Saroha
Saroha (सरोहा) Saroa (सरोआ) Siroha (सिरोहा) gotra Jats live in Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Gujarat and Pakistan. They are considered to be Shivagotri.
The full name of the gotra is 'CHAUDAHRANASAROHA' (14 in Hindi). Sagroha is a derivative of the word Saroha and exists as a separate gotra. Malak, Gathwala, Tank, Bura and Sagroha are the gotras of the same dynasty.[1]
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History
In popular Parlance, the Tank - Sarohas are mentioned together like 'Dahiya-Dabas' and 'Siddhu - Brar' combination). The Cities of Tonk, Sirohi are named after them. At one time, the entire Punjab was called Tank Desa. The reports of The Chinese pilgrims confirm this fact. Originally they were worshippers of the Snake-Garlanded form of Shiva. Hence they were called Nagas also. [2] [3]
H.A. Rose[4] writes that the Customary Law of Sialkot District (Voliune XIV) p, 3, gives the Saroya in the list of Awan sub-clans.
According to H.A. Rose[5] Jat clans derived from Saroya are: Kalerawan, Bhore, Hinjrawan, Saroya, Kajla, Ghanghas, Sarawat, Sori, Khot and Balra.
Distribution in Haryana
Villages in Sonipat district
Raad Dhana (राडधाणा), Baiyanpur (बय्यांपुर), Lehrara (लहराड़ा), Jagdishpur
Villages in Rohtak distict
Pakasma(पाकसमा)
Distribution in U P
Villages in Bagpat district
Villages in Muzzaffarnagar district
Purmafi, Dargahpur (Muzaffarnagar),
Distribution in Rajasthan
Villages in Tonk district
Siroha Jats live in villages: Mauja Jharana (1),
Distribution in Madhya Pradesh
They are found in Bhopal.
Distribution in Punjab
Villages in Hoshiarpur district
- Saroa is village in Mukerian tahsil in Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.
- Saroya is village in Mukerian tahsil in Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.
Villages in Nawanshahr district
- Saroa is village in Balachaur tahsil in Nawanshahr district in Punjab.
Distribution in Pakistan
Saroya - The Saroya are found in Gujranwala, Lahore and Faisalabad.
Notable persons from this gotra
- Dr. Ajit Singh Saroha, Barrister in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. One of the most educated and self-actualised persons around.
- Iqbal Singh Saroha - IPS Delhi
- Narender singh saroha _ software engineer from village Raad dhana
- RAJ singh Saroha (ASI) HARYANA POLICE
- Dr Vijay Saroha MBBS, MD (MAMC Delhi)
- Raghuvir Singh Shastri (Saroha)- Social reformer from Kakor Kalan in Bagpat district U. P.
- Sompal Singh Shastri (Saroha) - Politician originally from Pakasma distt Rohtak and later migrated to Kakor Kalan in Bagpat district U. P.
- Umesh Saroha - young energatic and dynamic industrialist from village Raththana.
- Swami Swatantranand (स्वामी स्वतंत्रानंद) - Saroha Gotra
References
- ↑ http://www.jatland.com/home/History_of_the_Jats/Chapter_V
- ↑ Jayaswal’s views on Bhara-Sivas
- ↑ Bhim Singh Dahiya, Jats the Ancient Rulers ( A clan study), 1980, Sterling Publishers New Delhi, p. 275
- ↑ A glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North-West Frontier Province By H.A. Rose Vol II/A,pp.27
- ↑ A glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North-West Frontier Province By H.A. Rose Vol II/J,p.376
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