Pachhade Jatts

Pachhade Jats or Pachhada Jatts are the the Punjabi Jats , who are mostly found in the Western districts of Uttar Pradesh. There are about 400,000 Pachhada's there. Mainly , they reside in Jewar, Meerut, Mujaffarnagar, Saharanpur, Amroha, Pilibhit, Lakhimpur. Their biggest concentration is in the Moradabad district where some 785 villages are mostly populated by them. They belong to the Jat caste, but are differentiated from the Hindu Jats of western U.P. by their names 'Pachhade' (from the west) Jats as opposed to the Jats who are called Deswali Jats. Their name is a clue to their origins. According to the author of the Gazetteer of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh writing in 1878 these tribes migrated about a hundred years ago into their present areas and settled there. The author also remarks that the language spoken by them was Punjabi but due to surrounding mostly they speak Hindi.

Akhil Singh Chahal has classified them in several ways and pointed how they are related to their things of origin.

Relation With Sikhs

Pachhadas ancestors came to U.P. during Banda Singh Bahadur's assault on the Mughal power at Saharanpur in 1711and 1783 during Diili FAteh by Baba Baghel Singh Dhaliwal. Whatever their date of settlement they are certainly the descendants of Sikhs. Although they do not keep the 5 K's, they like the Banjaras use the Guru Granth Sahib in their ceremonies. During the 1920s and 1930s there was a great desire amongst them to be accepted as Sikhs and between the 1921 and 1931 census the number of Sikhs in the Moradabad jumped from a mere 231 to 20631 due to the Pachhadas of Moradabad registering themselves as Sikhs. Unfortunately these Pachhadas reverted back to Hinduism after 1947. Since the 1930s the U.P. Sikh Mission in active in these areas and there has been some success with regard to their reversion back to Sikhism. The main gotra of these Punjabi Jats in Western - Uttar Pradesh are:

Punjabi Jat Gotra

These all Punjabi Jats Gotra live in Western-UP

Aa. Ahlawat, Aulakh, Aluna, Atwal, Ajrav.

Ba. Brar, Bankura, Bassi, Bisla/Beesla, Bhullar, Beniwal/Benipal, Bidang/Bling, Bhattal, Boparai,

Bhare ,

Bajwa, Banga, Bains, Bachhal, Baath,

Cc.' Chatha, Chahal, Cheema,

Dd. Deol, Dhaliwal, Dhillon, Dhanju, Dhanoa,

Ff. Fanswal,

Gg. Ghumman, Godara, Grewal, Gill, Ghanghas, Gharcha, Gandhu, Gulia , Gohit , Gandharv, Gahlot,

Hh. Hayer,

Jj Jawanda, Jassar,

Kk. Kaler, Kang , Khaira, Khowde, Kalkal, Kharoud, Kakran, Kairot, Khabra,

Ll. Litt, Laddi,

Mm. Mann / Maan, Malik , Mangat, Masand, Manak, Malhi, Madecha,

Nn. Nirwan, Nagra, Nijjhar, Narwal, Natt,

Pp. Pannu, Poonia , Pehchal, Panghal ,

Rr. Randhawa

Ss. Sarao, Sandhu, Sekhon, Sirohi / Sohi, Siwal/Siwag/Sehwag , Sidhu, Sohota, Singhed, Sangar, Somal,

Ta. Talan, Teja,

Uu. Uppal,

Language

Language/Boli : The language spoken is some distorted form of Punjabi . It has 50% hindi and 50 % Punjabi. The accents are neutral and no where matches with Punjabi people. Example : “Where are you going ” will be spoken as “kithhe nu jaaye raye ho”.

Population

Population: The current population is 3-4 lakh, 90 % of us live in villages.

Occupations

Occupations: 90 % of the people are farmers. Military and police is another preferred option.

Life style

Life style: is very simple most of us are farmers. Unlike Punjab Youth don’t flaunt on royal enfield bullets and jeeps due to limited resources. No show off.

Food

Food : The diet is very rich. Love to have milk,ghee,makhhan,missi roti sarso da saag and simple food. No spicy food is preferred.

Religion

Religion: Biggest confusion. 80-85 % of the people are registered as Hindus in their religion but they all go to gurudwaras . Even few marriages are conducted by gyani ji in the presence of Guru granth sahib. Paths are very common and funerals are done through sikh methods. Overall it has lot of influence of Sikhism. Ladies do fasting also and participate in gurudwara sahib deewans as well.(contradicting)

Marriages

Marriages: Marriages are done based on the cast and not religion. Sikhs can marry in hindus . Hindus can marry Sikhs family. There is only condition “both bride and grooms should be Jat.

Relations with other Punjab & Punjabis

Relations with other Punjabis (migrated during 1947): friendly but no marriages happen with them. Relations with original jats from U.P.: Same as above. Status of Guru Nanak dev/Guru govind Singh/Guru Granth sahib : All the gurus are considered as avatar of Gods and people worship them like gods.

Five k’s : Only few people follow 5 K’s. like my grandfather converted to sikhism but the count is very low. Although Sikhs keep kesh but all Sikhs are not amritdharis. Interesting thing is sikh are not considered different from others. Many example are there when one son is hindu other one is sikh from the same father . confusing :)

Connection with Punjab: No one has even single relative in Punjab. We don’t know what was our original location. The world pachhade means westerns . That mean we came here from west is the only clue.

Current trend : Lot of radha-swami deras have opened and attracting people towards them . SGPC and other bodies have failed to attract people so ultimately everyone will turn Hindu here.

See also

• Pachhande

References

Source - http://pachadejatts.blogspot.in

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