Bajju Rajput

BAJJU is the subcaste of rajput(thakur).Bajju's belonge from chandar vansh.These people living at jammu and punjab region.The Bajju clan inhabit the eastern portion of the Bajwat which is named after them. Their origin has already been noticed in connection with their relations to the Bajwa Jats. The Bajjus are all Dogars, generally of short stature and weak physique.
Owing to the dampness of the climate they suffer much from fever. Goitre is also prevalent in the Bajwat and impotence is said to be common. Like all Dogars they take a less somber view of life than does the Jat. They revere an ancestor named Baj, a Sidh or saint, whose samadh exists at Chak Khoja.
According to them Baz was a holy faqir who worshipped on the bank of the Chenab at Chak Khoja. God in the shape of Lakmanji appeared to him out of the river. So did the Jal Pir, presiding spirit of the waters. Then he became a Sidh, that is a famous saint. When he died he was buried, not burned, and his samadh or tomb is at Chak Khoja. When Baz was recognized by the Gods and became a Sidh, the Bajjus all put on necklaces of tulsi as a sign that they had become his followers. Bajjus are Hindus; Bajwas are Hindu, Sikh or Musalman.
The Bajjus take girls in marriage from the Thakur castes inhabiting Jammu territory. They give daughters to Minhas Chib and Bahu Rajputs. But towards the end of 1915 the Bajjus resolved to give up the system of hyper gamy and now they say that they will give their daughters only to clans who are ready to reciprocate.The Rajput clans of the what is now Himachal Pradesh, as well as the districts of Gurdaspur and Hoshiarpur remained Hindu. The Punjab Hill states were centres of some of the oldest Rajput states in India. The Hindu Rajputs of Gurdaspur and the Jammu region are referred to as the Dogras. Prior to the partition of India, Dogra settlements also extended to Gujratand Sialkot, where there were settlements in Bajju and some other surnames.

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