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Jat clan: Sihag
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Languages	Bagri Bagri language Bagri is a dialect of Rajasthani language of the Indo-Aryan family. It is spoken by about five million speakers in Hanumangarh and Sriganganagar districts of Rajasthan, Sirsa and Hissar districts of Haryana, Firozepur and Muktsar districts of Punjab of India and Bahawalpur and Bahawalnagar areas... , Haryanvi, Rajasthani Rajasthani Rajasthani is an adjective formed from the proper-noun Rajasthan.It can refer to:* Rajasthani people* Rajasthani language* Rajasthani architecture* Rajasthani art* Rajasthani cuisine* Rajasthani music* Rajasthani Painting... , Hindi Hindi Standard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...
Branches (Alternate names)	Asiagh (असिहाग) , Sehwag (सहवाग) , Siyag (सियाग) , Siag (सिअग) , Suhag (सुहाग) , Syag (स्याग) , Sehag (सेहाग) , Siyak (सियाक) , Sihak (सिहाक) , Syak (स्याक) , Sinhwag(सिन्ह्वाग), Siwal (सिवाल) , Bolan (बोलन) , Chautala (चौटाला)
Ruled In	Jangladesh Jangladesh Jangladesh also known as Jangal Pradesh was a historical region in north, north-western and north-eastern Rajasthan state in northern India. It included the present-day districts of Bikaner, Churu, Ganganagar, and Hanumangarh.... (Rajasthan), Kot Khokhar (Mewar Mewar Mewar is a region of south-central Rajasthan state in western India. It includes the present-day districts of Pratapgarh, Bhilwara, Chittorgarh, Rajsamand, Udaipur, Dungarpur, Banswara and some of the part of Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh. The region was for centuries a Rajput kingdom that later... ), Pahulkot (Mewar Mewar Mewar is a region of south-central Rajasthan state in western India. It includes the present-day districts of Pratapgarh, Bhilwara, Chittorgarh, Rajsamand, Udaipur, Dungarpur, Banswara and some of the part of Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh. The region was for centuries a Rajput kingdom that later... )

Sihag (Hindi

Hindi

Standard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...

:), Siyag , Sehwag , or Asiagh (असिहाग) is a clan of Jat people

Jat people

The Jat people are a community of traditionally non-elite tillers and herders in Northern India and Pakistan. Originally pastoralists in the lower Indus river-valley of Sindh, Jats migrated north into the Punjab region in late medieval times, and subsequently into the Delhi Territory,...

found in Rajasthan

Rajasthan

Rājasthān the land of Rajasthanis, , is the largest state of the Republic of India by area. It is located in the northwest of India. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with...

, Haryana

Haryana

Haryana is a state in India. Historically, it has been a part of the Kuru region in North India. The name Haryana is found mentioned in the 12th century AD by the apabhramsha writer Vibudh Shridhar . It is bordered by Punjab and Himachal Pradesh to the north, and by Rajasthan to the west and south...

, Western Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh abbreviation U.P. , is a state located in the northern part of India. With a population of over 200 million people, it is India's most populous state, as well as the world's most populous sub-national entity...

, Madhya Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh , often called the Heart of India, is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal and Indore is the largest city....

and Punjab region

Punjab region

The Punjab , also spelled Panjab |water]]s"), is a geographical region straddling the border between Pakistan and India which includes Punjab province in Pakistan and the states of the Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Chandigarh and some northern parts of the National Capital Territory of Delhi...

in India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

. According to Kautilya the people who depended on "Asii" (sword) for their living were known as Asiagh.

Origin

Sihag originally is a clan of Jats

Jat people

which is an Indo-Aryan

Indo-Aryans

Indo-Aryan is an ethno-linguistic term referring to the wide collection of peoples united as native speakers of the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-Iranian family of Indo-European languages...

tribal group.

The name Asiagh (Sihag) has been connected to the name of the Asii people

Asii

Asii, also written Asioi, were one of the nomadic tribes mentioned in Roman and Greek accounts as responsible for the downfall of the state of Bactria circa 140 BCE. These tribes are usually identified as "Scythian" or "Saka" peoples....

by Thakur Deshraj

Thakur Deshraj

Thakur Deshraj was a social worker, journalist, nationalist, freedom fighter and author of many books. He was from Rajasthan state in India. He was revenue minister in the princely state of Bharatpur....

