Gujjar World - History of Gujjar Nation

Jammu, March 29 (Scoop News)-Expressing strong resentment against concealing of significant details of ‘Gujjar era’ in new books of history published by different states of India as a part of University and School curriculum, the Gujjars today pleaded forcefully with University Grants Commission, National Council of Educational Research and Trainings , School Boards of all States, to include all factors of "Gurjar Pratihara" Period (6th-11th century AD) in curriculum books of Indian history prepared for students of different classes. The community though Tribal Research and Cultural Foundation-(TRCF) appealed to Union Ministry of Human Resources Development in a memorandum sent to Simriti Irani , Union HRD Minister and Chairman UGC, for a strong direction to all text book publishers including all Boards, University commissions and Councils to portray an accurate and factual picture of ‘Gujjar era’. Giving details , Dr.Javaid Rahi, secretary TRCF said that foundation h...

There was a remarkable contribution by the Gujjars in Indian freedom struggle. Like for instance, during India's first war of Independence, known as the Sepoy Mutiny, 1857, a Gurjar called Kalyan Singh had terrorised the British forces for several years. The Sepoy Mutiny was a remarkable event in the Indian history. From 1822 to 1825, the Gujjar community held a fierce armed protest against the British rule. Several times, when the British were transporting their treasury from one place to place they were killed and looted by the Gujjar protestors. Most of the Gujjar occupied areas like Ladhora, Prikishatgharh, Samther's boundaries were reduced by the British. The Estates of thousands of villages were reduced to only few hundred villages. Revolts in western Uttar Pradesh ( Saharanpur district ) during 1821 to 1825 led to the killing of thousands of Gujjars. Many were hanged and thousand of them were given life sentence. Thus, in this way the entire Gujjar community considered...