Manjh
Manjh (मांझ)[1] Manj (मांज)[2] Manjha (मांझा) Majh (माझ) Majha (माझा) is the name of people of Malwa in Punjab. Manjha (मांझा)/Manjo (मांजो) is a Baloch Jat clan found in Afghanistan.[3]
Origin
History
Malwa is a region of Punjab and parts of Haryana between the Satluj and Yamuna rivers. This Malwa should not be confused with the Malwa Plateau region of Madhya Pradesh, Central India.[4]
According to H.A. Rose[5] Khera was the son of a Sidhu Jat's daughter and treated his relations-in-law harshly — whence the name Khera fr. kharwa, 'bitter.'
Rai. → Jado. → Bashal. → Angpal. → Jilmachha. → Jai Ras. → Jatu. → Beas. → Manj. → Janon. → Juj. → Dhor. → Mal. → Lakhisan. → Khera.
Distribution in Punjab
Found in Lidhran village in tahsil Jalandhar -II of district Jalandhar in Punjab.
History
Notable persons
- Jai Singh of Lidhran - Punjab Chief, Griffin, p. 48
- Rani Dya Kaur, a daughter of Sardar Jai Singh Nishanwalia of Lidhran was married to Raja Jaswant Singh of Nabha
- Sirdar Budh Singh of Lidhran - Punjab Chief, Griffin, p. 48
- Sardar Jhanda Singh Malwai, Manjha - Jat, From Lahore district was in the List of Punjab Chiefs of Pakistan.
Reference
- ↑ O.S.Tugania:Jat Samuday ke Pramukh Adhar Bindu,p.56,s.n. 2045
- ↑ Jat History Dalip Singh Ahlawat/Parishisht-I, s.n. म-128
- ↑ An Inquiry Into the Ethnography of Afghanistan, H. W. Bellew, p.186
- ↑ Mahendra Singh Arya et al: Adhunik Jat Itihas, p.277
- ↑ A glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North-West Frontier Province By H.A. Rose Vol II/K,p.534
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