Bajwa (caste)

Bajwa of Punjab
Bajwa of Punjab
Jat clan
	Map of Sikh Districts, Showing the Distribution of Bajwa Jats Tribes, With Various Other Patriarchal tibes and Castes' (1896) by Robert Worgan Falcon
Ethnicity	Punjabi • Haryanvi
Location	Pakistan
Jathera	Baba Manga
Parent tribe	unknown
Population	More than; (300,000 to 350,000); in their Pre-habitual homeland of Punjab
Demonym	former country of “Bajawat”
Language	Punjabi
Religion	Islam • Sikhism
Surnames	Yes

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‌Bajwa is an Principle‌‌ caste^[1] or Patti (lit. 'divisional segment') based upon warrior faction among the Jat community, which roughly comprised of the wealthy landowner^[2] and staunchly framed as the Zamindar of Pakistani Punjab. wheres they still looked down upon the traditional kammi caste^[3] or landless yeomen worker in their wast farmhand.

Even during the Predated reign of Sikh Empire many of this Bajwa Jats doesn't outlasted for long time in order to defend their ancestral patronage in the adjoining regionality of Bajawat chiefdom.

Caste structure

The caste status of Bajwa Jats is historically premised between Muslim and Sikh faith. Due to shared cultural ties and religious believing, they have fostered harmonious relations within both amiable groups.

United by common interests, Bajwa rioters collectively resisted against the influence of the Hindu Mahasabha

Related Pages

References

↑ Bhatia, Shyamala (1987). Social Change and Politics in Punjab, 1898-1910. Enkay Publishers. ISBN 978-81-85148-13-7.
↑ Lefebvre, Alain (2014-03-05). Kinship, Honour and Money in Rural Pakistan: Subsistence Economy and the Effects of International Migration. Routledge. p. 68. ISBN 978-1-136-80597-4.
↑ Qadar, Abdul; Waheed, Arslan (2023-07-01). "Traditional Hierarchies of Zamindars and Kammis in Pakistani Punjab: Contemporary Contests Through Vartan Bhanji". South Asia Research. 43 (2): 276–291. doi:10.1177/02627280231165063. ISSN 0262-7280. land is owned by Zamindars from the Jatt biraderi, one of the … ancestors, while the Chattha, Bajwa, Sandhu and Tarar Jatts … Kammi biraderis comprise of castes that traditionally work in their farmland

[1] Bhatia, Shyamala (1987). Social Change and Politics in Punjab, 1898-1910. Enkay Publishers. ISBN 978-81-85148-13-7.

[2] Lefebvre, Alain (2014-03-05). Kinship, Honour and Money in Rural Pakistan: Subsistence Economy and the Effects of International Migration. Routledge. p. 68. ISBN 978-1-136-80597-4.

[3] Qadar, Abdul; Waheed, Arslan (2023-07-01). "Traditional Hierarchies of Zamindars and Kammis in Pakistani Punjab: Contemporary Contests Through Vartan Bhanji". South Asia Research. 43 (2): 276–291. doi:10.1177/02627280231165063. ISSN 0262-7280. land is owned by Zamindars from the Jatt biraderi, one of the … ancestors, while the Chattha, Bajwa, Sandhu and Tarar Jatts … Kammi biraderis comprise of castes that traditionally work in their farmland

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