Johiya (also Joiya, Joyia or Joria) is a clan found among the
Rajputs of India and Pakistan.
Origin
The Johiya may be modern-day descendants of the ancient
Yaudheya warrior tribe that ruled in some areas of northern India until the period of the
Gupta empire. This theory - which was proposed by
Alexander Cunningham
Major General Sir Alexander Cunningham (23 January 1814 – 28 November 1893) was a British Army engineer with the Bengal Engineer Group who later took an interest in the history and archaeology of India. In 1861, he was appointed to the newly ...
- is not certain and it has also been mooted that they may be connected to another ancient tribe, being the
Audumbaras.
Johiya Rajputs ruled a large part of
Jangladesh region before the arrival of Rao Bika. Later, the Johiya clan were defeated by the joint forces of Godara's and Rao Bika and they were forced to move to
Punjab.
During
18th and 19th century, the Muslim Johiya chieftains - who were vassals of
Bikaner State, had ongoing tussle for the control of northeast Rajasthan (
Hanumangarh) and northwest Haryana (
Sirsa,
Fatehabad,
Rania Rania may refer to:
Places
* Rania, Haryana, a City in Sirsa District, Haryana state of India.
* Ranya, a district in Sulaymaniyah Governorate, Iraqi Kurdistan
* Rania block, a community development block, in Jharkhand, India
** Rania, Khunti, a v ...
and
Hisar) with
Bhatti Ranghar Rajputs and
Jat Sikh
Sikhs ( or ; pa, ਸਿੱਖ, ' ) are people who adhere to Sikhism, Sikhism (Sikhi), a Monotheism, monotheistic religion that originated in the late 15th century in the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent, based on the revelation of Gu ...
rulers of
Patiala and
Jind States.
[Jugal Kishore Gupta, 1991]
History of Sirsa Town
page. 38-48.
References
* Dr Karni Singh (1947): The Relations of House of Bikaner with Central Power, Munsi Ram Manohar Lal Pub. Pvt, 54 Rani Jhansi Road, New Delhi.
* Dasgupta, K.K. A Tribal History of Ancient India: A Numismatic Approach, Calcutta, 1974.
* Lahiri, Bela Indigenous States of Northern India (Circa 200 BC - 320 AD), University of Calcutta, 1974.
* Vedic and Aryan India by H. S Bhatia
{{Rajput Groups of India
Rajput clans of Rajasthan
Social groups of Rajasthan
Jat clans of Punjab
Jat clans of Haryana