Phatak

Phatak or Fatak is a clan (Gotra) of the Indian Ahir community.[1]

Origin

They are found locally in Braj region, which includes Mathura, Shikohabad, Jalesar, Agra, Hathras, Aligarh, Etah, Mainpuri and Farrukhabad districts of Uttar Pradesh. Phataks are Yadavs (Ahirs).[2] The Phatak Ahirs claim descent from Raja Digpal of Mahaban.[3][4]

History

The Phatak Kunwar Bijay Singh took possession of Samohan Chaurasi area, dispossessing the Mewatis owners of the land in 1106 (samvat era). After the capture of Samohan Chaurasi area, the Phataks proceeded towards Yamuna river, displacing aborigines they established themselves in the whole Shikohabad Pargana.[2]

The evidences show that female infanticide was practiced commonly among Chauhan Rajputs and Phatak Ahirs.[5][6] In 1865, Mr. Colvin observed census of the Chauhan and Phatak villages in Mainpuri and found six villages without a single female infant.[7]

1857 Mutiny

In the district Mainpuri, no active participation was noticed as a national attempt at the subversion of government authority. British Officials later took the view that "there was no mass rising of the agricultural communities in Mainpuri but rather a struggle for the mastery between two land owning castes, the Chauhans and the Ahirs.[8][9][10]

The Ahirs of Bharaul successfully repulsed Tez Singh while their Ahir caste brethren, Ram Ratan and Bhagwan Singh of Rampur Village kept the whole Mustafabad in a state of rebellion and fought against British rule.[9][10]

See also

References
  1. Miller, Barbara D. (1997). The Endangered Sex: Neglect of Female Children in Rural North India. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-564155-4.
  2. Lucia Michelutti (2002). "Sons of Krishna: the politics of Yadav community formation in a North Indian town" (PDF). PhD Thesis Social Anthropology. London School of Economics and Political Science University of London. p. 152. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
  3. Śukla, Cintāmaṇi (1977). Mainapurī janapada kā rājanaitika itihāsa: svantantratā saṅgrāmoṃ kī amara gāthā (in Hindi). New Delhi, India, Asia: Śuklā Prakāśana Original from the University of Michigan. pp. 4:फाटक गोत्र के अहीर विशेष उल्लेखनीय हैं। ये अपने को चित्तौड़ के राजपूत राजा का वंशज बताते हैं जिसने महावन के अहीर राजा की पुत्री से विवाह किया था। पुरानी दन्तकथा के आधार पर इनका कहना है जब दिल्ली सम्राट ने चित्तौड़ पर आक्रमण किया था इन्होंने दुर्ग के.
  4. Uttar Pradesh District Gazetteers: Mainpuri By Uttar Pradesh (India) · 1980
  5. Raj Kumar (2004). Essays on Social Reform Movements. Discovery Publishing House. p. 213. ISBN 9788171417926.
  6. Farooqui Salma Ahmed (2011). A Comprehensive History of Medieval India: Twelfth to the Mid-Eighteenth Century. Pearson Education India. p. 396. ISBN 9788131732021.
  7. Subodh Kapoor (2002). The Indian Encyclopaedia: Mahi-Mewat. Genesis Publishing Pvt Ltd. p. 4506. ISBN 9788177552720.
  8. Biswamoy Pati (2007). The 1857 Rebellion. Oxford University Press. p. 200. ISBN 9780195690767.
  9. Edmund Leach; S.N. Mukherjee (1970). elites in south asia. CUP Archive. pp. 30–31.
  10. Pati, Biswamoy, ed. (2007). The 1857 rebellion (2. impr. ed.). New Delhi: Oxford University Press. p. 200. ISBN 9780195690767.
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