Sehrawat

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Sehrawat (सहरावत) Rai (राय) Rao (राव) Rawat (रावत) Saramat (सरामत) Sairawat (सैरावत) Sahrawat (सहरावत) Seharawat (सेहरावत) Serawat (सेरावत) is gotra of Jats found in Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Maharashtra. These were only titles used by Tanwar sardars which later began to be used as gotras. The Rawat Jats have 800 villages in district Gurgaon and 8 villages in district Aligarh. Rawat is variant of Rajwat (राजवत), a branch of Tanwars.[1] Sarawat are descendants of Virpurusha Shahjad Singh who was body guard of Punjab Keshari.[2]

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History

The capital of Sahrawats was Mohpalpur near Delhi where a very old house is still called a palace. They are found in village Kair of Delhi. Sehrawat (or Rawat) chieftains came to Delhi during Prithviraj Chauhan to assist him in wars against Mohd. Gauri. After Prithviraj Chauhan's defeat most of them chose to settle down in areas around Mahrauli (mainly Mahipalpur) where lies their roots. Other villages in Delhi and Haryana/Rajasthan are mainly offshoots of Mahipalpur.

Distribution in Delhi

Now, Delhi is the major concentration of Sehrawats and are found mainly in villages near Mehrauli (12 villages) Najafgarh (mainly Kair), Nangloi (Baprola, Hiran Koodna, Bawana etc).

Distributionin Punjab

Sahrawat population is 1,170 in Patiala district. [3]

Distribution in Haryana

In Haryana they are found in Dipalpur, Bhadani, Kultana and other villages. Main Village of Sehrawats in Haryana is Khard Alipur. Bhainswal

Villages in Gurgaon district

Sukhrali, Hasanpur,

Villages in Rewari district

Dhakiya,

Distribution in Madhya Pradesh

Rawat jats are found in Bhopal, Mandsaur and Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh.

Distribution in Uttar Pradesh

Sehrawats have also some villages in Muzaffarnagar (Uttar Pradesh) out of which five main villages are, 1. Bitaoda (near Budhana) 2. Tissa Alipur (near Bhopa town), 3. Nona (near Mansurpur town), 4. Mathedi, 5. Bhokerehri. The Bitaoda village is the biggest village out of five. All these have majority of Jats. These are well developed villages. Some are found in district Meerut also.

Rawat Khap has 12 villages in Mathura district. [4]

Villages in Muzaffarnagar district

Bitaoda (Bitawdha) Alipur Tissa, Bitaoda Muzaffarnagar, Nauna, Yusufpur,

Distribution in Rajasthan

Rawat Khap has 12 villages in Bharatpur district. [5]

Locations in Jaipur city

Rawat Jats live in following colonies in Jaipur: Barkat Nagar, Gandhi Nagar, Gopalpura Bypass, Jaisinghpura (Sanganer), Khatipura, Sodala,

Sarawat gotra Jats live in colonies: C-Scheme, Jhotwara, Murlipura Scheme, Tonk Road,

Villages in Alwar district

Kakrauli (Alwar),

Notable people from this gotra

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. 278
  2. ↑ Dr Mahendra Singh Arya, Dharmpal Singh Dudee, Kishan Singh Faujdar & Vijendra Singh Narwar: Ādhunik Jat Itihasa (The modern history of Jats), Agra 1998, p. 281
  3. ↑ History and study of the Jats. By Professor B.S Dhillon. ISBN-10: 1895603021 or ISBN-13: 978-1895603026. p.126
  4. ↑ Jat Bandhu, Agra, April 1991
  5. ↑ Jat Bandhu, Agra, April 1991

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