There is a rapper from Hisar who has been at it for over a decade. No viral moment. No label backing. No PR machine. Just a guy from Hisar who heard Bohemia in 10th class, got off-beat on his school stage, and never stopped.
His name is Sargana Haryanvi rapper. Real name Rajat. And if you have not heard of him — that is exactly the point of this article.
Peddler Media sat down with Sargana on the For Haryanvi By Haryanvi podcast. What he shared in that one conversation is the kind of story the Haryanvi music industry rarely talks about.
Who Is Sargana Haryanvi Rapper?
Sargana Haryanvi Rapper and musician from Hisar, Haryana. His stage name — Sargana — was suggested by his friend Prashant during his early studio days. The word means “head of the group,” which sits right alongside rap names like King, Badshah, and Ikka.
His real name is Rajat. He studied at Government PG College Hisar from 2012 to 2015 — or tried to, before music took over completely. He is a dropout, by his own admission, and says it without regret.
He has been part of the Haryanvi music industry since around 2014. By that math — over 11 years.
How Did It All Start?
It started with Bohemia. Rajat was in 10th class — around 2010-11 — when he first heard Punjabi rap. The adrenaline hit was immediate. He started memorising lines, performing for friends on Bluetooth-era phones, and chasing that feeling.
His friends did what friends do. They hyped him up enough to put his name on the school annual function list.
He went on stage. The beat started. And he went completely off-beat. The kids laughed. The principal covered her mouth. The teachers exchanged looks. The performance was cut short.
That night, instead of giving up, Rajat went home and tried to figure out what went wrong. No YouTube tutorials. No 4G. One GB of data for the whole month. He started going to cyber cafes — paying Rs 5 or Rs 10 per hour, sitting next to kids updating their Orkut profiles — just to watch how rappers flow on a beat.
He learned tempos. He learned what off-beat means. He practised on instrumentals downloaded via Bluetooth and data cables.
By the next annual function, he was ready. Same beat. Same rap. But this time, the principal came on stage to clap for him.
What Happened at Government PG College Hisar?
College was where Sargana Haryanvi rapper became a name people actually knew. At Government PG College Hisar, he performed in Youth Festivals — the inter-college competition circuit.
He did not just rap. He played the xylotin (patti tarang) in the Indian classical orchestra and played tasha in the Haryanvi orchestra. His college won the overall trophy — and his items were a big reason why.
Teachers knew him. Students knew him. He was allowed into the music room even without class. Attendance got marked even when he was not in the classroom — because everyone assumed he was in the music room, and they were right.
In a batch of 2,500 students, he was one of those faces that stood apart — not for mischief, not for grades, but because he was the one who rapped. He dropped out before finishing his degree. Music was the only plan.
Who Was His First Industry Connection?
His first studio visit was at VR Bros — Raju Punjabi’s studio in Hisar — around 2013-14. A friend took him along for some other work. Rajat tagged along. Raju Punjabi noticed him, appreciated his work, and pushed him to keep going.
That push mattered more than it sounds. Without that early encouragement, Rajat says, he may have just finished college doing Youth Fests and never entered the industry at all.
He also visited Desi Rock studio — KD’s studio — where he met Lakhvir (Lakha) Bhai, the composer behind some of the earliest Haryanvi hits. Lakhvir gave him work too. Collaborative tracks were made. Things were moving.
His first song released around 2014, under the name Sargana. He says two songs are easy to find now — Milkebar Ki Body and Huke Wala Jaat. His very first track, Superman, came out on 9X Station, but has been deleted and re-uploaded so many times it takes some hunting.
What Went Wrong? (The Industry Betrayal)
In 2014, someone approached Sargana for a rap feature. The deal was simple — no money, but his face and name would appear in the video. Exposure in exchange for the verse. He wrote the rap. He recorded it. The song released. A friend sent him the link. He played it.
His rap was there. His name was in the credits. But the face in the video was someone else’s. Another person was lip-syncing his lines.
He called Raju Punjabi. Raju Sahab said he did not know either. He called the person who made the song. That person said they did not have his number.
