Kaler
Kaler (कालेर)[1] Kler (कलेर)[2] Kalera (कालेरा) Kalher (काल्हेर) Koleron (कोलेरोन) Kaleron (कालेरोन) [3] Kalair (कलेर) gotra Jats are found in Rajasthan,[4] Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab and Pakistan. Kaleri clan is found in Afghanistan.[5]
Origin
People who came from the side of Kalakuta (कालकूट) mountain are said to be known as Kaler.[6] According to Dr Pema Ram the Churu town in Rajasthan was founded by Kaler Jats and it was earlier known as Kalera Bas.[7]
History
49. Kalakuta (कालकूट) - A mountain (II.23.14) conquered by Arjun. Mbh. mentions the inhabitants of Kalakuta as a neighbouring tribe of Kuru land (II.20.26, V.19.30).
- आनर्तान कालकूटांश च कुणिन्थांश च विजित्य सः । सुमण्डलं पापजितं कृतवान अनु सैनिकम (II.23.14)
People who came from the side of Kalakuta (कालकूट) mountain were known as Kaler - Jat Gotra.[8]
Adi Parva, Mahabharata/Mahabharata Book I Chapter 67 gives Genealogy of the Danavas, Asuras, Kauravas, Pandavas, Gandharvas, Apsaras, Rakshasas. We find Kaler in (I.61.80), (1.67). [9]
H.A. Rose [10] writes that Kaler (कालेर), (1) a Jat tribe found in Jind, where the samadh of its Sidh, Didar Singh, at Bhammawadi is revered on the 1st badi of Magh. cf. Bharanch. It is also found in Sialkot, where it claims Chauhan Rajput origin, like the Chimas, and descent from Raja, Kang through Kahr and his descendants Dara and Nattu who migrated to that District in Jahangir's time. In Ludhiana the Kaler Jats at weddings worship their jathera at his matt or shrine. They also affect Sakhi Sarwar and at marriages an offering of bread is made to a Bharai. The first milk of a cow or buffalo is given to a virgin and, if it is abundant to other girls as well. It is also found as an agricultural clan in Amritsar and in Montgomery, in which latter District it is Muhammadan : (2) an Arain clan (agricultural) found in Amritsar.
H.A. Rose [11] further writes thatKalera (कालेरा), a Muhammadan tribe, found in Montgomery (probably Kaler).
Distribution in Rajasthan
Locations in Jaipur city
Jhotwara, Murlipura Scheme,
Villages in Sikar district
Alakhpura Godaran, Hardayalpura, Kaler ki Dhani, Khinwasar, Laxmangarh, Nethwa, Sikar
Village in Jhunjhunu district
Choradi, Sotwara, Kaleri Dhani, Kaleron Ka Bas (100), Lutoo (60), Meethwas,
Villages in Churu district
Dhani Kalera, Kaleron Ki Dhani, Malsisar Sujangarh, Rampur Sujangarh, Ramsara Tal (Rajgarh Churu), Ratnadesar (15),
Villages in Nagaur district
Villages in Hanumangarh district
Villages in Ganganagar district
Anupgarh, Suratgarh, Kaler'a di dhani in village 1PGM (Anupgarh),
Distribution in Haryana
Villages in Bhiwani district
Kalher gotra found in Haryana in villages: Balkara (Tehsil Charkhi Dadri) [12],
Villages in Yamuna Nagar district
Villages in Ambala district
Village of Kaler gotra (Sinhmar Kaler) in Ambala district are: Mirpur (teh: Naraingarh), Chhoti Kohri (teh: Naraingarh)
Villages in Sirsa district
Distribution in Uttar Pradesh
Villages in Hapur district
Villages in Ghaziabad district
Gandhu Nagla (Tehsil-Garhmukteshwar),
Villages in Merut district
Villages in J.P Nagar district
Nagalia Bhadurpur (District J.P Nagar near Moradabad)
Villages in Moradabad district
Bhawalpur Bansi (District Moradabad) Satendra singh 09837915555/
Distribution in Madhya Pradesh
Distribution in Pakistan
According to 1911 census the Kalera were the principal Muslim Jat clan in district:
- Sargodha District - Kalera (679)
Distribution in Punjab
Villages in Fatehgarh Sahib district
Amargarh , Jatana Ucha, Jatana Neevan,
Villages in Moga district
Nanaksar Kaleran, Churchak, Kaler, Ramu Wala,
Villages in Gurdaspur district
Lalowal, Kaler Kalan, Kaler Khurd, Khuni Kaler, Buzurgwal,
Villages in Ferozepur district
Kaler Khera (कालेर खेड़ा), Zira,
Villages in Ropar district
Villages in Jalandhar district
Dhahaan Kaleraan, Parjian Kalan, Ranian, Bhojowal, Bulandpur, Nussi,
Villages in Amritsar district
Bagrian Pind, Kaler Dhaiwala, Fazalpur (near Khadur Sahib), Kaler Khera, Kaler Pind, Lohgarh (Teh BaBa Bakala),
Kaler population is 4,632 in Amritsar district.[13]
In Firozpur district the Kaler population is 2,160. [14]
Villages in Ludhiana district
Akhara, Amargarh Urf Kaler (tah:Jagraon), Barundi, Jattana (near Jagraon), Kakral Kalan, Raikot, Hathur, Lohatbaddi,
Villages in Nawanshahr district
- Kaleran is village in Nawanshahr tahsil in Nawanshahr district in Punjab.
