Jasrota The capital of Jasrotia Rajputs

Jasrota is the capital city of the Jasrotia rajputs, founded by Jasdev, a descendant of the The Royal House of Jammu and Kashmir.

The fort exactly lies near Kathua and it is known that the Jasrota town was founded by Jasdev—a king of Jammu in the 12th century AD. The king of Jasrota constructed a big fort. It is said that originally the fort had seven gates but presently only four gates exist. Jasrota has been mentioned an important state of Jammu hills during the medieval period. Abul Fazl in his Akbarnama and Aim-i-Akbari has mentioned that Jasrota was a Rajput State during Akbar’s period. The area covered by the fort and its architectural features show that the Jasrota was a rich and militarily strong State.

According to Hutchison and Vogel, author of the Punjab Hill States, "owing to the fertility of the tract, being so close to the plains, Jasrota under its native rulers was a powerful state which viewed with Jammu in importance down to the time of its extinction in 1834".Their castle which they built to fight the Sikhs or any external threats which they perceived from the other rulers of that time. The palace of the Jasrotias still exists and is a reminder of the Jasrotia history. It is situated on the banks of river Ujjh, around 65 km, from the Jammu city, in Jammu and Kashmir.

Mian Mukund Dev of Jasrota

Now the place has been covered under the Jasrota Wild life sanctuary but still the Jasrotia Rajputs meet there once in a year to remember their great history and also they organise a Yagya for the temple which has been built inside the palace.

About Jasrotia's

Jasrotia is the name of a branch of the Kachwaha clan of Surya Vanshi rajputs. Jasrotia's are sub clans of Sangotre/Jamwals (natives of Jammu province of j&k). They have migrated from Rajasthan at the time of Aurangzeb towards North. Where they can re-unite and attack Mungal Empreor Aurangzeb. Jasrota was their capital, which is situated about 65 km before Jammu city. And then they migrated to different parts of India (i.e. Harrot in Himachal and Pathankot in Punjab)

Famous Jasrotia Personalities

Capt Arun Singh Jasrotia (Ashok Chakra)

Ashok Chakra, the nation’s highest gallantry award during peace-time, has been awarded to brave paratrooper Capt Arun Singh Jasrotia in 1996. Capt Arun Jasrotia displayed grit and courage as he led his troops in a raid on a militant camp on September 15, 1995 where nearly 20 foreign mercenaries were holed up in the Lolab Valley. Finding his men in a disadvantageous position under rocket and rifle fire, Arun led the assault culminating in a fierce hand-to-hand fight. Despite multiple injuries, he pressed on with the assault and accounted for a number of militants, before a bullet ended his life.


Major Ajay Singh Jasrotia (Sena Medal)

Service Number: SS - 36635A, 13 JAK Rifles.

Born on April 13, 1971, he was commissioned in Army in 1996 after graduating from Commerce College, Jammu. Born in a traditional army family, nationalism and patriotism was in his blood. He preferred army to all the elite services. His Father name is Mr Arjun Singh Jasrotia(DIG BSF)

Maj Ajay Singh Jasrotia, moved with the unit for 'OP VIJAY' as part of 56 Mtn Bde. The unit was tasked to capture Pt 5140, which dominates the Srinagar-Leh Highway. Accordingly, an administrative base was sited at Drass. On 15 Jun 99, the location came under heavy enemy artillery shelling. The very first shell injured six OR and sent across a wave of shock and panic among other who desperately ran for cover. Maj Ajay Singh Jasrotia, immediately sensed the gravity of the situation, took charge and ordered all the troops to take cover within the area of the adm base. Thereafter, instead of taking cover, he attended to the casualties inspite of the continuing artillery shelling and arranged for evacuation of the wounded to safety. He organised troops into suitable groups and along with them, carried the soldiers on his back amidst heavy artillery shelling which continued unabated. During the evacuation of the casualties, a shell landed in close vicinity of Maj Jasrotia, injuring him seriously. With total disregard to his injuries, Maj Jasrotia continued with his task of evacuating the injured soldiers. This worsened his condition due to steady loss of blood, but inspite of persistent persuasions by the troops, Maj Jasrotia refused to be evacuated even as life slowly ebbed out of him. He finally succumbed to his injuries, thus making the supreme sacrifice of his life, but not before he had sent six serious casualties to their safety, all of whom later survived.

Capt Rakesh Singh Jasrotia( Sena Medal)

Service Number: IC-53809, 167 Field Regiment. In 1999 Capt Rakesh Singh Jasrotia has been awarded to Sena Medal .

Late Th. Baldev Singh Jasrotia (Former MP and MLA)

Th. Baldev Singh Jasrotia was born in an Army Family in 1918 at Puna. His father was late Subedar Major Thakur Narain Singh Jasrotia(Former Geoge Vth). He was a Law Graduate from Lahore University Before Joining Praja Parishid, Baldev Singh Jasrotia remained President of Rajput Sabha Jammu and became President Bhartiya jan Sangh. Shri Baldev Singh Jasrotia was a member of the 6th Lok Sabha from 1977 to 1979, representing Jammu constituency .He was contested MP elections from Jammu-Poonch Parliamentary constituency as a rival candidate under the banner of Janta Front and defeated Sheikh Abdul Rehman. In the period of 1980 he was elected as MLA from Hiranagar Assembly Constituency. In 1987 he was again elected as MLA from Hiranagar constituency and was elected as president of BJP j&K. He is survived by three sons and three daughters.

Shri Jasrotia, an advocate by profession, strove for bringing parity in the socio-economic and political status of the people, and worked for the welfare of the poor, downtrodden, disabled and the deprived sections of society. Shri Jasrotia died on August 25 2008 at Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir, at the age of 89.


Shri Charanjit Singh Jasrotia (MLA) Kathua

Charanjit Singh Jasrotia won as independent candidate from Kathua constituency Elections 2008. Charanjit Singh Jasrotia is a former Government employee and worked as Additional DCs. Posted at KATHUA . Charanjit Singh Jasrotia bagged 19,123 votes and won the seat by 2362 votes defeating Som Raj Majotra (BSP, 16761), Babu Singh (Independent, 10,887), Prof Sain Dass (BJP, 7913) and Lal Singh (Congress, 6053). He is B.SC, M.A, B.ED

Dr. Avtar Singh Jasrotia (Associate Professor & Course Coordinator M.Sc. Remote Sensing and GIS Department of Geology University of Jammu)

Field of Specialization : Remote Sensing & GIS and Groundwater

HONOURS AND AWARDS : Best paper presentation Award in the 13th convention IGC Silver Jubilee Awards, organized by the Indian Geological Congress, Roorkee during Dec. 26th -28th , 2003 at Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun.