Sidhu

Sidhu
Sidhu
Jat clan
Location	Punjab region
Jathera	Khiwa Rao
Parent tribe	Bhatti, Gill Jats
Branches	Brar; (Baryar: ‌which means‌ brave‌ and strong warriors)
Language	Punjabi
Religion	Sikhism • Hinduism
Surnames	Sidhu

Sidhu‌ (Punjabi: ਸਿੱਧੂ (Gurmukhi)) is ‌a Punjabi Jat‌ clan found in Punjab. ^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

Etymology and origin

During British Raj, historians like HA.Rose and Alexander Cunningham note an account of local bards (bhatts) history state, the clan descends from a Bhatti clan progenitor named Sidhu Rao, whom had maternal alliance with Gill Jats.^[7] Their descendants are thus the Sidhu Jats.^[7] The Sidhu-Brar clan is descended from Bhatti tribe of Yadava through Rawal Jaisal in ancestry of Legendary Shalivahana.^[8]^[9](Scythian Lineage)

History

Sikh period

The Sidhu clan held sway in the Ferozepur area in the late medieval period.^[10] Chaudhary Phul of the Sidhu-Brar clan established the Phulkian Misl, one of the misls (confederacies) of the Sikh Confederacy. His descendants, the Phulkian Maharajas, became the kings of the princely states of Faridkot, Jind, Nabha, Malaudh and Patiala.^[11]^[12]^[13]^{[page needed]}

People

References‌

^ Brard, Gurnam Singh Sidhu (2007). East of Indus: My Memories of Old Punjab. Hemkunt Press. ISBN 9788170103608.^{[need quotation to verify]}
^ Signs of Sidhu's elevation, bid to get Capt on board The Tribune (India newspaper), Published 17 July 2021, Retrieved 18 August 2021
^ Pettigrew, Joyce J. M. (2023). "Chapter 4 Patterns of allegiance I". ROBBER NOBLEMEN a study of the political system of the sikh jats. [S.l.]: ROUTLEDGE. ISBN 978-1-000-85849-5. OCLC 1367232807.
^ Living Light. KW Publishers Pvt Ltd. 15 January 2015. ISBN 978-93-85714-23-8. The heading under Malwa, Ludhiana district deals first with Garewal Jats. The others enumerated are: Gil, Sidhu, Dhaliwal, Dhillon, Sekhon and Bhander.
^ Singh, Kumar Suresh (1996). "Appendix B". Communities, Segments, Synonyms, Surnames and Titles. People of India: National series. Vol. 8 (Illustrated ed.). Delhi: Anthropological Survey of India. pp. 1355–1357. ISBN 0-19-563357-1. OCLC 35662663.^{[disambiguation needed]}
^ "Origin of Sidhu - 1875 Words | Bartleby". www.bartleby.com. Retrieved 12 April 2024. The ruling Sikh families of Patiala, Jind, Faridkot & Nabha in the Punjab, which after Independence, shortly came together as the Patiala and East Punjab States Union(PEPSU), were the famed Sidhu who traced their origin to the Bhatti/Bhati / Bhattis Rajputs. Khiva Rao sired Sidhu Rao in around 1250.
^ ^a ^b The City of Faridkot: Past and Present. Monograph - Dept. of Punjab Historical Studies, Punjabi University, Punjabi University Department of History and Punjab Historical Studies. Vol. 2. Fauja Singh, R. C. Rabra. Punjabi University, Patiala. 1976. p. 5. When this child grew up, he took [a] wife from a Gill Jat family. Thus was this line of Bhatti Rajputs converted into a Jat clan which has ever since been known as Sidhu after the name of their ancestor, Sidhu Rao.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
^ "Faridkot State". Imperial Gazetteer of India. 12: 52. 1909. The ruling family belongs to the Sidhu-Barar clan of the Jats, and are descended from the Phulkian Houses... Throughout the Sikh Wars Raja Pahar SIngh loyally assisted the British, and was rewarded by a grant of half the territory confiscated in 1846 from the Raja of Nabha, while his ancetral possession of Kot Kapura, which has been wrested from Faridkot in 1808, was restored to him"
^ Singh, Kunwar Uttam (1 January 2008). "Deeper Roots Of The Gill, Bhatti, Sidhu, Brar, Toor, and Related Jat and Rajput Clans". The Indian Familie History Society.
^ Bassi, Tripti (2021). A Study of the Sikh Kanya Mahavidyalaya: Education, Religion and Gender Issues. Singapore: Springer Nature. p. 42. ISBN 978-981-16-3219-8. OCLC 1259627824. Historically, the city was founded by Firoz Shah Tughlaq III (1351-1388 A.D). It was earlier an important centre between Delhi and Lahore (Sharma, 1983: 17). Firoz Shah III constructed the Ferozepore fort around 1370 (GoP, 2000: 13). The Ain-i-Akbari also refers to 'Ferozepore' as the capital of Multan province. After a series of successions by Sidhu Jatts and the Bhangi Misl, the district became 'the advanced outpost of British India in the direction of the Sikh power' in 1839 (Imperial Gazetteer of India, 1908a, b: 440-441). Finally, in 1846, it formally became part of the British Empire.
^ "History of the Phoolkian Family - Archives Hub". archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
^ Low, D. A. (18 June 1991). Political Inheritance of Pakistan. India: Springer. p. 35. ISBN 978-1-349-11556-3. Perhaps the most striking example of the aggrandisement of a Jat clan was the rise and consolidation of the Phulkian misl east and south of the Sutlej. Based on the dominant peasant caste of the region, the Sidhu Jats, the misl successfully threw off its Mughal-oriented overlords, replacing them with its own 'feudal' structure. The mist was named after Phul, whose descendents in British times ruled the Princely States of Patiala, Nabha and Jind, and the fiefs of Bhadour, Maloudh and Badrukhan. Other Sidhu Jat families established the state of Faridkot, the jagirs of Kaithal and Arnauli, and a host of lesser fiefs.
^ Balfour, Edward (1885). "N". The Cyclopaedia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia. p. 1038. By a sunnud of 5 May 1860, it was provided that, in case of failure of male heirs to any of the three Phulkian houses, a successor should be chosen from among the descendants of Phul, by the two other chiefs and the Representative of the British Government.

