- Balyan
Balyan (or Baliyan) ( _hi. बालियान), classically called the Bolingeans (IPA2|ˌboʊlɨnˈdʒiːənz; Lang-el|"Bolingai"), is the
gotra caste of theJat tribe located inHaryana ,Rajasthan andUttar Pradesh inIndia . Baliyan isKhap and the Gotra is "raghuvanshi ". It is found in WesternUttar Pradesh (mostly in and around DistrictMuzaffarnagar ),Haryana (inSonepat,Jhajjar ). ChaudharyMahendra Singh Tikait is "Chaudhary" (Head) of the Baliyan khap. "Tikait" is the title conferred to the head of Baliyan Khap by RajaHarshavardhana , the ruler ofThanesar , in7th century . It is still used by Chaudhary of theKhap as its surname.Balyan Jats are also found in
Bhopal inMadhya Pradesh .Baliyan is the Hindi translation of Greek word 'Bolingae' race as mentioned by
Megasthenes inIndica .Notable People from this gotra
*Hari Ji (8th century AD)
*Chaudhary Vijay Rao - Chairman ofSarv Khap (12th century AD)
*Damal Chand - Senapati of Raja Bir Singh (15th century AD)
*ChaudharyMahendra Singh Tikait - President,Bharatiya Kisan Union
*Dr. Kiran Baliyan - Eminent Scientist and Research ScholarPlease 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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