Ajmeria

Ajmeria or Ajmeedia or Ajmidhia is gotra (clan) of Jats found in India.

Origin

Some Ajmerias claim descent from Nila, the youngest son of Samrat Bharat.[1] They were known as Ajmidhia or Ajmeria after Ajmidha.

According to another version, the Ajmerias were a group of people who came from the area around the city of Ajmer in Rajasthan and settled in various places. They were known as Ajmeria or Ajmeri after the name of the city Ajmer.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Jat Samaj magazine, Agra, September 1992 page-16
  2. ↑ Dr Mahendra Singh Arya, Dharmpal Singh Dudi, Kishan Singh Faujdar & Vijendra Singh Narwar: Adhunik Jat Itihasa (The modern history of Jats), Agra 1998