Bhangal

Bhangal (भंगल)^[1] Bhagal (भगल) Bhangu (भंगु)^[2] Bhagu (भगु)^[3] Bharangar (भरंगर) Bharangur (भरंगुर) Bhagar (भागर)/ Bhaggu (भग्गु)/Bhagg (भग्ग)^[4] ^[5] Bhaggal (भग्गल)^[6] Bangu (बंगु) is a gotra of Jats in Punjab, India and Pakistan. Bharangur in Punjab are called Bhangu. Bacal/Bakal/Bhagal clan is found in Afghanistan.^[7] Bhagar (भगड़) Jat clan is found in Multan, Pakistan. ^[8] Bhaggu (भग्गू) is a sub-division of Jats.^[9]

Origin

Bhagala (भगल) is a place name mentioned by Panini under Arihanadi (अरीहणादि) (4.2.80.1) group. ^[10] Bhaga (भग) as God finds mention in Mahabharata (I.59.15), (IX.44.5). Clan may get name from these.
They have probably originated from Bharga (भर्ग) Janapada mentioned by Panini (IV.1.178) as well as in Mahabharata (VI.10.49), (II.27.10). Bharga Janapada is mentioned in east along with Vatsa and Pundra Janapadas.
They have descended from Rishi Bhrigu (भृगु).^[11]

Villages founded by the clan

Bhagu Nagaur

History

Ram Swarup Joon^[12] writes about...Heir and Bhangu: Hindu, Sikh and Muslim Jats belonging to Heir Gotra are found in Hoshiarpur and Jullundur. Heir is a very old gotra. They associate themselves with the Ahri Clan. In the genealogical tables they are supposed to belong to the Yadu dynasty and Ahai was the grandson of Yadu. In ancient times Heir gotra and Ahr clan was settled in Iran and Turkistan. Jats of the Bhangu gotra are descendants of the Heir.

B S Dahiya^[13] writes: This clan finds mention by the Greeks, at the time of Alexander’s Invasion and it is mentioned under the name, Phegelas or Phegeus. It is well known that the Indian “B” was termed into “P” by the Greeks and the suffix “S” is to be ignored as a Greek peculiarity. Keeping these facts in mind the name that remains is Bhagal or Bhagu. Under both these forms, this clan is known even today. Panini mentions them under the name Bhagala. They were a self governing clan, ruled by an aristocracy, with justice and moderation ^[14] Kaka, son of Kotal, grandson of Bhandargu Bhangu was ruling at Siwistan when the Arabs attacked Sindh. ^[15] Bhangu is given as the name of a demon, as well as the name of a mountain. Monier-Wlliams also mentions a Bhangasura. ^[16] ^[17]

H.A. Rose writes that Bhangu (भंगू), Bhanggu (भंग्गु), a Jat tribe which does not claim Rajput origin. The Bhangu and Nol were among the earliest inhabitants of the Jhang District and held the country about Shorkot, the Nol holding that round Jhang itself before the advent of the Sials, by whom both tribes were overthrown. Probably the same as the Bhango, supra. ^[18]

Bhangu Jat Gotra in Jind, Haryana, worship the Khera as their jathera.^[19]

भरंगुर-भंगु-भरंगर जाटवंश

भरंगुर-भंगु-भरंगर - इस जाटवंश के विषय में अभी तक भृगु की सन्तान परम्परा में होने का विश्वास था। किन्तु अंधकारयुगीन भारशिव नागवंश का इतिहास स्पष्ट होने से इन जाटों का भी नागवंशी होना प्रमाणित हुआ है। पंजाब में ये लोग भंगु कहलाते हैं। इधर इनकी बहुत संख्या लगभग प्रत्येक जिले में है। पंजाब में ये सब सिक्ख धर्मानुयायी हैं। इस वंश की सबसे बड़ी प्रतिष्ठा की जागीर तहसील फिल्लौर में किला मौरों थी।

