Kaliramna

Kaliramna (कालीरमना) or Kaliraman (कालीरमन) or Kaleramne (कालीरमने)is gotra of Jats found in Haryana and Punjab. Kala, Kalidhaman, Kalkhande, Kalirawan,Kalerana, Kalirawat, Kalu are the variations of the same gotra. This gotra is branch of nagavanshi or Nagas. There is a place called Kalirawan in Hisar district, Haryana, which is associated with them.

History

A king of this gotra was the ruler near Mathura, on the banks of Yamuna River. The ancient fort of Kaliramna is in ruins near Mathura. His fort was known as fort of Kalidheh. The famous episode of Mahabharata regarding Lord Krishna’s killing of a black python, Kaliya, is related with some bad ruler from this gotra. With the killing of Kaliya Naga, Krishna brought the end of this clan’s rule in Brij.

In Punjab there were two small states of rulers belonging to this gotra. These were Sinpura and Bhagowal.

From Mathura they went to Kabul-Ghazni with other other Jats - Yadavas. They founded the Kingdom of Garh - Ghazni. During rise of Islam they came back to Bhatner - Sirsa. According to their bards they founded the old village of Patan and Siswad. From Patan Chaudhary Sishu came to Sisai. His brother Sunda founded village Sandwa and Salaywala.

Villages inhabited by Kaliramna

Near Goverdhan there are 20 villages including Hakimpur, 4 villages in Bulandshahr, 2 villages in Meerut, 6 villages in Muzzafarnagar, Lodipur in Muradabad, Jasrana, Daharmuhana, Mahavad, Aheri, Achej etc 10 villages in Rohtak, Sisai in Hisar. They are scattered across the state of Haryana but it has one village named Kakrod in Haryana after this Gotra.There are 50 villages of Kalu Jats in Gurdaspur (Punjab).

Famous people of this gotra

*Chaudhary Badlu Ram Arya – Gurukul Dhiranwas
*Subedar Randhir Singh – Virchakra
*Master Chandgi Ram - Hindkeshari
*Chaudhary Jailal
*Chaudhary Kapur Singh
*Major Rajendra Singh
*Puneet Kalerana (International swimmer)
*Surender Arya (Kaliraman), Dhiranwas (State Youth Awardee)
*Chaudhary Rai Singh (A great teacher)

References

*Dalip Singh Ahlawat: Jat Viron ka Itihasa

External links

* [http://www.jatland.com/forums/showthread.php?t=780 History of Kaliramna]