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Tuesday 16 September 2014

GURJAR ISM words by Thakur Yashpal Singh Rajput



Ref: http://www.scribd.com/doc/77571532/Gurjar-Ism



GURJAR ISM

“It is beyond human power to lessen the dignity of the Gurjars”

, words by Thakur Yashpal Singh Rajput, famous historian and researcher of Indian History. Millions liters blood of Gurjar community flooded on this earth for protection of our culture and religion. It is bitter historical truth thatdifferent invaders committed mass assassinations of Gurjars and differentinvaders and foreign rulers snatched their lands and powers from them as Gurjar community always created resistance against foreign invaders and cruel rulers time to time for 1000 years right up to Revolt of 1857. During these resistances, they lost their powers, properties, and miserably came to end in British era. It is the beginning of deep pains of the poverty andcontinues until date that developed an inferiority complex in entire Gurjar community. It is always my subject matter to have brain storming, how to reinstate the prosperity of Gurjar community, how to show this community the days they were bearing in their past, how to create an accountability for their sacrifices that they did time to time for conservation of the Indian culture, for protecting mother earth and religion? We have to reinstate the Gurjar community to all the states that it was bearing in their past. If we go through the history of Gurjars then we find that they were having their own culture that still exists in Gurjar community, they have articulated social laws that are included in their culture. Then what is the wrong? I am not the one capable to make any comment upon such great community at once, but what I found is that, they have everything but there is lack of unity and an articulated intercommunity cooperation system! Yes, it is fact that they have great culture, capabilities and everything that an ideal noble community bears, but, due to absence of an intercommunity cooperation system, Gurjar community, the ruler of this territory, now laid behind time. They were rulers of maximum territory in India up to the revolt of 1857 but as all these statesdid not have any sort of unity mechanism, intercommunity cooperationsystem and coordination that weakened their power to fight against modern warfare of British. Due to this, their assets have been destroyed, purposefully kept away from development, their fertile lands have been snatched, their political importance have been degraded, created the circumstances that developed inferiority complex into them that ruined generations and once prosperous Gurjar community transformed into a poor community in India due to lack of intercommunity cooperation system. Now it is time to awaken the community and set for achieving whatever we lost in the past, now it is time to rectify all our mistakes that our forefathers have committed in past, now it is time to take care of the thing that everyone, even the Government machinery, should listen to our voice. How it is possible? Obviously, thequestion comes and the answer is Gurjar ISM, Gurjar IntercommunitySurvival Movement, is an initiative to reinstate Gurjar community’s Golden days as were in the past. Even though we call it a development process butas per my vision it is not only a development process but also it is a process of reinstating Gurjar community to the state and power at all levels that they were bearing in the past.

गु जर आई.एस.एम् . (गु जरीजम,यानी गुजरवाद)नाम से गु जर एकता ,अखंडता

आपसी सहयोिगता का यहसामािजक अिभयान क ेपीछ ेउ ेशय एकही ह ैकी भातभू िम की आन,बान औ ान की ा कन ेक ेिलए अपन ेसवरव

का बिलदान द ेन ेवाले इस महान समाज को अपना गत व ैभव ात क द ेना .गुजर ऐसी जाती ह ैजो आज भी अपनी पपाओं से पीछ ेनह

हटी ह ैऔ अपनी एक अलग पहचान आज भी यह जाती द ु िनया को द ेती ह ै, िफ वह कही भी हो िकसीभी हाल म हो,सा म हो,या सा से बाह हो,इस बात क ेमाण इितहास से लेक आजतक समय समय प गु जर समाज न ेिदए ह ैऔ द ेता भी ह ेगा |चेिचय ,क ु षाण ,ितहा, खटान का इितहास हो,या फी अंेज से उनका संघषर हो वह हमेा अपनी एक अलग पहचान बनाए ह ु ए ह ै.सदा पट ेल का उदाहण हो,

या िफ िवजयिसंह पिथक का हो, इस जाती न ेाचीन काल से इस

द ेवभू िम की हमेाही सेवा की ह ैऔ आज भी क ही ह ै.

