A very aged Senior Advocate in Supreme Court, who himself is a Jat, told me this story.
He shared two memories.
First, when they used to go to school, they used to pass through a shelter home for disabled cows. They used to touch cows with affection while going to schools.
Secondly, he said, in 1927 or so, there were no Hindu Jat and Muslim Jat. They all were just Jats. Muslim Jats were called Chhotu Kha with affection.
A British Collector asked them to fill up forms and specify whether they were Hindu or Muslim.
The Jat refused to do so. Them simply filled up forms describing them as Jats only.
Haresh Raichura
5/11/13
