Kaliramna

Kaliramna
Jat Clan
Location	Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan, Delhi Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh
Varna	Kshatriya
Vansh	Nagavansha
Branches	Kaliraman, Kaliraman, Kaleramne, Kala, Kalidhaman, Kalkhande, Kalirawan, Kalirai, Kalerana, Kalirawat, Kalu
Language	Haryanvi, Hindi, Punjabi and Rajasthani
Religion	Hinduism and Sikhism

Kaliramna or Kaliraman or Kaleramne is gotra of Jats found in Haryana and Punjab. Kala, Kalidhaman, Kalkhande, Kalirawan, Kalerana, Kalirawat, Kalirai, Kalu are the variations of the same gotra. This gotra is branch of Nagavanshi or Nagas. There is a place called Kalirawan in Hisar district, Haryana, which is associated with them.

Origin

They have originated from Kaliya, who was a Nagavanshi Kshatriya king in Ramanaka Dwipa area near Mathura.

Kalas are descendants of Kalashoka, the son of Shishunaga.

History

They had won the Kalakuta also. People of this gotra had republics in Singhpura and Bhagowala in Punjab.

A king of this gotra was the ruler near Mathura, on the banks of Yamuna River. The ancient fort of Kaliramna is in ruins near Mathura. His fort was known as fort of Kalidheh. The famous episode of Mahabharata regarding Lord Krishna’s killing of a black python, Kaliya, is related with some bad ruler from this gotra. With the killing of Kaliya Naga, Krishna brought the end of this clan’s rule in Brij.^{citation needed}