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Dhankhar (धनखड़) Dhankar (धनकड़) Dhankhad (धनखड़) Dhanger (धनगर) Dhangar, Dhanwar (धनवार) Dhaneraya (धनेरया) is gotra of Jats. They have descended from branch of Dharan (धारण) or Dhoriwal (धोरीवाल). This gotra started after Dhana-khanda province of Maharaja Moradhwaja (मोरध्वज). They have originated from Raja Dhananjaya of Nagavansh. [1] Mordhwaj was Chauhan ruler in Alwar region around 5th century AD, 34 generations prior to Prithvi Raj. [2]

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Distribution

This gotra Jats are found in Jhajjar, Rohtak, Sonipat, Jind districts of Haryana; Sikar, Jhunjhunu, Jaipur districts of Rajasthan; Bhopal district in Madhya Pradesh. They are also found in Meerut and Bijnor districts of Uttar Pradesh. Largest group of Dhankhar's is at Jhajjar (Haryana) with 12 no. of villages.

Distribution in Haryana

Villages in Bhiwani district

Dhangar surname of Jats is found iun village Nosva in Bhiwani district.

Villages in Jhajjar district

Dhankhar surname of Jats is found in village Kaloi in Jhajjar district. Some of noteable person from this village Subedar Balwant Singh Dhankhar

Distribution in Rajasthan

Locations in Jaipur city

Airport Colony, Ambabari, Brahmpuri, Charan Singh Colony, C-Scheme, Durgapura, Gandhi Nagar, Jhotwara, Lal Kothi, Mansarowar Colony, Mansinghpura, Purani Basti, Queens Road, Sanganer, Vaishali Nagar,

Villages in Sikar district

Sikar,

Villages in Jhunjhunu district

Kithana,

Distribution in Madhya Pradesh

Bhopal,

Notable persons from this gotra

  • Jagdip Dhankar (जगदीप धनकड़) - Politician, Born on 18 May 1951 at Kithana (किठाना) tehsil Chirawa district Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan [3]
  • H S Dhankad - IAS Haryana
  • D.P. Dhankhar - IRS Deputy Commissioner Income Tax from Humaunpur,Rohtak
  • P.S. Dhankar - IFS, Haryana, 1968
  • J N Dhankhar - Stock Market High Official; Owner, Publisher and Editor of "Dalal Street Journal" [4]

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.258
  2. ↑ अलवर क्षेत्र का प्रारम्भिक इतिहास
  3. ↑ Dr Mahendra Singh Arya, Dharmpal Singh Dudee, Kishan Singh Faujdar & Vijendra Singh Narwar: Ādhunik Jat Itihasa (The modern history of Jats), Agra 1998, p. 354
  4. ↑ Dr Mahendra Singh Arya, Dharmpal Singh Dudee, Kishan Singh Faujdar & Vijendra Singh Narwar: Ādhunik Jat Itihasa (The modern history of Jats), Agra 1998, p. 352

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