Landhaura
Landhaura is a town and a nagar panchayat in Haridwar district in the Indian state of Uttarakhand.
History
Gurjars were present in that area earlier than 6th century. They were initially employed as protector of small villages of Doab as to protect the peasants from attacks of war bands of more powerful villages in their neighbourhood.Later rulers of this region employed them for purpose of police and revenue collection. So after gaining strength and confidence of villagers, Gurjars settled on depopulated sites and even seized some old villages for themselves.
Landhaura estate was established by a Gurjar chieftain of Khubar clan. Khubar a Panwar clan died in 1849, leaving her son Harbans Singh. Harbans Singh died in 1850 when he was in his early twenties, survived by infant son Raghubir Singh.
One of dancing songs among the dominant Pahansu Gurjars concerns the Gurjar chief of Landhaura, who was poisoned by his mother so that his mother's brother could rule in the dead son's place. In the song, the chief's wife refers in a veiled and sorrowful way to the murder in addressing her mother-in-law, but the chief's mother denies that the death has even occurred.