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The Jats are a prominent people caste/jati settled in and occupying a prominent position in Punjab, Western Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Delhi and Rajasthan in India. Jats are landowners and farmers. Large number of Jats are in the Indian Army including all the regiments Rajputana Ragiment, Sikh regiment, Grenadiers and other.JAT Regiment is named after these brave warriors and sons of soil. They are the largest group in northwest India, belonging to various clans and more than 500 gotras. They are not a homogeneous ethnic group living in a particular area and speaking a single language or following a single religion. Jats maybe Sikhs Hindus or Muslims. They are primarily located in northwestern India and northern Pakistan. In Kashmir the Jats are Muslim and speak the Pothohari/Mirpuri language. In Pakistan, they are Muslim and speak Urdu and Punjabi, and in India, they are Sikhs and Hindus and speak Punjabi, Hindi, Rajasthani, and Haryanvi. The Jat regions in India are among the most prosperous on a per-capita basis. The word Caste is derived from the Portuguese word casta, meaning lineage, breed or race. ... Jatis (the word literally means births) comprise the subcastes found within the four major castes, or varnas, of the Indian caste system. ... Punjab, 1903 Punjab Province, 1909 The Punjab (Meaning: Land of five Rivers) (also Panjab, Gurmukhi: ਪੰਜਾਬ, Devanagari: पंजाब, Shahmukhi: پنجاب) is a region straddling the border between India and Pakistan. ... Uttar Pradesh (Hindi: उत्तर प्रदेश, Urdu: اتر پردیش) is the fifth largest and the most populous state in India. ... Haryana (हरयाणा) is a state in northwest India. ... Delhi (दिल्ली or DillÄ« in Hindi and Bengali and دیلی in Urdu) is a term that refers to either the State of Delhi or the National Capital Territory (NCT) of the Republic of India. ... Rajasthan (राजस्थान) is the geographically largest state in northwestern India. ... The Indian Army (भारतीय सेना Hindi: Bhartiya Sena) is the army of the Republic of India and is the 3rd largest army in the world. ... A Gotra indicates lineage in the Hindu community. ... A Sikh is a follower of Sikhism, a religious faith originating in the Punjab. ... This article is about the Hindu religion; for other meanings of the word, see Hindu (disambiguation). ... A Muslim is a believer in or follower of Islam. ... Shown in green is the Kashmiri region under Pakistani control. ... The Pothohari language otherwise known as Mirpuri or Potwari is an Indo-European language spoken from the Potwar district around Rawalpindi, Pakistan to the Indian-Kashmiri border in the Mirpur district in Azad Jammu Kashmir. ... A Muslim is a believer in or follower of Islam. ... Urdu(اردو) is an Indo-European language which originated in India, most likely in the vicinity of Delhi, from whence it spread to the rest of the subcontinent. ... Punjabi (sometimes spelled Panjabi) is the language of the Punjab regions of India and Pakistan. ... A Sikh is a follower of Sikhism, a religious faith originating in the Punjab. ... This article is about the Hindu religion; for other meanings of the word, see Hindu (disambiguation). ... Punjabi (sometimes spelled Panjabi) is the language of the Punjab regions of India and Pakistan. ... Hindi (हिन्दी) is a language spoken in most states in northern and central India. ... The Rajasthani languages are a group of related languages spoken in India and Pakistan . ... Haryanvi is a combination of dialects mainly spoken by natives in Haryana (North Indian State), Haryanvi is not classified as a language and has lots of similarities with Hindi, and has planty of Urdu words in it. ...

