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Nauhwar (नौहवार) Nohwar (नौहवार) Nauwar (नौवार)Navaveer (नववीर) Nava (नव) Nav (नव) is gotra of Jats. It originated from place named Noha (नोह)in Mathura district. Nava (नव), son of Chandravanshi samrat Ushinara and his wife Nava (नवा), established Navarashtra in the present Mathura Janapada which is known as Noha . [1] Nauhwar (नौहवार) gotra Jats are found in Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh. Dilip Singh Ahlawat has mention it as one of the ruling Jat clans in Central Asia. [2]

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History

They belong to Chandravanshi kshatriyas. They come mostly from Naujheel area in district Mathura. Nauhwar and Narwar Jats are cousins/brothers. They get Narwar name after Narhari, a great Jat warrior, from Nauhwar clan. Intermarriages are banned in these two gotras. Nauhwars are believed to have originated from village Shall (Salya) in block Naujheel. There are about 100 villages of Nauhwars and 12 of Narwars. In Palwal (Faridabad) area of Haryana they are called Nauhwar-Chauhans. Mr. Cheti Lal Verma of Palwal, a famous rich industrialist, was Nauhwar-Chauhan Jat. Nausherpur in Naujheel district has a population of Nauhwars.

Distribution in Uttar Pradesh

Nohwar Khap has 8 villages in Agra district and 124 villages in Mathura district.[3] Atri and Nohwar gotras are also onsidered brotherly gotras and do not marry within each other. There are 80 villages of Atri Jats in Aligarh. Adjoining them in Mathura district are Nohwars, who have 100 villages.

Distribution in Rajasthan

Locations in Jaipur city

Barkat Nagar, Gopalpura Bypass,

Distribution in Madhya Pradesh

Bhopal, Khargone

Distribution in Gujarat

Nauhwar gotra Jats are found in Gujarat where they write as Nauwar.

Notable persons of this gotra

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. 259
  2. ↑ Dilip Singh Ahlawat: Jat viron ka Itihasa
  3. ↑ Jat Bandhu, Agra, April 1991
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  • Dr Mahendra Singh Arya, Dharmpal Singh Dudi, Kishan Singh Faujdar & Vijendra Singh Narwar: Adhunik Jat Itihasa (The modern history of Jats), Agra 1998

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