History of Origin of Some Clans in India/Jat From Jutland/Jat Militants

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History of Origin of Some Clans in India

(with special Reference to Jats)

By Mangal Sen Jindal (1992)

Publisher - Sarup & Sons, 4378/4B, Ansari Road, Darya Ganj, New Delhi-110002, ISBN 81-85431-08-6


The text of this chapter has been converted into Wiki format by Laxman Burdak

Chapter 1: Jat From Jutland


Jat Militants

Besides being cultivators of soil, the second foremost occupation of Jats in military or police service. Since he is brave, he flares well both in police and military where the life is hard. Many of the Jats have won different grades of military Cross. Military history is full of such names. One can refer to Jat Regiment Records. Retired Major K.C. Sheoran told me names of number of Jats who had won Military honour. However to give list of such persons is not the purpose of my subject. There are Jat villages where main occupation of the people is military service. Bhuron Ka Saidpore is well known to be such village in United Provinces. Most of the Ranks of Military personnels can be met in that village, in service as well as retired. They played important role both in 1st and 2nd world wars at home as well as Overseas. Jats are non-vegetarian by nature and do not discard drinks. Their women folk also entertain their own sex with milk, curd an I delicious food. Because of


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Jat's hard physical structure, they do well even in severe climates of snow covered mountains and in hot wind blowing Arabian countries. Very important quality of a Jat is that he is least homesick. To stick his vocation he can ordinarily shift where he can feed his family in a better way. We find that many Jat Sikhs have migrated and doing very well in many Europeon, American, Arabian, East Asian and even Scandinavian countries. He therefore is very successful in Military service. Most of the army people in Sikh Regiment of India are Jat Sikh. Moreover he is a good and harsh administrator. The forefathers of practically all the Jats were Military personnels and therefore military service is their ancestral or hereditary vocation. Some of them are Engineers, Doctors, Advocates, Politicians, Diplomats, and also businessmen of repute. I personally know Late Shri Har Prasad Singh, Shri B.S. Dehiya and Shri Mehnga Ram who have established a name in income-Tax Department for their keen intelligence and good administration.