Posts tagged ‘Kurukshetra’

11/03/2012

* Indian Jat agitation spreads to new areas

Times of India: “The Jat agitation demanding reservation in government jobs spread to Haryana’s Kurukshetra, Jind and some areas of Bhiwani on Saturday.

The protests had been confined to Hisar’s Mayyar village and Fatehabad’s Gajuwala where Jats blocked roads and squatted on railway tracks.

Sedition charges have been slapped on 68 agitating Jat leaders. In protest, agitators pelting stones at paramilitary forces at Bajelpur village of Fatehabad.”

via Jat agitation spreads to new areas – The Times of India.

The Jat caste is mainly confined to NW India – consisting of both Hindu and Sikh Jats  (and Pakistan – Muslim Jats). See http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/301575/Jat

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