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Origin of Jats

The origin of Jats has several theories ranging from their sudden appearance from Shiva's Jattas (locks) to their lineage in the Aryan race. Some point to their Indo-Scythian or Saka origins. Both Sir Alexander Cunningham and Colonel James Tod agreed in considering the Jats to be of Indo-Scythian stock. Cunningham identified them with the Zanthi of Strabo and the Jatti of Pliny and Ptolemy; and held that they probably entered the Punjab from their home on the Oxus. The Jats seem to have first occupied the Indus valley as far down as Sindh. Lord Shiva. ... The Indo-Scythian King of Kings Azes II (c. ... James Tod (1782-1835), British officer and Oriental scholar, was born on March 20 1782, and went to India as a cadet in the Bengal army in 1799. ... Strabo (squinty) was a term employed by the Romans for anyone whose eyes were distorted or deformed. ... There are two famous persons named Pliny: Pliny the Elder, a Roman nobleman, scientist and historian who died in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD The great-nephew of the former, Pliny the Younger, a statesman, orator, and writer who lived between 62 AD and 113 AD. This... Claudius Ptolemaeus, given contemporary German styling, in a 16th century engraved book frontispiece Claudius Ptolemaeus (Greek: Κλαύδιος Πτολεμαῖος; c. ... The Amu Darya (in Persian آمودریا; Darya means river in Persian) rises in the Pamirs and flows mainly north-west through the Hindu Kush, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan to join the Aral Sea in a large river delta. ...


By the 10th century, the Jats had already spread into the Punjab where there were firmly established in the beginning of the eleventh century. By the time of Babar, the Jats of the salt range had been in constant conflict with the Gakkhars, Awans and Janjuas. Tod classed the Jats as one of the great Rajput tribes with Cunningham claiming the Rajput to belong to the original Aryan stock, and the Jats to a late wave of immigrants from the north west, probably of Scythian race. Punjab, 1903 Punjab Province, 1909 The Punjab (Meaning: Land of five Rivers) (also Panjab, Gurmukhi: ਪੰਜਾਬ, Devanagari: पंजाब, Shahmukhi: پنجاب) is a region straddling the border between India and Pakistan. ... Zahir-ud-din Mohammad Babur (February 14, 1483 - December 26, 1530) was a famous Turco-Persian conqueror of North India. ... Awans is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Liège. ... A Rajput (from Sanskrit rāja-putra, son of a king) is a member of a prominent caste who live throughout northern and central India, primarily in the northwestern state of Rajasthan, although not all Rajputs find their origin in Rajasthan. ... Aryan is an English word derived from the Vedic Sanskrit and Avestan term arya, meaning noble or lord. In the 19th century, the term was often used to refer to what we now call the Proto-Indo-Europeans. ... Immigration is the act of moving to or settling in another country or region, temporarily or permanently. ... Scythia was an area in Eurasia inhabited in ancient times by an Indo-Aryans known as the Scythians. ...


In 'Punjab Castes', Sir Denzil Ibbetson wrote: " .... the original Rajput and the original Jat entered India at different in its history. But if they do originally represent to separate waves of immigration, it is at least exceedingly probable, both from there almost identical physique and facial character and from the close communion which has always existed between them, that they belong to one and the same ethnic stock; and it is almost certain that the joint Jat Rajput stock contains not a few tribes of aboriginal descent, though it is probably in the main Aryo-Scythian, if Scythian be not Aryan. Many of the Jat customs .... apparently point to non-Aryan origin." A Rajput (from Sanskrit rāja-putra, son of a king) is a member of a prominent caste who live throughout northern and central India, primarily in the northwestern state of Rajasthan, although not all Rajputs find their origin in Rajasthan. ... The word communion can refer to the Eucharist, or the act of receiving the Eucharist; or a group of churches in full communion with each other, or the relationship of full communion between Christian religious denominations; or the Communion of Saints; or a 1976 film; see Communion (1976 movie); or... Scythia was an area in Eurasia inhabited in ancient times by an Indo-Aryans known as the Scythians. ... Aryan is an English word derived from the Vedic Sanskrit and Avestan term arya, meaning noble or lord. In the 19th century, the term was often used to refer to what we now call the Proto-Indo-Europeans. ...


