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The Pachhada are a Muslim ethnic group found in the Pakistani Punjab. They are also known as Rath and Pachhada Rajput.〔A Glossary of the Tribes and Castes of Punjab and North West Frontier Province Volume IV by H. A. Rose pages 191 to 192〕 == Origin == Their ancestral homeland was the Ghagar River Valley and the semi-desert territory that now forms part of the Hissar and Mahendragarh districts of Haryana, and the Ganganagar district of Rajasthan. They were a nomadic and pastoral community and are closely related to the Rath community of Rajasthan. Most reared the local Rathi cattle breed and would migrate with flocks to the rivers Sutlej and Ravi, and as such were also known as Rathi. In neighbouring Rajasthan, Muslim pastoral nomads of Bikaner and Ganganagar are still known as Rathi. The word Pachhada is a corruption of the Punjabi word ''paschim da'' or "westerner", as the Pacchada were said to be immigrants from the Neeli Bar and Sandal Bar regions of what is now Pakistan. However, most of their tribal traditions point to a Rajasthan origin, with almost all Pacchadas bearing the Hinjraon claim to be Rajputs of Rajasthan. This was also seen by the fact that none of the Pacchada spoke Punjabo. Instead, they all spoke dialects of Haryana. The Pachhada were of among a number of Rajput pastoralist groups found the Ghaghar valley and north Rajasthan, and were often closely identified with the Ranghar and Bhatti communities, who have similar customs and traditions.〔A Glossary of the Tribes and Castes of Punjab and North West Frontier Province Volume IV by H. A. Rose pages 191 to 192〕 With the establishment of British rule in the early 19th Century, the new authorities took the view that all pastoral nomads in the Ghaghar valley were a threat to their newly established control, and took stringent measures against all the nomad groups of the region such as the Ranghar, Johiya and Bhatti. Land was allocated to peasant settlers, and an attempt was made to forcibly settle the Pachhada. As a result of these policies, the Pacchada played an important role in the attack on Sirsa in the 1857 Indian War of Independence.〔The peasant armed: by Eric Stokes pages 120 to 122〕 After the reestablishment of British colonial authority, the Pacchada were severely punished by British. There were considerable confiscations of land, and the Pachhada were forcibly settled.〔Hissar District Gazetteer 1916 Part A pages 94 to 96〕 By the early 20th Century, the Pachhada were settled agriculturists, although animal husbandry remained an important subsidiary occupation. At the time of the partition of India in 1947, the Hissar District fell within the territory of India, and all the Pachhada immigrated to Pakistan. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pachhada」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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