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However, Jats were not included in the Central Government's list of OBC castes. Also, in Punjab and Haryana, the Jats did not enjoy any reservation benefits. [26] In Rajasthan, the Jats from Bharatpur and Dholpur districts were excluded from the OBC list, as the former kingdoms of Bharatpur and Dholpur had been ruled by Jats. [27]
Kakrali (Urdu: ککرالی) is a Union Council of Gujrat District, in the Punjab province of Pakistan. [1] It is situated on Bhimber Road, approximately 25 Kilometers from Kharian and 35 kilometers from Gujrat and comes under Kharian Tehsil of Gujrat District.
They are one of the dominant communities in the Punjab, India, owing to their large land holdings. [2] They form an estimated 20–25% of the population of the Indian state of Punjab. [3] [4] [5] They form at least half of the Sikh population in Punjab, with some sources estimating them to be about 60–66% appx. two-third of the Sikh population.
The Jat people, also spelt Jaat, Zuṭṭ and Jatt, [1] are an iranian tribe traditionally agricultural community in Iraq, Iran, Northern India and Pakistan. [2] [3] [4] [a] [b] [c] Originally pastoralists in historical Zuṭṭistān (or Bilād al Zuṭṭ (Land of Jats)), was an eastern province of Persian empire, Situated in current Pakistan.
When Arabs entered Sindh and southern Punjab regions of Pakistan in the seventh century, the chief tribal groupings they found were the Jats and the Med people. Most Jats clans of western Punjab have traditions that they accepted Islam at the hands of Sufi saints of Punjab. Critically, the process of conversion was said to have been a much ...
Jhelum District (Urdu: ضلع جہلم) is a district, located partially on the Pothohar Plateau and in Indus Plain, in Punjab, Pakistan. Jhelum is one of the oldest districts of Punjab. It was established on 23 March 1849. [3]
The Jats are a community native to India and Pakistan. The following is a list of notable people belonging to Jats. ... [78] former Communist leader from Punjab ...
In the early 18th century, Gondals resided in the tract of land between Jhelum and Chenab, roughly from present-day Shahpur to Gujrat.In his Nadir Shah di Vaar, Gondals are mentioned by the poet Najabat, who witnessed the invasion of Nadir Shah in 1739, to be one of the several Punjabi tribes who confronted the Persian army under their leaders Dilloo and Saidoo and did not allow it to pass ...