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Rathi, Rathee (राठी) or Rath (राठ) is a gotra of mainly Gujjars, Jats, Yaduvanshi Ahirs found in Jammu, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and parts of Madhya Pradesh, India and in Pakistan, Lahore, Sialkot, Gujranwala, Gujarat, Kasur, Shakargarh, Narowal. In earlier times Rathis were found in Kashmir too. Rathi is also used as a title in the Maheshwari community of Rajasthan. Dilip Singh Ahlawat has mentioned it as one of the ruling clans in Central Asia.[1] Rathis are now a trading and business community in Rajasthan State. Rathi gotra originated from Rajasthan.
Rathee (रथी) Rathi (रथी) people fought wars with rath (chariot) hence known as Rathi (रथी). They are considered descendants of Nagavanshi ancestor named Ratharvi (रथर्वी).[2]
Rathi is common surname found in Maheshwari community which is a business caste of Rajasthan. But now they have migrated to every part of the country and outside India too. They are renowned surname in business. For e.g. Anand Rathi fin services belongs to this community.
Rathi are also present in Pakistan (mainly in Mithi, Thar, Pakistan) In the Hathigumpha inscription, King Kharavela of Orissa is stated to have defeated the Rathikas and Bhojakas, i.e. Rathis and Bhojas, in the fourth year of his reign. Their royal insignia was umbrella. They were, at that time in Central India (East Malwa ? ) It is significant that the inscription of Kharavela says[why?] that Rathis and Bhojas, "were abandoned by good Brahmans", obviously because they were conquerors and they had not accepted the orthodox, unequal and useless ideas of those priests. They had their own priests called Magas or Bhojas, after they settled in Bhoja County.
Raja Brihdval was a king of this clan during Mahabharata. In medieval period there was rule of Rath rulers in Malwa, Kathiawar, Gaya, Badayun etc.
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[edit] Distribution in Punjab
They are found in Ludhiana and Patiala in Punjab. Rathi have a population 2,550 in Patiala district.[3] In Haryana, they are concentrated in the Jhajjar and Rohtak districts (villages Bhaproda, Kharar, Asandha, Bahadurgarh, Sankhol). Muzaffarnagar and adjoining areas in Uttarakhand have a sizeable Rathee presence.
[edit] Notable persons from this gotra
- Acharya Mahavir Singh Rathi - poet, author, social worker. Born at village Jalalpur Pisaba in Aligarh district on 17 January 1930.[4]
- Late Ch. Dharam Singh Rathee - Former Sarpanch Rathee Sarv-Khap Panchayat, Social Worker. Born at Village Bhaproda, Jhajjar district, Haryana.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Dilip Singh Ahlawat, Jat viron ka Itihasa
- ^ Dr Mahendra Singh Arya, Dharmpal Singh Dudee, Kishan Singh Faujdar & Vijendra Singh Narwar, Ādhunik Jat Itihasa (The modern history of Jats), Agra 1998, p. 277-8
- ^ History and study of the Jats. By Professor B.S Dhillon. ISBN 1-895603-02-1 or ISBN 978-1-895603-02-6. p.126
- ^ Dr Mahendra Singh Arya, Dharmpal Singh Dudee, Kishan Singh Faujdar & Vijendra Singh Narwar: Ādhunik Jat Itihasa (The modern history of Jats), Agra 1998, Section 9 pp. 68–70
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