Editing Jat people (section)

==People==
[[Image:The Jat Regiment Chrome Insignia.jpg|thumb|The [[Jat Regiment]] Battle Insignia]]
Col. [[James Tod]] notes that The Jats hold place amongst the [[36 Royal Races]] of ancient India.<ref>[[James Todd]], [[Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan]], Volume I,: [[James Todd Annals/Chapter 7 Catalogue of the Thirty Six Royal Races|Chapter 7 Catalogue of the Thirty Six Royal Races]],pp.127</ref><ref>Tod.II.256</ref><ref>[http://www.kipling.org.uk/rg_marque_royalraces.htm THE KIPLING SOCIETY]</ref><ref>[http://rajputana.htmlplanet.com/scy_raj/scy_raj1.html Historical Evidence Chapter 1:Scythic Origin of the Rajput Race by Mulchand Chauhan]</ref> Some historians consider Jats, along with Kayasthas and Gujars, out of purview of varna system.<ref>Dr Mohan Lal Gupta:Rajasthan Jñānkosh, Rajasthani Granthagar, Jodhpur, 2008, ISBN 81-86103-05-8, p.244</ref> The Jat people are an ethnic group<ref>History and study of the Jats. Professor B. S. Dhillon, year=1994, Beta Publishers, ISBN 1895603021</ref><ref>[http://www.joshuaproject.net/peopctry.php ''Jat people Ethnic Code: CNN25 - Joshua Project'']</ref><ref>Calvin Kephart, Races of Mankind (Their Origin and Migration), Peter Owen Ltd., London, 1961</ref> spread over [[Northern India]] and [[Pakistan]] (mainly in the [[Punjab region]]).<ref>The Jats - Their Origin, Antiquity and Migration. 1993, ISBN 81-85253-22-8</ref>, but also including large numbers living in the EU, US, Canada, Australia and UK. The Jat people have traditionally been mainly agriculturalists and members of the military. Historically, there have been many Jat kings and other leading figures,<ref>History of the Jatt Clans - H.S. Duleh.</ref> including several prominent political leaders in Pakistan and India, such as [[Chaudhary Charan Singh]], [[Chaudhary Bansi Lal]], [[Chaudhari Devi Lal]], [[Aitzaz Ahsan]] and [[Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi]]. This includes American Senator [[Satveer Chaudhary]] ''(the first South Asian senator in American history)''.<ref>[http://www1.economictimes.indiatimes.com/ET_Features/Special_Pages/The_Global_Indian_Takeover/Minnesotas_Jat_connection/articleshow/2487959.cms Minnesota's Jat connection] The Economic Times,  October 25, 2007]</ref>

A large number of Jats have served in the Indian Army and Pakistan Army, including in the [[Jat Regiment]], Sikh Regiment, Rajputana Rifles and the Grenadiers, where they have won many of the highest military awards for gallantry and bravery. The Jat Regiment is one of the longest serving and most decorated infantry regiments of the Indian Army<ref>[http://www.india-defence.com/reports/2849. Army's Jat Regiment Best Marching Contingent in Republic Day 2007 Parade | India Defence]</ref> having won 24 battle honours between 1839 and 1947, along with numerous decorations of individual members.<ref>[http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/MONITOR/ISSUE3-4/bajwa.html The Jat Regiment].</ref> Jat people in the Pakistan Army, especially in the Punjab Regiment (Pakistan), have also been highly decorated and won medals of the highest orders or bravery. 

The Jat people are one of the most prosperous groups in India on a per-capita basis ([[Punjab (India)|Punjab]], [[Haryana]], and [[Gujarat]] are the wealthiest of Indian states).<ref>[http://www.haryana-online.com/People/jats.htm Haryana Online]</ref> Traditionally they have been a predominant political class in Punjab.<ref>[http://www.indianmuslims.info/news/2007/january/21/india_news/history_of_punjab_politics_jats_do_it.html History of Punjab politics: Jats do it!]</ref>