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Bajwa means the Clan of the Hawk . The word itself "Bajwa" is derived from the word Baaz Wala (pronounced as Baaj in colloquial Punjabi), the Persian word for hawk or falcon. |
Bajwa means the Clan of the Hawk . The word itself "Bajwa" is derived from the word Baaz Wala (pronounced as Baaj in colloquial Punjabi), the Persian word for hawk or falcon. |
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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 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 are believed to be the bravest clan of Jatt″<ref>www.jatland.com/home/Bajwa</ref>. |
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Daharki (Ghotki) Zafar Bajwa Sindh Ghotki
| Bajwa | |
|---|---|
| Jat Clan | |
| Location | India: Punjab (India), Gurdaspur, Amritsar Punjab, Sirsa Haryana, Pakistan: Sialkot District, Narowal, Gujranwala, southern Punjab/Seraiki belt, Interior Sindh, Faisalabad |
| Descended from | Aryan, Scythian |
| Language | Punjabi, Urdu |
| Religion | Islam, Sikhism, Hinduism |
Bajwa ({{|باجوہ}}) is as Jat tribe in Pakistan and as gotra in India.
Distribution in India and Pakistan
Kotla Kahlwan ch#44 in Distt. NANKANA SAHIB Ch. Waseem Bajwa (Advocate)
Villages in Jind district, Haryana
Bajwa (village . Dhabi Tek Singh, th. Narwana, D. Jind (haryana).
- Bajwa Kalan, Bajwa Khurd are village in Shahkot tahsil in Jalandhar district in Punjab, India.
According to B S Dhillon the population of Bajwa clan in Jalandhar district is 1,800.[1]
Villages in Patiala district
Bajwa population in Patiala is 2,820.[2] Bajwa population in Amritsar is 2,874.[3]
Villages in Gurdaspur district
In Gurdaspur district the Bajwa population is 3,711.[4]
Etymology
Bajwa means the Clan of the Hawk . The word itself "Bajwa" is derived from the word Baaz Wala (pronounced as Baaj in colloquial Punjabi), the Persian 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 are believed to be the bravest clan of Jatt″[5].
Origin
Bajwa is a prominent Jat clan of the Punjab. They claim Suryavanshi descent.
The ancestors 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 NaroBajwa 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. Bajwas in India are mostly Sikhs and Bajwas in Pakistan are usually Muslims. Bajwas became Sikh at the time of Maharaja Ranjit Singh.
Religion
Found in both India and Pakistan, Bajwas have a roughly equal distributions in both countries. In Pakistan, Bajwas are Muslim, Sunni, while in India they are overwhelmingly Sikh with a strong Hindu Bajwa{bajia in rajasthan}
Based on pre-partition data:
- Muslims ~50% ***Both Sunni(40%) and groups respectively
- Sikhs ~45%
- Hindus ~5%
Notable Bajwas
Actors
Sportsmen
Politicians
- Javed Ashraf Bajwa
- Muhammad Saleem Bajwa
- Tariq Mehmood Bajwa
- T. S. Bajwa
- Partap Singh Bajwa
- Varinder Singh Bajwa
References
- ^ History and study of the Jats. By Professor B.S Dhillon. ISBN 1895603021 or ISBN 978-1895603026. 127
- ^ History and study of the Jats. By Professor B.S Dhillon. ISBN 1895603021 or ISBN 978-1895603026.
- ^ History and study of the Jats. By Professor B.S Dhillon. ISBN 1895603021 or ISBN 978-1895603026. p.124
- ^ History and study of the Jats. By Professor B.S Dhillon.ISBN 1895603021 or ISBN 978-1895603026. 127
- ^ www.jatland.com/home/Bajwa