Sheokhand

Sheokhand (श्योखंड) or Shivakhande (शिवाखंडे) Shaukhanda (शौखंडा) or Shokeen (शोकीन) is a gotra of Jats found in India. Shokeen is an Arabicised shorter version of Sheokhand. The gotra gets its name from Shiva [Hukum Singh Panwar(Pauria):The Jats - Their Origin, Antiquity & Migrations, Rohtak, 1993. ISBN 81-85235-22-8, p. 38] . Literally it means the abode of Shiva.

History

The family records of this gotra can be found with pundits in Gadhganga. According to Hukum Singh Panwar(Pauria), it may, however, be interesting to note that this tribe, living in about 25 contiguous villages [Hukum Singh Panwar(Pauria):The Jats - Their Origin, Antiquity & Migrations, Rohtak, 1993. ISBN 81-85235-22-8, p. 38] in Jind district of Haryana and about 5 villages in Nangloi block of Delhi , goes by its gotra name as Shivakhande or Sheokhand. Of late this gotra has been Arabicised as Shokeen in Delhi villages. Yet the elders of Sheokhand Khap area take pride in the fact that they originally hail from the Dharans, whose kingdom was rather misnomered as "Gupta empire" in Indian history. Be that as it may, one thing is plausible about the Jats of Sheokhande clan. They must be the Sivas who fought against the Bharatas on the Jamuna River in one of the ten Rigvedic wars [Hukum Singh Panwar(Pauria):The Jats - Their Origin, Antiquity & Migrations, Rohtak, 1993. ISBN 81-85235-22-8, p. 38] . They are identified by scholars with the Shivis [Kathasaritsagar, vol.1 p. 11] or the Sibis of the Usinara country in the north of Haridwar near the source of Ganges. [ABORI, vol. XXIX, p. 117, fn. 9] The Sivas or Sibis became known as Shivakhande or Sheokhande from and after the Shivaliks, the abode of Lord Shiva, the highest deity of the Jats. Their descent from the Shivalik hills has provided good grounds to the author of Devasamhita to expound the theory of Origin of Jats from Shiva's Locks. [Hukum Singh Panwar(Pauria):The Jats - Their Origin, Antiquity & Migrations, Rohtak, 1993. ISBN 81-85235-22-8, p. 38]

There are 8 villages (Ath-Gama) of this Gotra in National Territory of Delhi (Sultanpur Majra, Mongol Pur Kalan, Mongolpur Khurd, Peeragarhi, Nangloi Jat, Nilothi, Kamroodin-nagar, Dichaon Kalan),Roshanpura, Deendarpur, Chhawla and in Haryana near Jind. All the village of SHOKEEN gotra in delhi falls in outer delhi. Though these village use SHOKEEN as their surnames but socially they introduce themselves as SHOKHANDA, particularly for fixing marriages and in panchayats.

Notable persons from this clan

* Vivek Shokeen - Tennis player
* Chaudhary Tarif Singh - Ex-MP Outer Delhi
* Virender Singh - Haryana Minister
* [Ch. Bharat Singh Shokeen, Ex-MP Outer ]

ee also

*Origin of Jats from Shiva's Locks

References

External links

* [http://www.jatland.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13646 Shokeen History on Jatland Forums]