Awana (clan)

Awana  also known as Awan is a clan of the Gurjar ethnic community of India and Pakistan.

Distributions
They are inhabitant in Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh, Azad Kashmir, Gilgit-Baltistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan, Hazara, Punjab, Pakistan Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan, India.

In 1911 Horace Arthur Rose noted about Awana Gujjars of Gujrat district as; "In 134 of 1893 (Awana Gujars of Kharian tahsil, Gujrát), the continuous residence of the khana-damád was held to secure the succession to the daughter and her sons, not to him."

Notables

 * Satender Awana an Indian politicians belonged to Awana Gujjar family