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• Jatt people • |
Kahlon ((Urdu: کاہلوں ), Punjabi, pronounced: "kaa-hl-o" is one of the name who played an important role in indian history.
The Kahlon's claim descent from Raja Vikramajit, through Raja Jag Deo of Daranager, of the Lunar Dynasty.The home of the clan is Batala in the Gurdaspur District. There are three divisions of the clan corresponding with three sons of soli, their founder.The first division inhabits Dhamthal, the part of the Raya Tehsil, and a small part of Shakargarh; the second, the remaining villages in Zafarwal; and the third, the rest of Shakargarh.
Today, one can find Kahlons Jats on both sides of the Punjab. In the Indian Punjab they are mainly based around Gurdaspur District, but few of them also settled in Amritsar District and Jalandhar District.In the Pakistani Punjab they are mainly based in Narowal District and in Sialkot District,where they have 45 villages most populous Jat clan in the area, villages like Ghona Kahloon,Bhattian Kahloon,Mado Kahloon,Dulham Kahloon and Kadhiala are few of the prominent villages of Kahlons in the area, some are also scattered in different cities of Punjab in the many of settled around cities like Toba Tek Singh District, Sargodha district, Vehari District, Bahawalpur District, and Faisalabad District after the establishment of an irrigation system in late 19th century.
Kahlons in India follow Sikhism and in Pakistan follow Islam