Rawal (clan)
Rawal,[1][2][3][4][5] or Rawil[6] is a clan found in the Gujjar caste based in various north Indian states and Pakistan.[7]
Origin
changeRawal Gujjars claimed to be of the Hindu lineage (descendants of Hinduism lineage).[4]
In Khanpur village of Bulandhshahar district of Uttar Pradesh Rawal Gujjars are settled and their ancestors are believes to be migrated from the Rewari district of Haryana state.[1]
Distribution
changeThey are mostly inhabit in the Indian states of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh (Khanpur),[1] Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, India, Haryana (Rewari,[1] Karnal,[3] Sonipat[8]) and Delhi.[9]
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Kumar, Satendra (2022-09-21). Popular Democracy and the Politics of Caste: Rise of the Other Backward Classes in India. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-000-68431-5.
Khanpur: There are two clans among the Gujjars. One is called Achauhan and the largest section of the Gujjars in Khanpur belongs to this clan. They relate to raja Nain Singh of Parikshatgarh. The second is Rawal and only five Gujjar households belong to this clan. Gujjars of the Achauhan clan claim that they are the original settlers in the village. Some of them assert that they are the ones who set up the village. While ancestors of the Rawals migrated from Rewari, Haryana, ancestors of the Achauchan are said to have come from the vicinity of Garhmuktesver.
- ↑ Aziz, Khursheed Kamal (1987). Rahmat Ali: A Biography. Steiner Verlag Wiesbaden. ISBN 978-3-515-05051-7.
Gujjars have 19 gots : Tunwar , Chokhar , Rawal , Kalsan , Kathana , Kasanah , Kalas , Gorsi , Chechi , Dhedar , Poswal , Lawi , Bijar , Khaindar , Melu , Thakaria , Chauhan , Monan , Bhumla . Rahmat Ali was a Gorsi
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Haryana State Gazetteer. Haryana Gazetteers Organisation, Revenue Department. 2001. p. 512.
In Karnal area the principal clans of Gujjars are Rawal, Chhokar, Charmain and Kilson. They are mostly concentrated in the rural areas of Panipat and Kaithal tahsils. They are the devotees of Lord Krishana.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Bharadwaj, A. N. (1994). History and Culture of Himalayan Gujjars. Jay Kay Book House. p. 72.
Kalsian Gujjars the Baharwal , Kalsian, Rawal Gujjars also claim to be Chandervansi and The Kalsian being Chouhan.
- ↑ Singh, K. S. (1996). Communities, Segments, Synonyms, Surnames and Titles. Anthropological Survey of India. p. 1320. ISBN 978-0-19-563357-3.
- ↑ Chauhan, Rana Ali Hasan (1998). A Short History of the Gurjars: Past and Present. Chauhan Publications. p. 103. ISBN 978-969-8419-00-4.
Rawil, Rawal is subcaste of the Gujjars in Punjab.
- ↑ Vidya Prakash Tyagi (2009). Martial Races Of Undivided India. Kalpas. p. 239.
Gujjars: Rawal
- ↑ Kumar, Raj (2008). Encyclopaedia of Untouchables Ancient, Medieval and Modern. Kalpaz publisher. p. 449. ISBN 978-81-7835-664-8.
Gujar sections: 'Rawal, Karnal (27 villages in Panipat),
- ↑ "Gurjar Gotra". 2023-12-10. Archived from the original on 2023-12-10. Retrieved 2024-05-18.
Gurjar clans: R- Rana (clan), Ratala, Rawal...
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Further reading
change- Henry Miers Elliot (1869) Memoirs on the History, Folk-lore, and Distribution of the Races of the North Western Provinces of India: Being an Amplified Edition of the Original Supplemental Glossary of Indian Terms: Volume 1 Trübner & Company. p.99
- Horace Arthur Rose, Sir Denzil Ibbetson, Sir Edward Maclagan (1914) A Glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North-West Frontier Province: Based on the Census Report for the Punjab, 1883: Volume 3 superintendent, Government printing, Punjab. p.330