Sandhu | |
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Jat clan | |
Ethnicity | Punjabi |
Location | Punjab |
Jathera | Kala Mehar Sandhu [1] |
Language | Punjabi |
Religion | Sikhism, Hinduism, Islam |
Sandhu or Sindhu (Punjabi: ਸੰਧੂ (Gurmukhi); سندھو (Shahmukhi)) is the second largest clan of Jats in the Punjab region of India and Pakistan.[2][3] The Sandhus played an important role in the Sikh history.[4] During the period of the Sikh Confederacy, Sandhus ruled several sovereign states (misls) including the Nakai Misl, Shaheedan Misl and the Kanhaiya Misl.[5][6][7]
Notable people with the surname, who may or may not be affiliated to the clan, include:
Sandhu or Sindhu: The Sindhus are the second largest Jat tribe in the Panjab
Now that caste has raised its ugly head, many have reattached caste names like Randhawa, Brar, Gill, Sandhu, Sidhu (all sikh agriculturist tribes) ...
The oldest clan in the Punjab south and east of the Sutlej is that of the Sidhus... Sidhus had played a prominent role in the Sikh history.
The * Kanheya misi was at one time the most , powerful of the. Sikh, confederacies, north of the Satlej. !:Its first leader, was J'ai Singh, the son? of a Sindhu Jat
Deep Singh Shahid, a Sandhu Jat and resident of the village of Pohuwind of the pargana of Amritsar, was the founder of this Misal.