Kaler

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Kaler (कालेर) Kalher (काल्हेर) Koleron (कोलेरोन) gotra Jats are found in Sikar district of Rajasthan, Distt Meerut in Uttar Pradesh, Bhiwani in Haryana. People who came from the side of kalakuta (कालकूट) mountain were known as Kaler.[1] According to Dr Pema Ram the Churu town in Rajasthan was founded by Kaler Jats and it was earlier known as Kalera Bas.[2]

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Distribution in Haryana

Kalher gotra found in Haryana also in village Balkara Tehsil Charkhi Dadri District Bhiwani Haryana. [3]

Distribution in Punjab

Kaler population is 4,632 in Amritsar district.[4]

In Firozpur district the Kaler population is 2,160. [5]

Distribution in Rajasthan

Locations in Jaipur city

Jhotwara, Murlipura Scheme,

Villages in Sikar district

Alakhpura Godaran, Hardayalpura, Kaler ki Dhani, Khinwasar, Laxmangarh, Nethwa, Sikar

Village in Jhunjhunu district

Choradi, Sotwara, Kaleron ka Bas (100), Lutoo (60), Meethwas,

Villages in Churu district

Dhani Kalera,

Villages in Nagaur district

Gugadhwar,

Distribution in Uttar Pradesh

They are found in Distt Meerut in Uttar Pradesh

Notable persons from this gotra

  • Om Prakash Kaler, IFS, Kerala, 1986
  • CQMH HARJI RAM KALER - The Grenadiers Regiment, OP RAKSHAK(J&K) MARTYR 18-09-2000, Rajasthan
  • Dr. HARI RAM KALER - M.D.(Skin & V.D.),S. K. Hospital, Sikar runs MAHATMA GHANDHI COLL.OF PHARMACY,SIKAR

Reference

  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. 229
  2. Dr Pema Ram, The Jats Vol. 3, ed. Dr Vir Singh,Originals, Delhi, 2007 p. 206
  3. added by YogeshKalher
  4. History and study of the Jats. By Professor B.S Dhillon. ISBN-10: 1895603021 or ISBN-13: 978-1895603026. p.124
  5. History and study of the Jats. By Professor B.S Dhillon.ISBN-10: 1895603021 or ISBN-13: 978-1895603026. p. 127

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