Bura

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Bura (बूरा) Boora (बूरा) Bure (बूरे) Buri (बूरी) Boori (बूरी) is gotra of Jats. The Varik Jats who migrated from Punjab to east were known as Bura or Bure. [1] This gotra's main village is village Kharkari Distt Hisar, from where it spread (directly and indirectly) to districts Jind, Kaithal, Kurukshetra, Rohtak (Meham tehsil), Sonipat, and Bhiwani in Haryana. In UP and some part of Haryana the gotra Boora known as Sirohi/Saroya/Siroha.

Buri or Boori gotra Jats found in Distts Jaipur, Tonk of Rajasthan.

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History

They are mentioned by Cunningham[2] in an inscription at the Buddhist Stupa of Sanchi of the Ashoka period as under:

No. 112. — Burāya musanagothiyajana Vedisānyā. "Gift of Bura(?) . . . of Vidisha.

Distribution in Rajasthan

Locations in Jaipur city

Ambabari, Khatipura, Murlipura Scheme, Sanganer, Tonk Road, Vidyadhar Nagar, Yagyashala ki Bawri,

Villages in Jaipur district

Boori (बूरी) Jats live in villages: Mohan Ka Bas, Nathmalpura (2),

Buri (बूरी) Jats live in villages: Akhepura, Bagru kalan, Gangati Kalan (2),

Villages in Jhunjhunu district

Mandasi, Sangasi,

Villages in Tonk district

Boori Jats live in the villages: Bhurakakad (1), Bajya ka Mauja (4) Hindola (3), Jyanki Balbhpura (3), Maluni (8),

Villages in Barmer district

Buran Ka Tala,

Distribution In Madhya Pradesh

Villages in Ratlam district

Villages in Ratlam with population of Boori gotra are:

Rughnathgarh 1,

Distribution In Haryana

Villages in Hisar district

Kharkari is the main village of this clan.

In Hisar district Haryana there are 9 villages Gurana, Ghiray, Bhadhawar, Rajli...... 9 of Boora surname about 100 years they were called Sirohi but after an incident with muslim rulers they called Boora. These villages are more than 450 years old.

Villages in Jhajjar district

Kaliyawas is district Jhajjar also has Bura Gotra Jats.

Villages In Rohtak District

Farmana (Meham).

Noteable person from this village:

Ch. Har Swaroop Boora (Advocate) Ex MLA Meham, Rohtak, Haryana

Villages In Kurukshetra District

Famous Person of this Gotra

  • Sundar Bura - IAS, Haryana

References

  1. ↑ Dr Mahendra Singh Arya, Dharmpal Singh Dudee, Kishan Singh Faujdar & Vijendra Singh Narwar: Ādhunik Jat Itihasa (The modern history of Jats), Agra 1998 p. 266
  2. ↑ The Bhilsa topes: Inscriptions, P. 251

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