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Daroli Kalan — village — Coordinates 31°25′N 75°47′E / 31.42°N 75.78°ECoordinates: 31°25′N 75°47′E / 31.42°N 75.78°E Country India State Punjab District(s) Jalandhar Time zone IST (UTC+05:30) Codes-
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Daroli Kalan is a village near Adampur in the Jalandhar district of the state of Punjab in India. It has 1212 hectares of land. The village population was 3532 in 1991 census.
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Geography
Daroli Kalan is located in the fertile plains of Doaba, Punjab. It shares boundaries with the villages of Padhiana (West), Damunda and Daroli Khurd (East).
History
Daroli Kalan is a part of the Minhas clan villages of this region. It is where the first leader of this Tribe, Shri Kahiti (alias Kati Ji), lived and administered his Jagir. His original residence was in a large fort. The fort existed till early part of the last century, and is documented in the Jalandhar edition of the administrative gazetteer of British Punjab.
The Minhas Family
Shri Biram Dev was a commander with the first Mughal emperor Babar. He had aided Babar in his battle against Ibrahim lodhi, the Sultan of Delhi. His son Shri Kailash Dev settled in the Gurdaspur region of Punjab. Kailash Dev's sons Kati and Mati migrated to Jaswan. Here, they served in the government of the Jaswal Raja of Jaswan in high administrative positions. The Raja granted them a Jagir in lieu of their services, in what is the Halta region of Hoshiarpur district of Punjab.
According to clan records, Mati, the elder brother was half way through marriage rituals, when he was called upon by a Brahmin lady to protect her villagers from Muslim marauders, who were slaughtering cows. Mati ji, in accordance with Rajput principles, which prioritized duty before all other matters, left the marriage half-way along with his followers to stop the massacre. Mati ji succeeded in his mission, but fell martyr. He lost his head, but continued to fight. Chasing the enemy, he fell martyr in what is today Daroli. His would-be wife (as the marriage rituals were only partially completed), Shrimati Sampurni Ji, a Naru Rajput, later committed Sati, in accordance with the Rajput traditions of the time. However, she was only allowed sati in a separate pyre adjoining Baba Mati Ji and not in his pyre as the marriage was still incomplete.
After the above encounter, the surviving brother, Shri Kati ji, exchanged his Halta jagir for the land in Daroli, where his brother fell martyr. The tombs of Mati Ji and Sampurni Ji still exist in Daroli, and are revered by Minhas Rajputs and other people of this region.
All Minhas Rajputs of Daroli Kalan and surrounding villages are descendents of Shri Kati Ji.
The New Generation
Sardar Surjit Singh Minhas, a former Minister and later Speaker of Punjab Legislative Assembly, grew up in Daroli. Also, Bollywood actress and 1988 Miss India, Dolly Minhas, has Daroli heritage.
Village administration
Present
Sardar Satnam Singh is the present sarpanch of Daroli.
Past
Sardar Ranjit Singh was sarpanch of Daroli for more than 25 years.
See also
- Sikh Rajput
- Punjabi Rajput
External links
Categories:- Villages in Jalandhar district
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