Jagal
Jagal (जगाल) Jaggal (जग्गल)[1][2][3] Jhaggal (झग्गल) gotra Jats live in Haryana, Punjab and Rajasthan. Jagal (जगल ), Jat clan is found in Amritsar.[4] It is a branch of Johiya.
Origin
- It originated from Maharaja Jalasandha (जलसंध). They were called Jaggal due to being the inhabitants of Jangladesh. [5]
- Jagguji, according to the bard, was one of 12 sons of Raja Shiv Singh Johiya (959 AD) of Kot Malot (Malout) in Muktsar, Punjab. He is said to have given fame to Jaggal Clan of Jats.[6]
History
Rajatarangini[7] tells that ...Mallarjjuna was being carried by his servants on their shoulders, his legs being like those of a goat, [defective], he could not walk on the road. When he had passed the dangerous places and had arrived at the village Sabarnika, revered in Lohara, he was arrested by a Thakkura named Jaggika who had placed sentinels there. (Jaggika→Jaggal)
Distribution in Rajasthan
Locations in Jaipur city
Jambeshwar Nagar, Queens Road,
Villages in Sri Ganganagar district
Distribution in Punjab
Villages in Hoshiarpur district
Jagal is a village in Dasua tehsil in Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.
Distribution in Uttar Pradesh
Villages in Meerut district
Distribution in Haryana
Villages in Hisar district
Badala is a village in Hansi tehsil in Hisar district in Haryana.
Villages in Bhiwani district
Mundhal Kalan is a village in Bhiwani tehsil in Bhiwani district in Haryana.
Some villages in Sirsa district.
Notable persons
Ram Mehar Singh Jaggal - popularly known as Ram Mehar Randa for his work as an artist in Haryanavi Comedy Drama and Bhajans.
See also
External Links
References
- ↑ Dr Pema Ram:Rajasthan Ke Jaton Ka Itihas, p.301
- ↑ Jat History Dalip Singh Ahlawat/Parishisht-I,s.n. ज-10.
- ↑ Dr Ompal Singh Tugania: Jat Samuday ke Pramukh Adhar Bindu, p.38, sn-819.
- ↑ A glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North-West Frontier Province By H.A. Rose Vol II/J,p.339
- ↑ Mahendra Singh Arya et al: Adhunik Jat Itihas, p.246
- ↑ See: Khichar, Source-Prabodh Khichar (Mob: 9414079295, Email: prabodhkumar9594@gmail.com)
- ↑ Kings of Kashmira Vol 2 (Rajatarangini of Kalhana)/Book VIII (i), p.203
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