,

People belonging to Sihag gotra

Gotra

In the Hindu society, the term Gotra broadly refers to people who are descendants in an unbroken male line from a common male ancestor. Panini defines gotra for grammatical purposes as apatyam pautraprabhrti gotram , which means "the word gotra denotes the progeny beginning with the son's son"...

in Haryana

Haryana

claim common descent with Maan

Maan

Maan or Mann ਮਾਨ or Maanshahia are a clan and tribe of the Jat people found in Punjab , Punjab , Haryana and Rajasthan.- Distribution :...

s, Deshwal

Deshwal

Deshwal or Deswal is a gotra or clan of Jats and Ahirs in the states of Punjab, Haryana Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh in India and the province of Punjab in Pakistan.- Origin :...

s and Dalal

Dalal

Dalal is a surname of a family which is mainly found in Bangladesh. This gotra is mainly found in Sirajganj Sirajgonj and Munshiganj Distrit of Bangalsdeh. Dalal is a clan or gotra of Jats found in Bangladesh and India also.In India this gotra is mainly found at Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi...

s.For about 30 generations they have looked upon "Dhana Rao Rathor" as their forefather.The genealogical tables prepared by the bards of these four gotras are incorrect because they called them the descendants of Dhanna Rathaur, when gotras like "Mann and Sihag" existed long before Dhanna Rao.

History

The Sihags are mentioned in the Puranas and the Mahabharat. A Sihag king offered a gift to Yudhisthira

Yudhisthira

In the great Hindu epic Mahabharata, Yudhisthira , the eldest son of King Pandu and Queen Kunti, was king of Indraprastha and later of Hastinapura. He was the leader of the Pandava side in the Kurukshetra War...

on his coronation.

Sihag's are also known as rulers in Rajasthan

Rajasthan

then known as Jangladesh

Jangladesh

Jangladesh also known as Jangal Pradesh was a historical region in north, north-western and north-eastern Rajasthan state in northern India. It included the present-day districts of Bikaner, Churu, Ganganagar, and Hanumangarh....

. Kot Khokhar in Mewar

Mewar

Mewar is a region of south-central Rajasthan state in western India. It includes the present-day districts of Pratapgarh, Bhilwara, Chittorgarh, Rajsamand, Udaipur, Dungarpur, Banswara and some of the part of Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh. The region was for centuries a Rajput kingdom that later...

has been the capital of the Sihag rulers. Pahulkot has also been their capital. Some names of these Sihag rulers were Vir Rana, Dhir Rana etc. They are mentioned in the manuscript of genealogical tables in the possession of Gorakh Singh.

Asirgarh

Asirgarh

Asirgarh Qila is an Indian fortress situated in the Satpura Range, about 20 km north of the town of Burhanpur, in Burhanpur District of Madhya Pradesh state. The fortress commands a pass through the Satpuras connecting the valleys of the Narmada and Tapti rivers, one of the most important...

(meaning Fort of Asiaghs) is a site of an ancient fort situated in Burhanpur district of Malwa region in Madhya Pradesh, India. It is of interest that ancient name of Hansi

Hansi

Hansi is a city and a municipal council in Hisar district in the Indian state of Haryana. Its 2011 population is estimated to be 1,34,568. It is located at a distance of east of Hisar on National Highway 10. Geographically, it is semi-arid with around 46 cm of annual rainfall. It appears...

in Hisar district of Haryana was also "Asirgarh".

Rulers in Jangladesh

"Sihag" clan is Known as one of the Jat

Jat people

cantons ruling "Jangladesh

Jangladesh

". Prior to 15th century, Rajasthan

Rajasthan

was called Jangladesh

Jangladesh

.

