Aulakh

Aulakh

Aulakh ( _hi. औलख) ( _ur. اولاخ), also known as Ola (ओला) or Aula (औला) is a clan from the Jat people found in Pakistan Punjab, Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh.

Origin

Aulakhs claim Nagavanshi or Chandravanshi descent. According to Hindu mythology, "Ayu" was a Chandravansi ruler. Nine generations after him was born "Alarva". Alarva had two sons namely "Kaiyan" and "Nagas". Descendants of Nagas were called Nagavanshis. The Nagavansh had eight branches:

# Vasati or Vais
# Taxak or Takshak
# Aulakh
# Kalkal
# Kala, Kali, Dhaman, Kalkhande
# Meetha
# Bharshiv
# Bharhaich.

In Hindu mythology, one descendant of the Nagavanshi was Uluka who ruled in state of Uluka in the Dwapar Yuga. He was son of Kitava. He was king of a country and people of the same name. He was an ally of the Kauravas, and acted as their envoy to the Pandavas. The arrival of King Uluka into the "Sabha" ("Assembly") of Yudhishtra, has been mentioned in the Sabhaparva of the Mahabharata. The inhabitants of Uluka state and the descendants of Raja Uluka were known as Aulakh or Aula or Ola.

History

The British rulers in colonial India considered Aulakhs good soldiers. In 1922 Sepoy Jassa Singh Aulakh was shot dead by Henry Templar, a British officer, for marrying one his sisters. Jassa Singh's wife Margaret later committed suicide. There were many folk songs devoted to these lovers during the 1930s and 1940-50s.

Geographic distribution

The clan is spread all over Northern India, and is found in many villages of AMRITSAR District of PUNJAB. Three well-known Aulakh villages "SOHAL THATHI" , "SOHAL" are located in the Majha district outside of Taran Tarn.

Religion

In Pakistan Punjab they are mostly muslim. In Punjab state, they are mostly Sikhs. In Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan, Aulakhs are mostly Hindus. Sikhs mostly spell the name as Aulakh. Hindu Jats of this gotra spell their name as Ola or Aula mostly in Rajasthan.aulakh have 13 villge in near attari ex; kohala,kotli,kohli,madoke,chowgawn.maharani jind kour was from aulakh famlliy.

References

*Thakur Deshraj: Jat Itihas (Hindi), Maharaja Suraj Mal Smarak Shiksha Sansthan, Delhi, 1934.
*Jat Samaj, Agra – October 1992
*Capt. Dilip Singh Ahalawat: Jat Viron ka Itihas (Hindi)


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