Dhadwal
| Jatt Clan: Dhadwal | |
| Distribution | Punjab (India) and Himachal Pradesh |
| Descended from: | Dadwal Rajputs |
| Branches: | None |
| Religion | Jatt Dhadwal Sikh Rajput Dadhwal Hindu also known as Dadhwal, Dhadwal |
| Languages | Punjabi |
Dhadwal (also spelt Dadwal) is a gotra or clan of Jatts, found in the state of Punjab. Some people spell the surname as Thadwal. Dhadwals form part of the Sikh community.
The Rajput Dadwal/Dadhwal are found in Punjab and Himachal pradesh in India. They are part of the Hindu Punjabi community. The Jatt Dhadwals are Sikh.
Jatt Dhadwal
The surname of Dhadwal is prevalent within the Jatt community, especially in Kapurthala, Punjab. They are believed to have migrated from the Hoshiarpur district.[1] The Jatt Dhadwal's are believed to have all descended from a common ancestor who moved to Punjab from the Himachal Pradesh and Jammu border area and took a Jat wife by the name of Maa Lakhi in the late 16th century, the village of Lakhpur was the land gifted to the couple by Maa Lakhi's father. The Jatt Dhadwal Jathera is in Lakhpur.
Rajput Dadhwal
The Rajput Dadhwal's are found in the neighbourhood of Datarpur, the seat of their former sovereignty. They can further be found on the south west of the Shivaliks in the Hoshiarpur district of Panjab, Kangra, Hamirpur and Una districts of Himachal Pradesh near Dholbaha and Janauri or Janakpuri, its ancient name, which is still used. Janak was an ancient Surajbansi ruler.[2]
Mostly the gotra of Rajput Dadhwal's is Kashyap, in the lineage (pravaras) of the sage Kashyap. The Rajput Dadhwal's are a branch of the Katoch and do not intermarry with them, or with the Gulerias or Sibayas on the ground of common decent. They have an interesting local history which describes how they wrested the tract round Datarpur from a Chang rani.[3]
The Rajput Dadhwal's have several als or families, whose name are derived from their settlements, such as Janaurach, Dholbahia, Datarpuria, Fatehpuria, Bhanowalia, Khangwarch, Naruria, Rampuria etc. Datarpur is their chief village, but they have no system of chhats and makans.[4]
References
- ↑ Horace Arthur Rose, IBBETSON, Maclagan A Glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North-West Frontier Province: Vol. 1 (1996)
- ↑ Origins & History of Jats & other Allied Nomadic Tribes of India, B.S. Nijjar
- ↑ Origins & History of Jats & other Allied Nomadic Tribes of India, B.S. Nijjar
- ↑ Origins & History of Jats & other Allied Nomadic Tribes of India, B.S. Nijjar