Malik or Malak is a gotra of Jats found in Haryana, India.
The Malik Jats were originally called Ghatwal (or Gathwala); they proudly started calling themselves malik ("lord").[1] They were zamindars (landowners) during the Mughal era.[2]
References
- ↑ 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
- ↑ The Cambridge Economic History of India{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Cambridge University Press(1983). ISBN 978-0-52122-802-2
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