Merat

As per the book of Hazrat Al-Haj Miyanji Muhammad Eisa Firozpuri, There are Four Brothers Of Kshtriya 1. Mir (Meer) 2. Mehrat 3. Mevra 4. Mev. The Cheeta-kathat(Mehrat) is a Chauhan Rajput community and descendant of Samrat Prithviraj Chauhan III from the Merwara area of the Ajmer District in Rajasthan. Languages of the community are Marwari and Hindi. The Mehrat are the descendants of Rao Meraji Chauhan.(History) Cheetah-Kathat (Mehrat) Chitriya comes from Chauhan dynasty, Rao Anhal ji, the elder son of Rao Lakhan ji, started the Cheetah dynasty later, his own descendant Mehra ji started his Mehrat dynasty and after that Mehra ji The son of Dudha ji and his elder son Harra ji, whom the Mughal emperor conferred with the title of Katha, who later came to know under the name of Kathat, it was about 1000 years from today, and this is how Katha Dada i.e. Harra Ji of Islam 3 Promised the Sunnah to the Mughal emperor, which is as follows: 1. Circumcision (Sunnah of Hazrat Muhammed) 2.Halal Khana (Sunnah of Muhammed) and 3. Burial in the tomb after death (Muhammed's Sunnah) Mehra Ji had four sons - Karna Ji, Jodha Ji, Gaji Ji and Happa Ji.

Karna Ji built the fort of Chang. As the eldest son of Harraj Ji the head of the(known as Karna Ji ki daang) is the titular head of all cheeta-kathat(mehrat).

Jodha Ji built the fort of Borwa. Gaji Ji built the fort of Shyamgarh. It is the most famous village of Cheeta-kathat(Mehrat) historically. Katha Dada used to say "Jaan jaye but vachan na jaye", only he has been following the cheetah-kathat (Mehrat) till date, then the katha dada's men who did all the katha in Magra Built the Majido in the pits and built tombs such as Shyamgarh, Bithur, Chang, Harrajpura (old village), Jhaka etc. and accepted themselves as Muslims because these Koms had separated from Hindu religion by doing these 3 works. Now he had become a believer of Islam 3 Sunnta, since then, the cheetah, Kathat (Mehrat) has become a believer of Islam and continues to this day, and happily, in the entire world, circumcision has created a Muslim identity that this community will do It has come and marriage has also been identified as being Muslim, who have been doing it since Mughal era and burial in the grave is also going on since Mughal period. After independence, many of our brothers have broken the promise and adopted Hindu religion and they have put Chauhan today. We have no objection with them because they are all brothers, irrespective of their caste, religion If it is not there, then it is the right of all in human and free country that those people can make their own religion. Note: This history is available with all the wakes and ravos The ancient ruins of the first settlement can be viewed in the former autonomous region of Beawar (1835), including domestic and military structures. It was acceded by Britain after Mehrat warriors’ successive victories in the battle over occupying troops of the British Army.

The Mehrat are composed of four exogamous sub-divisions, known as dangs. The dangs are arranged in a hierarchy, with those descended from younger siblings having a lower status. So the dang of Chang village, descended from Karna Ji, have the highest status. Each dang is headed by a Patel. Marriage takes place outside the dang.[2] They claim to be related to the Rawat, as one of the ancestors of the tribe Harraj, or Katha Ji, was the brother of Goraji, the ancestor of the Rawat.

The Mehrat speak Marwari dialect among each other. Like other North Indian communities, they have a council of elders. Each village has its own council who settle disputes within the community over land or theft. These councils often impose fines on those who commit acts which transgress local norms. The dang are headed by tikayats, who sit on these councils, and the tikayat of the Chang dang heads the caste councils.[3] The Merat are a community of farmers, but their landholdings are small. Many Merat work as day labourers. The Merwara region also suffers from drought.[4]

Like other Rajput communities of Rajasthan the Mehrat have maintained and sacrificed for their religion (Hindu). Akbar during his rule tried to spread Islam and change the history of Rajputs. He was unsuccessful and Rajputs maintained their loyalty, integrity, and bravery.