Dandak
Dandakh (दांदक) Dandak (दांदक) Dandaka (दांदक) Dadak (दादक) are various names of gotra of Jats found in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh.
Origin
Dadak (दादक) gotra of Jats have originated from Chaudhari Dadava (दादव). [1]
History
According to Rajatarangini[2]Dandaka was a very respectable man who was with the king Kalasha, father of Harsha (r.1089-1111 AD) king of Kashmir.
Distribution in Madhya Pradesh
Dandak (दांदक) Jats live in districts: Dhar, Indore, Narsinghpur, Bhopal and Ratlam
Locations in Dhar city
Villages in Indore district
Villages in Narsinghpur district
Villages in Indore district
Sherpur Indore, Manpur (Indore),
Villages in Bhopal district
Nipania Jat (Bhopal), Raipur (Bhopal),
Villages in Ratlam district
Villages in Ratlam district with population of Dandak (दांदक) gotra are: Ratlam 1,
Villages in Dhar district
Dandak (दांदक) Jats live in Dhar.
Villages in Indore district
Villages in Gwalior district
Villages in Datia district
Notable persons
- Ram Singh Dandak (ठाकुर रामसिंह ) from Pachokhara, Datia, Madhya Pradesh, was a social worker and freedom fighter. [3]
- ठाकुर गणेशसिंह – [पृ.556]: दतिया राज्य की सेवड़ा तहसील में खड़ऊआ नाम के गांव में दांदक गोत्र के ठाकुर गणेशसिंह जी एक प्रसिद्ध जाट सरदार हैं। अवस्था आपकी लगभग 50 साल होगी। इसी गांव में इसी गोत्र के दूसरे जाट सरदार ठाकुर भवानीसिंह जी के सुपुत्र ठाकुर चित्तर सिंह जी हैं। आपकी उम्र 25 साल के आसपास है। दोनों ही संपन्न आदमी हैं।[4]
- Leela Dhar Dandak - From Dhar, Editor Jat Vaibhav Smarika Khategaon, 2010. Address - Prakash Nagar, Manpur House, Dhar. Mob:9425046425
- Sardar Singh Dandak - Dhar, MP
References
- ↑ Dr Mahendra Singh Arya etc,: Ādhunik Jat Itihas, Agra 1998 p.256
- ↑ Rajatarangini of Kalhana:Kings of Kashmira/Book VII (p.203, 217
- ↑ Thakur Deshraj:Jat Jan Sewak, 1949, p.555
- ↑ Thakur Deshraj:Jat Jan Sewak, 1949, p.556
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