गुजर क े इितहास को िलखत ेसमय ज ैसे सदा पट ेल को भु लाया नह जा सकता , िवजयिसंह पिथक को नह भु लाया जा सकता ह ै,उसी तह समाज क ेिहत क ेिलए वत ंता आदोल नसे भी बड़ा आंदोलन इस भोगवादी समयमे िजहन ेखडा क िदखाया ,ऐसे गुजर समाज क ेमहानायक को भी नह भु लाया जा सकता औ वह नाम ह ैकनरल िकोड़ीिसंह ब ैसला गुजर.वह आज भी द े औ द ु िनया क ेसभी गु जर समाज क ेदय म िवाजमान ह ै.कनरल अपना वरमान ह ै, लेिकन क ु छ ऐसी बात इितहास को िलखत ेसमय िलखी गयी की मानो गुजर जाती का कही अितव ही नह ह ै,ऐसा महसू स होता ह ै,औ  आज भी व ही हाल ह ैकी इतनी भाी संया म सपू णर भातवषर म बसन ेक ेउपत भी ,

द ेभित िजनक े ग ग म थी औ ह ै, िजनक ेपुख न ेइस मातृभू िम की ा क ेिलए अपन ेाण का बिलदान िदया ,आज या हाल ह ै इस गुजर जाती का ?यह जाती आज भी सभी उप ेाओं का सामना क ही ह ै ज ैसी उहन ेमुसलामान क ेाज म सहन की , अंेज क ेासनकाल म सहन की .औ सबसे द ु भयपू णर बात तो यह ह ैकी िजहन ेअलग अलग समय म भात वषर म आय ेिववध आाताओं का साथ िदया , इस द े औ धमर से गाी की , अपनी संक ृ ित को तहस नहस कन ेम िजहन ेचंद लालच म आक िवद े िय का साथ िदया औ गुजर जाती को,यिक एक द ेभत जाती ह ैउसको मौत की खायी म ढक ेल िदया , िजहन ेगुजरकी उपजवू जमीन को गाी क उनसे छीन लीया,आज वह जाितय, वही गा क ेवािस,वाही गंदा खू न ,उनक ेही वािस अप न ेइस भातवषर प ाज क ह ेह ै.औ िजहन ेसमय समय प इस द ेऔ धमर को बचाया ,इस भातवषर की महान संक ृ ित को अपन ेाण की बिल द ेक बचाया औ समय प अपन े समान को बहान ेक ेिलएाण की भी आह ु ित द ेन ेक ेिलए उहन ेक ु छ भी कमी नह छोड़ी ऐसी गुजर जाती आज भी उप ेाओ का सामना क ही ह ै.यह कोई उकसान ेवाली बात नह बिक यह एक कडवा सच ह ैकी वत ं क ेपहले तो गुजर समाज िविवध आताओं औ बाद म अंेज से उनक े टकाव क ेकाण उप े ितही था ,लेिकन वत ंता िमलन ेक ेबाद वही हाल हा ह ैऔ आज इस द े को आजादी िमलान ेक े६० साल बाद भी यह समाज आज भी उप ेओं का िका ह ै.यह इस द े का द ु भय मान ेकी गु जर समाज का ,की उनक ेइतन ेबिलदान क ेबाद भी एक छोटासा आण उनको चािहए तो भात सका ऐसी िहचिकचा ही ह ैज ैसे यह सका गुजर समाज का इितहास जनाितही न हो इतनी ह ैवािनयत िकम क ेलोग सका म ब ैठ ेह ैकी िजन गु जर न ेइस द े,धमर औ संक ृ ित को बचान ेक ेिलए बिलदान िदया जब वही जाती चंद एक ाय म यादा गीबी क ेकाण आण की मग क ही ह ैतो उनको मा िदया जा हा ह ै, िदनदहाड़ ेउनका क़ल िकया जा हा ह ै,ज ैसा की अंेज औ बाकी सभी न ेिकया ,यह एक न ंगा सच ह ै.इसिलए महामा गधी न ेउस समय ायकतओं को काले अंेज औ इस पािलरयामटी ड ेमो े िटक िसटम को बझ व ेशया कहा ह ै.अग यह णाली व ेशया नह होती तो उन द ेभत वी जाती का संघ नह होता जो गुजर आंदोलन क ेदौान ाजथान म ह ु आ. द े औ द ु िनया क ेसमत गुजर समाज को हम यही ाथरना कत ेह ैकी हम गुजर समाज एक ऐसा समाज ह ैजो द ेिहत क ेिलए िजया ह ै,हम उप े ित ह ै, आज हमाा भात द े ऐसे गा क ेहाथ म ह ैजो की िदनदहाड़ ेइस द े को ब ेच ह ेह ै,यह हमको आगे बढ़न ेनह दगेयिक सा म व ही गा की औलाद ो ो ो ो ो ो ो ो ो ो ो ो ो ो,व

