Bahawalpur
Bahawalpur (Hindi: बहावलपुर, Punjabi/Urdu: بہاولپور) is a city in the Punjab province in Pakistan. Earlier Bahawalpur was a princely state, stretching along the southern bank of the Sutlej and Indus Rivers, with its capital city at Bahawalpur.
Tahsils in the District
Jat clans in Bahawalpur State
According to 1911 census, the following were the principal Muslim Jat clans in Bahawalpur State [1]:
Atera (575), Athar (581), Atral (500), Bains or Waince (837), Bhatia (733), Bhatti (1,951), Bipar (508), Bohar (3,863), Chachar (9,331), Chadhar (597), Chani (632), Chapal (2,120), Chaughata (791), Chauhan (567), Chawali (506), Chimar (947), Chozan (958), Dahar (1,307), Daia (1,364), Dakhu (823), Dangar (689), Daha (3,571), Dhandu (844), Dhar (1,074), Dhudhi (686), Duran (977), Gauja (1,047), Ghallu (2,508), Hans (580), Jam (788), Jammun (1,657), Jhammat (2,097), Jhulne (1,285), Khak (1,453), Kakrial (894), Kalia (525), Kalhora (1,031), Kalwar (1,271), Kamboh (679), Kande (557), Kathal (538), Katwal (912), Khak (514), Khar (840), Kharal (1,770), Khokhar (2,771), Khombra (637), Khera (540) Koral (794), Langah (3,118), Lodhra (985), Mahr (3,022), Mahar (2,493), Mahla (1,160), Maij (3,786), Makwal (473), Malak (4,042), Manela (628), Marral (880), Masson (537), Naich (4,093), Nanwa (1,833), Noon (930), Nonari (1,560), Uthera (1,817), Pannun (914), Panwat (1,676) Parhar (7,860), Panwar (7,702), Sahu (1,131), Samma (1,072), Sameja (943), Sangi (1,159), Sial (847), Soomra or Soomro (3,721), Thaheem (1,653), Tunwar (1,691),
History
Ram Sarup Joon[2] writes that ....Samudra Gupta conquered the whole of Punjab and a major part of India. The clans defeated by him included
- Malaya who ruled Malva named after their gotra.
- Arjunayana who ruled Mewat and Jaipur;
- Yaudheya whose rule included Bikaner and Bahawalpur;
- Madrak whose capital was Sialkot;
- Abir who ruled Badaun, and the Betwa Basin now called Ahirwara;
- Vir Arjun clan who ruled Narisinghpur;
- Sankanika who territory was present Gwalior;
- Karaskar rule extended into present Mathura, Aligarh (there are 80 villages of these Jats in this area at present) and Kharparika.
Ram Swarup Joon[3] writes....The Bhullar gotra is found among the followers of all the three religions. They are spread all over the Punjab. They are related to Heir gotra. Ruins of Bhulller era are spread over an area of 12 miles near Fort Abbas in Bahawalpur State.
The state was counted amongst the Rajputana states. The state was founded in 1802 by Nawab Mohammad Bahawal Khan II after the break up of the Durrani Empire. Nawab Mohammad Bahawal Khan III signed the state's first treaty with the British on 22 February 1833, guaranteeing the semi autonomous rule of the Nawab under British Raj. The state acceded to Pakistan on 7 October 1947.
Bhambu History
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A big landlord of united Punjab Choudhary Ratti Ram Singh Bhambu of Gulab Ali estates (Bhawalnagar, Bhawalpur, Punjab) with other family members, Choudhary Ratti Ram Singh Bhambu was member of General assembly Bhawalpur State.
Estate:- Gulab Ali
Dynasty:- Bhambu Jats.
Courtesy Jat Kshatriya Culture
The Cholistan Desert
East of Bahawalpur is the Cholistan Desert which covers an area of about 15,000 km2 and extends into the Thar Desert of India. The region was once watered by the Hakra River, known as the Saravati in vedic times. At one time there were 400 forts in the area and archaeological finds around the Derawar Fort, the only place with a perennial waterhole, indicate that it was contemporaneous with the Indus Valley Civilisation. The average annual rainfall is only 12 cm, and the little cultivation there is, is made possible by underground wells, drawn up by the camels. The water is stored in troughs, built by the tribes, between sandhills and din waterholes called tobas. The people are racially similar to those in Rajasthan - tall, with sharp features. They live in large, round, mud and grass huts, usually built on the top of sandhills. On the whole, they are pastoral and nomadic. The main tribes are the Chhachhar, Mehr, Lar, Paryar, Channar, Chandani and Bohar. The forts here were built at 29 km intervals, which probably served as guard posts for the camel caravan routes. There were three rows of these forts. the first line of forts began from Phulra and ended in Lera, the second from Rukhanpur to Islamgarh, and the third from Bikaner to Kapoo. They are all in ruins now, and you can see that they were built with double walls of gypsum blocks and mud. Some of them date back to 1000 BC, and were destroyed and rebuilt many times.
Notable persons
- Harish Chandra Dhaka (चौधरी हरिश्चंद्र ढाका), from Nattha Singh Dhaka Ka Chak (नत्था सिंह ढाका का चक), Dhakawali, Bahawalpur (Pakistan), was a Social worker at Sangaria in Hanumangarh, Rajasthan. He and his brother Shivdatt Singh Dhaka of Puriudang had came to India after partition. He was one of the founder members in developing the Sangaria Jat High School.
- Shivdatt Singh Dhaka - कुँवर शिवदत्तसिंहजी उड़ान भावलपुर स्टेट - जाट इतिहास (उत्पत्ति और गौरव खंड) पुस्तक के छपाने के लिए सहायता दी है [4]
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External links
Bahawalpur village in Firozpur
Bahawalpur is also the name of a village in Zira tahsil of Firozpur district of Punjab.
References
- ↑ Census Of India 1911 Volume xiv Punjab Part 2 by Pandit Narikishan Kaul
- ↑ History of the Jats/Chapter IV ,p. 58
- ↑ Ram Swarup Joon| History of the Jats/Chapter V,p.75
- ↑ Jat Itihas (Utpatti Aur Gaurav Khand)/Parishisht,p.175
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