Sandhawalia

Sandhawalia or Sandhanwalia is a Jat clan of present-day India and Pakistan.

Sandhawalia
Clan
LocationAmritsar, Pathankot
BranchesBhatti[1][2]
LanguagePunjabi
ReligionSikhism, Hinduism
SurnamesSandhawalia

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]

Maharaja Ranjit Singh, the Sikh ruler of Punjab, has been described as "Sansi" in records. This has led to claims that he belonged to the Sansi tribe. According to W. H. McLeod, however, it is more likely that he belonged to the same Jat got as the Sandhanwalias.[4][5] Author Preminder Singh Sandhawalia believes that Ranjit Singh shared lineage with the Sandhawalias, although he did not share a direct line of descent with them.[6]

According to other scholars, Maharaja Ranjit Singh, the ruler of Punjab was from the tribe of Sansis.[7][8]

References
  1. Preminder Singh Sandhawalia (1999). Noblemen and Kinsmen History of a Sikh Family: History of a Sikh Family. Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers. ISBN 8121509149.
  2. Chattopadhyaya, Kamaladevi (1978). Tribalism in India by Kamaladevi Chattopadhyaya. p. 160. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
  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. Ranjit Singh was a Sansi and this identity has led some to claim that his caste affiliation was with the low-caste Sansi tribe of the same name. A much more likely theory is that he belonged to the Jat got that used the same name. The Sandhanvalias belonged to the same got.
  5. Preminder Singh Sandhawalia (1999). Noblemen and Kinsmen History of a Sikh Family: History of a Sikh Family. Munshiram Manoharlal. ISBN 81-215-0914-9.
  6. "We, the Sandhawalias". The Tribute. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
  7. "Two, Ranjit Singh who seemingly got “total ascendancy” in Punjab was not a Jat but a Sansi...", Sangat Singh, MCLEOD AND FENECH AS SCHOLARS ON SIKHISM AND MARTYRDOM, Presented in International Sikh conferences 2000 , www.globalsikhstudies.net
  8. The Sansis of Punjab; a Gypsy and De-notified Tribe of Rajput Origin, Maharaja Ranjit Singh- The Most Glorious Sansi, pp 13, By Sher Singh, 1926-, Published by , 1965, Original from the University of Michigan
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