Famous Indian freedom fighter and martyr Sardar Udham Singh was a Kamboh. As a Vaishya, Sikh is meant to engage in commerce with honesty and work for the prosperity of the society. Reply. This is a caste of vagabonds and gypsies. Ashrafs were the light-skinned Muslims who had come from Central Asia while the term Ajlaf was used for native converts who were generally darker skinned, and proselytized by means both fair and foul mostly from the lower Hindu castes. 19 In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of article 341 of the Constitution of India, the President, after consultation with the Governors and Rajpramukhs of the States concerned, is pleased to make the following Order, namely:— 1. Being connected with commerce and trading, their literacy rate is among the highest in Punjab and they were also the earliest beneficiaries of colonial education system being located in urban areas. They are also known for their industry and exceptional work-ethic. Awans, Dogars, Jats , and Arains are ranked in middle , with a number of artisan and menial castes ranked gradually lower. If, then, it is at all necessary to connect the Khatris with the ancient fourfold system of castes, the only group to which we can affiliate them is the Vaisyas" William Hunter gave similar opinion in The Imperial Gazetter. Please note that although the word Khatri appears to be a vernacular form of Sanskrit Kshatriya, the caste is exclusively composed of cloth merchants, grocers, perfume sellers (or "Gandhis") and traders . Unknown July 7, 2016 at 8:58 PM. Manu Smriti gives the name of a caste of this composition as "Kshaatri" instead of "Kshatriya". Barwar 6 7. Labana is another Sikh caste. My title name is Mahto . Aggarwal Baniyas, a reputable vaishya caste of Hindus, also deny any link with them. The Word is the heroic bravery for the Kshatriya; the Word is the service to others for the Shudra. Originally, By Profession, Labanas were Tranporters and Carriers who transports commodities like Grains, Jaggery, Salt, Spices etc. Labanas engaged in agriculture are also called Labana Jats. Lewis Rice offered a similar view about the Khatri caste in various regions of India. "I serve Him, who makes me forget my pains; He is the Giver, forever and ever. Historically, within Christianity the theological basis of the hereditary enslavement of Blacks can be traced to the two Papal Bulls of 1452 and 1455 which sanctioned Christian Europeans to enslave "Saracens, pagans and any non-believers". They were considered to be akin to Banjaras or gypsies but a considerable number of them are also settled in agriculture. The Scheduled Caste (SC) population of Punjab is 70,28,723, which constitutes 28.9 per cent of the total population of the State. Bharbhunja, Bharbhuja 9 11. Reply Delete. This convention is an extension of the Hindu Rajput or Kshatriya tradition into Sikhism in addition to some other aspects of Rajput martial culture like "Jhatka" , "Shastar Tilak" , etc which are preserved in the traditions of Nihang and Hazoori Sikhs to this day. S.N. List Of Popular Punjabi Surnames With Meanings. Jats are historically land-owners, farmers or warriors. The following is a list of surnames of the Arora caste of the Punjab and Sindh listed in alphabetical order. Photograph: Name: e-mail: Telephone Nos. Among these three Mahton and Sainis are of Rajput origin, while Kamboh claim origin from Kambojas mentioned in Mahabharata. The ramifications of these Papal Bulls were felt until 1960s when many of the Americans Churches were still not fully desegregated and actively practiced discrimination against Christians of darker colour. So the view popularized in colonial era , and a view espoused by the Marxist historians who seized the historical narrative since then, that conversions to Islam, and later to Christianity, happened because of the desire of the low caste Indian natives to escape discrimination is inter alia not fully informed by actual sociological evidence on the ground. Bairagi, Baragi/ Baregi 3 4. Reply Delete. Among the other rural landowning castes among Sikhs, prominent ones are Mahton, Saini and Kamboh. Their exceptional skill in these trades have earned them a good reputation as machinists. Office: Residence: Mobile: Sh. There are two broad categories: Jat (jut) and Khat(t)ri (kh – schwa – t – r – long e). But Guru Nanak rejected his tutoring and became a man of spirit. Bangali: 38. November 27, 2019 at 3:16 pm. The roots of Islamic caste system in India can be traced to the 14th century decree called "Fatwa-i-Jahandari" of Ziauddin Barani who was the official cleric of the Tughlaqs. Out of these Jats were the largest in numbers which only reflected their numerical majority in Sikh society. This caste now has no semblance of former link with Rajputs and the Hindu Bhatias were in the past considered lower than Khatris and even Aroras, who as already pointed out, are purely trading castes equivalent to Baniyas found elsewhere in the country. Some prominent castes among Sikhs are Arora, Khatri, Ramgarhia, Jat, Saini, Kamboh, Mahton, Chhimba, Mohyal , Chamar, etc. Batera/ Battera 7 8. List of the Constitutional (Scheduled Castes) Orders/Amendment Acts, issued up to 30-06-2017: 1. Punjab accounts for 2.3% of the total population and 4.3% Scheduled Caste population of India. In recent times Sardar Buta Singh has been a well-known Mazhbi Sikh