Jajra
Jajra
(Jajhra, Jajda, Jajada, Jajhad, Jaj, Jujada)
Location : Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh
Country : India
Jajra (जाजड़ा)[1] Jajhra (जाजड़ा) Jajda (जाजडा) Jajada (जाजडा) Jajhad (जाझड़ा) Jaj (जाज)[2] [3][4] Jujada (जजड़ा) Gotra Jats are found in Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh. It is a branch of Chauhans. Jaj (जज), (1) a Muhammadan Jat clan (agricultural) found in Montgomery : (2) a Kamboh clan (agricultural) found in Amritsar. [5]
Origin
They are probably descendant of Chauhan Mahapurusha Jaja (जाज).
History
Jāja, Jajā, Jajadeva, or Jajjalana was a minister and commander of Hammira of Ranthambhor. In the annals of Chauhan history, there is scarcely a name better known than that of Hammira the hathi, ruler of Ranthambhor. The fight put up by him against Ala-ud-din Khalji, the tyrannical Sultan of Delhi, with a view to protecting the neo-Muslim leaders, Muhammad Shah and his brothers, who had taken refuge at the Ranthambhor court, has inspired many a poet of Sanskrit, Prakrta, Hindi as well as Rajasthani to sing his glory and offer the incense of admiration at the shrine of his memory. Of people, whom he had favoured, many deserted him. His chief general, Ratipala, and the finance minister Dharmasimha, proved traitors. In his last fight, Hammira was accompanied by only nine warriors, of whom four were not even his co-religionists. But besides these he had at least one more follower of undoubted loyalty, the Chahamana Jaja, Jaja, Jajadeva or Jajjala who was left behind to put up a last ditch fight for Ranthambhor. [6]
The material for Jaja's life is extremely scanty. The Prakrtapingalam, a book on Prakrta prosody written some time in the fourteenth century, quotes five verses from some Apabhramsa poem dealing with Hammira's achievements. Of these two refer to Jajadeva; none, it might be noted, mentions even by name, the other ministers and generals of Hammira. This fact in itself should be testimony enough for Jajadeva's pre-eminent position in Hammira's kingdom. Had this Apabhramsa poem drawn upon by the Prakrtapailigalam come down to us, we might have received a full account of the great hero, Jaja. [7]
It is a matter of research if they have connection with Jajja - a Muslim Jat clan found in Pakistan.They are descendants of King Jajja of Kashmir 748-751 A.D.
Villages founded by Jajra clan
- Jajrawas (जाजडावास) - village in Merta city tehsil of Nagaur district in Rajasthan.
- Jajron Ka Khera (जाजडों का खेड़ा) - village in Kapasan tahsil in Chittorgarh district in Rajasthan.
Distribution in Gujarat
Villages in Banas Kantha district
Distribution in Rajasthan
Villages in Nagaur district
Acheena, Ahmadpura, Arniyala, Baggar (550), Bhawasiya, Bikharniya Kalan, Butati, Charda, Chhapri Khurd, Deh, Dodiyana Nagaur, Gemaliyas, Gotan, Hudas, Jajrawas, Jawa Sisodiya, Kalwa, Katyasani, Madhaniya, Makarana, Megadand, Merasi, Mundiyar, Palri Kalan, Panchori, Pundlota, Rabdiyad, Sinod, Tankla, Tehla, Dangawas Nagaur
Villages in Jodhpur district
Bisalpur, Raikoriya, Poonasar, Udaliyawas
Villages in Ajmer district
Kotri Ajmer, Ghaslo Ki Dhani (5),
Villages in Jaipur district
Villages in Barmer district
Barmer, Baytoo[8] Bor Charnan, Kanor, Purawa,
Villages in Bhilwara district
Villages in Pali district
Sisarwada, Bhomion Ka Bas (Dhoondhala), Dhundhala
Villages in Chittorgarh district
Jajron Ka Khera (t.Kapasan),
Distribution in Madhya Pradesh
Villages in Mandsaur district
Bugalia (Gujarda), Jaggakheri, Kacharia Jat, Molyakheri, Narayangarh (Malhargarh),
Villages in Ratlam district
Villages in Ratlam district with population of Jajda (जाजडा) gotra are:
Villages in Ratlam district with population of Jajhad (जाझड़) gotra are: Ratlam 1,
Villages in Harda district
Adampur Harda, Bamnai, Bhamori, Kolipura, Jhugariya, Kunjargaon, Nimakhedi, Oshopuram,
Villages in Hoshangabad district
Villages in Khargone district
Villages in Sehore district
Kothri Kalan, Seegaon (Nasrullaganj), Mahagaon Kadeem,
= Villages in Ujjain district
Distribution in Maharashtra
Villages in Nasik district
Villages in Buldhana district
Notable persons from this gotra
- Ram Lal Chaudhary - MLA
- गणेश जाजडा - Bikaner
- Jaiprakash Jajra: RAS 2011 batch, SDM Nasirabad, Ajmer, M: 9530487850
External links
See also
References
- ↑ Dr Pema Ram:Rajasthan Ke Jaton Ka Itihas, p.301
- ↑ Ompal Singh Tugania:Jat Samuday ke Pramukh Adhar Bindu,p.39,s.n. 883
- ↑ Dr Pema Ram:Rajasthan Ke Jaton Ka Itihas, p.301
- ↑ Jat History Dalip Singh Ahlawat/Parishisht-I,s.n. ज-105.
- ↑ A glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North-West Frontier Province By H.A. Rose Vol II/J,p.349
- ↑ Dasharatha Sharma, Early Chauhan Dynasties, p. 134
- ↑ Dasharatha Sharma, Early Chauhan Dynasties, p. 134
- ↑ User:Hrdhaka
- ↑ User:Sk56
- ↑ User:Sk56
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