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][2] Sansi (Sandhawalia) is a small Jat gotra consisting of landowners.
Maharaja Ranjit Singh, the Sikh ruler of Punjab, and his family asserted lineage from this Jat tribe[3][4][5] that originated from their ancestor Raja Shah (Salvahan), son of Raja Gaj Singh of Jaisalmer.[6][7][8] The Sansi (Sandhawalia) Jatt tribe was inconspicuous before Ranjit Singh's assertion.[9] Raja Sansi International Airport at Amritsar, in Punjab, is named in honour of the Maharaja's family name.
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[edit] Distribution
The Sansi-Sandhawalia tribe population was 682, in Amritsar district, during the 1911 British Punjab Census[10] and esimated to have grown to 2,046 within Amritsar district in 1994.[11]
[edit] Further Reading
- Noblemen and Kinsmen History of a Sikh Family: History of a Sikh Family, By Preminder Singh Sandhawalia (Author), (Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers. Date:1999, ISBN 8121509149).[12][13]
[edit] References
- ^ History of the Jatt Clans - H.S Duleh (Translation from original Punjabi work "Jattan da Itihas" by Gurjant Singh).
- ^ 1911 census of British Punjab - Major General Arthur Edward Barstow
- ^ Preminder Singh Sandhawalia (1999). Noblemen and Kinsmen History of a Sikh Family: History of a Sikh Family. Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers. ISBN 8121509149.
- ^ History of the Jatt Clans - H.S Duleh (Translation from original Punjabi work "Jattan da Itihas" by Gurjant Singh).
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- ^ Ram Swaroop Joon: History of Jats, India.
- ^ Jean-Marie Lafont, Maharaja Ranjit Singh, Lord of the Five Rivers. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002).
- ^ Thakur Deshraj, Jat Itihas, Delhi, 1934.
- ^ Preminder Singh Sandhawalia (1999). Noblemen and Kinsmen History of a Sikh Family: History of a Sikh Family. Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers. ISBN 8121509149.
- ^ 1911 census of British Punjab - Major General Arthur Edward Barstow
- ^ Professor B. S. Dhillon (1994). History and study of the Jats. Beta Publishers. ISBN 1895603021.
- ^ Amazon.com: Noblemen and Kinsmen History of a Sikh Family: History of a Sikh Family: Preminder Singh Sandhawalia, Preminder Singh Sandha Wailia: Books
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[edit] External links
- Maharaja Ranjit Singh family lineage
- Book & biography on Maharaja Ranjit Singh's family
- A Sansi-Sandhawalia descendent of Maharaja Ranjit Singh is honoured in Pakistan
