Thenua
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Thenua (ठेनुवा) Thenuva (ठेनुवा) Thainua (ठैनुवा) Thenewal (ठेनेवाल) Thinwal (ठीनवाल) Thenwa (ठेनवा) is a gotra of jats found in Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan. This gotra originated from Tanwars. They are said to have 'decided to oppose' (ठानना) the Mughal Badshah hence called Thenua. [1]
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History
Thenua Jats were the rulers of Mursan state, Hathras state, Beswan state, Vrindawan state and Baldevgarh state, all in Uttar Pradesh.
Thenua Khap
Thenua khap has 150 villages in Uttar Pradesh in Aligarh and Mathura districts. Jat gotra is Thenua. Two jat states Mursan and Hathras were from this khap. Raja Mahendra Pratap was world known personalities of this khap. Nandram jat a brave son of the soil who fought tooth and nail with Aurangzeb was also from this khap. [2]
Distribution in Uttar Pradesh
Thenua Khap has 32 villages in Mathura district. [3]
Villages in Hathras district
Villages in Aligarh district
Villages in Bulandshahr district
Distribution in Rajasthan
Khatipura (Jaipur),
Distribution in Madhya Pradesh
Villages in Ratlam district
Villages in Ratlam district with population of this gotra are: Thenua: Ratlam 2,
Notable persons from this gotra
- Raja Mahendra Pratap - The most renowned person of Thenua gotra.
- Dr N.P.Singh Verma
Reference
- ↑ Dr Mahendra Singh Arya, Dharmpal Singh Dudee, Kishan Singh Faujdar & Vijendra Singh Narwar: Ādhunik Jat Itihasa (The modern history of Jats), Agra 1998, p. 249
- ↑ Dr Ompal Singh Tugania, Jat Samuday ke Pramukh Adhar Bindu, Agra, 2004, p. 16
- ↑ Jat Bandhu, Agra, April 1991
- Thakur Deshraj: Jat Itihas (Hindi), Maharaja Suraj Mal Smarak Shiksha Sansthan, Delhi, 1934.
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