जालन्धर जिले में मौरों के अतिरिक्त पंगल, लगेरी, अवारा कलां व अवारा खुर्द, चूहड़, माजरा, रुड़की, कालीमाजरा, दुर्वासा, अमृतगढ़, खेड़ी आदि सुप्रसिद्ध गांव भंगु सिक्ख जाटों के हैं। इस वंश के राजपूत व जाट भी हैं।

जिला मथुरा में 40 गांव जाटों के हैं जो कि भरंगर कहलाते हैं। सन् 1857 ई० में ये लोग अंग्रेजों के विरुद्ध लड़े थे। इस कारण से अंग्रेजों ने इनकी जमींदारी छीन ली जिससे ये लोग केवल काश्तकार ही रह गये।^[20]

भंगु जाटों का सीस्तान पर प्रजातन्त्र शासन था। इन्होंने सिकन्दर से टक्कर ली थी। पाणिनी ने इनका नाम भगाला लिखा है तथा यूनानियों ने फेगेला लिखा है। (Mc Crindle, op Cit, P. 121 के हवाले से, जाट्स दी ऐनशन्ट रूलर्ज, पृ० 279 पर बी० एस० दहिया ने लिखा है)।^[21]

भग्ग या भर्ग

विजयेन्द्र कुमार माथुर^[22] ने लेख किया है ...भग्ग (AS, p.653): बौद्ध कालीन गणराज्य. महाभारत में से भर्ग कहा गया है और इसका उल्लेख वत्स जनपद के साथ है. इसे भीमसेन ने अपनी दिग्विजय यात्रा में जीता था--'वत्सभूमिं च कौन्तेयॊ विजिग्ये बलवान् बलात् भर्गाणाधिपं चैव निषादाधिपतिं' सभापर्व 30, 10-11. धोनसारव जातक (संख्या 353) में भग्ग की सुंसुमारगिरि नामक राजधानी का वत्स और भर्ग का साथ-साथ उल्लेख है-- 'प्रतर्दनस्य पुत्रौ द्वौ वत्सभगौं बभूवत:' और प्रतर्दन के पुत्र का नाम भर्ग बताया गया है जिसके नाम पर यह जनपद प्रसिद्ध हुआ होगा. भर्ग-क्षत्रियों का उल्लेख ऐतरेय ब्राह्मण 3,84,31 तथा अष्टाध्यायी 4,1,111-177 में भी है. उपर्युक्त उल्लेख से भग्ग की स्थिति वत्स (कौशांबी-प्रयाग) के पार्श्ववर्ती क्षेत्र में सिद्ध होती है. सुंसुमारगिरि का अभिज्ञान चुनार (जिला मिर्जापुर) उत्तर प्रदेश की पहाड़ी से किया गया है.

जाट इतिहास

दलीप सिंह अहलावत^[23] ने लिखा है कि.... जो 16 जनपद गौतमबुद्ध के समय से बहुत पहले से थे और उसके जीवनकाल में विद्यमान थे। इन जनपदों के नाम निम्न प्रकार से थे -

1. कौशल 2. मगध 3. काशी 4. मल्ल 5. चेदि 6. कुरु 7. पांचाल 8. मत्स्य 9. शूरसेन 10. गान्धार 11. काम्बोज 12. अङ्ग 13. वत्स 14. वज्जी या वृजि 15. अवन्ति 16. अश्मक (अस्सक)।

दलीप सिंह अहलावत^[24] ने लिखा है कि....उपर्युक्त सोलह महाजनपदों के अतिरिक्त उस समय उत्तरी भारत में जाटों के निम्नलिखित प्रजातन्त्र गण सम्मानित रूप से शासन कर रहे थे -

