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{{about|the Gurjar clan|the Christian nonprofit|Awana}}
{{Short description|Clan of the Gurjars}}
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'''Awana'''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Om |first=Hari |url=https://books.google.com.pk/books?redir_esc=y&id=WTduAAAAMAAJ&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=Awana |title=Beyond the Kashmir Valley |date=1998 |publisher=Har-Anand Publications |isbn=978-81-241-0558-0 |pages=81 |language=en |quote=The Gujjars are divided into several "gotras", "Kabeelas" and "deras." Some of their main "gotras" are Bajran, Khatana, '''Awana''', Boken, Berger, Banth, Baru, Bhaleshar, Bogdi, Baniya, Gorsi, Barwal, Chohan, Chopra, Kohli, Chabra, Chad, Doi, Rathore, Dhahder, Gegi, Hakla, Jagal, Kandal...}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Khari |first=Rahul |url=https://books.google.com.pk/books?id=1lGgAAAAMAAJ&q=Awana+Gujar&dq=Awana+Gujar&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjd4ePq_oGGAxXqgP0HHQZ3AyQQ6wF6BAgPEAU#Awana%20Gujar |title=Jats and Gujars: Origin, History and Culture |date=2007 |publisher=Reference Press |isbn=978-81-8405-031-8 |pages=85 |language=en |quote=The Gujar clans of Ghaziabad , Meerut are Baisla Pawar Adhana Mavi '''Awana''' Kasana.}}</ref> or '''Awan'''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Shashi |first=Shyam Singh |url=https://books.google.com.pk/books?id=Otppyf6MbxgC&pg=PA110&dq=Gujar+clans+Awan&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjp_ZGVgYKGAxUUm_0HHU6rBqQ4ChDrAXoECAUQBQ#v=onepage&q=Gujar%20clans%20Awan&f=false |title=The World of Nomads |date=2006 |publisher=Lotus Press |isbn=978-81-8382-051-6 |pages=110 |language=en}}</ref> is one of the ancient ruling clan of the [[Gurjar|Gujjars]] of India and Pakistan.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Kumar |first=Raj |url=https://books.google.com.pk/books?id=e8o5HyC0-FUC&pg=PA446&dq=Awana+Gujar&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjd4ePq_oGGAxXqgP0HHQZ3AyQQ6wF6BAgOEAU#v=onepage&q=Awana%20Gujar&f=false |title=Encyclopaedia of Untouchables Ancient, Medieval and Modern |date=2008 |publisher=Kalpaz |isbn=978-81-7835-664-8 |pages=446 |language=en |quote=Gujarat sections: '''Awana''', Ludhiana, Hoshiarpur and Gujarat: Awana, Hazara}}</ref>
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==Inhabitants==
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They are inhabitant in [[Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh]], [[Azad Kashmir]], [[Gilgit-Baltistan]], [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]], Balochistan, [[Hazara, Pakistan|Hazara]],<ref name=":0" /> Punjab, Pakistan Uttar Pradesh and [[Rajasthan]], [[India]].
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| country = {{hlist| [[India]] | [[Pakistan]] }}
| region = {{hlist| [[Rajasthan]] | [[Punjab]] | [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]] | [[Azad Kashmir]] | [[Balochistan]] | [[Haryana]] | [[Hazara region|Hazara]] | [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]]}}
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'''Awana'''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Om |first=Hari |url=https://books.google.com.pk/books?redir_esc=y&id=WTduAAAAMAAJ&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=Awana |title=Beyond the Kashmir Valley |date=1998 |publisher=Har-Anand Publications |isbn=978-81-241-0558-0 |pages=81 |language=en |quote=The Gujjars are divided into several "gotras", "Kabeelas" and "deras." Some of their main "gotras" are Bajran, Khatana, '''Awana''', Boken, Berger, Banth, Baru, Bhaleshar, Bogdi, Baniya, Gorsi, Barwal, Chohan, Chopra, Kohli, Chabra, Chad, Doi, Rathore, Dhahder, Gegi, Hakla, Jagal, Kandal...}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Khari |first=Rahul |url=https://books.google.com.pk/books?id=1lGgAAAAMAAJ&q=Awana+Gujar&dq=Awana+Gujar&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjd4ePq_oGGAxXqgP0HHQZ3AyQQ6wF6BAgPEAU#Awana%20Gujar |title=Jats and Gujars: Origin, History and Culture |date=2007 |publisher=Reference Press |isbn=978-81-8405-031-8 |pages=85 |language=en |quote=The Gujar clans of Ghaziabad , Meerut are Baisla Pawar Adhana Mavi '''Awana''' & Kasana.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite orbook |last1=Singh |first1=K. S. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0FigAAAAMAAJ&q=Gujjar+clans+Awana |title=Chandigarh |last2=Bhalla |first2=V. |last3=Singh |first3=Swaran |date=1997 |publisher=Anthropological Survey of India |isbn=978-81-7304-119-8 |pages=66 |language=en}}</ref> also known as '''Awan'''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Shashi |first=Shyam Singh |url=https://books.google.com.pk/books?id=Otppyf6MbxgC&pg=PA110&dq=Gujar+clans+Awan&hlpg=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjp_ZGVgYKGAxUUm_0HHU6rBqQ4ChDrAXoECAUQBQ#v=onepage&q=Gujar%20clans%20Awan&f=falsePA110 |title=The World of Nomads |date=2006 |publisher=Lotus Press |isbn=978-81-8382-051-6 |pages=110 |language=en}}</ref> is one of the ancient rulinga clan of the [[Gurjar|Gujjars]] ethnic community of India and Pakistan.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Kumar |first=Raj |url=https://books.google.com.pk/books?id=e8o5HyC0-FUC&pg=PA446&dq=Awana+Gujar&hlpg=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjd4ePq_oGGAxXqgP0HHQZ3AyQQ6wF6BAgOEAU#v=onepage&q=Awana%20Gujar&f=falsePA446 |title=Encyclopaedia of Untouchables Ancient, Medieval and Modern |date=2008 |publisher=Kalpaz |isbn=978-81-7835-664-8 |pages=446 |language=en |quote=GujaratGujar sections: '''Awana''', Ludhiana, Hoshiarpur and Gujarat: Awana, Hazara}}</ref>
 
