Sidhu

Sidhu (Punjabi: ਸਿੱਧੂ) is a Punjabi Jat clan found in Punjab.[1][2][3][4][5]

This article is about Jat clan of India and Pakistan. For other uses, see Sidhu (disambiguation).

Sidhu
Jat clan
LocationPunjab region
Descended fromSidhu Rao and Gill Jat woman
Parent tribeBhatti Rajputs, Gill Jats
BranchesBrar (Baryar : which means brave and strong warriors)
LanguagePunjabi
ReligionSikhism primarily, Hinduism, Islam
SurnamesSidhu

Most people of the clan follow Sikhism, while some follow Hinduism and Islam. The people inhabiting Sidhmukh Mountain, Rajasthan, were called Sidhu (सीधू), while the present population resides in Haryana, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, and Pakistan.

History

Origin

According to oral history, the clan descends from a Bhatti Rajput progenitor named Sidhu Rao, whom had wed a woman from a Gill Jat background.[6] Their descendants are thus the Sidhu Jats.[6] The Sidhu-Brar clan is descended from Bhatti Rajputs through Rawal Jaisal.[7]

Sikh period

The Sidhu clan held sway in the Ferozepur area in the late mediaeval period.[8] Chaudhry Phul of the Sidhu-Brar clan established the Phulkian Misl, one of the misls (confederacies) of the Sikh Confederacy. His descendants, the Phulkian Maharajas, became the kings of the princely states of Faridkot, Jind, Nabha, Malaudh and Patiala.[9]

References
  1. Brard, Gurnam Singh Sidhu (2007). East of Indus: My Memories of Old Punjab. Hemkunt Press. ISBN 9788170103608.
  2. Signs of Sidhu's elevation, bid to get Capt on board The Tribune (India newspaper), Published 17 July 2021, Retrieved 18 August 2021
  3. Pettigrew, Joyce J. M. (2023). "Chapter 4 Patterns of allegiance I". ROBBER NOBLEMEN a study of the political system of the sikh jats. [S.l.]: ROUTLEDGE. ISBN 978-1-000-85849-5. OCLC 1367232807.
  4. Journal of Regional History. Vol. 2. Department of History, Guru Nanak Dev University. 1981. p. 29.
  5. Singh, Kumar Suresh (1996). "Appendix B". Communities, Segments, Synonyms, Surnames and Titles. People of India: National series. Vol. 8 (Illustrated ed.). Delhi: Anthropological Survey of India. pp. 1355–1357. ISBN 0-19-563357-1. OCLC 35662663.
  6. The City of Faridkot: Past and Present. Monograph - Dept. of Punjab Historical Studies, Punjabi University, Punjabi University Department of History and Punjab Historical Studies. Vol. 2. Fauja Singh, R. C. Rabra. Punjabi University, Patiala. 1976. p. 5. When this child grew up, he took [a] wife from a Gill Jat family. Thus was this line of Bhatti Rajputs converted into a Jat clan which has ever since been known as Sidhu after the name of their ancestor, Sidhu Rao.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  7. Singh, Kunwar Uttam (1 January 2008). "Deeper Roots Of The Gill, Bhatti, Sidhu, Brar, Toor, and Related Jat and Rajput Clans". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  8. Bassi, Tripti (2021). A Study of the Sikh Kanya Mahavidyalaya: Education, Religion and Gender Issues. Singapore: Springer Nature. p. 42. ISBN 978-981-16-3219-8. OCLC 1259627824. Historically, the city was founded by Firoz Shah Tughlaq III (1351-1388 A.D). It was earlier an important centre between Delhi and Lahore (Sharma, 1983: 17). Firoz Shah III constructed the Ferozepore fort around 1370 (GoP, 2000: 13). The Ain-i-Akbari also refers to 'Ferozepore' as the capital of Multan province. After a series of successions by Sidhu Jatts and the Bhangi Misl, the district became 'the advanced outpost of British India in the direction of the Sikh power' in 1839 (Imperial Gazetteer of India, 1908a, b: 440-441). Finally, in 1846, it formally became part of the British Empire.
  9. "History of the Phoolkian Family - Archives Hub". archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk. Retrieved 17 January 2023.


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