(1) मौर्य-मौर गण - पिप्पलीवन में (2) शाक्य गण - कपिलवस्तु में (3) कोली गण - रामग्राम में (4) बुलिगण - अल्लकप्प में (5) भग्ग गण - सुंसुमार में (6) केकय (7) मद्रक (8) यौधेय गण (9) सिन्धु (10) सौवीर (11) शिवि गण (12) मल्ल गण (13) विदेह (14) लिच्छिवि गण।

Distribution in Rajasthan

Villages in Ganganagar district

41 F,

Distribution in Uttar Pradesh

Villages in Saharanpur district

Paniyali Kasimpur,

Distribution in Punjab

Villages in Patials district

Bhangu population is 10,650 in Patiala district.^[25]

Villages in Amritsar district

Bhangu population is 3,978 in Amritsar: This clan holds the large village of Khiala (Khurd and Kalan). The legendary Bhai Mehtab Singh Bhanghu of the Sikhs and General Shubeg Singh of the recent times belonged to this very clan.^[26]

Villages in Ludhiana district

Bhangal is village in Samrala Tahsil in Ludhiana district, Punjab.

Bhangu population is 3,432 in Ludhiana district.^[27]

Villages in Gurdaspur district

In Gurdaspur district the Bhangul population is (1,023). ^[28]

Villages in Firozpur district

Bhagu (t.Abohar,

Villages in Muktsar district

Bhagu is village in Malout tahsil in Muktsar district in Punjab.

Villages in Nawanshahr district

Bhangal Kalan is village in Nawanshahr tahsil in Nawanshahr district in Punjab.

Villages in Rupnagar district

Bhangal is Village in Anandpur Sahib tahsil of Rupnagar district in Punjab.

Distribution in Pakistan

The Bhangu or Bhangoo or Bhango are prominent Jat clan and original inhabitants of the Punjab. Muslim Bhangu are found in different areas of the pakistani province of Punjab (Districts of Lahore, Sheikhupura, Jhang, Kasur, Sahiwal), Sindh (Khairpur District), Sarhad, and Kashmir with large number of villages and land holdings.

Notable persons from this clan

Gian Singh Bhangu of Rarewala
Brigadier Chaudhary Zakaullah Bhangoo, an eminent pilot in Pakistan.
Bhai Mehtab Singh Bhanghu (d. 1745) of Mirankot, Amritsar
Harnam Singh of Bhari, Bhangu - Jat, Descendants of Shaheed Mehtab Singh Bhangu of Mirankot and his grandson Sardar Rattan Singh Bhangu, the great Sikh historian - was in the List of Punjab Chiefs
Balwant Singh of Moron, Bhangu - Jat, From Jullundur district was in the List of Punjab Chiefs.
Harnam Singh of Bhari village in Ludhiana district, Bhangu - Jat, Descendants of Shaheed Mehtab Singh Bhangu of Mirankot and his grandson Sardar Rattan Singh Bhangu, the great Sikh historian
Major General Subheg Singh (मेजर जनरल सूभेगसिंह) - भंगू गोत्री जाट, भाई महताबसिंह के वंशज- जिन्होंने सन् 1984 के विद्रोह में सन्त जनरेलसिंह भिन्डरवाला का साथ दिया।
Sarabjot Singh Bhangu

