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Following is the list of those ruling Jat dynasties which are primarily located on the Indian Subcontinent: Kingdom of Bharatpur [2] Phulkian dynasty [3] Sikh Empire [4] Kingdom of Gohad [5] Kingdom of Dholpur; Rohilla dynasty [6] [7] [8] Kingdom of Phillaur [9] [10]
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.
The following is a list of notable people belonging to Jats. ... [55] rebel who fought against the British in Indian ... [68] co-founder of Unionist party and a Jat ...
Chhotu Ram (born Ram Richpal Ohlyan; 24 November 1881 – 9 January 1945) was a prominent Jat politician in British India's Punjab province, an ideologue of the pre-independent India. He was a co-founder of the National Unionist Party which ruled and was promoted by British to counter growing national movements [ 3 ] in the united Punjab ...
Lothoo Singh Nitharwal (1804–1855) was a Jat fighter against British rule from what is now Rajasthan, India.He wanted to overturn the role of the East India Company in India, establish democracy and also free people from exploitation by jagirdars.
After the decline of the Mughal Empire, the Jat people competed with Marathas, Rohillas, French colonists, traders, explorers, and the British East India Company for control of the area. In 1790, the fort was granted to Ajit Singh's family on a perpetual lease by Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II. [7] This grant was reaffirmed by the British in 1803. [8]
During British Raj, historians like HA.Rose and Alexander Cunningham note an account of local bards (bhatts) history state, the clan descends from a Bhatti clan progenitor named Sidhu Rao, whom had maternal alliance with Gill Jats. [7] Their descendants are thus the Sidhu Jats. [7] [8]
The 9th Jat Regiment was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. It was formed in 1795 and again in 1922, after the Indian government reformed the army, moving from single battalion regiments to multi battalion regiments.