Kakkad
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Kakkad (कक्कड़) Kakkar (कक्कड़) Kakar (काकर) Kakad (काकड़) is a gotra of Jats in Punjab and Rajasthan. Kakar clan is found in Afghanistan.[1]
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Origin
Laxmana son of Angada Chandraketu got victory over Karapath (कारापथ) and known as Karaskar (कारस्कर), which became Kakkad. [2]
Distribution in Rajasthan
Villages in Barmer district
Villages in Bikaner district
Villages in Jodhpur district
Distribution in Punjab
Villages in Jalandhar district
- Kakar, Kakar Kalan, Kakar Kalan, Kakar Khurd are villages in Shahkot tahsil in Jalandhar district in Punjab, India.
Villages in Ludhiana district
Villages in Sangrur district
Notable persons
- Narayan Ram Kakar - Martyr of 1971 Indo-Pak War, Village:Nosar (Barmer)
References
- ↑ An Inquiry Into the Ethnography of Afghanistan By H. W. Bellew, The Oriental University Institute, Woking, 1891, p.121,157
- ↑ Dr Mahendra Singh Arya, Dharmpal Singh Dudee, Kishan Singh Faujdar & Vijendra Singh Narwar: Ādhunik Jat Itihasa (The modern history of Jats), Agra 1998, p. 230
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