Anjana
Anjana (अंजना) Anjna (अंजना) Anjne (अंजने) Anjane (आंजने) Anjan (अंजन) is gotra of Jats found in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana and Gujarat. The Chaudharys of Gujarat are also known as Anjana. The gotras of many of the Chaudharys of Gujarat are similar to those of Jats of North India. [1]
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Origin
They are descendants of Anjana Jata Shankara (अंजना जटाशंकर) son of Atisur Bhadra, the son of Jat King Virabhadra. They are Chandravanshi. [2]The descendants of Atisur Bhadra came to be known as Anjana or Anjilet and settled down in Malwa, Mewar, Marwar and Dhundhar.[3] They are branch of Chauhan.
History
Erskine mentions three divisions among the Jats : [4]
- (1) The asli or pure Jats with no Rajput ancestry;
- (2) The joint Jat Rajput stock; and
- (3) The Anjana or those of inferior social rank,
Nainsi reports the existence Anjana Jat in a large number of the villages of Merta. In the caste-census of 1891, they are reported to have taken their caste title or nomenclature from their home-village. This statement makes sense of the evidence of the vagat. The Jat immigrants from Nagaur presumably derived their caste title from the name of the Village.[5]
Distribution in Madhya Pradesh
Anjane (आंजने) gotra Jats are found in Madhya Pradesh in Bhopal.
Distribution in Haryana
Anjna are Jats and there is only one village of Anjna's in Haryana i.e. 'Khandsa' near Gurgaon in Gurgaon tahsil Haryana.
Villages in Gurgaon district
Distribution in Rajasthan
There are more villages of Anjana Gotra in Rajasthan. Aanjan (आंजन) or Anjan (आंजन) is a Jat gotra in Nagaur district in Rajasthan.
Nainsi reports the existence Anjana Jat in a large number of the villages of Merta. In the Caste-Census Report of 1891, they are reported to have taken their caste title or nomenclature from their home-village. This statement makes sense of the evidence of the vagat. The Jat immigrants from Nagaur presumably derived their caste title from the names of their Village.[6]
Villages in Nagaur district
Villages in Rajsamand district
Anjna is a village in Deogarh tahsil in Rajsamand district in Rajasthan.
Reference
- ↑ Mahaveer Singh Verma: Jat Veer Smarika 1992 – “Jat Samaj Ahmedabad”
- ↑ Dr Mahendra Singh Arya, Dharmpal Singh Dudee, Kishan Singh Faujdar & Vijendra Singh Narwar: Ādhunik Jat Itihasa (The modern history of Jats), Agra 1998
- ↑ History of the Jats
- ↑ see Rajpuiana Gazetters- The Western Rajputan States Residencies and Bikaner, Delhi, reprint (1992) p. 83.
- ↑ Prof. B.L. Bhadani (AMU) : "The Role of Jats in the Economic Development of Marwar", The Jats, Vol.I, Originals, 2004, p.67
- ↑ Prof. B.L. Bhadani (AMU) : "The Role of Jats in the Economic Development of Marwar", The Jats, Vol.I, Originals, 2004, p.67
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