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'''Godara''' is a [[clan]] or [[gotra]] of [[Jats]] found in [[Rajasthan]], [[Haryana]], [[Uttar Pradesh]] and [[Delhi]] in [[India]]. Many have also migrated to Western regions such as Gujarat or Pakistan. They are the descendants of Goha Dutta, a prince of the [[Mewar]] dynasty who was adopted by a Brahmin to fight against the Mohala [[Rajput]]s and his descendants come to be called Godara. Godara Jats were the rulers in [[Jangladesh]] before [[Rathores]] annexed it.  They are found in large number  in areas of formerly [[princely state]] of [[Bikaner]]. Chieftains of Sheiksar and Radanvan  belong to this gotra.  Bika Rathor was made a King by the people of this very gotra.

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Rathores under the leadership of [[Bika]] were spreading their rule in Jangladesh. At that time Godara Jats were ruling in about 700 villages in Jangladesh. Pandu was the patriarchal head of the Godaras; his residence was at Shekhsiri. The important towns in their territory were: Poondrasir, Gosensir (great), Shelihsir, Gursisir, Garibdesir, Rungaysir, Kaloo etc. The people of this clan were known as great and ambitious warriors. 

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Moreover, the spot which he selected for his capital, was the birthright of a Jat who would only concede it for this purpose on the condition that his name should be linked in perpetuity with its surrender. [[Nehra]] was the name of the proprietor, which [[Bika]] added to his own, thus composing that of the future capital, [[Bikaner]].

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==References==
*[[Thakur Deshraj]]: Jat Itihas (Hindi), [[Maharaja Suraj Mal]] Smarak Shiksha Sansthan, Delhi, 1934.

*[[James Tod]]: Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan (1829)
*Ram Swarup Joon:  History of the Jats, Rohtak, India (1938, 1967)

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