Originally pastoralists in the lower Indus river-valley of Sindh, Jats migrated north into the Punjab region in late medieval times, and subsequently into the Delhi Territory, northeastern Rajputana, and the western Gangetic Plain in the 17th and 18th centuries.
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Hindu Jats took up arms against the Mughal Empire during the late 17th and early 18th centuries.
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Hindu Jats are a paradigmatic example of community- and identity-formation in early modern Indian subcontinent.
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The Hindu Jats had their origins in pastoralism in the Indus valley, and gradually became agriculturalist farmers.
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Hindu Jats provide an important insight into how religious identities evolved during the precolonial era.
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Only after they became more integrated into the agrarian world did the Hindu Jats adopt the dominant religion of the people in whose midst they dwelt.
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Hindu Jats had moved into the Gangetic Plain in two large migrations, in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries respectively.
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Hindu Jats are classified as Other Backward Class in seven of India's thirty-six States and UTs, namely Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Delhi, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.
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The Hindu Jats participated in both World War I and World War II, as a part of the British Indian Army.
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Some sources state that Hindu Jats are regarded as Kshatriyas, while others assign Vaishya or Shudra varna to them.
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The Arya Samaj saw it as a means to counter the colonial belief that the Hindu Jats were not of Aryan descent but of Indo-Scythian origin.
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Hindu Jats are part of Punjabi and Haryanvi culture and are often portrayed in Indian and Pakistani films and songs.
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