Table of Jat Kingdoms in Jangladesh:

S.No.	Name of Kingdom	Name of King	No. of villages	Capital	Names of districts
1.	Sihag	Chokha Singh	150	Sui	Rawatsar Rawatsar Rawatsar is a city, a municipality, and one of the eight tehsils in Hanumangarh district in the Indian state of Rajasthan.- Geography :Rawatsar is located at . It has an average elevation of 176 metres .- Demographics :... , Baramsar, Purabsar Dandusar, Gandaisi
2.	Beniwal Beniwal Beniwal , also Veniwal Venhval Benhival Vainiwal Bhainiwal Bahinwar is a clan or gotra of Jats in Punjab, Rajasthan, Haryana, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh in India. They were rulers in Jangaldesh. They are Jats. Beniwals are also Jat Sikhs in Punjab...	Raisal Singh	150	Rasalana	Bhukarka, Sanduri, Manoharpur, Kooi KOOI KOOI is a radio station broadcasting an Adult Contemporary format. Licensed to Jacksonville, Texas, USA, the station serves the Lufkin-Nacogdoches area. The station is currently owned by Access.1 Texas License Company LLC and features programing from Fox News Radio.-History:The station went on... , Bae Bae Bae, also often spelled Pae or Pai, is a unique Korean family name. The South Korean census of 2000 found 372,064 people by this surname, or slightly less than 1% of the population....
3.	Johiya Johiya Johiya , also known as Joia, Joiya, Joyia, Joya, Joyea, and Joeya, is a Chandravanshi Rajput clan in Northern India and Pakistan. The Johiyas are one of the twenty-four undivided Rajput clans or eka. In ancient chronicles, they are described as "Lords of Jangladesh", a region that included Haryana,...	Sher Singh	600	Bhurupal	Jaitpur, Kumanu, Mahajan Mahajan Mahajan is an Indian surname or title, found among several castes and communities.The word "Mahajan" is an amalgam of two Sanskrit words: Maha meaning great, and Jan meaning people or individuals... , Peepasar, Udasar Udasar Udasar is a village in Bikaner tehsil in the state of Rajasthan in northern India. It is the original home of the Jajra pandits....
4.	Punia Punia Punia can refer to:Punia, Lithuania, town in LithuaniaPunia , gotra or clan of Jat people in India...	Kanha Singh	300	Luddi	Bhadra Bhadra In Hinduism, Bhadra is a goddess of the hunt and one of Shiva's servants.... , Ajitpura, Sidhmukh Sidhmukh Sidhmukh is a town of historical importance located in Churu district of Rajasthan, India. It was the capital of Kaswan Jat rulers of Jangladesh.... , Rajgarh Rajgarh -Places in India:* Rajgarh, Madhya Pradesh* Rajgarh, Himachal Pradesh* Rajgarh, Alwar, a town in Rajasthan* Rajgarh, Churu, a town in Rajasthan* Rajgarh, Dhar - a town in Madhya Pradesh... , Dadrewa Dadrewa Dadrewa is a village situated in Churu district of Rajasthan, India. The village is situated on the Hissar-Bikaner Highway in between Sadulpur and Taranagar. It was the ancient capital of Chauhan Rulers. The famous Gogaji Pir, was also born at Dadrewa. This was also ruled by Punias and Kaimkhanis.... , Sankhoo
5.	Saharan Saharan The term Saharan is used in the English language to denote someone or something from the Sahara desert, including:* Sahrawi , referring to the people of the Western Sahara* Saharan languages, a subgroup of the Nilo-Saharan languages...	Pula Singh	300	Bhadang	Khejra, Phoglo, Buchawas, Sui Sui Sui can refer to:* Sui or mizu, 水, meaning "Water" in Japanese, one of the elements in the Japanese system of five elements and representing the fluid, flowing, formless things in the world.... , Badnu, Sirsila
6.	Godara Godara Godara may refer to:Godara , a gotra or surname found in Jat community in India."Godara",a place in Afghanistan...	Pandu Singh	700	Shekhsar Shekhsar Shekhsar is a village in Lunkaransar tehsil of Bikaner district in Rajasthan, India. It is situated on the north-east border of the district adjoining Churu and Hanumangarh district boundaries. The village has a population of 5820 out of them are Scheduled Caste 1182 and Scheduled Tribe ...	Shekhsar Shekhsar Shekhsar is a village in Lunkaransar tehsil of Bikaner district in Rajasthan, India. It is situated on the north-east border of the district adjoining Churu and Hanumangarh district boundaries. The village has a population of 5820 out of them are Scheduled Caste 1182 and Scheduled Tribe ... , Pundrasar, Gusainsar (Bada), Gharsisar, Garibdesar, Rungaysar, Kalu Kalu Kalu may refer to:Kalu, AfghanistanKalu river, a river in Sri LankaKalu , a district in Ethiopia-People:Kalu Rinpoche, Tibetan BuddhistOrji Uzor Kalu, a Nigerian politicianMaxwell Kalu, Nigerian footballer...
7.	Kaswan Kaswan Kaswan or Kuswan or Kasuan is a gotra of jats in Rajasthan and Haryana in India. The word Kaswan is 'XWN' of Tocharian language meaning 'King'.-Origin of Kaswan :...	Kanwarpal Singh	100	Sidhmukh Sidhmukh Sidhmukh is a town of historical importance located in Churu district of Rajasthan, India. It was the capital of Kaswan Jat rulers of Jangladesh....