ही गंदा खू न ब ैठा ह ैिजहन ेअपन ेद ेभत पु ख को अंजो औ व ि ििवधआताओं क ेहाथ मवाया ,हमाी अछी जमीन से हम खद ेडक हमा ेसमाज को िदन औ हीन अवथा को लाया ,यह लोग हमाा भला नह चाहगे,हम,हम गुजर को हमाा अपना ाता अपनाना पड़ ेगा .हम गुजर,

हमा ेआलावा कोई सका या समाज हमाा भला नह क सकता ,हम हमाा

ाता चुनना औ वह ाता चुनक अपन ेतीक ेसे खुदही अपना िवकास कना .एक ऐसे यवथा का िनमण काना जो अपनी खुद की हो

ऐसी गुजर यवथा का िनमण कना ह ै,हम एक द ू स ेको पू क यवथा का िनमण कना ह ै,औ यही ह ैसमय की मग.

हम गुजरयवथा ,गुजर णाली या िफ गुजरीजम का िनमण

कना ह ै,जो की िसफर समत गुजर जाती क ेउथान का ना ही नह बिक इसक ेजिय ेहम ह वह कोि कगे की समाज को अपन े

गत व ैभवाली िदन द ेखन ेको िमले. यह संभव ह ैजत ह ैएक आवाज मा द ेन ेकी

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Turbulences

Gurjar, Gujar, Gajjar, Gujjar, Gojara, Gujaran, Gojar, Gujara etc and so manyto reckon are the names and attributes for Gurjar community, mentioningGurjar here, as I am Gurjar. As Gurjars are living since our culture exists and ruled over maximum territory of the Asia, they were the rulers thus have long, noble and pious history. If I put the entire history here that is not be appropriate as it is out of scope of this document as noble and dignified history of Gurjars cannot be framed into some thousands of pages but that requires millions of pages and one life is not sufficient for writing entire history of Gurjars. However, I consider it necessary to put some historical facts in front of my brothers and sisters, they are necessary and we all should read, understand those pages very carefully, and then think where wearer and what to do? What mistakes we have been committing? To whom, we, at this time, have to consider responsible for such drastic situation of Gurjar Community now days? I completed Engineering and was facing interview then an incident happened and I inspired from the incident. It was when Ihave to go to Mumbai; it was Bombay at the time, for competitiveexamination for the post of Engineer in Telecommunication Department.After finishing written exam, day after tomorrow was the oral examination. On the day of oral examination, I approached the office where the interview was organized. I saw a person passing by, he was Gurjar, I was in crowd, some meters away from him, I called loudly in our own Gurjari language, he stopped, but his bodily reaction was not fair. Even though I reached him asking all the routine questions in Gurjari language, he was calm not uttering single word. I confused, then he told me in pure Marathi to not to speak in Gurjari language. Anyway I finished talking with an oath in my mind to not to speak with that person again in life, continuing the oath until date. The incidence was simple but it had raised so many turbulences in my mind. Why he said me to speak into Marathi only? What are the reasons that developed inferiority complex in Gurjar community? Even when I was schooling I used to ask a question to myself every community is progressing why not Gurjars? Why Gurjars try to hide their caste? Why they do not speak their own Gurjari language in public? Why they hesitate to speak Gurjari Language? Gurjars have great population why they do not have remarkable influence on Indian politics. Why they are not in the main stream of Power and Politics? Who resist them to enter into the main stream? Why there are resisting them? Income of the constituencies Gurjars votes are influential and Gurjar can beeasily elected, then why Gurjar person doesn’t fight election from thatconstituency and rather to become slave of that MLA or MP why he himself come into political power? Why Gurjars do not have any media house yet? While the communities very small in population, not genetically sound,having no noble history at all to count them to be liable for ruling over anyconstituency, they are having a big marriage hall, Samaj Bhavan orcommunity hall? Another very dirty question that always makes me awake from the sleep is, other communities who do not have right history and if it is that have no connection with history of Gurjars, they are snatching our history from us and we are just in the role of audience. Why Gurjar do not protest such matters? Are we really sleeping or pretending to sleep?







