Narang

Narang (नारंग) is a Gotra of the Jats in Haryana.

Jat Gotras Namesake

• Narang = Narraga (Pliny.vi.30)

Mention by Pliny

Pliny mentions Mesopotamia .... Hipparenum²⁴, rendered famous, like Babylon, by the learning of the Chaldæi, and situate near the river Narraga²⁵, which falls into the Narroga, from which a city so called has taken its name. The Persæ destroyed the walls of Hipparenum. Orchenus also, a third place of learning of the Chaldæi, is situate in the same district, towards the south; after which come the Notitæ the Orothophanitæ, and the Grecichartæ.²⁶

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24 Nothing appears to be known of this place; but Hardouin thinks that it is the same with one called Maarsares by Ptolemy, and situate on the same river Narraga.

25 Parisot says that this river is the one set down in the maps as falling into the Tigris below its junction with the Euphrates, and near the mouths of the two rivers. He says that near the banks of it is marked the town of Nabrahan, the Narraga of Pliny.

26 There is great doubt as to the correct spelling of these names.

Naranga village

• नारंगा (जाट गोत्र - नारंग) : नारंगा नाम का गाँव झारखंड के पश्चिमी सिंहभूम जिले की कुमारडूंगी विकास-खंड में है।

Distribution in Haryana

Villages in Panipat district

Samalkha,

Notable persons

• Gagan Narang (गगन नारंग) is an ace Indian shooter, especially in Air rifle shooting, supported by the Olympic Gold Quest. He was the first Indian to qualify for the London Olympics. He won the Bronze Medal in the Men's 10 m Air Rifle Event at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London with a final score of 701.1 on 30 July 2012. He was born in Chennai on 6th May 1983 and his ancestors belonged to Samalkha in Panipat district in Haryana. His grandfather then moved from Panipat to Hyderabad. His parents are Bhimsen Narang and Amarjit. Though Gagan Narang was born in Chennai, he was raised in Hyderabad. He touched the gun for the first time at his age of six for shooting down balloons at Chennai Marina Beach carnival. His prowess at shooting was well brought out at that age itself which he sharpened later.

• Daljeet Singh Narang (Major) (20.05.1935 - 21.11.1971), Mahavir Chakra, (posthumous), became martyr on 21.11.1971 during Indo-Pak War-1971. Unit: 45 Cavalry Regiment (Armed Corps). He was from Peshawar now in Pakistan.

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