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Dhanori: A village of war widows, and warriors in Rajasthan

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Dhanori Village, (Jhunjhunu), RAJASTHAN :

A total seventeen soldiers hailing from Dhanori, have attained martyrdom for the country.

At present, more than 550 from the village are serving the Indian Army, while many are enjoying their post retirement life back in their hamlet. There is not a single house in the village, from where a family member has not served the army.

Dhanori’s war widows with the pictures of their husbands

Jhunjhunu: 

A common thread binds Sayera Bano, Hasan Bano, Anwar Bano, Mumtaj Bano and Alhamdo Bano, of Jhunjhunu’s Dhanori village. They are all war widows. This village in Rajasthan, has given Indian army, soldiers who have given their lives to serve the interest of the nation right from the First and Second World Wars to Sino-India war to  Indo-Pak war and the Kargil war. Name a war, and the village will have a martyr for it, and the war widows.

Sayera’s husband, Azimuddin Khan had been martyred in World War II, Hasan and Anwar had lost their husband Saifi Muhammad and Nizamuddin Khan in 1962, Indo-China war. Mumtaz’s husband Zafar Ali Khan had martyred in 1971 and Alhamdo’s husband Ramzan Khan gave his life, while protecting the Indian soil during the Kargil war. However, the widows of World War I from the village are no longer alive, but there were six army men from Dhanori had attained martyrdom, in the war.

A total seventeen soldiers hailing from Dhanori, have attained martyrdom for the country.

At present, more than 550 from the village are serving the Indian Army, while many are enjoying their post retirement life back in their hamlet. There is not a single house in the village, from where a family member has not served the army.

“I have fought against Pakistan during the Indp-Pak war of 1971,” said retired Captain, Ali Hassan to eNewsroom. The war was not easy for our village, as we lost three of our sons, during this war. The village has also a Veer Chakra recipient. “Major MH Khan was from our village, I was under him. He was martyred in the war, later awarded the Veer Chakra,” recalled the retired captain.

MH Khan, whose father was an IAS officer, is the only army man from the village, to have made it to the rank of a Major in the Indian army. He, back then had pursued his education in Hyderabad.

Ali Hassan’s family has been protecting the Indian borders, fighting wars for safety of the nation for four generations now. Hassan takes immense pride in this and said with an air, “My grandfather and father were in the Indian army, so, I too joined it and now my son is serving our nation.”

Dhanori, is only 15 kilometers away from Jhunjhunu, and has a population of over 10000, of which a little over 70 percent comprises Muslims. They are mostly, Kayamkhani Muslims and have played a vital role in motivating people from every community to send at least one of their sons to serve the nation.

“We guided our friends from other community to join the Indian army,” Perwez Khan, who just retired after serving 17 years. He was youngest to be recruited from the village to Indian Army. He started serving the nation at a tender age of 16 only.

Despite, Dhanori sending so many men to fight for the nation, the government seems to be a little hesitant in acknowledging its contribution towards safeguarding India. “Dhanori has no senior secondary school. The Primary Health Center (PHC) shuts down soon after 4pm; there is no full-fledged hospital here. The roads are also not good. We also need a bank and an ATM,” rued Perwez.

“We also do not understand, why our village has not been adopted by any MP, since there will be no such place in India from where so many people have attained martyrdom,” said Alhamdo, the widow of Kargil war.

source: http://www.enewsroom.in / eNewsRoom India / Home> Freshly Brewed> Rajasthan / by Shahnawaz Akhtar / May 11th, 2017

Jaipur: This Kayamkhani family is all IAS, IPS and RAS

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Jaipur, RAJASTHAN :

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Jhunjhunu’s Nuan village can easily be dubbed nursery of civil servants. This village of Kayamkhani Muslims has three IAS, one IPS and five RAS from a single family. Former union minister and an army officer Captain Ayyub Khan also belongs to this village.

Recently, this tiny village got an IAS officer in Zakir Hussain whose elder brother, Ashfaq Hussain is already an IAS officer. Their elder brother Liaqat Ali Khan is retired IPS officer. The villagers erupted with joy when they got the news of Zakir’s success who is 10th civil servant in the family. He was officer of accounts service who has now been promoted to IAS. His wife Wasim Bano who had come to her parents home said, she was very happy after her husband’s promotion. Her father engineer, Akhtar Hussain said that everyone was happy and proud of his son- in- law.

This is perhaps the first instance in the state’s bureaucracy that two brothers are serving as IAS at the same time. Zakir’s brother, Ashfaq is also IAS and posted in the education department.

The extraordinary of this family begin with Hayat Muhammed Khan who served in the army. He ensured that his children get education and create a niche for themselves.

