Sihag

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Sihag (also known as Suhag, Sehwag, and Asiagh) is an Indian gotra of Jats mainly found in northern India in the states of Rajasthan, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi and Punjab. [1] [2] They were one of the major Jat clans of Jangladesh. [3] [4]

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Notable persons

Devi Lal, former deputy prime minister of India Chaudhary Devi Lal stamp (cropped).jpg
Devi Lal, former deputy prime minister of India
Om Prakash Chautala, five term chief minister of Haryana Op-chautala.jpg
Om Prakash Chautala, five term chief minister of Haryana

Footnote

a. Om Prakash Chautala was the first person in the family of Devi Lal who started using Chautala as a surname, which was his native village name, although his family belongs to Sihag clan of Jats. [5]

References

  1. ↑ Kumar, Ramesh (1996). Regionalisation of Politics in India. Mohit Publications. ISBN   978-81-7445-018-0.
  2. ↑ Journal of Sikh Studies. Department of Guru Nanak Studies, Guru Nanak Dev University. 1976.
  3. ↑ K.K. Segahl (1962). Rajasthan District Gazetteers Bikaner. Directorate Of District Gazetteers, Govt. Of Rajasthan. They lived as semi-autonomous tribes-especially the Jats, who formed the seven different clans amongst themselves (1) Punia, (2) Godara, (3) Saran, (4) Kaswa, (5) Beniwal, (6) Sihag, and (7) Sohua, but Tod enumerates only six Jat clans, i.e. Punia, Godara, Saran, Asiach, Beniwal and Johiya though this last clan is by some termed a ramification of the Yadu-Bhati Rajputs.
  4. ↑ L. S. Rathore (2005). Maharaja Sadul Singh of Bikaner: a biography of the co-architect of India's unity, Volume 1. Books Treasure. p. 13. ISBN   9788190042208. Nearly the whole of the territory that formed the boundaries of Bikaner was possessed by six Jat clans, namely, Poonia, Godara, Saran, Asiagh, Beniwal and Johiyas.
  5. ↑ Manav, Sushil (20 December 2024). "OP Chautala: Jat mass leader with rural connect, last of Haryana's veterans, five-time CM & more". ThePrint. Retrieved 11 February 2025. “Chautala was the eldest of the four sons of Chaudhary Devi Lal, the legendary Jat leader who twice became the deputy prime minister of India. He was the first to have started writing his village Chautala’s name as his second name, though the family’s ‘gotra’ (clan) is Sihag.”
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