References

↑ B S Dahiya:Jats the Ancient Rulers (A clan study)/Jat Clan in India, p.236, s.n.24
↑ Jat History Dalip Singh Ahlawat/Parishisht-I, s.n. भ-23
↑ O.S.Tugania:Jat Samuday ke Pramukh Adhar Bindu, p.53, s.n. 1847
↑ Jat History Dalip Singh Ahlawat/Parishisht-I, s.n. भ-21
↑ O.S.Tugania:Jat Samuday ke Pramukh Adhar Bindu, p.54, s.n. 1907
↑ B S Dahiya:Jats the Ancient Rulers (A clan study)/Appendices/Appendix II,p.331
↑ An Inquiry Into the Ethnography of Afghanistan, H. W. Bellew, p.78,92,158
↑ A glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North-West Frontier Province By H.A. Rose Vol II/B , p.82
↑ A glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North-West Frontier Province By H.A. Rose Vol II/B , p.82
↑ V. S. Agrawala: India as Known to Panini, 1953, p.500
↑ Mahendra Singh Arya et al: Adhunik Jat Itihas, p. 272
↑ Ram Swarup Joon: History of the Jats/Chapter V,p. 88
↑ Jats the Ancient Rulers (A clan study)/Jat Clan in India,p. 279
↑ Mc Crindle, op. cit., p. 121
↑ Elliot and Dowson , Vol. I
↑ Monier-Wlliams, A Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Oxford, 1960, p.744
↑ See also Levi, in Journal Asiatque, 1890 , p.239
↑ A glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North-West Frontier Province By H.A. Rose Vol II/B , p.84
↑ A glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North-West Frontier Province By H.A. Rose Vol II/J,p.375
↑ Jat History Dalip Singh Ahlawat/Chapter III (Page 305)
↑ Jat History Dalip Singh Ahlawat/Chapter IV,p 361
↑ Aitihasik Sthanavali by Vijayendra Kumar Mathur, p.653
↑ Jat History Dalip Singh Ahlawat/Chapter V,p.463
↑ Jat History Dalip Singh Ahlawat/Chapter V,p.467
↑ History and study of the Jats. B.S Dhillon. p.126
↑ History and study of the Jats. B.S Dhillon. p.124
↑ History and study of the Jats.B.S Dhillon. p.123
↑ History and study of the Jats. B.S Dhillon. p. 127

Back to Jat Gotras

[1] B S Dahiya:Jats the Ancient Rulers (A clan study)/Jat Clan in India, p.236, s.n.24

[2] Jat History Dalip Singh Ahlawat/Parishisht-I, s.n. भ-23

[3] O.S.Tugania:Jat Samuday ke Pramukh Adhar Bindu, p.53, s.n. 1847

[4] Jat History Dalip Singh Ahlawat/Parishisht-I, s.n. भ-21

[5] O.S.Tugania:Jat Samuday ke Pramukh Adhar Bindu, p.54, s.n. 1907

[6] B S Dahiya:Jats the Ancient Rulers (A clan study)/Appendices/Appendix II,p.331

[7] An Inquiry Into the Ethnography of Afghanistan, H. W. Bellew, p.78,92,158

[8] A glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North-West Frontier Province By H.A. Rose Vol II/B , p.82

[9] A glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North-West Frontier Province By H.A. Rose Vol II/B , p.82

[10] V. S. Agrawala: India as Known to Panini, 1953, p.500

[11] Mahendra Singh Arya et al: Adhunik Jat Itihas, p. 272

[12] Ram Swarup Joon: History of the Jats/Chapter V,p. 88

[13] Jats the Ancient Rulers (A clan study)/Jat Clan in India,p. 279

[14] Mc Crindle, op. cit., p. 121

[15] Elliot and Dowson , Vol. I

[16] Monier-Wlliams, A Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Oxford, 1960, p.744

[17] See also Levi, in Journal Asiatque, 1890 , p.239

[18] A glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North-West Frontier Province By H.A. Rose Vol II/B , p.84

[19] A glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North-West Frontier Province By H.A. Rose Vol II/J,p.375

[20] Jat History Dalip Singh Ahlawat/Chapter III (Page 305)

[21] Jat History Dalip Singh Ahlawat/Chapter IV,p 361

[22] Aitihasik Sthanavali by Vijayendra Kumar Mathur, p.653

[23] Jat History Dalip Singh Ahlawat/Chapter V,p.463

[24] Jat History Dalip Singh Ahlawat/Chapter V,p.467

[25] History and study of the Jats. B.S Dhillon. p.126

[26] History and study of the Jats. B.S Dhillon. p.124

[27] History and study of the Jats.B.S Dhillon. p.123

[28] History and study of the Jats. B.S Dhillon. p. 127

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