Bajwa (caste)
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Bajwa is an Principle caste[1] or Patti (lit. 'divisional segment') based upon warrior faction among the Jat community, which are roughly comprised of the wealthy landowner [2][3] and staunchly framed as the Zamindar of Pakistani Punjab. wheres they still looked down upon the traditional kammi caste[4] or landless yeomen worker in their wast farmhand.
Even during the Predated reign of Sikh Empire many of this Bajwa Jats doesn't outlasted for long time in order to defend their ancestral patronage in the adjoining regionality of Bajawat chiefdom.
| Bajwa of Punjab | |
|---|---|
| Jat clan | |
| File:Map of Sikh Districts.jpg Map of Sikh Districts, Showing the Distribution of Bajwa Jats Tribes, With Various Other Patriarchal tibes and Castes' (1896) by Robert Worgan Falcon | |
| Ethnicity | Punjabi • Haryanvi |
| Location | File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan |
| Jathera | Baba Manga |
| Parent tribe | unknown |
| Population | More than (300,000 to 350,000) in their Pre-habitual homeland of Punjab |
| Demonym | former country of “Bajawat” |
| Language | Punjabi |
| Religion | File:Star and Crescent.svg Islam • File:Khanda.svg Sikhism |
| Surnames | Yes |
Caste structure[change]
The caste status of Bajwa Jats is historically premised between Muslim and Sikh faith. Due to shared cultural ties and religious believing, they have fostered harmonious relations within both amiable groups.
United by common interests, Bajwa rioters collectively resisted against the influence of the Hindu Mahasabha
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References[change]
- ↑ Bhatia, Shyamala (1987). Social Change and Politics in Punjab, 1898-1910. Enkay Publishers. ISBN 978-81-85148-13-7.
- ↑ Lefebvre, Alain (2014-03-05). Kinship, Honour and Money in Rural Pakistan: Subsistence Economy and the Effects of International Migration. Routledge. p. 68. ISBN 978-1-136-80597-4.
- ↑ Mir, Naseer Ahmad (2017). "Landholding Communities in Punjab: A Changing Caste Composition from 1595 to 1901". Proceedings of the Indian History Congress. 78: 340–350. ISSN 2249-1937.
- ↑ Qadar, Abdul; Waheed, Arslan (2023-07-01). "Traditional Hierarchies of Zamindars and Kammis in Pakistani Punjab: Contemporary Contests Through Vartan Bhanji". South Asia Research. 43 (2): 276–291. doi:10.1177/02627280231165063. ISSN 0262-7280.
land is owned by Zamindars from the Jatt biraderi, one of the … ancestors, while the Chattha, Bajwa, Sandhu and Tarar Jatts … Kammi biraderis comprise of castes that traditionally work in their farmland
External links[change]
File:Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg The dictionary definition of Bajwa at Wiktionary
