Bazigar

Bazigar are the descendants of Bhai Lehna Ji (also known as the second guru of Sikhs Shri Guru Angad Dev Ji). This tribe generally follows Sikhism. Bazigar is a concentrated community so it is declared as Scheduled Castes in Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh. They speak the Bazigar language, which belongs to the Dravidian family.

Origin

The name Bazigar is derived from the Urdu word bazi, which means an acrobat. They themselves claim to be the Descendants of Bhai Lehna Ji (Also known as Second Guru of Sikhism Shri Guru Angad Dev Ji) who took to the occupation of acrobatics and Music. They have now been granted Scheduled Caste status in Haryana, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh because it is a Concentrated community. At some places in India, Bazigars speak their own dialect, which is Dravidian, while speaking in Hindi or Punjabi with outsiders. In Haryana, they are founded mainly in the districts of Yamuna Nagar, Ambala, Kurukshetra, Rohtak, Sirsa, Fatehabad, Karnal while in Punjab, India they can be founded in Doaba, Majha, and Malwa regions mainly in Amritsar, Hoshiarpur, Pathankot, and Jalandhar districts. Major Bazigar clans in Haryana and Punjab includes the Baljot, Bartiya, Lalka, Wadali, Dharmsot,Machhal (gutteka ,gurdaseka,lashiaka,Mastaneka etc) and Namsot.[1]

In all these clans, Baljot were treated as their leaders and Bartiya as the advisors of them. But they all lived together and was famous for their unity during the bad times of each other.

In terms of Religion, major part of Baazigar community claims to be the Hindu , but basically they are the Descendants of Shri Guru Angad Dev Ji. They belongs to Sikhism. Their Females used to entertain the people with their brilliant Music and Voice while the occupation of the Male was performing Acrobatics, wrestling and Agriculture.

But with the growth of the world, these things are dissapearing as this community is also marked theirselves as Modern in the modern world. Now they are almost in all countries of the world and giving their services in almost every field.

The Bazigar are further sub-divided into five sub-groups, the Baljot, Bartiya, Lalka, Dharamsot and Namsot. Historically, the Bazigar were either Sikh or Hindu but with the departure of their Muslim patrons, the Bazigar have embraced Sikhism. They have also abandoned their traditional dialect to Communicate during the Wars while fighting with the Mughals.

It is still a confusion weather Bazigars are Sikh or Hindu because there is no written evidence, but the major part believes in Sikhism as they perform their all functions according to Sikhism and follow Guru Granth Sahib Ji.

Wadali Brothers ( Ustad Puran Chand Wadali ji and Ustad Pyare Lal Wadali ji ) are the pride of Bazigar Community. Their son Lakhwinder Wadali is also a famous Indian Musician.

In Politics, Professor Sadhu Singh Dharamsot is presenting Bazigar community from a long time.


References

  1. ↑ People of India Hayana Volume XXIII edited by M.L Sharma and A.K Bhatia pages 63 to 67 Manohar
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