Out of total 2670 villages in the Jangladesh, 2200 villages were under the rule of Jat people

Jat people

. It was ruled by their own chiefs and largely governed by their own customary law. Each kingdom bore the name of the community, and was subdivided into districts.It is said about Jat territories that Saat Patti Sattavan Majh (means seven long and fifty-seven small territories). At every stage of invasion to India the foreign invaders had to encounter with the Jats of this region. At what period the Jat people

Jat people

established themselves in the Indian desert is not known. By the 4th century they had spread up to Punjab

Punjab region

in India.

Sihag Jats were rulers in North Jangladesh

Jangladesh

prior to the rule of Rathores. Jangladesh coincided with the princely state of Bikaner in Rajasthan. When Rathores under the leadership of Bika and Kandal were spreading their rule in Jangladesh, At that time about 150 villages were under the rule of Sihag Jats. "Chokha Singh Sihag" was their king and their capital was "Sui (Sihaggoti)".It is 12 mile north-east to Shekhsar

Shekhsar

Shekhsar is a village in Lunkaransar tehsil of Bikaner district in Rajasthan, India. It is situated on the north-east border of the district adjoining Churu and Hanumangarh district boundaries. The village has a population of 5820 out of them are Scheduled Caste 1182 and Scheduled Tribe ...

in Lunkaransar district. Rawatsar

Rawatsar

Rawatsar is a city, a municipality, and one of the eight tehsils in Hanumangarh district in the Indian state of Rajasthan.- Geography :Rawatsar is located at . It has an average elevation of 176 metres .- Demographics :...

, Devasar, Biramsar

Biramsar

Biramsar is a village in Ratangarh tehsil of Churu district of Rajasthan, India....

, Moteir, Dandusar and Gandeli were other famous towns in their state.There another capital was "Pallu" which is nearby Sui in Nohar

Nohar

Nohar is a city and a municipality in Hanumangarh district in the Indian state of Rajasthan.- Geography :Nohar is located at . It has an average elevation of 186 metres . Nohar is known for its history, old hawelies and poets....

district. It is said that earlier its name was Kot Kiloor which afterwards was renamed on the name of Pallu, the daughter of Sihag king.

Chokha Singh Sihag had war with Rathore

Rathore

The Rathore is a Suryavanshi Rajput clan same caste as Lohana. Their Kuldevi is Nagnechiya Mata and "Karani Mata". Rathores are originally from Kannauj in Uttar Pradesh. Rathores are historically considered the samurais of India...

s but the Godara

Godara

Godara may refer to:*Godara , a gotra or surname found in Jat community in India.*"Godara",a place in Afghanistan...

Jats and Delhi Sultanate

Delhi Sultanate

The Delhi Sultanate is a term used to cover five short-lived, Delhi based kingdoms or sultanates, of Turkic origin in medieval India. The sultanates ruled from Delhi between 1206 and 1526, when the last was replaced by the Mughal dynasty...

had aligned with Rathores due to which sihag's faced a defeat. Rathores had established good relations with the Delhi

Delhi

Delhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census...

