Dagur
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Dagar (डागर) Digrana (डीगराणा) Deegrana (डीगराणा) Dagur (डागुर) Dangar (डांगर) Dagal (डागल) is a clan or gotra of Jats found in Rajasthan, Delhi, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh in India. Dilip Singh Ahlawat has mention it as one of the ruling Jat clans in Central Asia. [1] The gotra gets name from word Dang, which is used for mountain and people who were settled at Dang were called Dagur. [2] The people who lived on the banks of Gambhir River in forest of Garkati were called Dagar.Raja Yadhubhan founded a state in Himalayas and assumed the title of Dang, which gave the namr Dagar. They are said also to get name from place called Dagarauha (डागारोहा). The gotra gets name from word Dang, which is used for mountain and people who were settled at Dang were called Dagur. [3]
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History
In Brij area Jadecha and Yadubhan were two brothers in Yaduvansh. Jadecha established his kingdom in Kathiawar and joined Rajputs. Yadubhan moved to Himalayas and established his kingdom near Himalayas. The hills in the area of Yadubhan were known as 'Dang'. The hill series were known as 'Yadu ki Dang'. On the basis of their habitation in Dang, the Jat kshatriyas of this region are known as Daga, Dagur and Digrana.
Bhim Singh Dahiya mentions about this clan that Pliny first mentions this Jat clan in Central Asia as 'Tagoras' who went westwards with Yue-che hordes in second century BC. Maencheu Helfen identifies them with the Asis and the Tokhars. [4] S.P. Tolstov identifies the Turkish tribe Duker, with the Tokhars. Digor is also mentioned as one of the four tribes of the Ossets (Vasati of Indian works). They called their on the Uruk river and its tributaries as Digor, or Digur, which name appears in the Geography of Moses, of Khorene as As-Digor. These Digors were the ancestors of the Dagar Jats. P C Bagachi believes the Dogar and Tukhars were one and the same. [5] The ruling family of Orchha - Tikamgarh was called Digora. [6] [7]
Distribution in Uttar Pradesh
Dagur Khap has 5 villages in Agra district. [8]
Villages in Aligarh district
Salpur, Nangal, Pidaulia, Pudana, Daryapur villages in Aligarh district of Brij region near Tappal are of Dagur Jats. Mukhram Singh founded the village "Dagur Nagla" near Mursan;
Villages in Agra district
Bharkaul, Khetri etc villages in Agra district are of Jats.
Villages in Bulandshahr district
Dagars of Khadana, Badhpura, Khallaur villages in Bulandshahr are known as Dongri.
Villages in Bijnor district
Dagars of Amipura village in Bijnor are called Digrana
Villages in Ghaziabad district
Dhindar, Chipiyana near Ghaziabad;
Distribution in Delhi
Jalalpur, Sifaida, Didar, Nistoli villages near Sahdara Delhi;
Distribution in Rajasthan
Dagur Khap has 37 villages in Bharatpur district. [9]
Villages in Bharatpur district
Atali, Barbara, Bhatawali, Chainpura, Gagvana, Hairsauni Katra, Nahsal, Tola,
Locations in Jaipur city
Airport Colony, Banipark, Bapu Nagar, Brahmpuri, C-Scheme, Imliwala Phatak, Khatipura, Murlipura Scheme, Narayan Nagar, Sanganer, Station Road, Tonk Road, Uniyaron ka Rasta,
Distribution in Madhya Pradesh
In Madhya Pradesh they are found in Bhopal.
Distribution in Haryana
- Ghasola, Dhatir near Palwal, Samaspur, Nadadhoo, Malakpur, Dhasa, Ujava, Issepur, Jhadauda, Kabulpur, Jaundhi, Sarakhpur, Prahladpur villages in Haryana; Khareta, Sherpur, etc. 24 villages are of Jats. There are few more village of DAGAR gotra in Haryana. These are Sikanderpur, Asawata, Jajru, Jhadsentaly, Mandkola in Palwal tehsil of Faridabad district in Haryana.[10]
Baghru is another village in the sonepat district belonging to dagar gotra
Notable persons from this clan
- Lt General Shri Vali Dagur - Highest Military Officer. [11]
Reference
- ↑ Dilip Singh Ahlawat: Jat viron ka Itihasa
- ↑ Dr Mahendra Singh Arya, Dharmpal Singh Dudee, Kishan Singh Faujdar & Vijendra Singh Narwar: Ādhunik Jat Itihasa (The modern history of Jats), Agra 1998, p. 249
- ↑ Dr Mahendra Singh Arya, Dharmpal Singh Dudee, Kishan Singh Faujdar & Vijendra Singh Narwar: Ādhunik Jat Itihasa (The modern history of Jats), Agra 1998, p. 250
- ↑ Vol. I, p. 171
- ↑ Indian History Congress, 1943, p.36
- ↑ Epigraphica Indica, part III, p. 89
- ↑ Bhim Singh Dahiya, Jats the Ancient Rulers, p. 250
- ↑ Jat Bandhu, Agra, April 1991
- ↑ Jat Bandhu, Agra, April 1991
- ↑ Added by Rajesh Dagar from Faridabad district Haryana.
- ↑ Dr Mahendra Singh Arya, Dharmpal Singh Dudee, Kishan Singh Faujdar & Vijendra Singh Narwar: Ādhunik Jat Itihasa (The modern history of Jats), Agra 1998, p. 333
- Jat Samaj: Agra, April 2000
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