Jats
Jat, Jutt or Jatt is a community of traditional peasant-warrior and found in parts of India, afganistan, pakistan and Asia.The Jats are believed They claim descent from Aryans.[1][2][3] and some Some historians believe that the Gurjar tribe originated from the Jats
At present people from the Jat tribe are found in the Indian states of Haryana, UttarPradesh , panjab, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat,and Northern Rajasthan. [4]
History
[change | change source]Jats had its origins in pastoralism in the lower Indus valley of Sindh until they were forced northwards due to the Islamic conquests.[5]
- "... (North India) contained large numbers of non-elite tillers.Like many similar titles used elsewhere, this was not so much a caste name as a broad designation for the man of substance in rural terrain. … To be called Jat has in some regions implied a background of pastoralism, though it has more commonly been a designation of non-servile cultivating people".[6]
Many Jat people serve in the Indian Army, including the Jat Regiment, Sikh Regiment, Rajputana Rifles and the Grenadiers, where they have won many of the highest military awards for gallantry and bravery. Jat people also serve in the Pakistan Army especially in the Punjab Regiment.
Distribution
[change | change source]Jaats inhabited throughout the Punjab region, Sindh and some other northwestern parts of Subcontinent. [source?]
Notes
[change | change source]References
[change | change source]- ↑ Sharma, Shalendra D. (1999). Development and Democracy in India. Lynne Rienner Publishers. ISBN 978-1-55587-810-8.
- ↑ "Reasons for Jat, Gujjar rivalry | Gurjar Samaj". ashokharsana.proboards.com. Retrieved 2024-07-28.
- ↑ Etienne, Gilbert (2023-11-15). Studies in Indian Agriculture: The Art of the Possible. Univ of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-32378-0.
- ↑ Singh, Vir (2007). The Jats: Their Role & Contribution to the Socio-economic Life and Polity of North & North-west India. Low Price Publications. ISBN 978-81-88629-68-8.
- ↑ Asher, Catherine B.; Talbot, Cynthia (2006). India Before Europe. Cambridge University Press. p. 270. ISBN 0-521-80904-5.
- ↑ Bayly, Susan (2001). Caste, Society and Politics in India from the Eighteenth Century to the Modern Age. Cambridge University Press. p. 37. ISBN 978-0-521-79842-6. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
Further reading
[change | change source]- Census Of India 1911 Volume XIV Punjab Part 2 by Pandit Narikishan Kaul
- 'A glossary of the tribes and castes of the Punjab and North West Frontier Province' by H.A. Rose, Page 354, published in 1919.