Sikhi parchar among Hindu Jaats

[proactive]

This is quite an informative video from Akaal  channel. This Hindu Jaat from Haryana converted to Sikhism after he was imprisoned during the Jat reservation agitation a few years ago. There are a few more of his videos on youtube where he feels the future of the Hindu Jaats of Haryana, UP and Rajasthan lies in their becoming Sikhs. 

In his othe videos he outlines that the Hindu Jaats after 1870s became Arya Samajis instead of going towards Sikhism which was their natural home. He make many interesting points. 

I remember chatting to a Hindu Jaat many years ago in London who was a student. He has a sense of pride in his Jaat caste and looked on the Khalsa army of Maharaja Ranjit Singh (wrongly) as the 'Jat' army. He hated the local Hindu Rajputs of his region (Hissar district) and wanted the Sikh Jats to help his people 'defeat' the Rajputs.  He also wasn't very fond of the Bahmans and Banias of his area. 

I also remember that during the 1980s even though Punjab and Haryana were at logger heads over the SYL canal but in the late 1980s the Hindu Jaat youths were in many ways copying the ways and manner of the Sikh youth in such basic things as honouring speakers at their conferences with a lathi instead of a Kirpan and a chaddar instead of a siropa. It shows how the influence of Punjab was still there in Haryana. 

Sikhism has always had an attraction for the rural farming population. The Jats in Punjab even in districts where they were less than the Hindu Jats, through Singh Sabha parchar become the majority of Jats. Could something similar happen in the Hindu Jaat areas? 

[puzzled]

It would be great if more people from Haryana and Rajasthan become Singhs, they are very strong tough people. Quite rebellious as well which is a great quality imo  

I've listened to some of their music and they mention Bhagat Singh in it.  

[Jai Tegang!]

It’s a sign of progress when you get educated well read individuals like the Haryanvi who have found not only the spiritual message, but also the “civilization building”(to use his words) aspect of Guru Maharaj ji’s Sikhi. We hear the same points from our parchariks, but it’s more of preaching to the converted.

This Manoj Singh makes excellent observations. Guruji honoured “working class” bhagats and immortalized them in one place, while the present day followers of some Bhagats choose to segregate and remain outside of the very Guru’s Sikhi.

Manoj Singh makes a point that the writings and wisdom of some bhagats, like Dhanna Ji, would not be well known or even existing if not for Guru Granth Sahib Ji. Even the memorial for Bhagat Dhanna Ji at their birthplace is a well built Gurdwara (alongside a small mandir, also supported by sangat).

Imagine making inroads into the Jaats of Haryana and Rajasthan. It would be a game changer for our strength and take us one step closer  to the ocean ports. I just never understood why our lot in Punjab get so bogged down by futile internal politics without seeing the grand game. Investing our resources into the living condition of the destitute, and outreach to the well-off  in Punjab and neighbouring states should be a clear as day strategy.

[proactive]

One thing that these Jaats admire about Sikhs is our unity. Yes, we are always to the ones who keep going about how divided we are but compared to other people we still have a sense of unity and brotherhood which a lot of these people lack. Also historically they look up to Punjab as well as Sikh Jats because the Malwa states ruled over a large part of their areas. The Bharatpur Rajas used to ask for help from the Dal Khalsa and these Jaats admire the fact that we ruled most of Punjab while their ancestors ruled smaller areas. 

A few years ago I was reading one of their forums online which was just after the Muzaffarpurnagar riots which was between the Jaats and the Muslims and although they had given the Muslims a beating still they had a sense of fear that they were being swamped by Muslims and their areas would become Muslim majority. One of the members bought up that they needed to be united 'like the Sikhs' and another said that the BJP and the Samajwadi party had let them down and they needed to think of the future and maybe they should ne converting to Sikhism. It was a strange thought process but I think these Jaats at this stage are looking to see where their future lies and maybe their future is Sikhi. 

They are more in number than Sikh Jats, they were 2.9 million in 1931 compared to Sikh Jats being 2.2 million so there is a great potential for Sikhi to grow provided Sikh organisations take active steps to do parchar there. 

The is definately a potential for parchar among them and Manoj Singh needs our support. He is well read and unlike many in the Jaat community he does not advocate casteism. 

An interesting sidenote, the son of a Hindu Jaat landholding family of Kuchesar in Bulundshahr district of UP in the early 1900s married one of the daughters of the Bhadaur Raja and became a Sikh. His family is still Sikh and they hold the Kuchesar fort in UP. Here is a picture of him and his family and retainers. I think the manager of Nankana Sahib estate Sardar Narain Singh was instrumental in converting the next generation of this family to Sikhism in the 1930s. 

[MisterrSingh]

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[GurjantGnostic]

1 hour ago, MisterrSingh said:

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[MisterrSingh]

1 hour ago, GurjantGnostic said:

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On 11/20/2020 at 6:15 PM, proactive said:

This is quite an informative video from Akaal  channel. This Hindu Jaat from Haryana converted to Sikhism after he was imprisoned during the Jat reservation agitation a few years ago. There are a few more of his videos on youtube where he feels the future of the Hindu Jaats of Haryana, UP and Rajasthan lies in their becoming Sikhs. 

In his othe videos he outlines that the Hindu Jaats after 1870s became Arya Samajis instead of going towards Sikhism which was their natural home. He make many interesting points. 

I remember chatting to a Hindu Jaat many years ago in London who was a student. He has a sense of pride in his Jaat caste and looked on the Khalsa army of Maharaja Ranjit Singh (wrongly) as the 'Jat' army. He hated the local Hindu Rajputs of his region (Hissar district) and wanted the Sikh Jats to help his people 'defeat' the Rajputs.  He also wasn't very fond of the Bahmans and Banias of his area. 

I also remember that during the 1980s even though Punjab and Haryana were at logger heads over the SYL canal but in the late 1980s the Hindu Jaat youths were in many ways copying the ways and manner of the Sikh youth in such basic things as honouring speakers at their conferences with a lathi instead of a Kirpan and a chaddar instead of a siropa. It shows how the influence of Punjab was still there in Haryana. 

Sikhism has always had an attraction for the rural farming population. The Jats in Punjab even in districts where they were less than the Hindu Jats, through Singh Sabha parchar become the majority of Jats. Could something similar happen in the Hindu Jaat areas? 

It would double or even triple the number of Sikhs in India. 

[puzzled]

Its interesting how as a non Sikh he noticed that the government is against Sikhi, which only made him want to know more about it. Even your average Sikh probably doesn't believe that kind of stuff and thinks its all conspiracy. 

The interview could of been more interesting but I guess 30 mins is a bit short anyway. 

The Jaat community seems to be all over the place and needs a unifying identity which Sikhi can give them, which will help them socially and politically as well. Take the Ravidassias for example with Bhagat Ravidas ji.

Building a Gurdwara in Rotak after Bhagat Dhanna ji is a great idea, Bhagat Dhanna ji can be like their saint and through him they will have a link with Sikhi. 

Having a unifying religious figurehead or saint can do a lot for a community in India.