World Jat Aryan Foundation

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'''World Jat Aryan Foundation''' is an organization of the [[Jats]] that aims to serve the [[Jat]] community around the world,<ref name="TNS">{{cite news |title=Navjot Sidhu calls for Jat unity |url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2007/20070924/himachal.htm#5 |author=Tribune News Service |newspaper=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]] |place=Dharamsala |date=23 September 2007 |accessdate=26 February 2013}}</ref> in various aspects. It was founded in 2001, having [[Hoshiar Singh Dahiya|Hoshiar Singh]] as its first president.<ref name="Ranjan-indianexpress">{{cite news |title=Sahib Singh wanted to visit Serbia to meet fellow Jats |first=Amitav |last=Ranjan |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101210071804/https://indianexpress.com/oldStory/31955/ |newspaper=[[The Indian Express]] |place=New Delhi |date=21 September 2003 |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/oldStory/31955/ |archive-date=10 December 2010}}</ref>

The foundation is presided by [[Navjot Singh Sidhu]].<ref name="TNS"/> [[Sahib Singh Verma]], Joginder Singh Toor served the World Jat Aryan Foundation, as its former president.<ref name="TNS"/>

==World Jat Congress (2003)==
In September 2003, the foundation hosted the World Jat Congress at [[Belgrade]].<ref name="Ranjan-indianexpress"/> However, the foundation attracted the outburst from the [[Minister of External Affairs (India)|External Affairs Minister]], [[Yashwant Sinha]], as the foundation was directly in touch Serbia-Montenegro Embassy at India, while the [[Ministry of External Affairs (India)|Ministry of External Affairs]] had no clue about this.<ref name="Ranjan-indianexpress"/> As the Delhi elections were just approaching, the Prime Minister of India, [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]], got involved to convince Sahib Singh Verma to cancel his scheduled program to attend the World Jat Congress.<ref name="Ranjan-indianexpress"/> Following the controversy, Vajpayee issued a written appeal to all the [[Cabinet of India|Cabinet Ministers of India]] to consult the Ministry of External Affairs on "issues concerning India’s projection or representation abroad, and initiatives involving foreign governments" before scheduling such events.<ref name="Ranjan-indianexpress"/> As a consequence, the congress was held in September later that year which had been scheduled to be held July.<ref name="Ranjan-indianexpress"/>

==Aims and objectives==
[[File:Navjot Singh Sidhu.jpg|thumb|right|Navjot Singh Sidhu — the president of World Jat Aryan Foundation]]
[[File:The Union Labour Minister Dr. Sahib Singh chairing the 165th Meeting of the CBT, Employees Provident Fund in New Delhi on December 3, 2003 (Wednesday) (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|Sahib Singh Verma]]
World Jat Aryan Foundation is known to organise international conferences at multiple venues, specifically focusing on [[Jat]] community's interests in several fields, like research in history of the Jats,<ref name="Ranjan-indianexpress"/> paying tributes to deceased renowned Jats,<ref name="Jct-TNS">{{cite news |title=Jat conference today |url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2002/20021124/nation.htm#5 |author=Tribune News Service |newspaper=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]] |place=New Delhi |date=23 November 2002 |accessdate=26 February 2013}}</ref> and agriculture related issues.<ref name="Jct-TNS"/> In 2008, the foundation hosted a major conference with Rastriya Surveer Jat Akta Aour Samjhota Manch at [[Sonipat]], to boost the campaigning by Jat Arakshan Sangharsh Samiti to provide reservation for [[Jat]]s in OBC quota.<ref>{{cite news |title=Quota: Jats form panel |url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2008/20080602/haryana.htm#7 |author=Tribune's correspondent |newspaper=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]] |place=Sonepat |date=1 June 2008 |accessdate=26 February 2013}}</ref>

[[Navjot Singh Sidhu]] has urged the Jats to "turn away from all religious and demographical differences and unite on a common platform to discuss and find out ways and means of betterment of the community."<ref name="TNS"/> Sidhu has announced that to achieve the goal of uniting the [[Jats]] around the world and motivating them in order to fight the challenges in front of the community, he would schedule tours to various countries where the [[Jats]] are residing.<ref name="TNS"/>

==See also==
* [[Jat people]]
* [[Jat reservation agitation]]
* [[List of Jats]]
* [[Jat Regiment]]
* [[20th Lancers (British Indian Army)|20th Lancers]]
* [[10th Jats]]
* [[14th Murray's Jat Lancers]]
* [[9th Jat Regiment]]
* [[6th Jat Light Infantry]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.jatjyoti.in/ Official website of Jat Jyoti]

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