deol_jatt
August 30th, 2004, 08:35 PM
I got this in an email. Please discuss: -
It is said, Anshupal & Mati Dev, both grandson of Biram Dev Minhas, a commander with 1st moghul emperor, Babar established the minhas clan villages of Droli kalan, Damunda, phadhiana & paldi somewhere in year 1530.
These villages are located approximately 7 Kms from Adampur Doaba except, village paldhi, which is in garhshankar Teshil. And, yes, minhas is caste of Rajputs. Traditionally, the Jats have been serving in the farms of the rajputs.
The village, Mankoo, Rajowal adjacent to village Droli is inhabited by Dhillon, nijjar and Sandhu Jats were maroos of Droli kalan & Chakira before year 1920. By Maroos, it means that the land less jat labour was given the land to cultivate by Minhas rajpoots, so that the revenue so generated from the produce could be paid to British government for accrued taxes.( Government Rules)
The village, Haripur which is just 2.5 Kms from Adampur, also intially belonged to Haria Singh Minhas, rajput of village Damunda .The jats of haripur were majara (his labour). This village of was however, surrendered, becuase of the criminal charges against Haria of molesting the labour women, to jat labour on the direction of Lehna singh Majithia, the Incharge, of Village droli Kalan under Maha Raja Ranjit Singh Rule. Although, now, Jats of these villages are owners of these land ( infect after year 1920, due to enforcement of new land laws by British in that year) but in the land revenue record even today it stands in the name of Rajputs of Droli, Chakkiaria & Damunda).
It is said, Anshupal & Mati Dev, both grandson of Biram Dev Minhas, a commander with 1st moghul emperor, Babar established the minhas clan villages of Droli kalan, Damunda, phadhiana & paldi somewhere in year 1530.
These villages are located approximately 7 Kms from Adampur Doaba except, village paldhi, which is in garhshankar Teshil. And, yes, minhas is caste of Rajputs. Traditionally, the Jats have been serving in the farms of the rajputs.
The village, Mankoo, Rajowal adjacent to village Droli is inhabited by Dhillon, nijjar and Sandhu Jats were maroos of Droli kalan & Chakira before year 1920. By Maroos, it means that the land less jat labour was given the land to cultivate by Minhas rajpoots, so that the revenue so generated from the produce could be paid to British government for accrued taxes.( Government Rules)
The village, Haripur which is just 2.5 Kms from Adampur, also intially belonged to Haria Singh Minhas, rajput of village Damunda .The jats of haripur were majara (his labour). This village of was however, surrendered, becuase of the criminal charges against Haria of molesting the labour women, to jat labour on the direction of Lehna singh Majithia, the Incharge, of Village droli Kalan under Maha Raja Ranjit Singh Rule. Although, now, Jats of these villages are owners of these land ( infect after year 1920, due to enforcement of new land laws by British in that year) but in the land revenue record even today it stands in the name of Rajputs of Droli, Chakkiaria & Damunda).