Sandhawalia

Sandhawalia is a very small Jat clan (or gotra) living in Punjab and Pakistan. In the 1881 Census, it was listed as one of the smallest of the Jat clan.^[1]^[2] Sandhawalia is a small Jat gotra consisting of landowners and landed-farmers.

History

The members of one particular Sandhanwalia family occupied important positions in the Sikh Confederacy. The progenitor of this family was Chanda Singh, who settled at the Sandhanwala village in present-day Pakistan, and consequently, came to be known as Sandhanwalia. His sons migrated to Raja Sansi.^[3]

According to some scholars Maharaja Ranjit Singh, the Sikh ruler of Punjab belonged to the s Jat gotra as the Sandhanwalias.^[4]^[5]

Maharaja Ranjit Singh, the Jat Sikh ruler of Punjab, and his family asserted lineage from this Jat clan.^[6]^[7]^[8] The Sandhawalia Jatt clan was inconspicuous before Ranjit Singh's assertion.^[9]

Distribution

The Sandhawalia clan's population was 682, in Amritsar district, during the 1911 British Punjab Census^[10] and esimated to have grown to 2,046 within Amritsar district in 1994.^[11]

महाराजा रणजीतसिंह

ठाकुर देशराज ^[12] ने लिखा है ... महाराजा रणजीतसिंह - यह शशि खानदान के सिख जाट थे। सन 1830 ई. तक सारे पंजाब पर इन्होंने कब्जा कर लिया था। इन्हें पंजाब केसरी के नाम से याद किया जाता है। वास्तव में यह भारत के नेपोलियन थे। यदि भारत में अंग्रेज़ नहीं आए होते तो सारे भारत और अफगानिस्तान पर इनकी विजय पताका लहराई होती।

सन 1835 ई. में फ्रांस के बादशाह की ओर से तौहफ़े आए थे। इसी वर्ष जर्मनी से हांगवर्गर, अमेरिका से हारेंस, नेपाल से राजदूत किशनचंद और तिब्बत नरेश के

[पृ.167]: लघु भ्राता भीमकाल महाराज से मुलाकात करने के लिए आए थे। इससे उनके प्रताप का परिचय सहज ही मिल जाता है। उनके यहां की प्रसिद्ध वस्तुओं में कोहिनूर हीरा, लीली घोड़ी और जमजमा तोप सबसे बेशकीमती थे। कहा जाता है कि इरान का बादशाह घोड़ी के पहले मालिक यार मोहम्मद को 50 हजार नगद और 25 हजार की जागीर देना चाहता था। इनके अलावा |औरंगजेब और अहमद शाह बादशाहों के सिरपेंचों के हीरे भी उनके यहां थे।

उनके राज्य का भूमि कर (केवल छोटांश और दशांश से वसूल किया हुआ) जागीरों समेत ढाई करोड़ से ऊपर था। इसके अलावा 44 लाख प्रति वर्ष नमक करसे और एक करोड़ शालों के ठेके से आमदनी होती थी। सिक्का उनका अपना चलता था जिस पर 'तलवार का आदर' लिखा रहता था।

उनकी राजसभा का नाम गुरुमता यह उनका मंत्रिमंडल था। महाराज के पास जागीरदारों समेत 82 हजार से ऊपर सेना थी।

महाराज रणजीत सिंह नमूने के योद्धा विजेता और शासक थे। यह उन्हीं का बल था कि लगभग 800 वर्ष से चली आई पंजाब की मुसलमान सल्तनत को जड़ से उखाड़ कर फेंक दिया। और जिन पठानों का भारत पर लगातार विजय पाने से सिर आसमान पर चढ़ गया था, उन्हीं पठानों से भेंट, खिराज और नजराने लिए तथा उन्हीं की आबादी डेरागाजीखां, जमरूद,

[पृ.168]: और यूसुफजई में उन्हें परास्त करके अपनी हुकुमत कायम की। कश्मीर, कंधार, पेशावर और सतलज के बीच का कुल उनके राज्य में शामिल था। वास्तव में वे अपने समय के सर्वोच्च मुल्क शासक और यौद्धा थे।

Notable persons

Maharaja Ranjit Singh (Punjab)
Raghbir Singh Sandhawalia, Sandhawalia - Jat, From Amritsar district was in the List of Punjab Chiefs.
Sirdar Sahib Singh
Sirdar Gurdit Singh of Ladwa were members of the Krora Singhia confederacy. They were Sansi Jats of the village of Bain Poin, ten miles of south of Amritsar.

