Guru
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Guru (गुरु)[1][2] [3] Gurun (गुरुं) Gur (गुर)[4] [5][6] is Gotra of Jats in Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh. [7] Gurun (गुरुं) is a Hindu Jat clan found in Montgomery, Pakistan. [8]
Origin
This gotra originated from people of fair colour. Guru is also name of shresha (श्रेष्ठ) or superior people. Descendants of such people got the gotra name Guru. [9]
History
Bhim Singh Dahiya identifies Goruai of Greek with Guru/Gaur/Ghor of Indian clan.[10]
It is mentioned by James Tod[11]: Guru — West side of the Luni ; town of seven hundred houses ; the chief is styled Rana, and of the Chauhan tribe.
Distribution in Rajasthan
Villages in Barmer district
Villages in Bikaner district
Villages in Churu district
Balera, Bidasar, Sujangarh (7),
Villages in Nagaur district
Burdi, Chau, Deh, Kitalsar Nagaur, Makori,
Notable persons
- Bhanwar Ram Guru - Executive Engineer in Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (Government of India Enterprise).
- Suraj Bhan Guru -
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References
- ↑ Dr Ompal Singh Tugania: Jat Samuday ke Pramukh Adhar Bindu, p.35, sn-602.
- ↑ Jat History Dalip Singh Ahlawat/Parishisht-I, s.n. ग-73
- ↑ Dr Pema Ram:Rajasthan Ke Jaton Ka Itihas, p.299
- ↑ Jat History Dalip Singh Ahlawat/Parishisht-I, s.n. ग-77
- ↑ Dr Pema Ram:Rajasthan Ke Jaton Ka Itihas, p.299
- ↑ Dr Ompal Singh Tugania: Jat Samuday ke Pramukh Adhar Bindu, p.35, sn-602.
- ↑ Jat History Thakur Deshraj/Chapter VIII,s.n. 179,p-585
- ↑ A glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North-West Frontier Province By H.A. Rose Vol II/G,p.321
- ↑ Mahendra Singh Arya et al.: Adhunik Jat Itihas, p. 237
- ↑ Jats the Ancient Rulers (A clan study)/Appendices/Appendix II, S.No. 42
- ↑ James Todd Annals/Sketch of the Indian Desert, Vol.III,pp.1321
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