सरदार पटेल मूलतः गुर्जर थे

सरदार पटेल मूलत: ''गुर्जर'' थे :  अनूप पटेल ( जे .एन. यू. - शोधार्थी )

Sardar Patel Hailed from Gurjar Family (Anoop Patel :A research Scholar in JNU)

सर्वाधिक प्रमाणिक जेनेटिक शोध साबित करते है कि पटेल / पाटीदारो के पूर्वज गुर्जर है

सर्वाधिक प्रमाणिक जेनेटिक शोध साबित करते है कि पटेल / पाटीदारो के पूर्वज गुर्जर है :-

Patel :-

(Gujarati: paṭel, pronounced [pə ʈ el]) is an Indian surname used by some of the agrarian castes predominant in the
Western Indian state of Gujarat.

The surname is the second most common in India, following Singh.

The Patel surname is found
primarily in the Indian states of Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh, and Orissa. The BBC Radio 4
programme "Meet the Patels" (June 2009) asserted that there are around 410,000 to 670,000 Patels in the UK, where it is now the
24th most common surname

Patil is the Marathi version of this same name.

Ethnicity::

The surname is popular and denotes a particular landowning status. People of different religions and castes share the surname. The
Patels historically belonged to various Patidar sub-castes. Two main groups of Patels in Gujarat make up the Patidar community
including: 1. Leva Patel/Patidar [Charotar Leuva patels are the richest peoples from the beginning in gujarat] 2. Kadava Patel/Patidar.
The Kadava Patidar sub-caste is found mostly in districts of the Saurashtra region like Rajkot, Junagadh, Jamnagar and Bhavnagar
and also Mahesana. the Leuva Patidar sub-caste are mainly found in the Charotar Region (which are also known as Charotar Leuva
Patidars) (Kheda, Anand), Kanam (Vadodara, Bharuch, Panchmahal), South Gujarat and Saurashtra region. The book titled "Patel a
Life" by Rajmohan Gandhi throws some light on the ancestors of Sardar Patel: "His mother Labda gave him birth in the house of her
brother Doongerbhai Desai.. Labda's husband Jhaverbhai belonged not to Nadiad but to a village called Karamsad(twelve miles south
of Nadiad and three miles west of the town of Anand), where he tilled a ten acre plot and owned a small house. He and Labda and all
their relatives were Patidars. Centuries earlier their ancestors had migrated from the far north and taken possession of a sandy yet
rich stretch of soil called the charotar... the Patidar ancestors - possibly linked to the formidable Huns who swept down into India from
the northwest in the sixth century or to the Gujars of Punjab or to both-cleared the Charotar woods, improved the sandy ground with
dung manure and cart loads of black soil... they also soldiered for nearby chieftains... more tangibly, they obtained a clear title of the
lands they had occupied, and were therefore called Patidars-holders of a land title - or Patels. The Patidars have alternated, in their
customs, between eating meat and abstaining from it, between paying bride-price and demanding dowry from a bride's parents,
between permitting widow-remarriage and banning it... while changing their customs, the Patidars retained their Hindu religion, ralling together against outsiders, male supremacy, silence before elders and an individual's subservience to the (extended) family but
independence before the world. Bluntness in speech, an unconcern about dress and appearance, a sense of equality within the fold
that turned the village into " a collectivity of Patidar brothers" and a sense of superiority towards non-Patidars, a self-image of tough
independent men... naturally given to ruling over others" marked the Patidar character.
The Gujars who migrated from North India to Gujrat started calling themselves as Patidar or Patel. In Rajasthan, Patel is a very
common word used by Gujars... in every village there is a title (Patel) given to some dominant family and this title of 'Patel" runs in the
family and is transferred to the eldest son of the family. In areas around Bharatpur, Gujars are popularly called as "Patel" by other
communities. It is similar to "Chaudhary" which was used to be in the NCR and Western Uttar-Pradesh as a title both by Gujars and
