Naruka
{{Short description|Rajput Clan}}
The Naruka (Devnagari: नरुका or नरूका) is a clan of Rajputs found in India. Naruka is one of the most prominent clan of Kachhwaha dynasty.{{Cite book |last=Bahadur.) |first=Narendra Singh (Rao |url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=DTLRbEiQOgUC&q=narukhand&dq=narukhand&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiyhLjCkeOMAxVCV2wGHYcnE3M4ChDoAXoECAkQAw |title=Thirty Decisive Battles of Jaipur |date=1939 |publisher=J.E.P. Works |language=en}} They independently ruled over Alwar State. Naruka Rajputs are offshoots of Maharao Naru Singh of Mojad (now called Mozamabad), a Rajput warrior from 15th century Dhundhad region. He was great-grandson of Raja Udaykaran of Amer who reigned 1366-1388 AD.{{Cite book |last=Faulkner |first=Alexander Smith |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/An_Historical_Sketch_of_the_Naruka_State/dxzmVw7PfEoC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=naruka+alwar+faulkner&printsec=frontcover |title=An Historical Sketch of the Naruka State of Ulwar in Rajputana |date=1895 |publisher=Thacker, Spink |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=Bayley |first=C. S. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7nwUqnwj4h4C&dq=naruka+alwar&pg=PA83 |title=Chiefs and Leading Families in Rajputana |date=2004 |publisher=Asian Educational Services |isbn=978-81-206-1066-8 |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=Rajasthan (India) |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pjNuAAAAMAAJ&q=naruka+lawa |title=Rajasthan [district Gazetteers]. |date=1987 |publisher=Printed at Government Central Press |language=en}}
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At the time of Indian Independence, Rajasthan included 19 princely state (including Alwar), 3 chiefships (Lawa, Neemrana and Kushalgarh) and 1 centrally-adminstered territory of Ajmer-Merwara. Among these total 23 territories, 3 were ruled by Kachhwaha dynasty - Jaipur, Alwar and Lawa.{{Cite book |last=K̲h̲ān̲ |first=Rānā Muḥammad Sarvar |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IARuAAAAMAAJ&q=lawa+naruka |title=The Rajputs: History, Clans, Culture, and Nobility |date=2005 |publisher=Rana Muhammad Sarwar Khan |language=en}}{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eFJuAAAAMAAJ&q=naruka+lawa |title=The Idea of Rajasthan: Constructions |date=1994 |publisher=South Asia Publications by arrangement with Manohar Publishers & distibuators |isbn=978-0-945921-25-7 |language=en}}
Naru Singh had five sons - Dasa, Lala, Teja, Jeta and Chitar.
The regions of which Naruka Rajputs kept hold of was called Narukhand.{{Cite book |last=Ratnawat |first=Shyam Singh |url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=mz9uAAAAMAAJ&q=narukhand&dq=narukhand&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiyhLjCkeOMAxVCV2wGHYcnE3M4ChDoAXoECAcQAw |title=Rajput Nobility: With Special Reference to the Kachchawaha Nobility of Jaipur During 1700-1858 A.D. |date=1990 |publisher=Panchsheel Prakashan |isbn=978-81-7056-057-9 |language=en}} In initial history of the clan it is mentioned as territories centered around Mojad (Mozamabad) but later history defines it as a region which was part of the former princely state of Alwar.