Redhu
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Redhu is the last name of a particular clan or "gotra
" of people from Jat community
, who generally dwell in areas adjoining Jind
district in the State of Haryana
, India. They are one amongst the dominating Jat communities in Indian state of Haryana and are spread over 28 villages mainly in Jind followed by a village Balak & Singhwa Khas in Hisar and Dr. Suresh Kumar Redhu is first law P.hd & Sh Mukesh Kumar Redhu second LLB person in this village. Redhus have primarily been farmers and soldiers. Nowadays, apart from armed forces, Redhus are excelling in varied and diverse fields such as medicine, research, fashion designing, banking, BPOs, education, merchant navy etc. The most famous among them belong to the village of Loharheri near Bhadurgarh (Rohtak). In defence forces, Redhus have served with distinction from the times prior to the First world war, during the second world war and specially the wars after independece, with quite a few of them having being decorated for gallantry. In recent times notable Redhus like Maj Gen Dalveer Singh, AVSM, VrC, VSM (ex 10 Para), and Maj Gen Rajeshwar Singh, AVSM, VSM ( ex 3 Para) have risen to the higher echelons of armed forces and one or two among them have attained similar ranks in Cost Guards, police and paramilitaries.
Gotra
In the Hindu society, the term Gotra broadly refers to people who are descendants in an unbroken male line from a common male ancestor. Panini defines gotra for grammatical purposes as apatyam pautraprabhrti gotram , which means "the word gotra denotes the progeny beginning with the son's son"...
" of people from Jat community
Jat people
The Jat people are a community of traditionally non-elite tillers and herders in Northern India and Pakistan. 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,...
, who generally dwell in areas adjoining Jind
Jind
Jind is a town in Jind District, Harayana state, India.It is one of the oldest districts of Harayana. It is one of the first Sikh Kingdoms. It lies in central Haryana and is the fourth district of the Jat belt .The city is beautiful...
district in the State of Haryana
Haryana
Haryana is a state in India. Historically, it has been a part of the Kuru region in North India. The name Haryana is found mentioned in the 12th century AD by the apabhramsha writer Vibudh Shridhar . It is bordered by Punjab and Himachal Pradesh to the north, and by Rajasthan to the west and south...
, India. They are one amongst the dominating Jat communities in Indian state of Haryana and are spread over 28 villages mainly in Jind followed by a village Balak & Singhwa Khas in Hisar and Dr. Suresh Kumar Redhu is first law P.hd & Sh Mukesh Kumar Redhu second LLB person in this village. Redhus have primarily been farmers and soldiers. Nowadays, apart from armed forces, Redhus are excelling in varied and diverse fields such as medicine, research, fashion designing, banking, BPOs, education, merchant navy etc. The most famous among them belong to the village of Loharheri near Bhadurgarh (Rohtak). In defence forces, Redhus have served with distinction from the times prior to the First world war, during the second world war and specially the wars after independece, with quite a few of them having being decorated for gallantry. In recent times notable Redhus like Maj Gen Dalveer Singh, AVSM, VrC, VSM (ex 10 Para), and Maj Gen Rajeshwar Singh, AVSM, VSM ( ex 3 Para) have risen to the higher echelons of armed forces and one or two among them have attained similar ranks in Cost Guards, police and paramilitaries.