Categories of Jats
- Here is the list of Categories of Jats
Bagri Jats (बागड़ी जाट) : Bagri (बागड़ी), a term applied to any Hindu Rajput or Jat from the Bagar (बागड़) or prairies of Bikaner, which lie to the south and west of Hissar in contradistinction to Deswala. The Bagris are most numerous in the south of that District, but are also found in some numbers under the heading of Jat in Sialkot and Patiala. In Gurdaspur the Bagri are Salahria who describe themselves as Bagar or Bhagar by clan and probably have no connection with the Bagri of Hissar and its neighbourhood.[1]
The Dhe Jats, probably the descendants of immigrants from Bagar, a tract just beyond the border of Bikaner, moved into the western parts of the Hissar district around 1783 and took up the land abandoned after the terrible Chalisa famine of that year. Some of them came from Bikaner and Nabha in the early nineteenth century. The areas adjoining Bikaner and to the west of Bhiwani, such as Hissar and Fatehabad were called Bagar, a term meaning 'dry country' in common parlance. The term 'Bagri' was applied to a Hindu Rajput or Jat from the Bagar region. The Godaras and Punias, too, considered themselves to be Bagri Jats. hile the Bagri Jats forged cultural links and matrimonial alliances with the Jats living in Rajasthan, the Deswali Jats did the same with their counterparts in western UP living on the other side of the Yamuna.
Deswali Jats (देसवाली जाट) : Deswali is a territorial term sometimes applied to certain Jat clans as opposed to Pachhamwala. The Deswali claimed to be the descendants of the 'original' Jats settled in the region about a thousand years ago, while the Dhe were later arrivals who extended their sphere of influence following the disintegration of the Mughal empire. They are most numerous in Rohtak, Gurgaon and Karnal. In Rohtak (situated west of the Yamuna), the Deswali Jats settled some seven or eight hundred years ago. The Deswalis were members of 12 different gotras which were further divided into at least 137 sub-clans. Locally they were organized under the tappa system, a territorial and not a kinship grouping. The tappa was controlled by the dominant landholding Jat clan in a given area. Some Deswali Jat clans are: Deshwal, Jakhar, Kadian, Piru, Sangwan,
Marwari Jats (मारवाड़ी जाट) :
Muslim Jats (मुसलमान जाट): Muslim Jats in the region were called Mula or Mule, a few of whom were found in the Rohtak. They called themselves Sheikhs interacted with the Hindu Jats.
Pachhande Jats (पछान्दे जाट): Pachhande (पछान्दे) [2]Pachhandara (पछन्दरा)[3] [4] Pachhala (पछाला)/Panchhande (पंछादे)/Pachhade (पछादे) [5] is the category of Jats in Uttar Pradesh [6], Haryana and Uttarakhand[7]who had come from West (Punjab) and settled there. Rakesh Saroha[8] has provided us list of clans included in Pachhade Jats:
Ahlawat,
Aulakh,
Bajwa,
Barad,
Bhullar,
Bisla,
Chahal,
Chattha,
Deol,
Dhariwal,
Dhillon,
Gahlot,
Ghumman,
Gill,
Godara,
Grewal,
Gulia,
Kaler,
Kang,
Kuhad,
Maan,
Mahal,
Mundher,
Nehra,
Nirwan,
Panwar,
Punia,
Randhawa,
Saraw,
Sekhon,
Sidhu,
Sindhu,
Sirohi,
Siwag,
Tiwana,
Untwal,
Virk,
Sikh Jats (सिख जाट):
Vaishnava Jats (वैष्णव जाट):
References
- ↑ A glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North-West Frontier Province By H.A. Rose Vol II/B,p.33
- ↑ O.S.Tugania:Jat Samuday ke Pramukh Adhar Bindu,p.47,s.n. 1437
- ↑ Jat History Dalip Singh Ahlawat/Parishisht-I, s.n. प-47
- ↑ O.S.Tugania:Jat Samuday ke Pramukh Adhar Bindu,p.60,s.n. 1462
- ↑ Jat History Dalip Singh Ahlawat/Parishisht-I, s.n. प-76
- ↑ Jat History Thakur Deshraj/Chapter VIII,s.n. 293,p-586
- ↑ Rakesh Saroha, Jat Gatha, 9/2015, p.19-20
- ↑ Rakesh Saroha, Jat Gatha, 9/2015, p.19-20