Awana (clan)

Awana, Awan
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EthnicityGurjar (Gujjar)

Awana[1][2][3] also known as Awan[4] is a clan of the Gurjar ethnic community of India and Pakistan.[5]

Distributions

They are inhabitant in Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh, Azad Kashmir, Gilgit-Baltistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan, Hazara,[5] Punjab, Pakistan Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan, India.

In 1911 Horace Arthur Rose noted about Awana Gujjars of Gujrat district as;

In 134 of 1893 (Awana Gujars of Kharian tahsil, Gujrát), the continuous residence of the khana-damád was held to secure the succession to the daughter and her sons, not to him.[6]

References

Citations

  1. ^ Om, Hari (1998). Beyond the Kashmir Valley. Har-Anand Publications. p. 81. ISBN 978-81-241-0558-0.
  2. ^ Khari, Rahul (2007). Jats and Gujars: Origin, History and Culture. Reference Press. p. 85. ISBN 978-81-8405-031-8. The Gujar clans of Ghaziabad , Meerut are Baisla Pawar Adhana Mavi Awana & Kasana.
  3. ^ Singh, K. S.; Bhalla, V.; Singh, Swaran (1997). Chandigarh. Anthropological Survey of India. p. 66. ISBN 978-81-7304-119-8.
  4. ^ Shashi, Shyam Singh (2006). The World of Nomads. Lotus Press. p. 110. ISBN 978-81-8382-051-6.
  5. ^ a b Kumar, Raj (2008). Encyclopaedia of Untouchables Ancient, Medieval and Modern. Kalpaz. p. 446. ISBN 978-81-7835-664-8. Gujar sections: Awana, Ludhiana, Hoshiarpur and Gujarat: Awana, Hazara
  6. ^ Rose, Horace Arthur (1911). A Compendium of the Punjab Customary Law: Volume 1. "Civil and Military Gazette" Press. p. 145.

Notes

  1. Henry Adolphus Byden Rattigan (1895) A Digest of the Cases Reported in the Punjab Record:With an Index of the Names of the Cases · Volumes 28-30 Civil and Military Gazette Press. p.80
  2. K. S. Singh, Swaran Singh, V. Bhalla (1997) Chandigarh Chandigarh, India, culture, society. p.66 "The community has a number of clans. The principal clans are Barsoi, Dhanga, Chamayan, Chhokar, Khatana, Rawal, Khare, Seradra, Pilwara, Awana, Kumbar, Madi, Chechi, Koli, Chadri, Chanda, Mutan, Nikari, Rawat, Rajana, Budana."
  3. A. H. Bingley, Krishna Prakash Bahadur (1978) History, Caste & Culture of Jāts and Gūjars Ess Ess Publications. p.44