Thadwal

Dhadwal (also spelt Thadwal,Dhudwal, Dadwal) is a gotra or clan of Jats, found in the states of Punjab and Himachal pradesh in India. They are part of the Jatt Sikh community.

History and origin

The Jat Dhadwals are all descended from a common ancestor who moved to Punjab from the Himachal Pradesh and Jammu border area and took a Jat wife by the name of Maa Lakhi in the late 16th century, the village of Lakhpur was the land gifted to the couple by Maa Lakhi's father. The Jatt Dhadwal Jathera is in Lakhpur.^{[citation needed]}

The Rajput Dhadwals are also found in the neighbourhood of Datarpur, the seat of their former sovereignty. They can further be found on the south west of the Shivaliks in the Hoshiarpur district of Panjab, Kangra, Hamirpur and Una districts of Himachal Pradesh near Dholbaha and Janauri or Janakpuri, its ancient name, which is still used. Janak was an ancient Surajbansi ruler.^[1]

Mostly the gotra of Rajput Dhadwals is Kashyap, in the lineage (pravaras) of the sage Kashyap. The Rajput Dhadwals are a branch of the Katoch and do not intermarry the with them, or with the Gulerias or Sibayas on the ground of common decent. They have an interesting local history which describes how they wrested the tract round Datarpur from a Chang rani.^[2]

The Rajput Dhadwals have several als or families, whose name are derived from their settlements, such as Janaurach, Dholbahia, Datarpuria, Fatehpuria, Bhanowalia, Khangwarch, Naruria, Rampuria etc. Datarpur is their chief village, but they have no system of chhats and makans.^[3]

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