Friday 29 August 2014

Gujjar army of Shamshergarh

The Gujjar army of Shamshergarh defeated the allied forces of the adjoining states in a stubborn fight.
ergarh belonged to Khatana sub-caste of the Gujjar community. The native place of the family was the North West territory in ancient times where Kaid Rai, one of their ancestors fought against Alexander the Great. Chandrapal, son of Jaipal Khatana fought against Subuktgin at Kabul in 997 CE. Mohammad Ghaznavi defeated Jaipal and Anandpal and Lahore became a part of the Ghaznavi rule in 1018 CE. The Khatana took refuge in Mardan, Awat, Hazara, etc. and Trilochanpal (son of Anadpal), himself retired to Jammu hills from where he attacked Punjab. Some Khatana families migrated south of Satluj River and reached up to Malwa and Gwalior and in the East up to upper Gangetic valley.

The Khatana all over the sub continent are unanimous since Centuries in claiming their decent from the house of Jaipal and Anandpal. The Kala and Thakaria share the same claim in Punjab. Undoubtedly, the three families are offshoots of the historic Lakhan Thakia who fought against Shankarvarman, the ruler of Kashmir in 890 CE. After the defeat and death of Anandpal in 1018 CE some members of royal house migrated south of Satluj River and carved a principality in Jaipur area. Allauddin forces ousted the family from Dausa and the family settled In Rajorgarh area from where they were again driven out in about 1496 CE by the Muslims. The family with its leaders Rana Madhav Singh took refuge in lowerKumaon Himalaya. When Humayun was fleeing Iran and Shershah was busy in establishing himself as a king of Delhi, Rana Madhav Singh left the hills and occupied an area on the left bank of river Ganges, after killing Nawab Dilawar Khan. In the time of Akbar and Jahangir, Rana Pratap Bhan and Rana Daya Ram held a status of big landlords. In the time of Shahjahan, one Mughal officer was killed by a Gurjar on his cruelty to the subjects. Rana was attacked by Mughal forces and Gurjar were completely uprooted. The fort was demolished and the city was renamed Shahajahanpur.

Rana Parsuram Singh with his remaining family members and the army men crossed the River Ganges and Yamuna River and reached the Betwa River valley where he established a small kingdom and founded a city by the name of Shamshergarh. His son Nauneshah conquered Inchhar, Bhander, Konch and Kalpi. Nauneshah` son Madan Singh ruled at Shamshergarh successfully. Madan Singh`s son Vishnu Singh Khatana defeated Prthvi Singh, who was an ally of the Marathas and captured the fort of Siyoda that actually belonged to Datiya ruler. The bravery of Gurjar king Vishnu Singh roused jealousy of the chiefs of the adjoining states.

