Khichi

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Khichi (खीची)[1] Khich (खीच) Khinchi (खींची) Khichar (खीचड़) is gotra of Jats found in Rajasthan and Pakistan. [2] Khichi (खीची) clan people are found at present mainly in Rajputs. It is a branch of Chauhan. Khichi clan is found in Afghanistan.[3] Kechi is term for Khichi, Chohan, or for Khicho in Afghanistan.[4]

Origin

This gotra originated from ancestral person Khichi (खीची), who was king of area with capital at Gagraun (Gagraon, Gāgraon) (गागरौन) in present Jhalawar district in Rajasthan. [5] Probably they are same as Khichar clan of Chauhans.

History

Khich, who belong to the Sind-Sagar Doab, is a variation of Khichi, which is one of the Chauhan clans. Ibbetson wrote that they "are said to have come originally from Ajmer, the old seat of Chauhan power, thence to Delhi, and from Delhi to the Sutlej during the Mughal rule".[6]

Khilchipur was founded in 1544 by Dewan Ugra Sen, a Khichi Rajput, a section of the great Chauhan clan, who was forced by family dissensions to migrate from the Khichi capital of Gagraun.[7]

H.A. Rose[8] writes that In Bahawalpur the Chauhans have three clans : — Khalis ; Hamshira [found mainly in Uch peshkāri — they claim that Muhammad Husain, their ancestor, was Akbar's foster-brother (hamshir), but others say they are Hashmiras not Hamshiras] ; and Khichchi, who claim to be descended from Khichchi Khan, ruler of Ajmer 700 years ago, and say their ancestor founded Shergadh in Montgomery. Few in number they are confined to the kārdāri of Khairpur East, where they are carpenters and khatiks by trade, though in Multan they are well-to-do landowners.


H.A. Rose[9] writes that Khichi ( खिची), Khichchi (खिच्ची), a Muhammadan tribe of Jat status, found as a compact tribe almost exclusively round Mailsi in Multan and in the northern part of Gugera tahsil, Montgomery district.† It claims Chauhan origin and descent from one Khichi Khan, a ruler in Ajmer. Driven out of Delhi by the Muhammadans his descendants Sisan and Vadar migrated to Multan. The Khichis fought with the Joiyas, then paramount in those parts, and also say that they were sent against the rebellious Baloch of Khai by the Mughals, in Multan; In Montgomery the Khichis say they were converted to Islam by Bahawal Haqq, wandered up the Ravi,† abandoned agriculture for cattle-breeding and joined the Kharrals in robbery, but under the rule of Kamr Singh Nakkai resumed cultivation and are now industrious peasants.

† They are thus found along the lower and middle Sutlej, and on the Ravi from Multan to Lahore, but there are also a few of them on the Chenab, and there are considerable numbers of them in the Delhi district where they appear to be recognised as a sept of the Chauhan. In Shahpur they are also found and in that District they are classed as Jat (agricultural), but in Montgomery they are classed as Rajputs. In the Chenab Colony most of them returned themselves as Rajputs, but some as Jats. In the Sandal Bar they were dependents of the Kharrals, although superior to them in status taking wives from them, but refusing to give them brides. They were, however, not counted as 'belonging to the ' great Ravi ' tribes, and it is possible that the Khichi of the Bar and in Shahpur are really Khilchi or Khilji, not the Chauhan Khichi of Multan.

Distribution in Rajasthan

Villages in Jaipur district

Khichi (खीची) Jat Gotra people live in village: Thorya ki Dhani (3),

VIIIth Sati Pillar of Chaudhary Majoop Singh at Eran

This Sati pillar is situated at Eran in Madhya Pradesh. In the beginning of the inscription term 'Sri Ganesh Shaya Nama' is mentioned. It is dated in 'Sak Samvat' 1802 (1880 A.D.). This Sati Pillar belongs to Chaudhary Majoop Singh. 'Khichi' is inscribed as 'Gotra'. The descendants of 'Chaudhary Majoop Singh' narrate that died in the Battle, his wife went Sati with pillow. They are still living at Eran . The length, width and thickness of the Pillar are 1.73 mts , 53 cms.,10 cms respectively.. The inscription is of 10 lines. The horse is inscribed on the Pillar. A couple has been shown in standing position, holding hands. The riding persons having sword in his waist. On the both sides of the blessing hand The Sun, The Moon , Five Stars and Pillow are inscribed ..

Khichi town in Pakistan

Khichi is a town in Paistan with geographical location: Jhang, Punjab, Pakistan, Asia. Coordinates: 31° 44' 45" North, 72° 54' 15" East. Sardar Muhammad Khan Khichi is a Candidate Affiliated with Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians (PPPP).

Distribution in Pakistan

According to 1911 census the Khichi were the principal Muslim Jat clan in districts:

Notable persons

  • Sardar Muhammad Khan Khichi - Candidate Affiliated with Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians (PPPP)
  • Chaudhary Majoop Singh - Whose Sati pillar is at Eran

See also

Khichar (खीचड़)

References

  1. ↑ Jat History Dalip Singh Ahlawat/Parishisht-I, s.n. 66
  2. ↑ History and study of the Jats
  3. ↑ An Inquiry Into the Ethnography of Afghanistan By H. W. Bellew, The Oriental University Institute, Woking, 1891, p.79
  4. ↑ An Inquiry Into the Ethnography of Afghanistan By H. W. Bellew, The Oriental University Institute, Woking, 1891, p.112
  5. ↑ Dr Mahendra Singh Arya, Dharmpal Singh Dudee, Kishan Singh Faujdar & Vijendra Singh Narwar: Ādhunik Jat Itihasa (The modern history of Jats), Agra 1998 p. 235
  6. ↑ http://www.shvoong.com/humanities/1681556-chauhan-rajputs-vansh-agnivanshi-by/
  7. ↑ http://www.uq.net.au/~zzhsoszy/ips/k/khilchipur.html
  8. ↑ A glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North-West Frontier Province By H.A. Rose Vol II/B , p.156
  9. ↑ A glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North-West Frontier Province By H.A. Rose Vol II/K,p.535

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