==Distributions==
They are inhabitant in [[Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh]], [[Azad Kashmir]], [[Gilgit-Baltistan]], [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]], Balochistan, [[Hazara, Pakistanregion|Hazara]],<ref name=":0" /> Punjab, Pakistan Uttar Pradesh and [[Rajasthan]], [[India]].
 
In 1911 [[Horace Arthur Rose]] noted about [[Gurjar|Awana Gujjars]] of Gujrat district as;
{{Blockquote|In 134 of 1893 (Awana Gujars of Kharian tahsil, Gujrát), the continuous residence of the khana-damád was held to secure the succession to the daughter and her sons, not to him.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rose |first=Horace Arthur |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8yQOAAAAYAAJ&dq=Awana+Gujars&pg=PA145 |title=A Compendium of the Punjab Customary Law: Volume 1 |date=1911 |publisher="Civil and Military Gazette" Press |pages=145 |language=en}}</ref>}}
 
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==Books==
===Notes===
#Henry Adolphus Byden Rattigan (1895) [https://books.google.com.pk/books?id=IMhAAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA79&dq=Awana+Gujars&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjh4r2u95yHAxW9B9sEHf4eF8w4ChDrAXoECAIQBQ#v=onepage&q=Awana%20Gujars&f=false A Digest of the Cases Reported in the Punjab Record:With an Index of the Names of the Cases · Volumes 28-30] Civil and Military Gazette Press. p.80
#K. S. Singh, Swaran Singh, V. Bhalla (1997) [https://books.google.com.pk/books?id=0FigAAAAMAAJ&q=Gujjar+clans+Awana&dq=Gujjar+clans+Awana&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjMzeSAgoKGAxXF_7sIHYU3DcgQ6wF6BAgLEAU#Gujjar%20clans%20Awana Chandigarh] Chandigarh, India, culture, society. p.66 "The community has a number of clans. The principal clans are Barsoi, Dhanga, Chamayan, Chhokar, Khatana, Rawal, Khare, Seradra, Pilwara, Awana, Kumbar, Madi, Chechi, Koli, Chadri, Chanda, Mutan, Nikari, Rawat, Rajana, Budana."
#A. H. Bingley, Krishna Prakash Bahadur (1978) [https://books.google.com.pk/books?id=1B4dAAAAMAAJ&q=Gujar+clans+Awana&dq=Gujar+clans+Awana&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwid1tfAg4KGAxVkif0HHZ4UAxsQ6wF6BAgLEAU#Gujar%20clans%20Awana History, Caste & Culture of Jāts and Gūjars] Ess Ess Publications. p.44