Malhan
Malhan (मल्हान), Dhanda (ढांडा)[1] [2] Malhan (माल्हान)[3] is a great Jat gotra found in Haryana and Rajasthan. Malhan's are spread in Western Uttar Pradesh , Punjab and Pakistan.
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Origin
- Malhana (मल्हण) is mentioned in Bilaigarh Plates of Prithvideva II Kalchuri year 896 (1144 AD) as composer of these records.[4]
In Mahabharata
Sabha Parva, Mahabharata/Book II Chapter 27 mentions clans subjugated by Bhima, which include Mallana in shloka 3:
- ततॊ गॊपाल कच्छं च सॊत्तमान अपि चॊत्तरान
- मल्लानाम अधिपं चैव पार्दिवं वयजयत परभुः (II.27.3)
History
The descendants of Massagetae (the great Jats) were said to be known as Malhan. [5] Dhanda गोत्र को ही झज्जर,सिरसा,दिल्ली में मल्हान गोत्र से जाना जाता है।
Distribution in Haryana
Malhans are also known as Dhanda.
Villages in Jhajjar District
Villages in Sonipat district
Villages in Sirsa District
Villages in Jind District
Sangatpura, Dhanda Kheri, Gatauli, Kharak Ramji, Sunderpur, Dhanauri,
Villages in Kaithal District
Kithana, Khedi Sandal, Kultaran
Villages in Hisar District
Mirchpur, Budana, Sheikhpura, Litani, Parbhuwala, Neoli Kalan, Mirzapur, Sandlana, devsar, Hasangarh,muklan
Villages in Yamunanagar district
Kandroli, Bhagwangarh, Ambli, Sudhail
Villages in Panipat district
Villages in Bhiwani district
Premnagar,Baganwala,Dwarka Bhiwani, Mandhan Tosham, Mandholi Khurd,
Distribution in Rajasthan
Villages in Jodhpur district
Locations in Jaipur city
Distribution in Pakistan
According to 1911 census the Malhan were the principal Muslim Jat clan in :
- Dera Ghazi Khan District - Malhan (529)
Notable persons of the clan
- Rakesh Singh Malhan (2nd Lt), Ashok Chakra (posthumous), (18.09.1970 - 05.12.1992) became martyr of militancy on 05.12.1992 at village Pader Pora of Shopian tahsil in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir fighting with militants. Unit: 22 Grenadiers Regiment. He was born at Chandigarh and originally belonged to village Subana in Jhajjar district Jhajjar of Haryana.
- Hon. Capt (Risaldar) Jai Lal (Malhan) - Victoria Cross award in the Second World War.
- Sunita Malhan - Rani Laxmi Bai Award winner
- Rajendra Singh Malhan - ADM Agra, Awarded by President of India with Excellent work in census work 2001.[6]. ADM Mathura. A-2, DM Compund, Mathura Mathura UP, 0565-2406076, 0565-2407202. (PP-1154)
- Dr Anar Singh Malhan - Rajasthan State Chairman of National Human Rights Organization. Plot No. 1, High Court Colony, Senapati Bhawan Chauraha, Ratanada, Ph:2511554
- Radha Swami Tarachand - Malhan Gotra, founder Radhaswami Vinod Satsang
- Air Vice Marshal (**) V Malhan (Babepur, Jhajjar) - Indian Air Force
- Squadron Leader L Malhan (Gudha) - Indian Air Force
See also
Reference
- ↑ Jat History Dalip Singh Ahlawat/Parishisht-I, s.n. म-119
- ↑ O.S.Tugania:Jat Samuday ke Pramukh Adhar Bindu,p.55,s.n. 1979
- ↑ O.S.Tugania:Jat Samuday ke Pramukh Adhar Bindu,p.56,s.n. 2054
- ↑ Corpus Inscriptionium Indicarium Vol IV Part 2 Inscriptions of the Kalachuri-Chedi Era, Vasudev Vishnu Mirashi, 1955, p. 458-462
- ↑ Mahendra Singh Arya et al: Adhunik Jat Itihas,p. 275
- ↑ Jat Samaj, June 2006, p. 31
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