Muslim rulers and became powerful. The lack of harmony and coordination among other Jat rulers led to the defeat of Jat states in Rajasthan

Jat states in Rajasthan

Jat republics in JangladeshJangladesh was the name of a region of northern Rajasthan state in India. It included the present-day districts of Bikaner, Churu, Ganganagar, and Hanumangarh.According to Suraj Mal Memorial Education Society Jats failed to find a desirable place in south Rajasthan and...

and established the Rathore Kingdom

Rathore

in 1488 AD.It has been known that even after defeat Sihag Jats didn't accepted Rathore's rule and hence were invited for conference. They were tricked by Rathors and made captive in the conference hall and ultimately burnt alive. The Jats claimed their right over the land which was under their possession, before the Rathores occupied it and this claim was inherited by their descendants, who used to divide the land among themselves for cultivation. In the early period of their conquest the Rathores could not exercise any definite claim on the land as landlords. However, it was possible only in the 17th century, due to internal rivalries among Jat people, Godara

Godara

Godara may refer to:*Godara , a gotra or surname found in Jat community in India.*"Godara",a place in Afghanistan...

s surrendered.Later on most of Jat clans in Rajasthan had to accept Rathor's suzerainty in mughal times due to the rathores having made alliance with the mughals.

Sihag's in tree protection movement

Maharaja Abhay Singh, Ruler of Marwar

Marwar

Marwar is a region of southwestern Rajasthan state in western India. It lies partly in the Thar Desert. In Rajasthani dialect "wad" means a particular area. The word Marwar is derived from Sanskrit word 'Maruwat'. English translation of the word is 'The region of desert'., The Imperial Gazetteer...

(Jodhpur

Jodhpur

Jodhpur , is the second largest city in the Indian state of Rajasthan. It is located west from the state capital, Jaipur and from the city of Ajmer. It was formerly the seat of a princely state of the same name, the capital of the kingdom known as Marwar...

) state wanted to fell green Khejri (Prosopis cineraria

Prosopis cineraria

Prosopis cineraria is a species of flowering tree in the pea family, Fabaceae, that is native to arid portions of Western and South Asia, such as the Arabian and Thar Deserts...

) trees at village Khejarli

Khejarli

Khejarli or Khejadli is a village in Jodhpur district of Rajasthan, India, 26 km south-east of the city of Jodhpur. The name of the town is derived from Khejri trees, which were in abundance in the village....

to burn lime for the construction of his new palace. Since, there was a lot of greenery in the Bishnoi

Bishnois

The Bishnois are known as the conservationists to whom the preservation of animal and vegetable life is a religion and has been so from the early 15th century. Their spiritual mentor, Guru Jambheshwar was a wise ecologist. He formulated Bis + noi = Bisnoi tenets from which the community derives...

villages even in the middle of Thar desert

Thar Desert

The Thar Desert |Punjab]] province. The Cholistan Desert adjoins the Thar desert spreading into Pakistani Punjab province.-Location and description:...

, they protested to protect the trees and 363 Bishnois were massacred in the process. Out of these martyrs 13 persons were from Sihag clan. This incidence is considered to be the origin of Chipko movement

Chipko movement

The Chipko movement or Chipko Andolan is a social-ecological movement that practised the Gandhian methods of satyagraha and non-violent resistance, through the act of hugging trees to protect them from being felled...

. It was on Tuesday 10th day of the bright fortnight of the month Bhadrapad (Indian lunar Calendar) in 1730 A.D. The brave Bishnoi lady Amrita Devi played a historical role in this incidence.

Gotra wise number of these martyrs was as under:
Achara

Adjara

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(1), Badaderi (1), Badiyani (1), Chotiya (1), Degipal (1), Dudan (1), Geela (1), Goyal

Goyal

Goyal is one of the eighteen gotras of the Agrawal community and is a common family surname amongst the Indian community in India and abroad. In some parts of England, the word Goyal refers to deep gully or ravine. However, there is no connection between the English word and this Indian...

(1), Janwar (1), Javalia

Jewlia

Jewlia is the gotra of Jats found in Sikar district, Ganganagar, Hanumangarh, Jaipur, Ajmer, Tonk and Jodhpur in Rajasthan, India...

(1), Juriya (1), Kalirani (1), Khavi (1), Khichar

Khichar

Khichar or Khichad is gotra of Jats found in Jhunjhunu, Churu, Nagaur, Ganganagar, Hanumangarh and Sikar districts in Rajasthan state in India. Veerbhan Khichar was the founder of Sikar city in Rajasthan. They are also found in Sirsa and Fatehabad districts in Haryana. Khichars are believed to be...

(1), Kupasiya (1), Lamba

Lamba (Surname/Gotra)

Lamba is a Yaduvanshi Ahirs and Jat surname found in northwest India and Pakistan, notably in Haryana, Rajasthan and the Punjab region.It is also a khatri Punjabi surname.- Lamba Khatri Last Name:...