Jats but now a days in the entire Northern India "Chaudhary" is being used as surname by Jats.The Gujars of North India also have
two main devisions- (i) Laur Gujar and (ii) Khari Gujar that is very similar to 1. Leuva Patidar and 2. Kadava Patidar of Gujrat. During
the Moghul era Patels were trusted heads of the villages. The British also relied on Patels to carry out administration in any particular
village. Pate is derived from the word "Pattalikh" meaning certain portion of land "patta" (A unit of Land) and named after the head of
the village "likh" meaning "named". Amin surname bearers are also known as Patels. Saurashtra kadva patel have specific surname
like Sapovadia, Jasani, Bhut, Viroja, Garala, Savsani, Marvaniya etc. These are drawn on the basis of their migration from a village,
e.g. Sapovadia brought from Sapovada village. Saurastra Leuva Patels in the Saurastra region district have specific surnames:
Abhangi, Babaria, Busa, Khoyani, Pambhar, Limbasiya, Kanani, Kunjadiya, Dobaria, Keraliya, Radadia, Gajera, Sutaria, Sojitra and
so on from their original village names (from the Kheda, Vadodara, Ahmedabad, and Saurastra regions). In South Gujarat, nearly 90%
of the members of the Koli and Kanbi Patidar sub-castes bear 'Patel' as their last name. The Patels outnumber all other Gujaratis in
the United States, United Kingdom, and New Zealand. The surname 'Patel' is also used by Kolis in other regions of Gujarat. Besides
Kolis and Kanbis, Dhodia Patidars of South Gujarat also use Patel as their last name. The surname can also be found amongst
Muslims, and Parsis. Patidars of Rajasthan (south and south-east rajasthan) and Madhya-Pradesh mainly use 'Patidar' itself as
surname. The Patidars of these two states are also divided into two groups, Leuva and Kadava. It is also the surname of many of the
Gujarati Muslim Vora Patel communities.
It should be noted that other Gujaratis who migrated out of what is now the state of Gujarat during the British Raj to British East Africa
(Kenya and Uganda) would sometimes adopt the surname 'Patel' and this surname was then subsequently passed onto their
descendants (who now mainly reside outside Kenya and Uganda). Also, during the British Raj, some 'Patels' who migrated to British
East Africa and the Union of South Africa (South Africa) adopted different surnames, usually the name of their village (e.g. 'Dandikar'),
their trade (e.g. 'Contractor'), or even their grandfather's name and subsequently these surnames have been passed down to their
descendants.
Origins
Patels do not belong to any particular religion or caste; rather the name merely indicates that the bearer came from a particular region,
historically. Some Patels follow Islam, Zoroastrianism or Christianity, but they are predominantly followers of Hinduism.
Gujaratis bearing the last name Patel were from the Punjab region and are Suryavanshi branch Kshatriyas Patels are a sub-group of
the Gurjar clan who are dispersed all over the Indian sub-continent. These refugees were accepted in present day Gujarat by the
Solanki kings.
The Solanki king gave uncultivated land in the Petlad Taluka. This land was divided into villages and for each village a head was
appointed. His job was to keep all records. Each village gave a portion of the crop to the king, as a form of tax. The book in which this
tax was recorded was called the pat, and the act of writing it down was known as likh; hence the head of the village was addressed as
Pat-Likh and the people of the villages became known as Patlikhs. Over time, changes in the vernacular produced modern variations
such as Patel, Patidar and Patil.
The Patels were further distinguished by the village they belonged to. Examples of this are the Leava Patels who originated from the
village of Leava.

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मेरी रगो में गुर्जर खून : सरदार पटेल

मेरी रगो में गुर्जर खून : सरदार पटेल ( कम्पीटीसन सक्सेस रिव्यू - जुलाई' ८५)
The Blood of our Martial Gujjar Ancestors in My Veins - Sardar Patel (competition success review July '85)