- Sheoran
Sheoran or Sheorayan or Shivrain (श्योराण/ श्योरायण/ शिवरायण) is gotra of Jats, who exist mainly in
Bhiwani ,Hissar in Haryana andSikar ,Jhunjhunu ,Jodhpur districts ofRajasthan . They are also found inAligarh district ofUttar Pradesh .History
Sheoran is a branch of
Shivi Jats who ruled inMalwa andRajasthan . When they moved fromMalwa toRajasthan , one group also moved toNeemrana , where they were found at the time of Emperor Humanyun. [Thakur Deshraj , Jat Itihas, p.596]According to the bard of this dynasty, King Gaj of Ghazni had two sons named Mangal Rao and Masur Rao. Mangal Rao was the ruler of
Lahore and Masur Rao ofSialkot . Foreign invaders drove both of them out of their kingdoms. Masur Rao fled away to the deserts of Rajasthan. He had two sons named Abhai Rao and Saran Rao. Descendants of Abhai Rao came to be called Bhurhya Bhatti and those of Saran Rao, Saran. Mangal Rao had six sons, named Mojam Rao, Gulrish, Moolraj, Sheoraj, Kewal Rao and Phul Rao. Descendants of Gulrish came to be called Gloraya or Kiliraya, those of Moolraj, Munda and those of Sheoraj, Sheoran. Descendants of Kewal Rao and Phul Rao adopted pottery as their profession and were called Kumhar. [Ram Swarup Joon : History of the Jats, Rohtak, India (1938, 1967)]The Sheoran gotra is a big gotra having 52 villages in
Loharu , 25 inCharkhi Dadri , 25 big villages inHisar , 5 villages inAligarh , 2 villages near Shamli close to Muzaffarnagar in UP and a big village in Abohar named Kullar. People belonging to Kiliraya and Munda gotras are found in Bikaner State. sheoran also village nizampur....References
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