Sandhawalia

Sandhawalia or Sandhanwalia is a Jat clan of present-day India and Pakistan.[3]

Sandhawalia
Jat Clan
Sardar Budh Singh Sandhawalia of Raja Sansi
LocationAmritsar, Pathankot [1][2]
LanguagePunjabi
ReligionSikhism
SurnamesSandhawalia

History

The members of one particular Sandhanwalia Jat Sikh family occupied important positions in the Sikh Confederacy. The progenitor of this family was Choudhary Chanda Singh, who settled at the Sandhu wala village in present-day Pakistan, and consequently, came to be known as Sandhanwalia. His sons migrated to Rajasansi.[4]

Maharaja Ranjit Singh, the Sikh ruler of Punjab, has been described as "Jats" in records. This has led to the view that he belonged to the Jat. According to W. H. McLeod, however, it is more likely that he belonged to the Jat Clan got as the Sandhanwalias.[5] Author Preminder Singh Sandhawalia believes that Ranjit Singh shared lineage with the Sandhawalias, although he did not share a direct line of descent with them.[6][7]

References
  1. Preminder Singh Sandhawalia (1999). Noblemen and Kinsmen History of a Sikh Family: History of a Sikh Family. Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers. ISBN 8121509149.
  2. Chattopadhyaya, Kamaladevi (1978). Tribalism in India by Kamaladevi Chattopadhyaya. p. 160. ISBN 9780706906523. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
  3. "Braving the ravages of time". The Tribun. 27 November 2020. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  4. Hari Ram Gupta (2001). History of the Sikhs: The Sikh commonwealth or Rise and fall of Sikh misls. Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers. ISBN 978-81-215-0165-1.
  5. W. H. McLeod (2009). The A to Z of Sikhism. Scarecrow. p. 172. ISBN 978-0-8108-6344-6. Ranjit Singh was a Sansi and this identity has led some to claim that his caste affiliation was with the low-caste Sansi tribe of the same name. A much more likely theory is that he belonged to the Jat got that used the same name. The Sandhanvalias belonged to the same got.
  6. "We, the Sandhawalias". The Tribute. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
  7. Preminder Singh Sandhawalia (1999). Noblemen and Kinsmen History of a Sikh Family: History of a Sikh Family. Munshiram Manoharlal. ISBN 81-215-0914-9.
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