Awana (clan): Difference between revisions

{{Short description|Clan of the JatsGurjars}}

| languages = {{hlist| [[Gujari]] | [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] | [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]| [[Marwari language|Marwari]] | [[Pahari language|Pahari]] | [[Pashto]] | [[Hindi]] }}

| ethnicity = [[JatGurjar]] (Gujjar)

| lineage =[[Khatana]]

'''Awana'''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Om |first=Hari |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WTduAAAAMAAJ&q=Awana |title=Beyond the Kashmir Valley |date=1998 |publisher=Har-Anand Publications |isbn=978-81-241-0558-0 |pages=81 |language=en |quote=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Khari |first=Rahul |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1lGgAAAAMAAJ&q=Awana+Gujar |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 JatGujar clans of Ghaziabad , Meerut are Baisla Pawar Adhana Mavi '''Awana''' & KaloKasana.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last1=Singh |first1=K. S. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0FigAAAAMAAJ&q=JatGujjar+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/books?id=Otppyf6MbxgC&dq=JatGujar+clans+Awan&pg=PA110 |title=The World of Nomads |date=2006 |publisher=Lotus Press |isbn=978-81-8382-051-6 |pages=110 |language=en}}</ref> (not to be confused with [[Awan (tribe)|Awan]] tribe) is a clan of the [[JatGurjar]] ethnic community of India and Pakistan.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Kumar |first=Raj |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e8o5HyC0-FUC&dq=Awana+Jat Gujar&pg=PA446 |title=Encyclopaedia of Untouchables Ancient, Medieval and Modern |date=2008 |publisher=Kalpaz |isbn=978-81-7835-664-8 |pages=446 |language=en |quote=JatGujar sections: '''Awana''', Ludhiana, Hoshiarpur and Gujarat: Awana, Hazara}}</ref>

In 1911 [[Horace Arthur Rose]] noted about [[JatGurjar|Awana JatGujjars]] of LahoreGujrat district as;

{{Blockquote|In 134 of 1893 (Awana JatGujars 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+Jat sGujars&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>}}

#Henry Adolphus Byden Rattigan (1895) [https://books.google.com.pk/books?id=IMhAAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA79&dq=Awana+Gujars&pghl=PA79en&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