapping Rajasthani language, Haryanvi language and Punjabi language of the Indo-Aryan family, is spoken by about five million speakers residing in Bagar region of Rajasthan, Haryana and Punjab states in India.^[10][11]

There are 40 Constituencies of Haryana, Punjab and Rajasthan legislative assemblies where the Bagri language is spoken by majority of the population.

• In Punjab, there 4 constituencies of Fazilka and Sri Muktsar Sahib in South Punjab where Bagri speakers decide the fate of elections. Out of 4 constituencies only 1 constituency is reserved for SC candidate.
• In Haryana, there are 15 constituencies in north west haryana which comes under the Bagar region out of which 2 constituencies are reserved for SC candidates.
• In Rajasthan, there are 21 constituencies of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly which comes under the Bagar region in North Rajasthan. Meanwhile, 4 constituencies out of 21 constituencies are reserved for SC candidates.

Rajasthan

Following is the list of the constituencies and the candidates from Bhartiya Janata Party,^[14] Congress party^[15] and the Independent candidates^[16] appeared in 2023 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election^[17] from the Bagri speaking region of Rajasthan.

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Bagar Region (बागड़)
Year	Seats	Indian National Congress		Bharatiya Janata Party		Others
2023	21	10	1	9	0	2
2018	21	9	8	9	7	3
2013	21	1	10	16	8	4

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Constituency		Winner					Runner Up					Margin
#	Name	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%
Sri Ganganagar district
1	Sadulshahar (1)	Gurveer Singh Brar		BJP	74,433	37.58	Om Bishnoi		IND	58,973	29.77	#FF9933; color:white;"}]]}">15,460
2	Ganganagar (2)	Jaydeep Bihani		BJP	81,001	44.66	Karuna Ashok Chandak		IND	51,222	28.24	#FF9933; color:white;"}]]}">29,779
3	Karanpur (3)	Rupinder Singh Kooner		INC	94,950	48.55	Surender Pal Singh		BJP	83,667	42.78	#00BFFF; color:white;"}]]}">11,283
4	Suratgarh (4)	Dungar Ram Gedar		INC	1,16,841	55.87	Rampratap Kasania		BJP	66,382	31.74	#00BFFF; color:white;"}]]}">50,459
Anupgarh district
5	Raisinghnagar (SC- 5)	Sohan Lal Nayak		INC	79,586	37.08	Balvir Singh Luthra		BJP	65,561	30.54	#00BFFF; color:white;"}]]}">14,025
6	Anupgarh (SC-6)	Shimla Devi		INC	1,02,746	53.18	Santosh Bawri		BJP	64,865	33.58	#00BFFF; color:white;"}]]}">37,881
Hanumangarh district
7	Sangaria (7)	Abhimanyu Poonia		INC	98,341	47.40	Gurdeep Singh		BJP	56,331	27.15	#00BFFF; color:white;"}]]}">42,010
8	Hanumangarh (8)	Ganesh Raj Bansal		IND	89,323	37.03	Amit Sahu		BJP	79,625	33.01	#DCDCDC;"}]]}">9,698
9	Pilibanga (SC-9)	Vinod Kumar		INC	1,43,091	57.84	Dharmendra Kumar		BJP	87,818	35.50	#00BFFF; color:white;"}]]}">55,273
10	Nohar (10)	Amit Chachan		INC	1,03,623	43.22	Abhishek Matoria		BJP	1,02,728	42.85	#00BFFF; color:white;"}]]}">895
11	Bhadra (11)	Sanjeev Kumar Beniwal		BJP	1,02,748	44.68	Balwan Poonia		CPI(M)	1,01,616	44.19	#FF9933; color:white;"}]]}">1,132
Bikaner district
12	Khajuwala (SC-12)	Vishwanath Meghwal		BJP	91,276	51.47	Govind Ram Meghwal		INC	73,902	41.67	#FF9933; color:white;"}]]}">17,374
13	Bikaner West (13)	Jethanand Vyas		BJP	98,648	54.51	Bulaki Das Kalla		INC	78,454	43.35	#FF9933; color:white;"}]]}">20,194
14	Bikaner East (14)	Siddhi Kumari		BJP	89,917	53.07	Yashpal Gehlot		INC	70,614	41.68	#FF9933; color:white;"}]]}">19,303
15	Lunkaransar (16)	Sumit Godara		BJP	60452	29.98	Rajendra Moond		INC	51583	25.58	#FF9933; color:white;"}]]}">8869
16	Dungargarh(17)	Tarachand Saraswat		BJP	65,690	32.55	Manglaram Godara		INC	57,565	28.52	#FF9933; color:white;"}]]}">8,125
Churu district
17	Sadulpur (19)	Manoj kumar		BSP	64,368	32.92	Krishna Poonia		INC	61,794	31.60	#22409A; color:white;"}]]}">2,574
18	Taranagar (20)	Narendra Budania		INC	1,08,236	49.52	Rajendra Rathore		BJP	97,891	44.78	#00BFFF; color:white;"}]]}">10,345
19	Sardarshahar(21)	Anil Kumar Sharma		INC	99,582	42.27	Rajakaran Choudhary		IND	77,250	32.79	#00BFFF; color:white;"}]]}">22,332
20	Churu (22)	Harlal Saharan		BJP	99,432	50.05	Rafique Mandelia		INC	92,558	46.59	#FF9933; color:white;"}]]}">6,874
21	Ratangarh (23)	Poosaram Godara		INC	1,09,383	53.69	Abhinesh Maharshi		BJP	79,720	39.13	#00BFFF; color:white;"}]]}">29,663

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  Sirsa district
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  Fatehabad district
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  Hisar district
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  Bhiwani district
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  Charkhi Dadri district
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  Bagar tract through Ganganagar district, Anupgarh district, Hanumangarh district, Churu district and Bikaner district in Rajasthan
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  Bagar tract through Fazilka district and southern villages of Muktsar district of Punjab (India)
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  Bagri as minor language is spoken in Bahawalpur and Bahawalnagar district of Punjab, Pakistan, though not considered parts of Bagar tract.