Whatever their origin, in the eighteenth century, with decline of Mughal empire, the Jats became a force that could not be ignored. Jats of Mathura rose in opposition to Aurangzeb's rule in 1669, under the leadership of Gokul, zamindar of Tilpat and killed the Imperial Faujdar Abdun-Nabi. It took more than one year for the powerful Mogul forces to subdue the Jats. Gokul was killed and his family converted to Islam. However, Jats once again rose in rebellion in 1685 under the leadership of Raja Ram. Akbar's tomb in Sikandra was plundered by them in 1688. Finally the Jats were defeated and Raja Ram slain in 1691. Jats again got organized under the leadership of Churaman and revolted continuing a strong armed resistance against the Mughals after Aurangzeb's death. Badan Singh, the son of Churaman's brother, established his authority over almost of Agra and Mathura and thus started the Kingdom of Bharatpur. The Mughal Empire (Urdu: مغل باد شاہ, Mughal Baadshah, alternative spelling Mogul, which is the origin of the word Mogul) of India was founded by the Turco-Persian leader Babur in 1526, when he defeated Ibrahim Lodi, the last of the Delhi Sultans at the First Battle of Panipat. ... Mathura (मथुरा) is a city in India, located approximately 50 km north of Agra, and south of Delhi. ... Aurangzeb Abu Muzaffar Muhiuddin Muhammad Aurangzeb Alamgir (November 3, 1618 – March 3, 1707), usually known as Aurangzeb, but also sometimes as Alamgir I, was the ruler of the Mughal Empire from 1658 until 1707. ... Jalauddin Akbar Jalaluddin Muhammad Akbár, (alternative spellings include Jellaladin) also known as Akbar the Great (Akbar-e-Azam) (October 15, 1542 – 1605) was the ruler of the Mughal Empire from the time of his accession in 1556 until 1605. ...


Badan Singh’s adopted son and successor was Maharaja Suraj Mal. Maharaja Suraj Mal, described as 'Plato of Jat tribes' and 'Jat Ulysses' extended his kingdom to Agra, Mathura, Dholpur, Mainpuri, Hathras, Aligarh, Etawah, Meerut, Rohtak, Farrukhnagar, Mewat, Rewari and Gurgaon. He was described as the greatest warrior and the ablest statesman that the Jats have produced. Maharaja Suraj Mal died on 25th December, 1763. Such was the might of the Jats that Bharatpur came to be known as the impregnable city. The beautiful palace and gardens at Deeg and the Bharatpur fort, both built by Maharaja Suraj Mal, symbolized the coming of age of the Jat state. Maharaja Suraj Mal (1707-1763) was ruler of Bharatpur in Rajasthan in India. ... Taj Mahal Ä€gra is a city on the Yamuna River in India, within the state of Uttar Pradesh. ... Victoria gate, a part of Aligarh University campus Aligarh (Hindi: अलीगढ़) is a city in the Uttar Pradesh state of India. ... Meerut is a city to the north-east of New Delhi. ... Gurgaon, situated in the northern Indian state of Haryana, is being touted as the next Singapore of India. ... Bharatpur is a district pace in Rajasthan in India. ...


Jats are a brave, hardworking and fiercely independent minded people. It has been said that no Jat wants to be ruled. Primarily agriculturists, the Jats have led a fairly autonomous political life and the rule of the state has always been very limited. Various Jat principalities are Bharatpur, Dholpur, Gohad (Bhind in MP-- Famous for Jatwara), Patiala (Jat Sikh), Jind, Nabha,Kuchesar (Western UP).They successfully captured and rule 2 times from Gwalior fort and Alwar.Jat Raja Ranjit Singh(Sikh) was he only ruler of India who went out of country borders and defeated the Pathans of Ghazni.


As per the Varna (caste) system, the status of Jats is that of Kshatriya or the warrior class. Possessing a very good self image and being the dominant caste in the whole of north west India,the Jats have generally not bothered about the caste hierarchy.As they were outside the rigorous Brahminical social order, this position was not emphasised till the growth of the Arya Samaj among the Jats. The word Caste is derived from the Portuguese word casta, meaning lineage, breed or race. ... According to the Hindu code of Manu, a Kshatriya is a member of the military or reigning order, the second ranking caste of the Indian varna system of four castes, the first being the Brahmin or priestly caste, the third the Vaishya or mercantile caste and the lowest the Shudra. ... Arya Samaj (Aryan Society or Society of Nobles) is a Hindu reform movement in India that was founded by Swami Dayananda in 1875. ...


A large number of Jats came under the influence of Swami Dayananda and the Arya Samaj in the early part of the 20th century. The Arya Samaj’s attack on Brahminical rituals, orthodoxy, superstitions and caste rigidity had a natural appeal for the Jats. Its influence played a significant role in shaping the socio-religious identity of Jats. Swami Dayananda Saraswati is the name of two important Hindu religious scholars. ... Arya Samaj (Aryan Society or Society of Nobles) is a Hindu reform movement in India that was founded by Swami Dayananda in 1875. ...


