Bhaubhia

Bhaubhia (भौभिया)^[1] Bhaubia (भौबिया) Bhaubhiya (भौभिया) Bhobhia (भोभिया) Bhobia (भोबिया) is gotra of Jats in Rajasthan and Punjab.

Origin

This gotra is said to have started from their ancestral person named Bhauma (भौम) of the times of Mahabharata. ^[2]

In Mahabharata

Bhisma Parva, Mahabharata/Book VI Chapter 10 mentions Bhauma along with Atvis, Shabaras, Maru, Bhaumas, Mairihas etc.

अपरन्ध्राश च शूद्राश च पह्लवाश चर्म खण्डिकाः

अटवी शबराश चैव मरु भौमाश च मारिष Mahabharata

(6.10.46)

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 1.10.29 tells about Bhaumasura:

yā vīrya-śulkena hṛtāḥ svayaḿvare

pramathya caidya-pramukhān hi śuṣmiṇaḥ

pradyumna-sāmbāmba-sutādayo 'parā

yāś cāhṛtā bhauma-vadhe sahasraśaḥ

Translation - The children of these ladies are Pradyumna, Sāmba, Amba, etc: Ladies like Rukmiṇī, Satyabhāmā and Jāmbavatī were forcibly taken away by Him from their svayaḿvara ceremonies after He defeated many powerful kings, headed by Śiśupāla. And other ladies were also forcibly taken away by Him after He killed Bhaumāsura and thousands of his assistants. All of these ladies are glorious.

Distribution in Rajasthan

Bhobia (भोबिया) Gotra Jats live in Bikaner, Hanumangarh district in Rajasthan and in Punjab.

Distribution in Punjab

Bhaguwala,

Notable persons from this gotra

Chaudhary Bahadur Singh Bhobia - Founder ‘Jat Anglo Indian School’ at Sangariya in 1917.
चौ. बलवीर सिंह भोभिया पुत्र चौ. शत्रुघ्न मु.पो. कालीबंगा त. पीलीबंगा जिला हनुमानगढ़^[3]
Binja Ram Bhobia (1913 -15.12.1984) was a social worker from Badhnu village in Nokha tahsil in Bikaner district in Rajasthan. He was the founder member of Kisan Chhatrawas Bikaner. His sons Girdhari Lal Bhobia and Nanu Ram Bhobia are also associated with Social work in Bikaner region.

श्री गिरधारी लाल भोबिया: किसान कौम के नेता, नोखा के पूर्व विधायक (20 वर्ष की उम्र में बनें), पूर्व जिला प्रमुख (कार्यकाल 13 वर्ष), पूर्व उरमूल डेयरी चेयरमैन (कार्यकाल पांच वर्ष) किसान छात्रावास अध्यक्ष (जीवन पर्यंत) महारानी किशोरी देवी बालिका विद्यालय के संस्थापक, स्वामी केशवानन्द ग्रामोथान विधापीठ संगरिया के आजीवन ट्रस्टी, स्वामी केशवानन्द विश्वविद्यालय बीकानेर के संचालक मंडल सदस्य रहे है, भूमि विकास बैंक के पूर्व निदेशक भी रहे है, वह अपने स्पष्टवादी,ईमानदार व सिद्धांतों के पक्के धनी.

श्री नानूराम जी भोबिया - सचिव, जाट धर्मशाला बीकानेर

External links

Bhobia Community on Facebook

References

↑ O.S.Tugania:Jat Samuday ke Pramukh Adhar Bindu, p.55, s.n. 1967
↑ Mahendra Singh Arya et al: Adhunik Jat Itihas, p. 273
↑ http://www.swamikeshwanand.com/Donors%20List.aspx sn 292

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[1] O.S.Tugania:Jat Samuday ke Pramukh Adhar Bindu, p.55, s.n. 1967

[2] Mahendra Singh Arya et al: Adhunik Jat Itihas, p. 273

[3] ttp://www.swamikeshwanand.com/Donors%20List.aspx sn 292

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