Tomar,<ref name=":0">{ { Cite book |last=Khari |first=Rahul |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1lGgAAAAMAAJ |title=Jats and Gujars: Origin, History and Culture |date=2007 |publisher=Reference Press |isbn=978-81-8405-031-8 |pages=190 |language=en |quote=...Gujars out of which 12 villages happened to be in Mehrauli where Gujars belonging to Tomar clan dwell, who call themselves "Tanwar. The existence of 12 villages of Tanwar or Tomar Gujars in Mehrauli which was the capital of Anangpal Tomar Gujar ...}}</ref> or Tomara, is a clan of the Gurjar (Gurjara) community of India and Pakistan. They are mostly Hindus, but a few are also Sikh and Muslim in the Kashmir and Punjab regions. They are predominantly found in Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Dehli.
Variants
In local languages of various Indian and Pakistani regions, they are also known as Tomara, Tomar, Tanwar, Taur, or Toor.
Geographical distribution
They are also found in various Indian states: Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Jammu and Kashmir, Maharashtra, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh. Tomar Gujjars have twelve villages in Mahrauli district of Delhi twenty villages in other areas of Dehli Indian capital, they have many villages in Saharanpur district of Uttar Pradesh.
There are also Tomar Gujjars'' in Pakistani province of Punjab and Azad kashmir. They have several villages in Pakistani Punjab, including in the districts of Gujarat and Rawalpindi.