Raju Sahab told him — yaar, industry mein chalta hai. Sargana said — toh phir main kaam nahi karunga.
And he meant it. He went quiet. Three to four years. No new tracks. The industry had shown him what it was.
The Zomato Phase & Real Struggle
After leaving Rohtak’s SUPUWA (State University of Performing and Visual Arts), where he had gone to study audiography and film-related skills, Sargana came back to Hisar with no income and a stubbornness about music.
He decided to do Zomato delivery. No bike of his own — he borrowed one from his mama (maternal uncle) under strict terms: Rajat would ride, but he had to wash the bike too, because it belonged to someone else.
His delivery partner Dilpreet would sometimes take the wheel when Rajat’s legs hurt from riding all day.
One order came in from Natraj Hotel in Rohtak. Dilpreet delivered it. The customer turned out to be a female classmate from SUPUWA. Dilpreet wore a helmet and pulled a rumal across his face the whole time. She may have recognised him anyway.
Sargana laughs telling this story. But the point underneath it is not funny — it is about a decade of real struggle, the kind that does not make it into press releases.
His first significant music earning was Rs 5,000 from a rap recorded during his SUPUWA days. He remembers the number clearly. It came and went quickly.
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What Is “Ke Gyaan” and Why Does It Matter?
Before the mainstream names in Haryanvi music became household, Sargana had written a song called Ke Gyaan — he says it was written during his college days.
He sent it to a prominent Haryanvi artist — one he describes carefully without naming directly, someone Hisar-based and now very established — and that artist told him: yaar, yeh gaana aaj se 15 saal pehle ka bana diya.
The song is out. It is searchable on Spotify and YouTube. Sargana says if you want to understand what his writing can do — go find Ke Gyaan and listen to it.
His grandfather was a sangi — a traditional Haryanvi ragini writer. Sargana found his grandfather’s old notebooks after he passed away. Inside were full compositions — tukbandi, raag, compositions written with instructions on how to sing them. His grandfather had called it daud — which, Sargana realised, was essentially rap. Flow on a rhythm. Words that run.
The music was always in the bloodline. It just skipped a generation.
What Does Sargana Think About the Haryanvi Hip Hop Scene?
He is honest about it. Haryanvi hip hop is growing — slowly, but growing. Artists are now rapping in Bagri and Deshwali dialects too, not just standard Haryanvi. Cypher culture is picking up in pockets. Young dancers are part of the scene. Battles happen. Small ones, but they happen.
But the mainstream industry runs on numbers. If your Instagram does not have a lakh followers, most companies will not take your call. If your YouTube does not cross a million views, the meeting never gets scheduled. The art is secondary. The metrics come first.
Sargana does not say this with bitterness — he says it with clarity. He has been on the receiving end of it long enough to know exactly how it works.
He also mentions two underrated names worth watching from the Haryana underground scene:
- Kaize (A talented artist from Hisar)
- Ajooba (Another Hisar-based rapper who is close to getting a collaboration with a very big name in Indian hip hop)
What Did He Learn From All of This?
He sums up his decade in two lines. First — your price matters. If you give your art for free, you become free. Know your value before the industry decides it for you.
Second — dropping out is not the same as stopping. He has dropped from college twice, left a city, left a course, walked away from an industry for years. But he never stopped writing.
The person who walked off that school stage off-beat in 2011 is the same person still sitting with a mic in 2025. That is the real story.
Where Can You Find Sargana’s Music?
Search Sargana rapper on YouTube or check his official tracks on Spotify.
For the full conversation, watch the Peddler Media podcast — For Haryanvi By Haryanvi, Season 1.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Who is Sargana Haryanvi Rapper?
Sargana (real name Rajat) is an independent hip-hop artist and musician from Hisar, Haryana. He is known for his 11-year journey in the Haryanvi underground rap scene.
What are the most popular songs of Sargana?
His most notable tracks include Ke Gyaan,and Huke Wala Jaat (a collaboration from his early studio days with Raju Punjabi).
Where can we watch Sargana’s latest interview?
You can watch his full detailed life story and struggle on Peddler Media’s official podcast series titled For Haryanvi By Haryanvi.
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