Villages in Sangrur district
Villages in Hoshiarpur district
Notable persons from this gotra
- Om Prakash Kaler, IFS, Kerala, 1986
- CQMH HARJI RAM KALER - The Grenadiers Regiment, OP RAKSHAK(J&K) MARTYR 18-09-2000, Rajasthan
- Dr. HARI RAM KALER - M.D.(Skin & V.D.), S. K. Hospital, Sikar runs MAHATMA GHANDHI COLL.OF PHARMACY,SIKAR.
- DR. H. R. Kaler - Date of Birth : 8-July-1952. Doctor Medical & Health VILL- Gugarwar, PO&VIA- KUKANWALI, NAWA ,NAGAUR. Present Address : 175,SHEKHPURA,NEAR BADRI VIHAR, SIKAR(RAJ.)-332001. Resident Phone Number : 01572-242916. Mobile Number : 9414315663. Email Address : vivekkaler@yahoo.co.in
- Indra Singh Kaler - Asst. General Manager (State Bank of India)
- Major General H.S. Kler - Indian Army (Awarded Ati Vishisht Seva Medal for role in 1965 Indo-Pak war, and then Maha Vir Chakra in 1971 war).
- Sandeep Kler - Businessman based in the North Indian industrial city of Ludhiana
- Satish Kalera SRO PCRA (Ministry of Petroleum& Natural Gas, Govt of India), Dehradun, Home District : Hanumangarh, Permanent Address : 188-Indira colony, Jaisalmer, Present Address : 27-Shakti Enclave ,GMS Road, Dehradun ,UTARAKHAND, Resident Phone Number : 0135-2720296, Mobile Number : 9412054473, Email Address : kalerasatish@gmail.com
- Moosa Klare - A Businessman in Melbourne, Australia.
- Chaudry Muhammad Mushtaq Klare - Registrar (GC University Faisalabad)
- Chaudry Muhammad Abdullah Kler - Former Pakistan Army
- Subedar Major Sohan Singh Kaler- Winner of IOM (Indian Order of Merit, Pre-Curser to Victoria Cross for native soldiers) in WW-I.
- Faizan Kler Khalid - Famous Kler in France.
- Jagjit Singh Kaler (9478260564) prominent Real estate businessman in Zirakpur under the name and style of Kaler properties and real estates
- Lt. Sub Jarnai Singh Kaler R/O Army supported and trained followers of sant jarnail singh Bhindrawala in punjab's freedom fight in 1984 of village Kakrala Kalan
Reference
- ↑ Jat History Dalip Singh Ahlawat/Parishisht-I, s.n. क-107
- ↑ B S Dahiya:Jats the Ancient Rulers (A clan study), p.240, s.n.120
- ↑ Jat History Dalip Singh Ahlawat/Parishisht-I, s.n. क-159
- ↑ Jat History Thakur Deshraj/Chapter IX,p.695
- ↑ An Inquiry Into the Ethnography of Afghanistan, H. W. Bellew, p.131
- ↑ Mahendra Singh Arya et al.: Adhunik Jat Itihas, Agra 1998, p. 229
- ↑ Dr Pema Ram, The Jats Vol. 3, ed. Dr Vir Singh,Originals, Delhi, 2007 p. 206
- ↑ Mahendra Singh Arya et al.: Adhunik Jat Itihas, Agra 1998, p. 229
- ↑ कलेर अंशात तु संजज्ञे भुवि दुर्यॊधनॊ नृपः| दुर्बुद्धिर दुर्मतिश चैव कुरूणाम अयशः करः || (I.61.80), (1.67),
- ↑ A glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North-West Frontier Province By H.A. Rose Vol II/K,p.439
- ↑ A glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North-West Frontier Province By H.A. Rose Vol II/K,p.439
- ↑ added by YogeshKalher
- ↑ History and study of the Jats. B.S Dhillon. p.124
- ↑ History and study of the Jats. B.S Dhillon. p. 127
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