The Gujjar army of Shamshergarh defeated the allied forces of the adjoining states in a stubborn fight. The Gujjars of Shamshergarh completely uprooted the army of the chiefs of the adjoining states and captured all their heavy guns. The Maratha Subedar Ragunath Rao Hari and Shivnath Rao Hari on hearing the news of the conquest of Vishnu Singh Khatana over their subordinate chiefs jointly made an invasion on Samther or Shamshergarh kingdom. The Gurjars again defeated the invaders. Vishu Singh Khatana died sonless and he was succeeded by his younger brother Raja Dev Singh. At last a peace treaty was signed and executed between the Gujjar king of Shamshergarh and the British East India Company.

Raja Dev Singh was a famous Gujjar ruler of Shamshergarh and also a great administrator. The condition of Shamshergarh improved tremendously at that time and new markets were built. This place was also popular for its beautiful buildings. In the year 1947, Shamshergarh or Samther state was merged with the Indian Union

Thursday 29 May 2014

1857 and Gujjars

1857 KI KRANTI KE JANAK THE GUJJARS .....Historically, the Gujjars are effectively ‘1857 forces’, in the same league as Lodhs, Banjaras, Ramoshis, Dhangars, Mewatis, Kols and Gonds who fought in the 1857 Uprising against the British as a community. On May 10, 1857, when the 3rd Cavalry threw off allegiance to the British in Meerut to kick-start what is now recognised as the 19th century’s greatest anti-colonial revolt, the Meerut cantonment had a sizeable 60th Her Majesty Regiment composed of crack British soldiers. The 3rd Cavalry sowars and 11th and 20th Bengal Native Infantry sepoys did not have artillery; but the 60th Foot Regiment was well supplied with cannons. The 60th HMR men could have easily pursued and cut the march of Meerut revolutionaries towards Delhi. But it was the turbulent Gujjars of the Meerut countryside who surrounded the British cantonment in such large numbers that British soldiers found it difficult to advance.
The Imperial Gazetteer of India states that throughout the “Indian Rebellion of 1857, the Gujars and Musalman Rajputs proved the most irreconcilable enemies of the British. A band of rebellious Gujjars ransacked Bulandshahr after a revolt by the 9th Native Infantry on May 21, 1857. The British forces were able to retake the town with the help of Dehra Gurkhas, but the Gujars rose again after the Gurkhas marched off to assist General Wilson’s column in another area. Under the leadership of Walidad Khan of Malagarh, the British garrison was driven out the district. Walidad Khan held Bulandshahr from July to September, until he was expelled after an engagement with Colonel Greathed’s flying column. On October 4, the Bulandshahr District was regularly occupied by the British Colonel Farquhar and measures of repression were adopted against the armed Gujars.”
During the revolt of 1857, the Muslim Gujjars in the villages of Ludhiana district showed dissent towards the British authorities. The British interests in Gangoh city of Saharanpur District were ‘threatened’ by the rebel Gujjars under the leadership of Raja Fathua. The Gujjars of Chundrowli rose against the British, under the leadership of Damar Ram. The Gujjars of Shunkuri village, numbering around 3,000, joined the rebel sepoys. According to further British records, the Gujjars plundered gunpowder and ammunition from the British and their allies. In Delhi, the Metcalfe House was sacked by the Gujjar villagers from whom the land was taken to erect the building.
Gujjar turbulence owed a lot to their nomadic status and the British attempt to settle them as peaceful land revenue paying peasantry. During the Mughal era, Gujjars were known for their entrepreneurial role — they not only exchanged milk and other commodities but also guarded the trade routes of North India. The colonial-British State, keen to turn every rural element into a peasant, did not understand the community’s entrepreneurial role. So after 1857, the British classified the Gujjars (and around 150 other Indian communities) as ‘criminal tribes’ through the Criminal Tribes Act, 1871. In this move, communities that had fought for Bahadur Shah Zafar in 1857 were openly targeted. Several other forces like the Pardhis of Vidarbha and the Dhangars and the Ramoshi-Berads of Maharashtra and Karnataka also suffered. Most of them were warrior-nomads or warrior-hunters of the Mughal and Maratha era. During the colonial era, basic human rights were denied to these communities. They were literally given an ‘anti-social’ tag. Their position became worse than that of many Dalit communities in the country