Sansi-Sandhawalia
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Sansi (Sandhawalia) is a very small Jat tribe (or gotra) originally from Rajasthan and now living in Punjab. In the 1881 Census it was listed as one of the smallest of the Jat tribes [1]. Sansi (Sandhawalia) is a small Jat gotra consisting of landowners and landed-farmers and are not connected to other groups called Sansi [2][3].
Maharaja Ranjit Singh, the Sikh ruler of Punjab, and his family asserted lineage from this Jat tribe [4] [5] [6] that originated from their ancestor Raja Shah (Salvahan), son of Raja Gaj Singh of Jaisalmer. [7] [8] The Sansi (Sandhawalia) Jatt tribe was inconspicuous before Ranjit Singh's claim. Raja Sansi International Airport at Amritsar, in Punjab, is named in honour of the Maharaja's family name.
[edit] External links
- A Sansi-Sandhawalia descendent of Maharaja Ranjit Singh is honoured in Pakistan
- Maharaja Ranjit Singh family lineage
[edit] References
- ^ History of the Jatt Clans - H.S Duleh (Translation from original Punjabi work "Jattan da Itihas" by Gurjant Singh).
- ^ History of the Jatt Clans - H.S Duleh.
- ^ Thakur Deshraj, Jat Itihas, Delhi.
- ^ Thakur Deshraj, Jat Itihas, Delhi, 1934.
- ^ History of the Jatt Clans - H.S Duleh (Translation from original Punjabi work "Jattan da Itihas" by Gurjant Singh).
- ^ [1]
- ^ Ram Swaroop Joon: History of Jats, India.
- ^ Jean-Marie Lafont, Maharaja Ranjit Singh, Lord of the Five Rivers. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002).