politician. But despite this all observant Sikhs agree on the point that all castes are fundamentally equal and this view is also embedded firmly in the Sikh belief and practice through the establishing of four separate but equally weighted entrances to Hari Mandir Sahib (Golden Temple), the holiest Sikh shrine. Deepening Your Personal Relationship with the Guru, Essays in Sikh history, tradition and society, p 185, W. H. McLeod, Oxford University Press, 2007, Dereserve these myths, Tanweer Fazal , Thu Sep 07 2006, The Indian Express, Sexuality, obscenity, community: women, Muslims, and the Hindu public in colonial India, p 24, Charu Gupta, Macmillan, 2002, A Social History of India, p 248, S. N. Sadasivan, APH Publishing, 2000, The Sikhs, an Ethnology, p 63-74, A. E. Barstow, B.R. While many well meaning Rajput Rajas, like the 52 princelings who befriended the sixth Guru in Gawalior prison, gave support to Sikh Gurus, most disappointed them. In the present day India, Mahajans are primarily concentrated in the Jammu Region of the state of Jgra castes is on the rise. A clear sign of this state of affairs to have existed was the complete absence of historical Hindu temples in Punjab which were demolished during Mughal rule. Pub. Mochi: 4. Rajputs , the bonafide Hindu Kshatriya caste, disown all connection with them and treat them same as one of the Baniya castes. These lower caste Muslims also later invented the tales of foreign origin to escape discrimination from the upper caste Muslims. Barar,Buar,Berar: 39. In India too low caste converts to Christianity failed to integrate themselves with their European or even upper caste convert counterparts. Sirkiband: 3. Despite having tried their best in persuading the Rajputs to perform their Dharma , to their dismay, the Sixth Guru and his successors found that most of the Rajputs of their time were only interested in petty fights and intrigues and had all but abdicated their responsibilities as Kshatriyas . For OBC status of castes identifying as "Khatri" in states outside Punjab, see caste no. About 66% of all Sikhs are said to belong to this caste. Following Sikh castes are essentially agricultural and landowning castes : Jat, Kamboh, Mahton and Saini . Caste distinctions among Indian Christians are breaking down at about the same rate as those among Indians belonging to other religions. The word Chamar is derived from Charmakar or leather tanner. He wrote in 'The tribes and castes of Bengal' : "It seems to me that the internal organization of the caste furnishes almost conclusive proof that they are descended from neither Brahmans nor Kshatriyas...The section-names of the Khatris belong to quite a different type, and rather resemble those in vogue among the Oswals and Agarwals. Some say that Guru Gobind Singh did not abolish caste system within Sikhs but merely implied equality of all castes. One thing we can be certain about is that Guru Gobind Singh had abolished all caste inequality with the inception of Khalsa on 13 April, 1699 and with the institution of Khanday-Ki-Pahul or the Baptism of Sword. Since all Sikh Gurus were from Khatri caste, some Khatris tend to claim superiority in Sikhdom on this basis but this perception of superiority is not acknowledged by Jat and other rural landowning castes like Mahton, Kamboh, etc who address Khatri as "Kirar" or "Bhapa", or sometimes even as a "Baniya", in rural areas where Khatri typically does not enjoy much influence beyond the portal of his grocery, cloth or trinket shop . Khatri and Aroras are essentially identical caste and are primarily a caste of traders, shopkeepers and accountants. Jatav Caste Gotra Surname List in Hindi (चमार जाटव जाति के गोत्रों की सूची) : हेलो दोस्तो! List of Punjabi Surnames. In addition, Mazhbi Sikhs were also recruited in good numbers but were generally denied roles in cavalry because of caste discrimination practiced and promoted by British. Initially, they were recruited only for menial jobs. But at the outset one thing can be confidently stated which is that there is no clearly defined caste hierarchy in Sikh society, leave alone a vertically ordered one. Jats are the biggest group in terms of numbers among Sikh castes. o the view popularized in colonial era , and a view espoused by the Marxist historians who seized the historical narrative since then, that conversions to Islam, and later to Christianity, happened because of the desire of the low caste Indian natives to escape discrimination is inter alia not fully informed by actual sociological evidence on the ground. Ad Dharmi: 36. As a Shudra, a Sikh is to believe in the dignity of labour. He wrote , "In Afghanistan, among a rough alien people, the Khatris are, as a rule, confined to the position of humble dealers, shopkeepers and moneylenders; but in that capacity the Pathans seem to look on them as a kind of valuable animal and a Pathan will steal another man's Khatri not only for the sake of ransom, as is sometimes done in Peshawar and the Hazara frontier, but also as he might steal a milch-cow, or Jews might, I dare say, be carried off in the middle ages with a veiw to render them profitable.". Madhya Pradesh CONSTITUTION (SC) ORDER 1950 dated 10.08.1950 (size :5.57MB) 3. The Indian constitution, in … Guru Nanak's father Mahta Kalu was also a shopkeeper and he tried his best to make his son follow his caste profession of shopkeeping. Aheria