Known for their military prowess, Jats have always been part of imperial armies. They forced Amir of Baghdad to run for his life in 837 AD.They ruled for for 15 years.They served as fighters in the Persian army against the Romans and led successful campaigns. The Jats were classified as a Martial Race by the British and were recruited in large numbers in the British army. A large number of Jats serve in the Indian Armed Forces today and form one of the largest ethnic groups in the army. The Persian Empire is the name used to refer to a number of historic dynasties that have ruled the country of Persia (Iran). ... Military branches: Indian Army, Indian Navy (including naval air arm), Air Force, various security or paramilitary forces (includes Border Security Force, Assam Rifles, Rashtriya Rifles, National Security Guards, Indo-Tibetan Border Police, Special Frontier Force, Central Reserve Police Force, Defense Security Corps and several other units) and the Strategic Forces...


Genetics

A recent study of the genetics of the people of Indian Punjab[1] (where about 40% or more of the population are Jats) suggest that the Jats are similar to other populations of the Indus Valley in terms of Y-snp groupings. Also Jats seem to share many common haplotypes with German, Slavic, Baltic, Iranian and Central Asians (http://www.yhrd.org/). Unusually, Jat groups share only two haplotype, one of which is also shared with Turks, and have no matches with neighbouring Pakistani populations. This haplotype shared between the two Jat groups may be part of the Indo-Aryan (or Indo-European) genetic contribution to these populations, where as the haplotypes shared with other eurasian populations may be due to the contribution of Indo-European Scythians (Saka, Massagetae), or White Huns. (These groups may of course all be branches of one larger ethnic complex.)


It would be interesting to see if other NW Indian and especially Punjabi populations (Rajput, Gujar, Medes, Arrain, Hindu) have similar distributions.


As for relationship between Croats, Ukrainians and Jats, they do seem to share haplogroup R1a1 which is present in many Slavic populations,however Croats and Ukrainians also contain E and I haplogroups which are absent in Jats.Also their mtdna is completly different.

  • FS Application of Y-chromosomal STR Haplotypes to Forensic Genetics[2](Ref to Jat sikhs)

Jat Gotras (Clans)

Abusaria, Achara, Ahlawat, Agre, Ajmeria, Atri, Atwal, Aulakh, Aujla, Bachhal, Badesha, Badyal, Bains, Bajya, Balhara, Balyan, Bamraulia, Bana, Barjati, Baswan, Bassi, Batar, Beniwal, Bhadu, Bhalotia, Bhambu, Bhari, Bhichar, Bhuker, Bhullar, Billing, Budania, Burdak, Buttar, Chahal, Chahar, Chandel, Chauhan, Cheema, China, Chhikara, Dabas, Dagar, Dalal, Daleo, Dahiya, Dandiwal, Dangi, Deo, Deol, Deshwal, Dhaka, Dhaliwal, Dhankar, Dhama, Dhaka, Dharan, Dhatarwal, Dhaulya, Dhaurelia, Dhillon, Dholia, Dudi, Duhan, Fageria, Faugat, Faujdar, Gahlot, Gandhar, Garhwal, Ghumman, Gill, Gaura, Gehlawat, Godara, Gosal, Grewal, Gulia, Hayer, Hooda, Hundal, Hundel, Indolia, Jakhar, Janghu, Jawanda, Jhajharia, Jhutti, Johal, Khinger, Kadian, Kajala, Kakran, Kaler, Kalkhande, Khalia, Kular, Kang, Kasania, Kaswan, Kataria, Katewa, Khainwar, Khakh, Kharb, Kherwa, Khichad, Khokhar, Kulhari, Kundu, Kuntal, Lakra, Lamba, Malik, Mann, Mandiwal, Meel, Moond, Motsara, Naga, Nagar, Nagra(h), Nain, Nagauria, Nauhwar, Nehra, Nijjar, Ohlan, Pachar, Palsania, Parihar, Pannu, Panwar, Phogat, Pilania, Punia, Punial Purwar, Purewal, Rajawat, Ranwa, Rathi, Rehal, Repswal, Romana, Rulania, Saharan, Sandhu, Sangwan, Saroha, Sehrawat, Sehwag, Sekhon, Seoran, Sihag, Sidhu, Sindhu, Sinsinwar, Sansanwal, Sirohi, Solanki, Sunda, Takhar, Tanwar, Tarar, Tatla, Tatran, Taxak, Tevatia/Teotia, Tiwana, Thenuan, Tokas, Tomar, Toor, Uppal, Virk, Waraich Official language Georgian Capital Batumi Chairman of Interim Council Levan Varshalomidze Area  - Total  - % water 2,900 km² n/a Population  - Total (1989)  - Density 392,432 135. ... Ajmer, or Ajmere, is a city in Indias Rajasthan state. ... History Burdak is surname of Jat community living in northwest Rajasthan. ... Chakhar is a group of the Mongols. ... Note: You may need a Bangla Font to see all the characters on this page. ... Garhwal, or Gurwal, is a region and administrative division of Uttaranchal state, India, lying in the Himalayas. ... In aquatic organisms, gills are a respiratory organ for the extraction of oxygen from water and for the excretion of carbon dioxide. ... Jakhar is a gotra (lineage name) found in the Indian states of Punjab, Haryana, and in particular Rajasthan. ... Nain may refer to: Nain, an Iranian city. ... Nehra is surname found in Jats in India. ... Pilani is a town in the Jhunjhunu District in Rajasthan, India. ... A clan name from the Punjab, India. ... The word Sunda refers to a kingdom and an ethnic group living in especially the west part of Java. ... Takhar province is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. ... Coat of Arms Renaissance Manuelina style Window at the Convent of Christ Tomar, also known in English as Thomar, is a city of some 30,000 and also a municipality in Portugal with a total area of 351. ...