(1), Maal (1), Rinwa

Ranwa

Ranwa , also Rinwa, is a gotra of Jats found in Sri ganganagar, Churu, Sikar and Jhunjhunu districts in Rajasthan, India. Due to being the horrible warriors they were called Ranwa....

(1), Seegar

Seegar

Seegar is a gotra belonging to the Jats. Members of the Seegar gotra are mainly found in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh in India....

(1)
Tadi (1), Vaasu (1), Adeena (2), Bhadiawas (2), Bola (2), Jhangu (2), Manjhu

Manjhu

Manjhu is a small village in district Jamshoro. The population strength of this village is approximately 450-500. The population contains a heavy part of tribe Lanjar and, Khosa, khaskheli, Panhwar, Mir Bahar, Baladi. It is situated beside railway station Unarpur and is at about two kilometers...

(2), Punia (2), Thalod (2), Bhanwal (3), Burdak (3), Chahar

Chahar (clan)

Chahar also known by variations like Chahad, Char and Chaharag, is a gotra or clan of Jats in India. People belonging to this clan are found in the states of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh...

(3), Dhatarwal

Dhetarwal

Dhatterwal , , is gotra of Jats found in Districts Hanumangarh, Sri Ganganagar, Jhunjhunu, Nagaur, Jodhpur, Barmer, Bikaner in Rajasthan state & Haryana in India....

(3), Potalia (3), Rahad (3), Siyol (3), Badiya (4), Dhayal (4), Isram (4), Karhwasra

Karwasra

Karwasra or Kadwasra is a gotra of Jats found in Rajasthan, Haryana and Punjab states of India.-History:They belong to the Dahiya clan. Their name comes from their most prominent ruler Karhwasra Rao...

(4), Bhangarwas (5), Dukia

Dookya

Dookya or Dhukiya Daukiya is gotra of Jats found in Distt Hisar and Fatehabad in Haryana. They are also found in district Churu, Nagaur of Rajasthan in India....

(5), Khava (6), Khileri (6), Lol (6), Nain (6), Sahu

Sahu

Sahu is an Indian and Pakistani surname belonging to the Vaishya varna or Jat varna respectively .They derive their name Sahu, or sometimes pronounced Sao and Sah, from their ancestral family business of bankers and money lending: from the Hindi word SAHUKAR, meaning, in a sense, persons dealing...

(6), Sinwar (6), Dhaka

Dhaka

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(8), Dara

Dara (clan)

Dara is gotra of Jats found in Districts Sikar, Pali, Hanumangarh and Jodhpur in Rajasthan, India. These people were mentioned as 'Dari' by Greek historians, who became Dara in India...

(10), Dudi

Dudi

Dudi or Dudee or Duddy or Dhuddy is a gotra of Jats found in Rajasthan, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Punjab and Madhya Pradesh in India as well as Pakistan. Dudi gotra is also found in Bhati Rajputs, Sikhs, Muslims, Buddhists and Bishnois.Dudi is an old tribe of Ramayana period. Dudis are Naga...

(10), Kaswan

Kaswan

Kaswan or Kuswan or Kasuan is a gotra of jats in Rajasthan and Haryana in India. The word Kaswan is 'XWN' of Tocharian language meaning 'King'.-Origin of Kaswan :...

(10), Khod (10), Khokhar

Khokhar

The Khokhar or Khokar are a people of Punjab region of Pakistan and north-western India. According to H. A. Rose they are the gotra of Rajput, Jat, Arain, Nai, and Churah. According to Denzil Ibbetson, they are also a gotra of the Tarkhan and Khatri tribes. The Khokhars were designated as an...

(10), Panwar (10), Sihag (13), Not clear (22), Jyani

Jyani

Jyani , Jani gotra Jats are found inHaryana, Punjab, Rajasthan,and Madhya Pradesh...

(15), Saran

Saharan (gotra)

Saharan or Sran or Saran is a gotra of jats in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana and Madhya Pradesh in India and Some districts of Punjab, Pakistan claim from Rajputs still today, Saharan's lineage goes to both Brahmins and Kshatriya Rajput. This is an ancient clan of India and belong to Hindu as...

