Achra

Achra (ऐचरा) Ainchra (ऐंचरा) Achara (आचरा) Anchra (आंचरा) Aichra Aechra (ऐचरा) Ochra (ओचरा) gotra Jats are found in Rajasthan, Punjab and Madhya Pradesh. They are Chandravanshi Kshatriyas. Achra/ Achak/Achi clan is found in Afghanistan. Achran (अचरान), an agricultural clan, found in Shahpur.

Origin

• Acha - According to Rajatarangini A'cha, the son-in-law of Pramoda the king of Mathura, who was subject to the king of Kashmira, set up an image of Mahadeva named A'cheshvara.

• H. W. Bellew writes that Achra may stand for the Achi.

• Achra is said to get its name after Illa (इला) wife of Budha. Achra are also said to have got this name from Anglo people of Roma who came to India from Europe. Budha (बुध) was son of Chandra and progenitor of the Chandravansh. As per record of their bards, they are a branch of Chauhans.

• Bhikshachara - There is need to find relation of Bhikshachara and Achara Jat clan looking to curious history of Bhikshachara.

History

According to Rajatarangini A'cha, the son-in-law of Pramoda the king of Mathura, who was subject to the king of Kashmira, set up an image of Mahadeva named A'cheshvara.

H. W. Bellew writes that Achak, a tribe held to be distinct from the others by the Durani themselves, I take to represent the Indian Achi or Achiholada, " The turbulent Achi," of the Rajataringini, a branch of the Damara (Dumar Kakar before noticed) tribe, which figures in the history of Kashmir as a powerful and turbulent people about Lahore and the northern Punjab in the reigns of Avantivarma, 857 to 886 A.D., and of Harsha, 1090 to 1102 A.D., both kings of Kashmir; they may represent tribes of the Tokhari or Toghiyani Turk, or of the Kator.

H. W. Bellew writes that The Achak, or Achakzi, are entirely pastoral and predatory, and inhabit the Kadani valley and north slopes of the Khojak Amran range to the Toba tablelands. But they wander far to the west, and are found scattered all over the country to Herat and Badghis, and parts of the Ghor country. They are reckoned at five thousand tents, and are in two divisions, viz., Bahadur and Gajan.

Villages founded by Achra clan

• Acharon Ki Dhani (आचरों की ढाणी) - village in district Jaipur in Rajasthan.

Distribution in Rajasthan

Villages in Nagaur district

Roopathal,

Villages in Sikar district

Achron Ki Dhani, Banathla, Bhawanipura Srimadhopur, Jassi Ka Bas, Jerthi, Katrathal, Rulyani, Shahpur Bawdi, Shahpura Mandha, Shahpura, Sikar, Ramsinghpura, Sewa,

Villages in Jhunjhunu district

Deogaon Nawalgarh, Kari, Jejusar,

Villages in Hanumangarh district

Bharwana, Kulchander,

Villages in Churu district

Chhabri Khari (20), Ghumanda (20), Gorisar, Jodi, Raghunathpura Ratangarh (50), Sahwa, Sangasar, Sujangarh (5), Tidiyasar (10),

Villages in Jhalawar district

Aklera,

Locations in Jaipur district

Mansinghpura, Kalwar Road, Bhainslana,

Villages in Jaipur district

Acharon Ki Dhani,

Villages in Tonk district

Bagadi (13), Ganeti, Hanotia Naner (1), Janka (1), Kacholya (1), Wajirpura (8),

Distribution in Madhya Pradesh

Villages in Ratlam district

Delanpur 1,

Distribution in Punjab

Villages in Patiala district

Achral Kalan, Achral Khurd villages in Samana tahsil in Patiala district in Punjab.

Notable persons from this gotra

• Arhat Achara - Alexander Cunningham writes that From Konkana the pilgrim Xuanzang proceeded to the north-west for Maharashtra. The name of Kaliyana also occurs several times in the Kanhari Cave inscriptions, which date from the first and second centuries of the Christian era. On the eastern frontier of the kingdom there was a great mountain with ridges rising one over another, and scarped crests. In former days the Arhat Achara had built a monastery, with rooms excavated in the rock, and a front of two storeys in height facing a " sombre" valley. Alexander Cunningham has identified this vihara to be Ajanta.

• Dr. Ram D Mehta - Internationally known scientist in the field of genetic toxicology,University Alberta,Canada
• Mukna Ram Achra - a freedom fighter and reformer from Gorisar in Rajasthan.
• Gaurav Achra - Manager GE India Pvt Ltd , Date of Birth : 13-August-1980, VPO.- Bheslana ,Via -Phulera,Distt.- Jaipur, Rajasthan, Present Address : 15, Choudhary Colony, Kartarpura,Jaipur ,Rajasthan, Phone Number : 0141-2500020, Mob: 9866320377, Email Address : Gaurav Achra@ge.com

• Bajrang Lal Achra - Advocate, Achron Ki Dhani, PO- Banathala. Mob:9414634684, Ph:01576-235051

• Kushla Ram Achra - From village Deogaon Nawalgarh was killed by Jagirdars in 1945

• Col. Ranveer Singh Achra, Arty (Jhunjhunu) - Shaurya Chakra

• Bhagirath Mal Swami (Achra) - From village Jejusar (Jhunjhunu), Disciple of Guru Mukh Ram Dahiya of village Bakra who was Follower of Dadupanthi sect. His statue is at Dhigal Jhunjhunu (Jhunjhunu). He was Pradhan of Nawalgarh Panchayat Samiti four times. Sarpanch of Dhigal once. He was advocate by profession. Died in 1978.

See also

Anchra

References

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