Jadeja

The Jadeja (also spelled Jarejo) is a Rajput clan who claim to be descended from the Hindu god Krishna.[1]

Jadeja
Noble family
sketch of Jadeja Chief Bharvaji Jadeja, 1838, by Mrs Postans.
CountryIndia and Pakistan
Current regionKutch
Sindh
Saurashtra
Place of originKutch
Estate(s)Kutch State
Nawanagar State
Morvi State
Dhrol State
Gondal State
Rajkot State

A Jadeja dynasty ruled the princely state of Kutch between 1540 and 1948, at which time India became a republic. This state had been formed by king Khengarji I, who gathered under him twelve Jadeja noble landowning families, who were also related to him, as well as two noble families of the Waghela community. Khengarji and his successors retained the allegiance of these Bhayat (chieftains) until the mid-18th century.[2]

Among other territories or princely states ruled by Jadeja before independence of India, were Dhrol,[3] Morvi,[4] Rajkot, Nawanagar,[5] and Virpur.[6]

Although the British rulers found the tradition distasteful, the Jadeja's high social status and the rigid caste system that forbade intermarriage with lower social groups contributed to the community's tradition of female infanticide because it was difficult and costly to arrange suitable marriages for female offspring, with substantial dowries often being required. The practice continues to some degree today, although where modern facilities are available it may take the form of female foeticide.[7]

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Sports

References
  1. Mcleod, John (6–9 July 2004). The Rise and Fall of the Kutch Bhayati (PDF). Eighteenth European Conference on Modern South Asian Studies, University of Lund. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 March 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
  2. Mcleod, John (6–9 July 2004). The Rise and Fall of the Kutch Bhayati (PDF). Eighteenth European Conference on Modern South Asian Studies, University of Lund. pp. 1–5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 March 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
  3. Gazetteers: Jamnagar District, Gujarat (India) - 1970 - Page 614 Before the integration of States, Dhrol was a Class II State founded by Jam Hardholji, the brother of Jam Raval, who hailed from the ruling Jadeja Darbar family of Kutch.
  4. Rajkot. India. Superintendent of Census Operations, Gujarat. 1964. pp. 45–46.
  5. Indian Princely Medals: A Record of the Orders, Decorations, and Medals of ... By Tony McClenaghan. 1996. p. 207.
  6. Gazetteers: Rajkot District. Directorate of Government Print., Stationery and Publications. 1965. p. 36.
  7. Vishwanath, L. S. (2006). "Female Infanticide, Property and the Colonial State". In Patel, Tulsi (ed.). Sex-Selective Abortion in India: Gender, Society and New Reproductive Technologies. SAGE. pp. 275, 278–282. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
  8. Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Nawanagar" . Encyclopædia Britannica. 19 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 317–318.
  9. Gazette of India. 1953. p. 1475. Major General M. S. Pratapsinhji; 2. Major General M. S. Himatsinhji; 3. Maharaj Shri Duleepsinhji; and 4. Lieutenant General M. S. Rajendrasinhji; members of the family of the Ruler of Nawanagar for the purposes...
  10. "Kumar Shri Duleepsinhji". The Open University Making Britain. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
  11. "Kutch's royal family member passes away". One India News. 22 February 2008. Archived from the original on 4 March 2014. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
  12. Majumdar, Boria (2006). Lost Histories of Indian Cricket: Battles of the Pitch. Psychology Press. p. 8. ISBN 9780415358859.

Further reading
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