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Jat Sikh or Jatt Sikh (Gurmukhi: ਜੱਟ ਸਿੱਖ) is an ethnoreligious group, a subgroup of the Jat people whose traditional religion is Sikhism, originating from the Indian subcontinent. They are one of the dominant communities in the Punjab, India , owing to their large land holdings. [ 2 ]
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Sikhs have a given name and one or both of a surname and a Khalsa name. The surname may be a family name (based on the name of the ancestral village) or a caste name. Different castes still exist today in some aspects of Punjabi culture; similarly to the Hindu caste system, this system is based on employment [citation needed] (ex. jatt signifies the farming caste).
Dhaliwal, also known as Dhariwal, is a surname and clan found among the Jat Sikhs of Punjab, India. [1] [2] [3] Historically, they were influential Sardars (Sikh chiefs) under the Singh Krora Misl during the Sikh Confederacy in India. [4] [5]
Maharaja Ranjit Singh (1780–1839) was the leader of the Sikh Empire which ruled the northwest Indian subcontinent in the early half of the 19th century. Ranjit Singh's reign introduced reforms, modernization, investment into infrastructure, and general prosperity.
Following is the list of those ruling Jat dynasties which are primarily located on the Indian Subcontinent: Kingdom of Bharatpur [2] Phulkian dynasty [3] Sikh Empire [4] Kingdom of Gohad [5] Kingdom of Dholpur; Rohilla dynasty [6] [7] [8] Kingdom of Phillaur [9] [10]
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]
Uppal (Hindi: उप्पल) is an Indian and Pakistani surname. It is also found as clan name among the Khatris and Jats. [1] Etomology