Talwandi Rai

Talwandi Rai (तलवंडी राय) (Urdu: تلونڈى راۓ‎), is a village in Raikot tahsil of Ludhiana district in Punjab.

Location

It is 37 km from Ludhiana city, near Raikot.

History

Talwandi Rai was reputedly founded in 1478 AD by the Rai Kalha I who was a Muslim Rajput. The village was autonomous during most of the British rule in India and was ruled by a Rajput King up until the late 1800s when the British Raj demanded the Rai adhere to British demands, Muslim rule was maintained until the partition in 1947. The descendants of the last pre-partition ruler of Talwandi Rai can be found throughout Pakistan. A majority of Muslim landowners had their land transferred from Talwandi and Raikot to rural Punjab in Pakistan, namely . the name of current descendents are Rai aziz-ullah khan, Rai Asad-ullah khan sabri, Rai inam-ullah khan, Rai hassan Nawaz, Rai murtaza iqbal khan.Rai Manqad-ullah khan . Sahiwal, Chichawatni and Kamalia.

The village remained heavliy populated by Muslims until 1947, partition of India-Pakistan.

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