(18), Babal (22), Beniwal

Beniwal

Beniwal , also Veniwal Venhval Benhival Vainiwal Bhainiwal Bahinwar is a clan or gotra of Jats in Punjab, Rajasthan, Haryana, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh in India. They were rulers in Jangaldesh. They are Jats. Beniwals are also Jat Sikhs in Punjab...

(25),

Folklore

Once Godara

Godara

Godara may refer to:*Godara , a gotra or surname found in Jat community in India.*"Godara",a place in Afghanistan...

king had sent his messenger to King "Chokha Singh Sihag" of Jangladesh

Jangladesh

to irritate king and provoke him to fight. So, that messenger went to Devasar village near Pallu. There is a pond in Devasar village where Chokha Singh ji used to take bath and meditated on its shore. Chokha Singh was meditating when that messenger reached him. The messenger reached him and said," I am a messenger of Godara

Godara

Godara may refer to:*Godara , a gotra or surname found in Jat community in India.*"Godara",a place in Afghanistan...

s, give me some offerings". Chokha Singh replied, " If you want to have food, it will be prepared soon but I don't give offerings." As the messenger was ordered to say to Chokha Singh, he said,"What type of king you are?" On this, Chokha Singh took a handful of water and splashed it onto the messenger. Chokha Singh said," Take this and go away". But the messenger was astonished on seeing that the water had turned into gold Ashrafi

Ashrafi

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s. When the messenger returned to Godara

Godara

Godara may refer to:*Godara , a gotra or surname found in Jat community in India.*"Godara",a place in Afghanistan...

king, he told them:-

"सियागां मैं सम्प घणों, दूजी जात न जोड़

सियाग चोखै दान दियो, छपन लाख करोड़ "

There's an old tale famous about Pallu (capital of Sihag's) in Rajasthan that, once there was a Jat King named Mungamdhadka. He married his daughter Pallu to Sahib named prince of Delhi but internally he didn't want to. Therefore he gave venom to Sahib in lunch who afterwords died in Delhi fort. After some time he guided his son for investigating whether Sahib is alive or dead but ironically Pallu herself killed her brother in anger. After this Jat said -

"जावै सो आवै नहीं, यो ही बड़ो हिलूर (फितूर)।

के गिटगी पल्लू पापणी, के गिटगो कोट किलूर ।।"

Mention by Megasthenes

Asiagh is one of the Jat

Jat people

clans as described by Megasthenes

Megasthenes

Megasthenes was a Greek ethnographer in the Hellenistic period, author of the work Indica.He was born in Asia Minor and became an ambassador of Seleucus I of Syria possibly to Chandragupta Maurya in Pataliputra, India. However the exact date of his embassy is uncertain...

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He was an ambassador of Seleucus

Seleucus

-Monarchs and relations of the Seleucid Empire:* Seleucus I Nicator , son of Antiochus and founder of the Seleucid Empire* Seleucus II Callinicus * Seleucus III Ceraunus...

I of Syria

Syria

Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is a country in Western Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the West, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, and Israel to the southwest....

to the court of Sandrocottus (Chandragupta Maurya

Chandragupta Maurya

Chandragupta Maurya , was the founder of the Maurya Empire. Chandragupta succeeded in conquering most of the Indian subcontinent. Chandragupta is considered the first unifier of India and its first genuine emperor...

) of India, in Pataliputra

According to Megasthenes at that time Asiagh Jats were inhabited in Salt Range

Salt Range

The Salt Range is a hill system in the Punjab province of Pakistan, deriving its name from its extensive deposits of rock salt. The range extends from the Jhelum River to the Indus, across the northern portion of the Punjab province. The Salt Range contains the great mines of Mayo, Khewra, Warcha...

northern Punjab region

Punjab region

known as Amanda.

:23.Then succeeds a level tract of country known by the general name of Amanda - The Peucolaitae, Arsagalitae (Asiagh), Geretae (Jat), Asoi (Asiagh) - Whereof the tribes are four in number.

Notable Sihags

Virender Sehwag
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Chaudhary Devi Lal
Om Prakash Chautala
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Ch.Ram Singh Sihag Suchan Sirsa Haryana

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Surendra Pal Singh Sihag, initiated first time even TFT seesham plantation in Village Dhingawali, Punjab

External links

Megasthenes: Indika - Fragment I

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