wikipedia mentions the following about Chahals. However I doubt that Chahar and Chahal are same. Even then its worth reading.
Chahar or
Chahal or
Chol is a
gotra of
Jats found in
Rajasthan,
Punjab and
Uttar Pradesh in
India. This is a very old gotra. They had kingdoms in Central and Southern India. There is evidence to prove that they ruled in
Gujrat also. There are 19 references to
Chol kshatriyas in the
Mahabharata.
Chahar Jats are known for simplicity and honesty. Chahar Jats have been also awarded the title of
Faujdar like
Sinsinwar,
Khuntel and
Sogarwar Jats. The Muslim rulers awarded the title of Faujdar to people who had responsibility of protecting some territory. Some of them were in
Maharaja Suraj Mal’s army also who were called Faujdars.
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Chahar Rajas
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Raja Chahar Deo
Raja Chahar Deo ruled at the
Narwar fort in
Gwalior region at the end of
13th century. Coins of Chahar Deo are found in the region with “Asawar sri Samant Deo” marked on one side and “King riding horse” on the other side. Raja Chahar Deo ruled Narwar till vikram samwat 1355 (
1298AD). After the fall of his rule at Narwar his descendents moved to ‘Brij Bhumi’ region of Uttar Pradesh. Other groups of Chahar Jats moved to
Matsya and
Jangladesh regions in Rajasthan.
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Raja Maldeo
In
13th century a Chahar Jat Raja Maldeo ruled at
Sidhmukh in Jangladesh (
Bikaner). Ghulam Badsah ruled
Delhi at that time. The Muslim army while returning from
Jaisalmer had a tough fight with Raja Maldeo. Two bulls were fighting. The whole Muslim army was watching it but no one dared to stop them. Raja Maldeo’s Somadevi came out and caught both the bulls with horn and stopped them.
The Muslim ruler was so impressed that he put proposal of Somadevi’s marriage with him to Raja Maldeo. But Raja Maldeo and Jats refused to his offer. The chief of the Muslim army wanted to take away with him Somadevi forcefully.
There was bloody fight. Raja Maldeo, Somadevi and many Jats died in this battle near the boarder of
Sidhmukh. Remaining members of his family migrated to
Jhunjhawati region.
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Ramki Chahar
Ramki Chahar has been very popular and brave name among Chahars. Ramki Chahar along with Raja Khemkaran of Sugreevgarh gave a very tough fight to the Muslim army.
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Distribution of Chahars
Chahars are found in large numbers in
Bharatpur and
Gurgaon. In
Agra they have 242 villages in one compact area. Chahar
Sikhs are found scattered in all the districts of the
Punjab.
Presently large number of villages of Chahar Jats are found in
Agra,
Fatehabad and
Kheragarh tehsils of Agra district. This area of Agra region is known as Chaharwati due to heavy population of Chahar Jats. A large number of villages of Chahar Jats are also found in
Moradabad district of Uttar Pradesh and
Jaipur district of Rajasthan.
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Famous Chahar people
- Captain Bhagwan Singh - Ex. [[High Commissioner of Fiji
- Ajay Singh - Present High Commissioner of Fiji
- Chaudhary Hira Singh Chahar - Freedom fighter of village Pahadsar, Rajgarh – Churu ( Rajasthan)
- Chaudhary Ghasi Ram Chahar – He came from Sidhmukh and founded village Ghasola, 2 miles from Charkhi Dadri in District Bhiwani (Haryana). Village Ghasola is over 1000 years old Khera.
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References
- Adhunik Jat Itihas: Hindi 1998, Dharmpal Singh Dudee Jaipal Agency Agra
- Thakur Deshraj: Jat Itihas (Hindi), Maharaja Suraj Mal Smarak Shiksha Sansthan, Delhi, 1934.
- Ram Swaroop Joon: History of Jats, India
- Jat Samaj, Agra : January, February (2000) & November (1999).
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External links
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