Dahiya Khap: Difference between revisions

”’Dahiya Khap”'<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Thakur |first=Ratika |last2=Sinha |first2=A. K. |last3=Pathak |first3=R. |date=2017 |title=Khap Panchayats in Transition with Contemporary Times: An Anthropological Evaluation |url=https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Khap-Panchayats-in-Transition-with-Contemporary-An-Thakur-Sinha/6a3277ae66c56ef4d7d02c689d6c0b15fe80027d |journal=Journal of Research in Humanities and Social Science |pages=13 |quote=Single caste and single gotra panchayats; It resides in a particular geographical area dominated by a single gotra of a single caste. For example the Dahiya Khap or Sangwan Khap located in Sonepat}}</ref> is a [[Khap]] of the Dahiya clan of Jats<ref>{{cite book|last=Gupta|first=Parmanand|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LzHpZ5N5MhcC&dq=ahirs+and+jats&pg=PA64|title=Geography from Ancient Indian Coins & Seals|date=1989|publisher=Concept Publishing Company|isbn=978-81-7022-248-4|language=en}}</ref> in [[Haryana]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Haryanas-Dahiya-khapa-body-representing-people-of-Jaat-community-in-Sonipat-district-is-organising-a-meeting-to-mark-centenary-celebrations-in-Sisana-village-on-Monday-/articleshow/7645578.cms|title=Haryana’s Dahiya khap, a body representing people of Jaat community in Sonipat district, is organising a meeting to mark centenary celebrations in Sisana village on Monday|work=The Times of India|access-date=2018-07-08}}</ref> There are more than 52 villages of Dahiyas in Haryana<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://m.jagran.com/haryana/sonipat-15512477.html|title=दहिया खाप ने भी किया आरक्षण ए समर्थन|access-date=2018-10-10|language=hi}}</ref> and the Dahiya clan is one of the largest Hindu Jat clan.{{Cn|date=February 2025}} [[File:Mehar_Singh.jpg|220x124px|thumb|right|alt=Dhaiya Jat|Mehar Singh Dahiya Statue]]