Jat Mahasabha

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Akhil Bharatiya Jat Mahasabha
AbbreviationABJM
Founders
  • Chaudhary Mamraj Singh Shamli (Muzaffarnagar),
  • Kunwar Kalyan Singh Varkatpur (Bulandshahr),
  • Thakur Tej Singh Vahpur (Bulandshahr),
  • Chaudhari Hari Singh Kurmali (Muzaffarnagar),
  • Shri Ram Lal Hala Raghunathpur (Badayun),
  • Shri Nathu Singh Pardeshi,
  • Kunwar Hukum Singh Angai (Mathura),
  • Shri Lal Singh and Shri Vahal Singh (Saidpur),
  • Chaudhary Gulab Singh Yadnagar,
  • Chaudhary Nanu Singh Delhi,
  • Shri Shadi Ram editor 'Kshatriya'
  • Sir Chhotu Ram (Rohtak).
Headquarters39, Ber Sarai, Hauz Khas, New Delhi
Website https://www.jatmahasabhaglobal.com/hi

Akhil Bhartiya Jat Mahasabha is a non-political and non-profit organization of Jats in India. The organization was created to raise awareness about the social and economic problems faced by peoples of Jat community. The Jat Mahasabha spearheaded the community's struggle for reservation in the run-up to the Lok Sabha elections in 1999. Sardar Dara Singh was the president, followed by patron Chaudhary Ajay Singh (Former High Commissioner to Fiji). [1] [2]

According to Nonica Datta, Jat Mahasabha was Arya Samaj's offshoot founded in 1905 in Muzaffarnagar. [3] But Brij Kishore Sharma states that the claims of Datta are incorrect. According to him, it was founded in 1907, and that there are two claims regarding its place of formation. He notes that some sources support the Muzaffarnagar claim, but the Chhatri Jat journal states that it was founded at a fair in Garhmukteshwar, Uttar Pradesh. [4]

The Mahasabha, a supra-provincial organization, was perceived in southeast Punjab as a symbol of unity in Jat society and as the main catalyst of reform and change. The Jat Mahasabha is a nonpolitical, social organization in nature. It is organized for the purpose of social reconstruction. Although the Jat Mahasabha has been functioning from 1993 for social causes, it is not a registered body, not even as an NGO or social organisation. [5]

Sir Chhotu Ram was awarded the title of 'Rao Bahadur', and in 1923, he founded the Unionist Party or the 'Zamindar Association' to protect the interests of farmers. [6]

Governor Malcolm Hailey addressed the Jat Mahasabha in 1930. [7]

All India Jat Mahasabha recently appointed state President in Uttar Pradesh. Shubham Rathi Shubham Rathi is Youth state President and Prashant Chaudhary Is IT Wing State President of Uttar Pradesh of Jat mahasabha.

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References

  1. Jat Mahasabha convention on 9 March 2007
  2. Yahoo Hindi News
  3. Datta, Nonica (1999). Forming an Identity: A Social History of the Jats. Oxford University Press. p. 76. ISBN   978-0195647198 . Retrieved 2 July 2019. Newspapers like the Jat Gazette and Chattri portrayed Jats as a unified entity. So did the All-India Jat Mahasabha, an offshoot of the Arya Samaj, formed in Muzaffarnagar in 1905.
  4. Sharma, Brij Kishore (2008). Social, Economic and Political Contribution of Caste Associations in Northern India: A Case Study of All India Jat Mahasabha. Har Anand Publications. pp. 78–79. ISBN   978-8124114124 . Retrieved 2 July 2019.
  5. Gyan Prakash Pilania as head of the Jat Mahasabha
  6. "Chhotu Ram | Panj Pedia". panjpedia.org. Retrieved 2021-02-15.
  7. N Panigrahi, India's Partition: The Story Of Imperialism In Retreat