Rahar

The Rahar (or Raher, Rad, Rahad, Rar, Radh) is a clan (gotra) of Jats found in the Indian states of Rajasthan, Haryana, Punjab, and Madhya Pradesh and in Sindh province of Pakistan.[1][2][3][4][5]

Origin of name

King Radda (रड़्ड़) may have given his name to the Rad (राड़) clan as we get Jat (जाट) from Jatta (जट्ट) in Sanskrit.

Some historians believe that Rahar people were always ready for war and one of the Jat best warriors , hence the name as Rad (राड़) in Rajasthani Language means war.[6]

History

Pema Ram writes that after the invasion of Alexander the Great in 326 BC, the Jats of Sind and Punjab migrated to Haryana & Rajasthan. They built tanks, wells and Bawadis near their habitations. The tribes migrated were: Shivis, Yaudheyas, Malavas, Madras etc. The Shivi tribe which came from Ravi and Beas Rivers founded towns like Sheo, Sojat, Siwana, Shergarh, Shivganj etc. This area was adjoining to Sindh and mainly inhabited by Jats. The Jats of Rahar and Kath came to Marwar.

References
  1. An Inquiry Into the Ethnography of Afghanistan, H. W. Bellew, p.122,179
  2. Jat History Dalip Singh Ahlawat/Parishisht-I, s.n. र-23
  3. Jat History Dalip Singh Ahlawat/Parishisht-I, s.n. र-15
  4. O.S.Tugania: Jat Samuday ke Pramukh Adhar Bindu,p.57,s.n. 2138
  5. Jat History Dalip Singh Ahlawat/Parishisht-I, s.n. र-24
  6. Mahendra Singh Arya et al: Adhunik Jat Itihas, p. 278
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