Kotwal
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Kotwal (कोतवाल)[1] is a gotra of Jats[2] [3] in Punjab and Uttar Pradesh.
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Origin
Kotwal gotra is based on title. [4] Kotwal clan is found in Afghanistan.[5]
History
Distribution in Punjab
Villages in Ludhiana district
Distribution in Uttar Pradesh
Villages in Mathura district
Notable persons
- Bu 'Ali Kotwal : Ariyaruk was taken from the Court to Khunduz, and after ten days he was sent to Ghazni, and given into the charge of Bu 'Ali Kotwal, who according to orders kept him some time in the fort, so secretly that nobody knew that he had been dismissed. Afterwards he was sent to Bu-l Hasan Khalaf in Ghor, who kept him in some place there.[6]
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References
- ↑ Dr Ompal Singh Tugania: Jat Samuday ke Pramukh Adhar Bindu, p.32,sn-384.
- ↑ Dr Pema Ram:Rajasthan Ke Jaton Ka Itihas, p.296
- ↑ Jat History Dalip Singh Ahlawat/Parishisht-I, s.n. क-46
- ↑ Mahendra Singh Arya et al.: Adhunik Jat Itihas, Agra 1998, p. 231
- ↑ An Inquiry Into the Ethnography of Afghanistan, H. W. Bellew, p.80
- ↑ Sir H. M. Elliot Edited by John Dowson, The history of India : as told by its own historians. Volume II/III. Tarkhhu-s Subuktigin of Baihaki,p.111
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