Balyan

Balyan

Balyan (or Baliyan) ( _hi. बालियान), classically called the Bolingeans (IPA2|ˌboʊlɨnˈdʒiːənz; Lang-el|"Bolingai"), is the gotra caste of the Jat tribe located in Haryana,Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh in India. Baliyan is Khap and the Gotra is "raghuvanshi". It is found in Western Uttar Pradesh (mostly in and around District Muzaffarnagar), Haryana (in Sonepat,Jhajjar). Chaudhary Mahendra Singh Tikait is "Chaudhary" (Head) of the Baliyan khap. "Tikait" is the title conferred to the head of Baliyan Khap by Raja Harshavardhana, the ruler of Thanesar, in 7th century. It is still used by Chaudhary of the Khap as its surname.

Balyan Jats are also found in Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh.

Baliyan is the Hindi translation of Greek word 'Bolingae' race as mentioned by Megasthenes in Indica.

Notable People from this gotra

*Hari Ji (8th century AD)
*Chaudhary Vijay Rao - Chairman of Sarv Khap (12th century AD)
*Damal Chand - Senapati of Raja Bir Singh (15th century AD)
*Chaudhary Mahendra Singh Tikait - President, Bharatiya Kisan Union
*Dr. Kiran Baliyan - Eminent Scientist and Research Scholar

Please note that 'Baliyans' of India have nothing in common with the 'Balyan Dynasty' of Armenian ethnicity.Fact|date=October 2007GARIMA CHAUDHARY- DEPT. OF FORENSIC SCIENCE. PATIALA, PUNJAB.

References

*Dr Mahendra Singh Arya, Dharmpal Singh Dudi, Kishan Singh Faujdar & Vijendra Singh Narwar: Adhunik Jat Itihasa (The modern history of Jats), Agra 1998


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