jaat organisations..

The Jats have always organized themselves into hundreds of patrilineage clans, Panchayat system or Khap. A clan was based on one small gotra or a number of related gotras under one elected leader whose word was law. The big Jat clans now are so big that individual in them are only related to each other by individual that lived typically hundreds years ago. Mutual quarrels of any intensity could be settled by orders of Jat elders. In times of danger, the whole clan rallied under the banner of the leader. The Jat Khap or Panchayat "system is territorial and highly democratic. District and a number of Khaps form a 'Sarva Khap' embracing a full province or state. Negotiations with anyone were done - at 'Sarva Khap' level.
In addition to the conventional Sarva Khap Panchayat, there are regional Jat Mahasabhas affiliated to the All India Jat Mahasabha to organize and safeguard the interests of the community, which held its meeting at regional and national levels to take stock of their activities and devise practical ways and means for the amelioration of the community.

The Association of Jats of America (AJATA) is the main Jat people organization of North America. It performs as the main body, forum and lobby for Jat people issues in North America.
The North American Jat Charities (NAJC) is one of the main Jat people Charities of North America. It performs as a charity for the welfare Jat people in North America.

The Life and culture of Jats is full of diversity and approaches most closely to that ascribed to the traditional Aryan colonists of India.

The Jat lifestyle was designed to foster a martial spirit.

Whenever they lost their kingdoms, Jat people retired to the country-side and became landed barons and the landlords with their swords girded round their waists. They would draw the sword out of the scabbard at the command of their panchayat to fight with the invaders.

Jat people have a history of being brave and ready fighters. They are fiercely independent in character and value their self respect more than anything, which is why they offered heavy resistance against any foreign force that treated them unjustly.

They are known for their pride, bravery and readyness to sacrifice their lives in battle for their people and kinsmen.

In the government of their villages, they appear much more democratic. they have less reverence for hereditary right and a preference for elected headmen.

The Modern jatts

Jat people today
Today, besides agriculture, Jat people are engaged in blue and white-collar jobs, trade and commerce. Though they continue to be a rural populace, their presence in towns and district headquarters can be noted due to migration, which undoubtedly explains their distance from agriculture and animal husbandry.
Jat people are considered a Forward class in the vast majority of states in India, with a few exceptions in a small number of areas were they are Other Backward Class (OBC). In Rajasthan, the Jat people are classified as OBC, except in Bharatpur and Dhaulpur districts.[69] In Rajasthan the Jat people are a wealthy and rich section of society but the BJP in 1999 in order to win their votes gave them OBC for political reasons.

Some specific clans of Jats are classified as OBC in some states. Eg. Muslim Jats in Gujarat[71] and Mirdha Jat people (except Muslim Jats) in Madhya Pradesh. Land reforms, particularly the abolition of Jagirdari and Zamindari systems, Panchayati Raj and Green revolution, to which Jat people have been major contributors, have immensely contributed to the economic betterment of the Jat people.
Adult franchise has created enormous social and political awakening among Jat people. Consolidation of economic gains and participation in the electoral process are two visible outcomes of the post-independence situation. Through this participation they have been able to significantly influence the politics of north India. However since demise of Charan Singh and Devi Lal and rise of OBC and BSP their influence is on decline. Economic differentiation, migration and mobility could be clearly noticed amongst Jats.

Mentions in ancient litearture
Bhim Singh Dahiya states that the Jats find a mention in Mahabharata and other ancient Indian literature. Mahendra Singh Arya etal. believe that the shloka Jat Jhat Sanghate (Sanskrit: जट झट संघाते) in famous Sanskrit scholar Panini's Astadhyayi refers to the Jat people as a federation.
G. C. Dwivedi writes that the Persian Majmal-ut-Tawarikh mentions Jats and Meds as the descendants of Ham, living in Sind on the banks of the river Bahar. S.M. Yunus Jaffery believes that the Jat people have been mentioned in Shāhnāma, a well-known Persian epic.

Ancient Jat kingdoms
Professor K.R. Kanungo writes that when Muhammad bin Qasim invaded Sind, the Kaikan region in Sind was in independent possession of Jats. The first Arab invasions in the region were repelled by the Jats.
According to Thakur Deshraj and Cunningham, the Jats of the Panwar clan ruled Umerkot in Sind prior to Mughal ruler Humayun.
Thakur Deshraj also mentions that the Susthan region in Sindh was ruled by Chandra Ram, a Jat of Hala clan. Chandra Ram lost his kingdom (known as Halakhandi) to the Muslim invaders sent by Muhammad bin Qasim.
There is no information of any important Jat state in a period of two centuries following Kushan rule. However, in the beginning of fifth century, there is evidence of the Jat ruler Maharaja Shalinder ruling from "Shalpur" (the present-day Sialkot); his territory extended from Punjab to Malwa and Rajasthan. This is indicated by the Pali inscription obtained by James Tod from village Kanswa in Kota state in year 1820 AD.

Jat Kingdoms in Medieval India
There were several small Jat states in what is now Rajasthan. The Bikaner region (then known as Jangladesh) in the desert region of Western India was dominated by the Jats. At what period the Jat people established themselves in the Indian desert is not known. By the 4th century they had spread up to Punjab in India. The small Jats in this region were inhabited by Jat clans ruled by their own chiefs and largely governed by their own customary law.

Jat states in Rajasthan
There were several small Jat rulers in North India. These included Garhwals of Garhmukteshwar, Kaliramnas (who ruled near Mathura), Khirwars of Brij and Narsinghpur, Nauhwars (who ruled the area surrounding the Noh lake area near Mathura), the Koīls of Kampilgarh (the area that is now Aligarh), the Halas, the Kuntals, the Pachars, the Thenuas, the Toouts, and the Thakureles.
The Jats also dominated the Malwa region, under rulers like Harshavardhana, Shiladitya, Singhavarma, Vishnuvardhan, and Yasodharman.

Who r jaats....?????/!@@@@@##$$%%^^&&&**

jats are an ethnic group of people native to mainly the Punjab region of Northern India and Pakistan that have attributes of an ethnic group, tribe and a people.

The Jat people are considered by some to be the merged descendants of the original Indo-Aryans and a later addition of Indo-Scythian tribes of the region, merging to form the Jat people.

Others conclude a native Indo-Aryan lineage on the basis of ethnological, physical and linguistic standards.

The Jat people of India and Pakistan are not to be confused with the peripatetic Jats of Afghanistan, who are a distinct ethnic groupThe Jat people have a discrete and distinct cultural history that can be historically traced back to ancient times

Are Jaats and Gurjars same?????

• Jats & Gujars: Origin, History and Culture
  Jats and Gujars are the two prominent warrior races of India. They have brought great glory to the country by virtue of their indomitable will and valor. This post is an honest and a sincere attempt to trace their origin which remains a great mystery due to the host of contradicting theories. Jats and Gujars have connections with some very important races of the world and some equally important dynasties like the Sakas (Scythians), the Sarmatians, the Yeuhchis or Kushanas, the Huns, the Pratiharas, the Gypsies of Europe, the Pathans, the Messagetaes, the Khazars, the Yazygs and the likes making this a fascinating study to an ordinary reader as well as the students of history.
• The possible connection of these two communities with Lord Krishna and his cult 'Yadu' has also been examined. The study also talks about the origin of both these communities from near Anatolia (Turkey) and their intrusion into India.
• The post also studies in great detail, the famous empires, dynasties, kings, races and prominent personalities pertaining to the Jat and Gujar communities. It is hoped that this book shall go a long way in enriching the knowledge of the readers from different points of view so that they are enabled to draw their own conclusions on conflicting issues.