Aheri Heri Naik Thori or Turi 12011/68/93-BCC dt 10/09/1993 12011/21/95-BCC dt 15/05/1995 2. In addition to their own sections, they have also the standard Brahmanical gotras ; but these have no influence upon marriage, and have clearly been borrowed, honoris ctium, from the Saraswat Brahmans who serve them as priests. Intermarriage between Bhatias and Aroras is not uncommon . They used to be expert shoe-makers. A large number of them are now great entrepreneurs and are quite prosperous. It is no surprise they are enlisted among Other Backward Castes (OBC) in many other states like Gujrat, Tamil Nadu, etc. Who Are The Sikhs? In rural areas most of them are ordinary farmers and generally not as prosperous as Jats, Mahtons and Sainis etc. The Word is the heroic bravery for the Kshatriya; the Word is the service to others for the Shudra. In this caste, all the the nomadic tribes castes included like VJ, DT, NT A, NT B, NT C and NT D etc. In fact the earliest Sikh soldiers were trained by Rajput military instructors only in the era of Guru Hargobind Rai, the Sixth Guru, as an act of gratitude for the latter having helped 52 Rajput princelings to secure their release from the prison of Gawalior where they were incarcerated with the Guru. In their opinion Sikh Gurus were above caste and cannot be thus claimed by any particular group. ||1|| Barai, Tamboli/ Tomboli 4 5. Bhar, Rajbhar 55 10. mahala thaara baap laga hai ke..jo bhulga baana..mahala royal jat gotra. Organization : Department of Welfare of Scheduled Castes (SC) & Backward Classes (BC) Portal Name : Dr. Ambedkar Scholarship Portal Scholarship Name : Dr.Ambedkar Post Matric Scholarship 2020-21 Applicable For : SC Students Applicable State : Punjab Application Last Date : 04.01.2021 In the estimation of British only these Sikh castes were tempramentally and physically suited for active military service and warfare like the hardy Scotish Highlanders back home who also made excellent soldiers. Significance of Singh and Kaur Titles in Sikhism. GOI (SC) ORDER 1936 dated 06.06.1936 (size :4.69MB) 2. Migrated refugees from Pakistan Punjab and Sindhi Hindu/Sikh families with last names ending in -ja are probably Aroras. English ethnographer Sir Herbert Hope Risley also denied the possibility of the link of Khatris with Kshatriyas. The other high caste families reverted back to using the surnames in use before they became Sikhs and these included the low caste Ramgharias as well. Corp., 1985, Glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North West Frontier Province, p 90, 91, A. Reply. If some Sikh does not believe in the equality of all castes and treats one caste or occupation superior or inferior to the other , it is his personal failing not that of the Sikhism. During the earlier stages of Sikh militarization, the Sixth Guru and his successors tried their best to inspire Hindu Rajputs into performing their traditional function of defending the weak against oppression. In West Punjab, Pakistani society also has a number of castes. Upper caste Hindu converts such as Rajputs and Brahmins maintained their caste identities even after adopting Islam. Reply Delete. Sometimes people belonging to these castes are called "Bhapa Sikhs". Generally, this debate has been shaped by two broad lines of argument. Suniyaras or goldsmiths call themselves Mair Rajputs. Let the Guru guide you! Jat Sikhs are known for their lively spirit and easy-going nature. They are found all over Punjab and are the majority population in almost every district. Since every Sikh was spiritually a Kshatriya too, they were to use the titles of Singh and Kanwar or Kaur on the lines of Rajputs , and establish the Khalsa Raj or the Rule of the Pure. 71 in Central List of OBCs for Tamil Nadu, caste no. The decennial growth rate of SC population in the State was 26.06% as compared to 13.89 % for the State as a whole. Replies. Largely , this term was reserved for converts to Islam from occupational castes such as Darzi (tailors), Hajjam or Nai (barber), Julaha (Weaver) , etc although the upper caste Hindu converts were also subsumed in the same category. Inhabitants of the Lakshadweep who, and both of whose parents, were born in the Union Territory. Ahuja . GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets. There has existed a vibrant debate within the Sikh Panth on the issue of the caste since late 19th century. Eminent Sikh writer Khushwant Singh also holds this view but in Sikhism they have made rapid upward strides on the social scale and are now considered one of the premier Sikh castes. through land and water . Reply. Rana Aamer … It is impossible to ascertain which one or both of the views are actually true. Many of Gurus' close comrades like Chaupa Singh, Bhai Mati Das and Bhai Sati Das came from this caste. They gave up their traditional profession of priest craft a long time ago during Mughal era when Hinduism was not allowed to be practiced openly. For some reason British army recruiters considered all of these mercantile castes unfit for military service. This sentiment is altogether against the spirit of Sikhism but unfortunately does exist. Sl.No. Jat Sikhs are also now very well educated and they have taken up various professions besides agriculture, which is their signature trade. ", "Need some advice or direction today? 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