Dhanda
Dhanda (ढांडा)[1][2] [3] ref>Jat History Dalip Singh Ahlawat/Parishisht-I, s.n. ध-13</ref>[4] gotra Jats found in Punjab, Haryana, Maharashtra, Rajasthan. [5] It is one Of Hindu And Sikh Jat Gotras. Dhanda are in Uttar Pradesh. [6]
== Origin ==Dhanda jats are from mahabharata period.It is an ancient jat gotra and it started from Rajasthan to haryana and Punjab. Dhanda gotra has many villages through out haryana and Punjab.they are also known as malhan,mehla,maulia.A glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North-West Frontier Province By H.A. Rose Vol II/D]], p.235</ref>
Bhim Singh Dahiya mentions that a couple of Jat tribes are also mentioned in Kasika. While mentioning the six members constituting the Trigarta confederacy, the Kasika identifies two tribes as Kaundoparatha and Dandaki. Their modern descendants are still called by these names and they are the Kundu and [[Dhanda] Jats in India.[7]
There is an ancient tribe mentioned in Shalya Parva, Mahabharata/Book IX Chapter 44 as Dandavahu. [8]
Garcha, Sirhe, Nain, Chandarh, Dhanda, Kandhole and Khosa Jatts are close kins who are thought to come from Turkistan (Scythian empire) in early history.
तारिम (सीता) नदी के तट पर
कुन्दा-कुण्डू - इस वंश का राज्य तारिम (सीता) नदी के तट पर था। इनके नाम पर पामीर पठार पर कुण्डू नगर है। इनके निकट डांढा (ढांडा) जाट भी थे।[9]
Villages founded by Dhandha clan
- Dhandha ki Dhani - village in Phagi tahsil in Jaipur district in Rajasthan.
Distribution in Punjab
Villages in Gurdaspur district
Dhanda named Villages are is in Batala tahsil in Gurdaspur district in Punjab.
Villages in jalandhar district
Ruplon village
Distribution in Haryana
Inharyanathisclanfound in hisar,bhiwani,jind,kaithal,panipat,karnalkrukshetra,ambala,yamunanagar
Villages in Kurukshetra district
Villages in Jind district
Sangatpura (Jind), Dhanauri, Gatauli, Kharak ramji,Dhanda kheri,Barah kala,sunderpurand it is one of prominant gotra in dist. Jind
Villages in Panipat district
Kavi (Panipat),
Villages in Yamunanagar district
Villages in Kaithal district
Kithana village rajound tehsil is one of biggest village of Dhanda gotra having more than 14000 population,kultaran and some villages in guhla cheeka
Villages in Hisar district
Budana,Mirchpur, Hisar, Neoli kalan,muklan,kungar Sandlana,litani,hasangarh,parbhuwala
Distribution in Rajasthan
Villages in Tonk district
Dhandha Jats live in villages: Awda (10), Doria (1), Keria (16), Lamba Harisingh (1),
Villages in Jaipur district
Dhandha Jats live in villages: Devnagar Ladana (3), Dhandha ki Dhani (3), Kishorpura (1), Renwal (5), Sali (साली),
Villages in Ajmer district
Sursura (8)
Notable persons
- Nar Singh Dhanda - Ex Minister from Khedi Sandal (खेड़ी संदल) village in Kaithal of Haryana.
- Justice Pritam Pal retired judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court and presently Lokayukta of Haryana
- Sant Tarachand (1925-1997) (संत ताराचंद) - Gotra [[Dhanda] from village Dinod District Bhiwani, Haryana
- Sukhda Pritam Judicial Magistrate First Class. Daughter of Justice Pritam Pal
- Pooja dhanda - Silver Medalist in 2010 Youth Olympic Singapore Mahila kusti 60 Kg. She got 86.5% marks in 10th class.
- mahipal dhanda-leader in panipat
Dhanda a village name
[[Dhanda] is a village inBali Tahsil of Pali district in Rajasthan.
References
- ↑ Jat History Dalip Singh Ahlawat/Parishisht-I, s.n. ध-22
- ↑ History and study of the Jats/Chapter 10
- ↑ B S Dahiya:Jats the Ancient Rulers (A clan study), p.238, s.n.60
- ↑ O.S.Tugania:Jat Samuday ke Pramukh Adhar Bindu,p.45,s.n. 1291
- ↑ Ashok Dingar & A.B. Sumrao, “Maharashtra mein Jaton ki Biradari” – Jat Veer Smarika 1987-88, Jat Samaj Kalyan Parishad Gwalior. pp. 65,66,67
- ↑ Jat History Thakur Deshraj/Chapter VIII,s.n. 150,p-585
- ↑ Jats the Ancient Rulers (A clan study), p.73
- ↑ शवेतवक्त्रः सुवक्त्रश च चारु वक्त्रश च पाण्डुरः। दण्डबाहुः सुबाहुश च रजः कॊकिलकस तदा ।Mahabharata (9.44.68)
- ↑ Jat History Dalip Singh Ahlawat/Chapter IV,p.352
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