Ghorewaha

Ghorewaha (pronounced "Gohraywaha") are a Kaushal Suryavanshi Rajput clan of India and Pakistan.

Kauhsal/Koshal Ghorewaha are Suryavanshi Rajputs They are descendants of Raja Hawaha (also spelt "Ahwaha"), who became recognized for his equestrian prowess in the early 12th century, hence the name "Ghorewaha" or "expert equestrian". Raja Maan, a descendant of Kush son of Lord Rama, had two sons, Raja Kachwaha and Raja Hawaha.Descendents of Raja Kachwaha are known as Kachwahas and that of Raha Hawaha are known as Ghorewaha.

Hawaha and Kachwaha , came from Kot Kurman or Kurwan on a pilgrimage to Jawala Mukhi. Near Awak or Rakh, a place in Ludhiana, close to Rupar, they met then Muslim Ruler of area. He offered Raja Kachwaha and Raja Hawaha ownership of as much land as they could encircle on horseback from dawn to dusk in a single day on either side of the Sutlej River in exchange of their fine horses.

Raja Hawaha encircled an area comprising 1,860 villages north of the Sutlej whereas his brother, Raja Kachwaha, took an area south of the Sutlej. Raja Hawaha threw down his spear at the end of his long journey while Raja Kachwha threw down his kangan(bracelet). Where the former threw down the spear (sela), is now the village of Selkiana, while the latter marked the spot he had arrived at by his bracelet (kangan), on the site of the present village Kanganwal.

Raja Kachwaha, thereafter, returned to his ancestral home in Kot Kurman, Rajasthan whereas Raja Hahawa settled on his newly acquired lands in the Punjab, hence the reason why the Ghorewaha are primarily settled in the Punjab region of modern-day Pakistan and India.[4] According to A Glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North-West Frontier Province,[1] the Ghorewaha are the oldest Rajput rulers of the Punjab. They lived primarily in the district of Hoshiarpur (mainly Garshankar tehsil), Jalandhar and Nawanshahr of the Punjab before partition of the British Indian Empire in 1947. Since many Koshal/Ghorewahas converted to Islam, most migrated to Pakistan after partition in 1947,thus losing their Jagirs and land. Descendants of those who did not converted to islam still live in Nawanshar, Hoshiarpur, Garhshankar and Balachaur of Punjab

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