Gurjar are an ethnic group in India, Afghanistan and Pakistan. Notable people from the community include:
India
Historical figures
- Prataprao Gujar, military leader with Shivaji Maharaj.[1]
Education and Social Reforms
- Masud Choudhary, is the founding Vice Chancellor of Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University in Rajouri and Chief Patron of the Gurjar Desh Charitable Trust, Jammu.[2][3]
Gojri language & Literature
- Javaid Rahi is a known Gurjar researcher of India.He has authored 12 books in Gujari/ Gojri Urdu and English and edited more than 300 books/ magazines highlighting the history, culture, and literature related to indigenous communities such as Gurjar and Bakarwals.[4][5]
Constitutional Head
- Govind Singh Gurjar (9 March 1932 – 6 April 2009) was a Gujjar from Rajasthan who served as Lt. Governor of Puducherry in India.[6]
Padma Awardee
- Mian Bashir Ahmed Laaravi (born November 1923) is a politician and a Caliph of Islamic Sufi order (Naqshbandi, Majadadi, Larvi). He is the first Gurjar from Jammu and Kashmir who was awarded the Padma Bhushan (the third highest civilian award), by the government of India on 26 January 2008 for his contribution to the society.[7]
Armed forces
- Kirori Singh Bainsla, a retired officer of the Indian Army and leader of a Gurjar reservation movement in Rajasthan[8]
- Kamal Ram, the second-youngest Indian to receive Victoria Cross, the highest military decoration in the British Empire[9]
- Kuldip Singh Chandpuri, retired officer of the Indian Army who was awarded the Maha Vir Chakra for his actions at the Battle of Longewala. [10]
Indian independence movement
- Arjun Singh Gurjar, freedom fighter,Sirsa , Haryana.[11]
- Ram Chandra Vikal, freedom fighter, Deputy Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh.[12]
- Kadam Singh, Raja of Parikshitgarh and Mawana, led Gurjar fight against the British during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.[13]
- Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel also called the "Unifier of India".[14]
Politics
- Rajesh Pilot, Politician of the Indian National Congress party and represented the Dausa in Lok Sabha[15]
- Govind Singh Gurjar (9 March 1932 – 6 April 2009), Lieutenant Governor of Pondicherry and six-time MLA from Nasirabad (Ajmer)[16]
References
- ↑ Are Rajput-Maratha Marriages Morganatic?{{#if:Shrivastavya|, Shrivastavya}. D.K. Shrivastavya(1952)
- ↑ Masud gets unprecedented reception on getting second term. Early Times(19 February 2017).
- ↑ 11 January 2011, Daily Excelsior.
- ↑ Gujjars campaign for national recognition of Gojri. Business Standard(4 March 2018).
- ↑ The Gujjar Tribe Of Jammu & Kashmir. Amazon.com/ Books.
- ↑ Demise of His Excellency Govind Singh Gurjar : French Embassy condoles the passing away of Shri Govind Singh Gurjrar, Lt. Governor of Puducherry, April 6, 2009. France in India(19 March 2010).
- ↑ Padma Awards. Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India(2015). Retrieved 21 July 2015.
- ↑ Raje govt, Gujjar leaders agree to hold talks. The Times of India(8 June 2008).
- ↑ Kamal Ram 91st birth anniversary: Remembering brave Indian Sepoy and Victoria Cross recipient. India(17 December 2015).
- ↑ Retelling The Tale Of Brigadier Kuldip Singh(16 December 2020).
- ↑ History of Sirsa Town{{#if:Gupta|, Gupta}. Atlantic Publishers(1991)
- ↑ Former UP deputy CM Ram Chander Vikal dies. Zee News(27 June 2011).
- ↑ The Peasant and the Raj: Studies in Agrarian Society and Peasant Rebellion in Colonial India{{#if:Stokes|, Stokes}. Cambridge University Press(1980). ISBN 978-0-52129-770-7
- ↑ Famous Gurjars who made it big | Latest News & Updates at DNAIndia.com. DNA India(2008-06-02). Retrieved 2021-07-20.
- ↑ BJP seeking to thwart Pilot on non-Gujjar votes. Rediff(14 February 1998).
- ↑ Govind Singh Gurjar new Puducherry LG. Hindustan Times(18 July 2008).