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Bajwa (
Urdu: باجوہ) (
Hindi: बाजवा) is a
Jat gotra or clan. They are spread across the
Punjab region divided between
Northern India and
Pakistan.
Bajwa are believed to be the bravest clan of Jatt. Bajwa means the
Clan of the Hawk, and is a common last name amongst
Punjabis. The word itself "Bajwa" is derived from the word Baaz Wala (pronounced as
Baaj in colloquial
Punjabi), the
Arabic word for
hawk or
falcon.
Bajwa in
Persian also means "the people who levied Tax". Bajwas living in the
Bajwat area (the
Sialkot and
Narowal districts in
Punjab (Pakistan)) were known to harass the invading armies of
Timur,
Ahmed Shah Abdali and others, who invaded India from the northwest.
Bajwa is a prominent Jat clan of the Punjab. They claim
Suryavanshi descent.
The ancestor of the Bajwas is Baba Manga. Their place of origin is Bajwat in the Sialkot and Narowal districts of Pakistan. This place is located in the
Shiwalik foothills and is quite near the
Indian border as well as the city of
Jammu. At one time, Bajwa Jats had eighty-four villages in the Sialkot area.
Another legend is that one of their ancestors, Rai Jaison, was forced to leave
Delhi by Rai Pithora (
Prithvi Raj Chauhan).
Baba Manga had seven sons. The eldest,
Naro established a village, which was named as
Narowal after him. Another son,
Deepa founded
Kotli Bajwa and a third one,
Chandu founded
Chanduwal.
The founder of the Bajwa clan, Bajwat (or Wajab) used to live in
Jaisalmer in
Rajasthan. From there, he migrated to Sialkot and
Gujranwala. One of his descendants became the ruler of
Multan. Raja Shilp, a Bajwa ruler, was ousted from Multan by
Sikandar Lodhi. Raja Shilp had two sons named
Kala and
Lis. Both used to rear hawks
Bajwa Jatts are closely linked to the Bajju
Rajputs.
Lis migrated to Jammu. There, he married a Rajput girl. His descendants were called Bajju Rajputs. Kala, on the other hand, married a Jat girl and settled in the Pasrur area. Kala’s descendants came to be known as Bajwa Jats. Thus, both groups have common ancestries
Both Bajwa Jatts and Bajju Rajputs are settled in the Bajwat region of Jammu-Sialkot-Narowal. Their customs are very similar. They take their newly wed brides to the
Samadhi of their ancestor, Baba Manga to pay obeisance. Baba Manga is worshipped. Like other Jat clans, Bajwas give a cut to the tree of Jand.
