Bersal

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The Bersal is a Suryavanshi Rajput clan, and was Rajas of Kashmir and Kangra. The Hindu branch provided the Maharajas of Jammu and Kashmir.^[1]

History and origin

Prior to partition, the districts of Gurdaspur,kangra,Chanba,and Jammu & Kashmir were home to a large number of Muslim Bersal. In what became Pakistani territory, they were and are found in numbers in Sialkot, Gujranwala, Lahore, Sahiwal and Rawalpindi districts, which all bordered Jammu and Kashmir. The Bersal were close relatives of Jamwal of Jammu and Kashmir and Pathania Rajputs of Gurdaspur. They are the offspring of Raja Jagata Singh of Pathankot. Their language is Dogri, Pahari and Punjabi. The Bersal are Use Raja,Rana,Chaudhary and Mian as a title.^[2]

References

↑ The Partition Omnibus, David Page, Anita Inder Singh, Penderel Moon, G. D. Khosla, Mushirul Hasan, Oxford 2002, p 73
↑ A Glossary of the Tribes and Castes of Punjab and the North West Frontier Province Volume III page 276 by H A Rose

v t e Clans of the Rajput people

Yadu	Bhati Chudasama Samma Chauhan Jadaun Jadeja Rathor Tanwar Tomar Yadav

Suryavanshi	Bachal Bais Bargujar Bersal Bhatia Bhutta Bisht Channa Chattar Chundawat Dabhi Dogra Gahlot Ghik Ghorewaha Gohil Jhala Jaitawat Jamwal Jasrotia Jodhra Katil Khangarot Kirar Kohaal Mandahar Mian Minhas Naga Nagyal Naroo Nathawat Nikumbh Pundir Raghav Raghuwanshi Rajawat Rathore Ror Saharan Seyan Sengar Shaktawat Shakya Shekhawat Sisodia Thakial

Chandravanshi	Alpial Babaria Bhati Barhiya Chandela Chib Chudasama Dahiya Doad Gungal Harral Hattar Jadaun Jadeja Janjua Jarral Jaswal Jethwa Jodhra Johiya Katoch Khakha Lodhi Mahaar Mangral Marral Manj Moonga Naipal Nathyal Noon Raizada Ranial Sarvaiya Sulehria Tomaras Wattu Yadav

Agnivanshi	Baghial Bhakral Bisht Chauhan Deora Dor Hon Kharal Kheechee Harral Mekan Mori Narma Paramara Rawat Rajputs Sial Sodha Sohlan Solanki

Others	Muslim Rajputs Punjabi Rajputs Sikh Rajputs Sindhi Rajput

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