Draft:Jatiya

Jatav is a different caste and chamar is a different caste.

1.Chamars have gotra system but jatav have no gotra system.

2. Chamars r follower of Guru Ravidas where Jatavs are Followers of ambedkar.

3. Chamaars consider Jatavs to be of a lower caste than themselves.

4. Chamars have their own Brahmins known as Gurra Brahmin or Chamarwa Brahmin.

Famous case among these 2 communities-: There is a very famous case in delhi 10-12 years ago, Where people of Chamar community had built a temple of Guru Ravidas, but people of Jatav community of the same locality filed a case in the court that Guru Ravidas temple should be demolished and Ambedkar's statue and Boudh vihar should be built on it. The case went on in the court for 6-7 years and finally the Chamaar community won.

And for more check out this by Rahul nagpal(himself a jatav)

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5. The Chamars have a good military history. The Chamars had their own Chamar Regiment(1943–1956) in the British Empire as well as the 34th Royal Sikhs pioneers, 32nd Sikh pioneers, 23rd Sikh Pioneers and Sikh Light infrantry in which Chamar sikh(Ramdasia / Ravidassia) and Mazhabi Sikhs were recruited.

chamars also serve in some main regiments of British empire-:

The Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment),.

History

According to the book The Chamar written by Briggs, George Weston, the Jatia or Jatua are found in large numbers in Punjab around Delhi and Gurgaon. They are agriculturists, skin traders and shoemakers. Some of the cultivating sections of this sub-caste do not make leather. Some of the shoemakers do not repair shoes. In some places, especially in the Punjab, the Jatias work on horse and camel skins and refuse to touch cattle hides. ^ Some of the skin traders are rich, and live as comfortably as the high caste Hindus.On the other hand, it is also said that they received the services of Gauda Brahmins, which placed them above all other Chamars, who had to be satisfied with the services of the outcast Chamarva Brahmin.

Today some Jatavs call themselves Jatiya Chamar but Jatiya Chamars live in Punjab, Haryana, Himachal, Jammu and these Chamars marry Ramdasiya Chamars whereas Jatavs do not have the right to do so and Jatavs have described themselves as Yaduvanshi Kshatriyas in Jatav Mahasabha whereas Jatiya Chamars say that they are descendants of Ramdas Chamar and Jatti Mother who live in Punjab, Haryana, Himachal, Jammu. Hence Jatav and Jatiya are two different sub-castes.

Religion

Most of the people of Jatia Chamar community are associated with Hindu and Sikh religions.

Along with the mainstream religious identity, Jatia Chamar community also follows Guru Ravidas.