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Kanhaiya (कनहैया)[1] Kanhaia (कन्हैया)[2] Kanhia (कन्हिया) is gotra of Jats in Uttar Pradesh. [3]
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Origin
They were inhabitants of village Kanha (कान्हा), so known as Kanhaiya. Kanha village is 23 kms from Lahore. These people consider themselves as descendants of Krishna.[4]
History
Kanhia (कन्हिया), or (Ghania) (घनिया), the fifth of the Sikh misls or confederacies which was recruited from Jats. It derived its name from Ghani, a village near Lahore. [5]
Distribution in Uttar Pradesh
Notable persons
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References
- ↑ Jat History Dalip Singh Ahlawat/Parishisht-I, s.n. क-58
- ↑ Dr Ompal Singh Tugania: Jat Samuday ke Pramukh Adhar Bindu, p.31,sn-261.
- ↑ Jat History Thakur Deshraj/Chapter VIII, s.n. 255.p. 586
- ↑ Mahendra Singh Arya et al.: Adhunik Jat Itihas, Agra 1998, p.227
- ↑ A glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North-West Frontier Province By H.A. Rose Vol II/K,p.474
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