Jats, Harijans, Brahmins live in the village.
I have served with Jats since 1927.
the Marathas and the Jats.
Today there are 150 shops, of which one-third are Jats.
But why would the Banias want Jats as partners at all?
But many Jats of west Maharashtra claim that they are Marathas too.
Jats, who form 10% of the total state's population,
were traditionally Congress voters.
In the north and west the Jats and Gujars are among the largest agricultural communities.
In the north and west the Jats and Gujjars are among the largest agricultural communities.
About 7% of India's population are referred to as tribes and
not as castes or Jats.
But there are some Brahman Jats who traditionally eat meat,
fish, chicken and egg(which is considered non-vegetarian).
But most of the Jats in different Varnas claim to be superior
and higher than other Jats.
Many are refusing to act against the Jats since it is an emotional matter for them.
Inclusion of politically organised castes like the Jats in OBC list is not good
for other backward classes.
The Jats put up stiff resistance,
but by 1691 Rajaram and his successor, Churaman, were compelled to submit.
The Jats Were better organised this time and adopted the methods of guerrilla
warfare, combining it with plunder.
He had written a book"History of the Jats" in Hindi in 1938 which was translated in English in 1967.
Many Jats consists of millions of people
and it also causes break up of the larger community into smaller communities.
An age-old cycle had thus been disrupted and the Jats found themselves in hostile farmland that would otherwise
have been empty.
The Jat special issue of the Illustrated Weekly of India(June 28, 1971)
mentions that the Jats have Teja Mandirs i.e. Teja Temples.
Around 1755, with a much higher population, the villagers of Dahirpur Rajjakpur fought a war with the nearby Jats, where they won
The ceiling of 50 per cent will automatically become invalid and
along with the Marathas, Jats, Muslims, Christians, etc can be designated‘Special Backward Class'.
These Jats had high status
but their exact status is not clear and different communities give different interpretations to their status of different Jats.
Mahmud came back to India for the
last time in 1027 A.D. to punish the Jats who had troubled him on his return journey from Somanath.
The first section to
come into conflict with the Mughal government were the Jats of the Agra-Delhi region living on both sides of the river Yamuna.
In 1952, when the first elections were held to the state assembly, there were 54 Rajputs
MLAs in a house of 160 while only 12 Jats were elected.
Even at the present time, these people call themselves Jats, whether they are found in India
or Pakistan or Afghanistan or Central Asia or Denmark, or Germany, etc.
Each Varna does consist of different Jats but many of these Jats break up into more communities
and each such community refers to itself as different or unique Jat.