Deol

Deol (देवल‍) Deol (देओल)/Deval (देवल‍) Deval (देवाल‍) Devli (देवली) Devyali (देवयाली) Devila (देविल) is gotra of Jats found in Punjab. Dewal (देवल) Jat clan is found in Amritsar,Punjab. Deols are mostly Sikh Jats.

Origin

• Devala (देवल) Rishi of Rigveda (IX/5-24) and Mahabharata (I.48.8, I.60.25) may be their originator.
• Deol gotra is said to be originated from place called Dirawal (दिरावल).
• Devila is derived from King Devadatta.

History

Tejram Sharma gives details about the kings of Aryavarta defeated by Samudragupta. According to Panini, a polysyllabic name was sometime shortened in order to express affection. Thus in the case of names ending in 'ila' we find:

Devila being derived from Devadatta;

Yajnila and Yajnadatta;

Makhila from Makhadeva;

Agila from Agnidatta ;

Satila from Svatidatta;

Nagila from Nagadatta, and

Yasila, Yakhila from Yaksadatta. Similarly

Matila can be formed from Matideva or Matidatta.

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Hartaj Singh Deol has provided following history of the village Maherna Kalan:

The history of our village as confirmed by elders of our village is that our ancestor S.Gurdit Singh Deol was a direct descendant of Mahraja Jagdeo Parmar after he married a Bhullar Jatni of a Chief near the area of Jarg. Our village ancestor S.Gurdit Singh was given the land of Maherna Kalan as a jagir and he had 3 sons,out of which the eldest was Sardar Raja Singh. Sardar Raja Singh formed the Raja Patti of the village and are the direct descendants of Maharaja Jagdeo Parmar. The men of Raja Patti have grey/blue eyes(every male in my family does) and good height and build (I'm 6'5).

The Deol clan considers Ludhiana as its origin. Maherna is considered by many as the birthplace of Deol Jats. Another clan connected to us is Boparai, Deols don't intermarry with Boparai's. Maherna Khurd is of Boparai Jats and Bhullar's. Many village folk say that our previous village was Benra in Sangrur. Sekhon's are considered our cousins as well. Famous village of Dangon which gave us Dharmendra, also was settled by Deol Jatts of Maherna.

By many Maherna Kalan is also called Deol Sardaran da pind because of the royal connection with Parmar Rulers.

Devala Temple in Pilibhit

It is believed by locals that Pilibhit was ruled by an ancient king named Mayurdhwaj or Moredhwaj or King Venu, who was a great devotee of lord Krishna and a loyal friend of Arjun, whose name and geography of his kingdom, can be traced in the epic Mahabharata. Local tradition connects them with the mythical Raja Vena.

According to the Imperial Gazetteer of India, vol. 20, page 138, Pilibhit was ruled by Chhinda dynasty in the 10th century, an inscription, written in Sanskrit, has been found in the Dewal village of Puranpur area which shows that the princes of Chhinda dynasty made a canal out of River Sarada in the 10th century.

देवल

विजयेन्द्र कुमार माथुर ने लेख किया है ... देवल (AS, 450) पीलीभीत ज़िला, उत्तर प्रदेश का एक ऐतिहासिक स्थान है। बीसलपुर से 10 मील की दूरी पर देवल और गढ़गजना के खंडहर मौजूद हैं। कहा जाता है कि देवल में देवल ऋषि का आश्रम था। यह माना जाता है कि प्राचीन समय में देवल भगवान वराह की पूजा का मुख्य केन्द्र था। देवल ऋषि का उल्लेख श्रीमद्भागवदगीता 10, 13 में है- 'आहुस्तामृषय: सर्वे देवर्पिर्नारदस्तथा असितो देवलो व्यास: स्वयं चैव व्रवीषि में'

पांडवों के पुरोहित धौम्य, देवल ऋषि के भाई थे। देवल के खंडहरों में भगवान वराह की मूर्ति प्राप्त हुई थी, जो देवल के मंदिर में स्थापित है। ऐसा जान पड़ता है कि यह स्थान प्राचीन समय में वराह पूजा का केन्द्र था। देवल ऋषि के मंदिर में 992 ई. का कुटिला लिपि में एक अभिलेख है, जिससे यह सूचित होता है कि एक स्थानीय राजा और उसकी पत्नी लक्ष्मी ने बहुत से कुंज, उद्यान और मंदिर बनवाए और ब्राह्मणों को कई ग्राम दान में दिये, जो निर्मला नदी के जल से सिंचित थे। देवल के पास बहने वाला कटनी नाम का नाला ही इस अभिलेख की निर्मला नदी जान पड़ता है।

In Mahabharata

Some historians consider Devals to be descendants of Devala Rishi of Mahabharata. Devala (देवल) is mentioned in Mahabharata (I.48.8), (I.60.25)

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Adi Parva, Mahabharata/Mahabharata Book I Chapter 48 describes snake-sacrifice of the king Janamejaya of the Pandava line and the names of those who became the monarch's Ritwiks and Sadasyas. Devala is one of them mentioned in verse (I.48.9).

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Adi Parva, Mahabharata/Mahabharata Book I Chapter 66 gives genealogy in which Devala is mentioned as son of Pratyusha in shloka 25. (Brahma → Manu → Prajapati → Prabhata → Pratyusha → Devala → 2 sons). Devala had two sons who were both exceedingly forgiving and of great mental power.

In Rigveda

Bhim Singh Dahiya mentions: (11) Deva: mentioned in RV I/162/l a Dheva Jata. Devala is the seer of RV IX/5-24. Identical with Deval Clan.

Distribution in Haryana

Villages in Kaithal district

Kole-Khan,

Distribution in Punjab

Villages in Ludhiana district

Deol population is l,902 in Ludhiana district.

Barundi, Boparai Kalan, Chak, Dangon, Guram, Khandoor, Lohat Baddi, Maherna Kalan, Sahnewal, Talwandi

Villages in Gurdaspur district

Benra, Paani, Kwalı,

Villages in Jalandhar district

Dhamuli and Haripur (near Adampur Doaba), Khichipur, Narangpur, Mesumpur, Bagga Kalan & Talwandi,

Distribution in Uttar Pradesh

Villages in Meerut district

Alamgirpur Badhla,

Villages in Jyotiba Phule Nagar district

Lodhipur Rajput, Mirzapur Bakaina,

Village in Sambhal District

Deol Mandia, Hazibara,

Villages in Moradabad district

Chajja Nagla

Notable persons of the clan

• Dharmendra
• Sunny Deol
• Vishal Deol
• Bobby Deol
• Esha Deol
• Monika Deol
• Abhay Deol
• Kanwaljit Deol - IPS (1977), DG Police Arunachal Pradesh.
• 2/LT Devpal Singh B Deval (P) - 5/5 GR (posthumous) - Vir Chakra

Gallery of Deol people

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  Dharmendra

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  Sunny Deol

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  Bobby Deol

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  Esha Deol

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  Abhay Deol

References

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