Famous Jat people

The Jat caste has produced a number of heroic persons who have put their life and families at risk and kept the pride and values like truth, freedom, equality, loyalty etc. intact. They struggled for the cause of the common people and their upliftment. Here is list of such famous Jat people:

Baldev Ram Mirdha (1889-1953) was a great social reformer of Marwar region in Rajasthan, India. ... Dr Balram Jakhar is a well known Parliamentarian and Governor of Madhya Pradesh, India. ... Bhagat Singh Bhagat Singh (1907-1931) was an Indian freedom fighter. ... Bhim Singh Dahiya was a historian and civil servant belonging to the Indian Revenue Service (IRS). ... Bhupinder Singh Hooda (born September 15, 1947) is an Indian politician and the current Chief Minister of Haryana. ... Chaudhari Kumbharam Arya (1914-1995) was a freedom fighter, parliamentarian and popular leader of farmers in Rajasthan, India. ... Choudhary Charan Singh (23 December 1902 – 29 May 1987) was the fifth Prime Minister of the Republic of India, serving from 28 July 1979 until 14 January 1980. ... ==Overview== Ch. ... Ch Ranbir Singh Hooda, who is one of the only two surviving members of Indias Constituent Assembly, is well known in Haryanas jat heartland for his role in Indias freedom struggle as a then leading member of Indian National Congress. ... Daulatram Saran (born 13th January 1924) is a parliamentarian and popular farmer leader of Rajasthan in India. ... Dhanna Bhagat was an extremely charitable person and devotee of God. ... Dharmendra in black on the left, Sholay (1975) Dharmendra (born December 8, 1935), born Deol Dharmendra Keval Krishna in Phagwara, Punjab, is an Indian legendary actor who acted in successful Hindi films between 1962 and 1977. ... Col. ... Overview Justice Mahavir Singh (1920-1997) was a popular justice, an authority of law and social reformer of India. ... Kunwar Natwar Singh popularly known as (K. Natwar Singh) (born May 16, 1931) is an Indian politician and the external affairs minister of India in the Manmohan Singh cabinet since May 23, 2004. ... Maharaja Bhim Singh Rana (1707-1756) was the most powerful ruler of princely state Gohad in northwestern Madhya Pradesh, India. ... Maharaja Ranjit Singh was a Sikh ruler of the Punjab. ... Maharaja Suraj Mal (1707-1763) was ruler of Bharatpur in Rajasthan in India. ... Maharani Kishori was the wife of Jat Maharaja Suraj Mal of Bharatpur in Rajasthan, India. ... Nathuram Mirdha (1921-1996) was a great parliamentarian, freedom fighter, social reformer and popular farmer leader of Marwar region in Rajasthan, India. ... Raja Mahendra Pratap (1886-1979) was a freedom fighter, journalist, writer and revolutionary social reformist of India. ... Childhood Sir Chhotu Ram (1881-1945) was born on 24 November 1881 in Olan clan of Jat Hindu family in village Garhi Sampla of district Rohtak in Haryana, India. ... Swami Keshwanand (1883-1972) was a great saint, freedom fighter and social reformist of Rajasthan and Punjab in India. ... Thakur Deshraj (1903-1970) was a social worker, nationalist and a historian of Rajasthan in India. ... Veer Teja (1074- 1103) was a Jat folk-deity who lived in the state of Rajasthan in India. ...

