- Gaina
Gaina or Gainan ( _hi. गैना, गैनां) is a
gotra (clan ) ofJats found in DistrictAjmer and Bharatpur inRajasthan ,India . Gaina Jats are also found inMarwar region of Rajasthan. They were rulers of some republics inDidwana area inNagaur . Probably a group ofJohiya Jats was known as Gaina. There is a village called Bardu inDidwana area in which a marble stone inscription bears a portrait of Jat chieftain named Kisna Ram Gaina, who has been shown carrying weapons side by side of statue of his wife Sati Rani. Thisinscription bears date aschaitra badi 6 samvat 1814 (1757 AD). They ruled here for many centuries. There is also a statue of a Gaina girl that bears date jeth badi samvat 1134. She died here after his only son died in a war with Muslim enemy fromSindh .Notable persons from this clan
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C.B.Gaina [ [http://www.khabarexpress.com/news.asp?filter=&city_code=&newsID=278 Professor Gaina on Khabar Express] ] - Professor and V.C.Bikaner UniversityFurther reading
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Thakur Deshraj : Jat Itihas (Hindi), Maharaja Suraj Mal Smarak Shiksha Sansthan, Delhi, 1934, 2nd edition 1992. page 608-609References
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