Gujjar World - History of Gujjar Nation

Sardar Gujjar Singh Bhangi (d. 1788) G ujjar Singh Bhangi was one of the triumvirate who ruled over Lahore for thirty years before its occupation by Ranjit Singh, was son of a cultivator of modest means, Nattha Singh. Strong and well built, Gujjar Singh received the vows of the Khalsa at the hands of his maternal grandfather Gurbakhsh Singh Roranvala, who presented him with a horse and recruited him a member of his band. As Gurbakhsh singh was growing old, he made Gujjar Singh head of his band. Soon the band was united to the force of  Hari Singh , head of the Bhangi Misl of chiefship. Gujjar Singh set out on a career of conquest and plunder. In 1765, he along with  Lahina singh  ,adopted son of Gurbakhsh Singh, and Sobha Singh, an associate of  Jai Singh Kanhaiya  , captured Lahore, from the Afghans. As Lahina Singh was senior in relationship, being his maternal uncle, Gujjar Singh allowed Lahina Singh to take possession of the city and the fort, himself ...

Pir Samiullah gujjar khatana was the first tribal leader in Swat to raise a lashkar, or tribal army, to oppose the Taliban. He claimed to have organized more than 10,000 tribesmen to oppose the Taliban and protect 20 villages. Samiullah and his followers are members of the Gujjar community, which is a group distinct from the dominant Pashtun tribal confederations that support the Taliban. Pir was rival tribal and religious leader opposing Mullah Fazlullah's forces in the Matta region of Swat. Pir and eight of his followers were killed in a Taliban assault on Dec. 16 2008. Two of his aides were subsequently beheaded in public, while an estimated 40 of his followers have been captured. The Taliban also torched the houses of Samiullah and 15 elders of his group.

Battle of Rajasthan Junaid, the successor of Qasim, finally subdued the Hindu resistance within Sindh. Taking advantage of the conditions in Western India, which at that time was covered with several small states, Junaid led a large army into the region in early 738 CE. Dividing this force into two he plundered several cities in southern Rajasthan, western Malwa, and Gujarat. Indian inscriptions confirm this invasion but record the Arab success only against the smaller states in Gujarat. They also record the defeat of the Arabs at two places. The southern army moving south into Gujarat was repulsed at Navsari by the south Indian Emperor Vikramaditya II of the Chalukya dynasty and Rashtrakutas. The army that went east, after sacking several places, reached Avanti whose ruler Nagabhata (Gurjar-Pratihara) trounced the invaders and forced them to flee. After his victory Nagabhata took advantage of the disturbed conditions to acquire control over the numerous small states up to the bo...

Pakistan Army ..............Gujjar Pakistani Soldiers There are several Gujjar who served in the different core of Pakistan Army. They are un-countable number of Gujjar sons and daughters who served in Pakistan Armed Forces but in this list only those will be mentioned who reached the ranks of Generals, Air Chief Marshalland other respective higher ranks, Major General Muzaffar-ud-Din, Governor of East Pakistan 1966 AD to 1968 AD. Lt General (R)Sajjad Akram Ex Cor Commander Pakistan Army Lt General Muzmal Air Marshal Rahim Khan Commander in Chief Pakistan Air Force Air Vice Marshal Asif Chauhan Additional Secretary Ministry of Defence Pakistan Major General Muhammad Afzal Chaudhry (E & ME) Flight Lt. Salman Mahmood Chaudhry (No. 27 Squadron Pakistan Air Force ............................................ ..... Air Marshal (R)Arshad Ch .............................................. Maj General(R) Javeed Iqbal ............................. Maj General(R) Liaquat Ali ....................