Gegi (clan)

Gegi,[1][2][3] Gaigi,[4] or Gegian[5] is a clan (subcaste) of the agricultural Punjabi Gujjar community of Punjab. Their main villages are found in Jehlum, Gujjaranwal, and Gujarat districts in the central Punjab. But their also found in Jammu and Kashmir, Gilgit-Baltistan and Pakistani-administrated-Kashmir.

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  2. ^ Om, Hari (1998). Beyond the Kashmir Valley. Har-Anand Publications. p. 81. ISBN 978-81-241-0558-0. The Gujjars are divided into several "gotras", "Kabeelas" and "deras." Some of their main "gotras" are Bajran, Khatana, Awana, Boken, Berger, Banth, Baru, Bhaleshar, Bogdi, Baniya, Gorsi, Barwal, Chohan, Chopra, Kohli, Chabra, Chad, Doi, Rathore, Dhahder, Gegi, Hakla, Jagal, Kandal...
  3. ^ Kumar, Raj (2008). Encyclopaedia of Untouchables Ancient, Medieval and Modern. K.P publishers. p. 447. ISBN 978-81-7835-664-8. Gujarat sections: Gegi_ in Gujarat, Gurdaspur, Ludhiana
  4. ^ Vidya Prakash Tyagi (2009). Martial Races Of Undivided India. kalpas. p. 239.
  5. ^ Bharadwaj, A. N. (1994). History and Culture of Himalayan Gujjars. Jay Kay Book House. p. 73.