Mandu

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Mandu (माण्डू) is a Jat clan found in Afghanistan. [1] Mandigal and Mandul are same..[2]

Origin

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History

Mandu Jats are the founders of Mandawa town in Jhunjhunu district in Rajasthan.

Shekhawati Bodh, A monthly magazine of Shekhawati region, Mandawa special issue, July 2005 published the following information about Origin of Mandawa town in Rajasthan:

"Mandu Jat founded Mandawa village. He first established a dhani (helmet) and dug a well here, which was completed on savan badi 5 samvat 1797 (1740 AD) . Initially this place was known as ‘Mandu ki dhani’, ‘Mandu ka bas’ or ‘Manduwas’ which changed to ‘Manduwa’, ‘Mandwa’ and finally ‘Mandawa’."

H.A. Rose[3] writes that the Customary Law of Sialkot District (Voliune XIV) p, 3, gives the Mandu in the list of Awan sub-clans.

Notable persons

References

  1. An Inquiry Into the Ethnography of Afghanistan By H. W. Bellew, The Oriental University Institute, Woking, 1891, p.96,111,139
  2. An Inquiry Into the Ethnography of Afghanistan By H. W. Bellew, The Oriental University Institute, Woking, 1891, p.146
  3. A glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North-West Frontier Province By H.A. Rose Vol II/A,pp.27

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