Sandhawalia

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Sandhawalia
Jat Clan
Location Amritsar, Pathankot
Language Punjabi
Religion Sikhism
Surnames Sandhawalia

Sandhawalia is a very small royal tribe of Punjab; . In the 1881 Census it was listed as one of the smallest of the tribes. Sandhawalia is a small jatt clan consisting of rich landowners.

Maharaja Ranjit Singh, the Sikh ruler of Punjab, and his family asserted lineage from this tribe.[1][2] The Sandhawalia tribe was not famous before Raja Randhir Singh and Ranjit Singh.[1][3][4] Sangat Singh (in his research), asserts a Sansi Caste lineage,[5][6][7][8][9] whereas Preminder Singh Sandhawalia records the family's genealogical history in his book differently as being of Jat lineage.

Distribution

The Sandhawalia tribe population was 682, in Amritsar district, during the 1911 British Punjab Census[10] and estimated to have grown to 2,046 within Amritsar district in 1994. Jatts are also found in surroundings villages of Gujranwala Dist.(Pakistan)in Khiali Shahpur,Noshera Sansi,Mian Sansi,Tehri Sansi,Kohlowala etc.who belong to Muslim religion[11]

Notable people

Further reading

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Preminder Singh Sandhawalia (1999). Noblemen and Kinsmen History of a Sikh Family: History of a Sikh Family. Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers. ISBN 81-215-0914-9. 
  2. ↑ History of the Jatt Clans - H.S Duleh (Translation from original Punjabi work "Jattan da Itihas" by Gurjant Singh).
  3. ↑ Page 172 Historical dictionary of Sikhism - W. H. McLeod - ISBN 0-8108-5088-5 - Ranjit Singh was a Sansi......
  4. ↑ Indian Librarian edited by Sant Ram Bhatia,pp 220, Published by , 1964Item notes: v.19-21 1964-67, Original from the University of Michigan - Maharaja Ranjit Singh and the Sansi Caste Connection
  5. ↑ Tribalism in India, pp 160, By Kamaladevi Chattopadhyaya, Edition: illustrated, Published by Vikas, 1978, Original from the University of Michigan
  6. ↑ Sociological Bulletin,pp 97, By Indian Sociological Society, Published by Indian Sociological Society., 1952
  7. ↑ Indian Librarian edited by Sant Ram Bhatia,pp 220, Published by , 1964Item notes: v.19-21 1964-67, Original from the University of Michigan
  8. ↑ The Sikhs in History, pp 92, By Sangat Singh, Edition: 2, Published by S. Singh, 1995, Original from the University of Michigan
  9. ↑ Some Aspects of State and Society Under Ranjit Singh, pp 5 By Fauja Singh, Published by Master Publishers, 1981, Original from the University of Michigan
  10. ↑ 1911 census of British Punjab - Major General Arthur Edward Barstow
  11. ↑ Professor B. S. Dhillon (1994). History and study of the Jats. Beta Publishers. ISBN 1-895603-02-1. 
  12. ↑ Jean-Marie Lafont, Maharaja Ranjit Singh, Lord of the Five Rivers. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002).
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