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Hali (हाली)[1][2] Halai (हालाई) is gotra of Jats in Gujarat, India and Sindh in Pakistan. Hali (हाली) is also a caste among gaddis [3]

Origin

They are supposed to be descendants of people who plaughed land.Then, they are also said to have originated from Hala mountains. [4]

History

Hali name Given to Gaddi due to their migration to kangra District(known as jandar (जांधर) beacuse it was the part of punjab before 1966 , district jalandhar (जालंधर),from the chamba. Where they started working as labour class in the field of jamidaars. Before 1966 the kangra district of himachal pradesh was a part of punjab region. Where the labour who works in the fields of called as Hali in Punjabi and गैर मौरूसी in revenue terms. They are originally Arya Gaddi of chamba district.

The Muslim Jats of Kutch are a cattle breeding nomadic Muslim community. They are one of a number of communities of Maldhari pastoral nomads found in the Banni Grasslands Reserve region of Kutch.[5]

The Jat, or Jath in Kutch claim descent from Hindu Jats of the Indus delta region of Sindh, in Pakistan, where a good members of the tribe still reside. Those who remain in Sindh are referred to as the Sindhi Jats. From there, they moved into the Bani region in search of pastorage. With the partition of India, the Jats of Kutch have lost all contact with their kinsmen in Sindh. They appear to be distinct from the Jat community of North India and Pakistan.[6]

The Jats are a Maldhari cattle hearding group, and are mainly distributed in Kutch and Saurashtra region. They have three territorial divisions,

The Kutchi are further subdivided into the Dhanetah, Girasia and Fakirani, the latter consider themselves superior to the other two, and are strictly endogenous. They are further divided into clans like the Badajang, Podani, Aamar, Vangayi, while the Girasia are divided into the Mudrag, Bhallad and Hallayi. All these clans, except the Fakirani, enjoy equal status. The Saurashtra Jat, known as Malaks, maintain a system of Gotra exogamy.[7]

Population

Distribution

Notable persons

References

  1. Jat History Dalip Singh Ahlawat/Parishisht-I, s.n. ह-47
  2. Ompal Singh Tugania:Jat Samuday ke Pramukh Adhar Bindu,p.64,s.n. 2584
  3. A glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North-West Frontier Province By H.A. Rose Vol II/H,p.324
  4. Mahendra Singh Arya et al.: Adhunik Jat Itihas, p. 286
  5. People of India Gujarat Volume XXI Part Two edited by R.B Lal, P.B.S.V Padmanabham, G Krishnan & M Azeez Mohideen pages 528-533
  6. People of India Gujarat Volume XXI Part Two edited by R.B Lal, P.B.S.V Padmanabham, G Krishnan & M Azeez Mohideen pages 528-533
  7. People of India Gujarat Volume XXI Part Two edited by R.B Lal, P.B.S.V Padmanabham, G Krishnan & M Azeez Mohideen pages 528-533

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