Books on Jat History

  • Dr. Ajay Kumar Agnihotri (1985) : Gohad ke Jaton ka Itihas(Hindi)
  • Bal Kishan Dabas : Political and Social History of the Jats,Sanjay Prakashan, 2001,ISBN 8174530452
  • B.S.Dahiya, IRS : Jats the Ancient Rulers, Dahinam Publishers, Sonepat, Haryana
  • B.S.Dahiya: History of Hindustan: Dahinam Publishers, Sonepat, Haryana, (Translated from Persian by Alexander Dow, ESQ. Edited by B.S.Dahiya)
  • Dharampal Singh Dudee: From Kargil to France
  • Dilip Singh Ahlawat: Jat Viron ka Itihas
  • Dr Kanungo: History of the Jats
  • Dr Natthan Singh: Jat-Itihas, Jat Samaj Kalyan Parishad, Gwalior, 2004
  • Hukum Singh Panwar (Pauria): THE JATS: Their Origin, Antiquity & Migrations,Manthan Publications, Rohtak, Haryana,ISBN 81-85235-22-8
  • K. Natwar Singh : Maharaja Suraj Mal
  • Dr.Prakash Chandra Chandawat: Maharaja Suraj Mal Aur Unka Yug (1745-1763) (in Hindi), Jaypal Agencies, Agra, 1982
  • Raj Pal Singh: Rise of the Jat power, Harman Pub. House, ISBN 8185151059
  • Ram Swaroop Joon: History of the Jats
  • Shashi Prabha Gupta: Demographic Differentials among the Rajputs and the Jats : A Socio-Biological Study of Rural Haryana, Classical Pub.House, ISBN 8170541808
  • Thakur Deshraj: Jat Itihas

Natwar Singh (born May 16, 1931) is an Indian politician and the external affairs minister of India in the Manmohan Singh cabinet since May 23, 2004. ... Maharaja Suraj Mal (1707-1763) was ruler of Bharatpur in Rajasthan in India. ... Maharaja Suraj Mal (1707-1763) was ruler of Bharatpur in Rajasthan in India. ... Thakur Deshraj (1903-1970) was a social worker, nationalist and a historian of Rajasthan in India. ...

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Jat - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (2448 words)
Tod classed the Jats as one of the great Rajput tribes, with Cunningham claiming the Rajput to belong to the original Aryan stock, and the Jats to be a late wave of immigrants from the northwest, probably of Scythian race.
The Bamraulia Jat Maharanas of Gohad resisted the Maratha assaults of the 18th century, and twice occupied the strategic fortress of Gwalior (1740–1756 and 1780–1783).
Jats seem to share many common haplotypes with German, Slavic, Baltic, Iranian and Central Asian groups. Unusually, Jat groups share only two haplotypes, one of which is also shared with the population of present-day Turkey, and have few matches with neighbouring Pakistani populations.
Britain.tv Wikipedia - Jat (4190 words)
Jats are sometimes considered to be of Scythian (Saka), Indo-European, Indo-Iranian or Indo-Aryan stock in view of the similar physical features and common practices with one or the other of these groups.
According to the Encyclopaedia of Islam, the Jats of the lower Indus comprise both Jats and Rajputs, and the same rule applies to Las-Bela where descendants of former ruling races like the Sumra and the Samma of Sind and the Langah of Multan are found.
Jats usually speak Punjabi and its dialects Sikh and Muslim Jats from the Punjab mostly speak Punjabi and its various dialects (such as Maajhi, Malwi, Doabi,Seraiki Pothohari, and Jhangochi).
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