Three of his five sons are IAS and one is IPS. One is retired from the education department. Farah Khan, his granddaughter and daughter of IAS Ashfaq Hussain is officer of Indian Revenue Service (IRS); she recently got married to IAS Qamar-ul Zaman Choudhary, while Shaheen Ali Khan, the grandson of Hayat Khan and son of retired IG Liaqat Ali Khan is, RAS. Shaheen’s wife Monika is Dy. SP in the jail department.

Children of Hayat Khan’s daughter Salim and his wife are both RAS. Hayat Khan’s younger brother Abdul Samad’s son Zaki Ahmed Khan was colonel in the army and his children Shaqib and Ishrat are also colonel in the army.

Liaqat Ali Khan, retired IPS. He was also chairman of the Waqf board.

Ashfaq Hussain, promoted from RAS to IAS. He was Dausa collector and currently posted in education department.

Zakir Hussain, joint secretary in the accounts service promoted to IAS.

Farah Khan, IRS, daughter of IAS Ashfaq Khan

Shaheen Ali Khan RAS currently posted in EGS (NREGA) as additional director. He is son of retired IPS Liaqat Ali Khan. His wife Monika is Dy SP in jail department.

Salim Khan, RAS is secretary in Madrasa Board. He is son of Liaqat Ali’s sister Akhtar Bano. His wife Sana Siddiqi is assistant settlement officer in the secretariat.

Qamar Ul Zaman IAS is married to daughter of IAS Ashfaq Khan and his wife Farah is IRS.

Javed RAS belongs to Nuan and currently posted in Alwar and married to daughter of Liaqat Ali’s sister.

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The extraordinary feat of this family began with Hayat Muhammed Khan who served in the army. He ensured that his children get education and create a niche for themselves. Three of his five sons are IAS and one is IPS. One is retired from education department.

source: http://www.dnaindia.com / DNA – Daily News & Analysis / Home> India News> Jaipur News / by Sandip Khedia / November 14th, 2017

The fight has not left Cavalry Khandan of Jhunjhunu

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Nuah Village (Jhunjhunu District), RAJASHTAN :

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Jaipur :

Eighty five-year-old Muraad Ali Khan, a native of Nuan village in  Jhunjhunu district of the state, gets all animated whenever trouble starts brewing on the border.

His family, popularly known as ‘Cavalry Khandan’ (Cavalry family), and his six cousins had participated in India-Pakistan wars in 1965 and 1971. Though all his cousins died over the past three years following old-age problems, Ali is an active participant in the ongoing discussions and debates on deteriorating Indo-Pak relations.

Some hours after the Indian Army carried out the surgical strikes in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK), 10 days after the Uri outrage, TOI spoke to Ali for his reactions to the conflict.

Not surprisingly, Ali, who has been following developments through television and newspapers like the rest of the country, was happy and congratulated the government of India and Army. “I must congratulate our forces for the act. I think our Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s tactics to isolate Pakistan is yielding results and the cancellation of the SAARC summit is proof fir it,” Ali said on Thursday.

His cousins — Captain Mohammed Ayub Khan, Captain Gaus Mohammed Khan, Captain Mohammed Sadiq Khan, Captain Yusuf Khan and Captain Gulaam Sarvar — had served the Indian Army in the 1965 and 1971 wars against Pakistan in various capacities.

He is the only surviving member of the ‘Cavalary Khandan’ who had served the Indian Army as a subedaar.

Captain Ayub was a Union minister who died on September 16 following a massive cardiac arrest. He was 85 and a recipient of Vir Chakra for his acts of valour during the 1965 India-Pakistan war. Ali’s village Nuan has at least one member from every family serving in the Army in various capacities.

“My opinion of the ongoing scenario is that India should isolate Pakistan financially, diplomatically and should continue with these surgical operations. They don’t deserve any mercy,” he added. In between, he wanted to know the number of casualties in surgical operations carried out by India. “Humari fauj Pakistan ki harqaton ka maqool jawab de sakti hai (Our Army can give appropriate answer to Pakistan). Humare sabr ka imtihaan na le Pakistan (Pakistan should avoid testing our patience),” he added.

Mohammed Shariq Khan, son of late Captain Sadiq Khan, who works as a teacher, said, “Whenever he (Ali) gets news of an army man being martyred, he gets pumped up. His blood pressure goes up. All his brothers had done a lot for the country. Our village has a good number of Qayamkhani muslims and from other communities who had fought in battles with Pakistan.”

source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / News Home> City News> Jaipur / by Ashish Mehta / TNN / September 30th, 2016