History of Sangwans

I have a special liking for a dialogue from the movie called “The Last Samurai” where king of the Japan after the defeat of the Samurais says “While moving forward in life we can/should not forget where we come from otherwise the whole motive of moving foreword will get forfeited”. I think this hold relevance for every culture and community.

Thought of sharing our brief history of Sangwans with every one in ‘Sangwan’ Group…

Sangwan is a clan or gotra of Jats found in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana in India. The present name of Sangwan Gotra came from Raja Sangram Singh or Sangu who came to Charkhi Dadri area in Haryana from Ajmer in Rajasthan after a long war between old kshatriya Jat Aryas and newly formed Rajput Kingdoms of Rajasthan. The Lidi village in Ajmer district in Rajasthan was the capital of rulers of this clan.

They used to keep weapon named Sang (साँग) and Vana (वाण) hence called Sangwan.

The Sangwan jats ruled at Sarsu in Jangladesh region of Rajasthan in 8th to 10th century. The chronology of thirteen Sangwan rulers of Sarsu state is as under: 1.Aadi Raja - Adu or Yadu Raja 2.Yugadi Raja 3.Brahmdutta Raja 4.Atarsom Raja 5.Nand Raja 6.Mahanand Raja 7.Aganikumar Raja 8.Maer Raja 9.Marich Raja 10.Kashyap Raja 11.Surya Raja 12.Salibahan Raja 13.Lahar- Lahari Raja

The Lahari Raja came to Ajmer area after long fight with Rajputs in Marwar area. Their title changed to Rana in Ajmer. There is one town "Lahar" in Bhind district of Madhya Pradesh. Surname Rana and Lahari are found in this part of Madhya Pradesh. The kingdom name was Lahadi in the name of Raja Lahari. The present name is village Lihdi near Ajmer. Sangwan jats ruled here for 9 generations. Last king of this clan in Ajmer area was Sangram Singh or Sangu. He left the land Ajmer-Merwara. Dada Sangu came to Dadri area in 1540-45 AD during rule of Shersah Suri.

Raja Samgram Singh was a brave king. He bought horses from Arab and Kabul. He married 7 times. His first marriage was in Sheorayan Gotra Jats and last time to a Baloch girl in Afghanistan. Today there are 44 Sangwan villages in Dadri area. Charkhi is a head village well known for so many other wars with Mughal, British and Maharaja Jind.

Dada Sangu Married Thrice and he had children from all the thee wives. The Sangwan villages which were 40 at that time were distributed among 3 sons as:

22 - Head Village Charkhi 13 - Head Village Jhojhu Kalan 7

Still, Sangwan Khaap Head is selected from Village Charkhi Only.

Dada Dohla was Guru of Dada Sangu and Dohla temple is situated on a hill near village Mehra/Jhojhu, and is worshiped by all Sangwan and other Jats in region. Thousands of People gather there in the temple every Poornima".

There is Sangu Dhaam Temple (40 meter Height) in village Kheri, near Charkhi Dadri, Dist. Bhiwani, Haryana. Hierarchy of Sangwan Khaap or Sangwan Chalishi (40 Sangwan Villages) Head (upper to down trend) is: - Sangwan‘s 40 Villages Head from - village Charkhi; Sangwan‘s 22 Villages Head from - village Birhi; Sangwan‘s 11 Villages Head from - village Jhojhu; Sangwan‘s 5 Villages Head from - village Tiwala.

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