External links

Gallery

Kunwar Angad Singh Sandhawalia of Raja Sansi with Kunwarani Aprajita Kumari (daughter of Ex CM of Himachal Pradesh Raja Virbadhra Singh of Rampur-Bushahr State). Kunwar Angad Singh is Grandson of Raja Major Harinder Singh Sandhawalia of Raja Sansi. Raja Major Harinder Singh Sandhawalia was direct Descendants of Sardar Thakur Singh Sandhawalia Of Raja Sansi (Cousin of Maharaja Duleep Singh of Lahore). State:- Raja Sansi. Dynasty:- Bhatti Jats (Title Sandhawalia / Sandhanwalia). Source - Jat Kshatriya Culture
Sardar Thakur Singh Sandhawalia of Raja Sansi, cousin of Maharaja Duleep Singh and founder of the Amritsar Singh Sabha (seated in the centre) with sons Narinder Singh, Gurbachan Singh and Kunwar Gurdit Singh (Later Kunwar Gurdit Singh Adopted by Maharaja Duleep Singh Sandhawalia), prior to departing for England in 1884 to ferment rebellion against the British Empire. Sardar Thakur Singh's wife was daughter of Martyr Raja Nahar Singh of Ballabgarh (Tewatia Jats). Thakur Singh's son S. Narinder Singh and Gurbachan Singh were adopted by different Jat Jagirdars. Source - Jat Kshatriya Culture
Kunwar Nirwan Singh Sandhawalia of Raja Sansi with Kunwarrani Mriganka Singh.Kunwar Nirwan Singh Sandhawalia is son of Sardar Bahadur Gurpal Singh Sandhu, of Raja Sansi, adopted son of Raja Major Harinder Singh Sandhanwalia, of Raja Sansi. Raja Harinder Singh Sandhanwalia was belongs to Maharaja Ranjit Singh Sandhawalia cousins line. And Kunwarrani Mriganka Singh is daughter of H.H of Jammu and Kashmir. Source - Jat Kshatriya Culture
S. Lehna Singh Sandhawalia of Raja Sansi Nephew of Lion of Punjab Maharaja Ranjit Singh Sandhawalia of Lahore. Source - Jat Kshatriya Culture
Kunwar Sukhdev Singh Sandhawalia (Right)(Descendant of Maharaja Duleep Singh) the lady on the left is Karen Emma White - Curator of Thetford Museum, England. Source - Jat Kshatriya Culture with Sukhdev Singh Sandhanwalia

References

↑ History of the Jatt Clans - H.S Duleh (Translation from original Punjabi work "Jattan da Itihas" by Gurjant Singh).
↑ 1911 census of British Punjab - Major General Barstow
↑ 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.
↑ W. H. McLeod (2009). The A to Z of Sikhism. Scarecrow. p. 172. ISBN 978-0-8108-6344-6.
↑ Preminder Singh Sandhawalia (1999). Noblemen and Kinsmen History of a Sikh Family: History of a Sikh Family. Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers. ISBN 8121509149.
↑ Noblemen and Kinsmen History of a Sikh Family: History of a Sikh Family, Author = Preminder Singh Sandhawalia, Year = 1999, Publisher = Munshiram Manoharlal, ISBN 8121509149
↑ History of the Jatt Clans - H.S Duleh (Translation from original Punjabi work "Jattan da Itihas" by Gurjant Singh).
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↑ Noblemen and Kinsmen History of a Sikh Family: History of a Sikh Family, Author = Preminder Singh Sandhawalia, Year = 1999, Publisher = Munshiram Manoharlal, ISBN 8121509149
↑ 1911 census of British Punjab - Major General Barstow
↑ History and study of the Jats, Author = Professor B.S. Dhillon, Year = 1994 Publisher = Beta Publishers, ISBN 1895603021
↑ Thakur Deshraj: Jat Itihas (Utpatti Aur Gaurav Khand)/Parishisht,p.166-166
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[1] History of the Jatt Clans - H.S Duleh (Translation from original Punjabi work "Jattan da Itihas" by Gurjant Singh).

[2] 1911 census of British Punjab - Major General Barstow

[3] 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.

[4] W. H. McLeod (2009). The A to Z of Sikhism. Scarecrow. p. 172. ISBN 978-0-8108-6344-6.

[5] Preminder Singh Sandhawalia (1999). Noblemen and Kinsmen History of a Sikh Family: History of a Sikh Family. Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers. ISBN 8121509149.

[6] Noblemen and Kinsmen History of a Sikh Family: History of a Sikh Family, Author = Preminder Singh Sandhawalia, Year = 1999, Publisher = Munshiram Manoharlal, ISBN 8121509149

[7] History of the Jatt Clans - H.S Duleh (Translation from original Punjabi work "Jattan da Itihas" by Gurjant Singh).

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[9] Noblemen and Kinsmen History of a Sikh Family: History of a Sikh Family, Author = Preminder Singh Sandhawalia, Year = 1999, Publisher = Munshiram Manoharlal, ISBN 8121509149

[10] 1911 census of British Punjab - Major General Barstow

[11] History and study of the Jats, Author = Professor B.S. Dhillon, Year = 1994 Publisher = Beta Publishers, ISBN 1895603021

[12] Thakur Deshraj: Jat Itihas (Utpatti Aur Gaurav Khand)/Parishisht,p.166-166

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