Sunday, November 20, 2022

The Jatt of Indo Pakistan

 A Brief Look into Jatt of India and Pakistan



A Hindu jat, Sikh jat, Muslim jat of pre colonial era Punjab. Long hair and flowing beard were considered as sign of manliness and warrior spirit, now it's disappeared from the mainstream, except some regions.



A Jut From Quetta



A vintage postcard featuring wounded Jats of India convalescing in Brighton during World War One, circa 1915.



Apart from Jat Lancers, Jats have also been recruited 6th Jat Light Infantry, 10th Jats, 2nd Lancer, 12th Pioneers, and 48th



Colonel Hoshiar Singh was awarded Param Vir Chakra for his gallantry in the Battle of Basantar during the 1971 Indo-Pak war.



Dharmendra Deol  is a Sikh Jatt



General Sir Francis Robert Roy Bucher (1895 - 1980) inspects a Guard of Honour of the 1st Jats, after relinquishing his post as Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army, India, January 1949



In January 1922, the 9th Jat Regiment was formed by merging four active battalions and one training battalion




Jat Village in India. - Scanned 1890


Jat-Regiment-10



maharaja_ranjit-singh



Maharaja Suraj Mal (1707Ð1763), ruler of Bharatpur in Rajasthan, 1756-1763



Noblemen from Jat people, Dholpur, engraving from India  travel in Central India and Bengal, 1877,



Remembering Sardar  Ajit Singh Sandhu - One Of The Greatest Freedom Fighter,



Thakur Tej Singh, a Hindu landowner of the Jat people from Allyghur, India, circa 1870



There is something about the JAT Regiment and their Hooka!!



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