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[1] Brard, Gurnam Singh Sidhu (2007). East of Indus: My Memories of Old Punjab. Hemkunt Press. ISBN 9788170103608.^{[need quotation to verify]}

[2] Signs of Sidhu's elevation, bid to get Capt on board The Tribune (India newspaper), Published 17 July 2021, Retrieved 18 August 2021

[:2-3] Pettigrew, Joyce J. M. (2023). "Chapter 4 Patterns of allegiance I". ROBBER NOBLEMEN a study of the political system of the sikh jats. [S.l.]: ROUTLEDGE. ISBN 978-1-000-85849-5. OCLC 1367232807.

[4] Living Light. KW Publishers Pvt Ltd. 15 January 2015. ISBN 978-93-85714-23-8. The heading under Malwa, Ludhiana district deals first with Garewal Jats. The others enumerated are: Gil, Sidhu, Dhaliwal, Dhillon, Sekhon and Bhander.

[:6-5] Singh, Kumar Suresh (1996). "Appendix B". Communities, Segments, Synonyms, Surnames and Titles. People of India: National series. Vol. 8 (Illustrated ed.). Delhi: Anthropological Survey of India. pp. 1355–1357. ISBN 0-19-563357-1. OCLC 35662663.^{[disambiguation needed]}

[6] "Origin of Sidhu - 1875 Words | Bartleby". www.bartleby.com. Retrieved 12 April 2024. The ruling Sikh families of Patiala, Jind, Faridkot & Nabha in the Punjab, which after Independence, shortly came together as the Patiala and East Punjab States Union(PEPSU), were the famed Sidhu who traced their origin to the Bhatti/Bhati / Bhattis Rajputs. Khiva Rao sired Sidhu Rao in around 1250.

[:0-7] The City of Faridkot: Past and Present. Monograph - Dept. of Punjab Historical Studies, Punjabi University, Punjabi University Department of History and Punjab Historical Studies. Vol. 2. Fauja Singh, R. C. Rabra. Punjabi University, Patiala. 1976. p. 5. When this child grew up, he took [a] wife from a Gill Jat family. Thus was this line of Bhatti Rajputs converted into a Jat clan which has ever since been known as Sidhu after the name of their ancestor, Sidhu Rao.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)

[imperialgazetteer-8] "Faridkot State". Imperial Gazetteer of India. 12: 52. 1909. The ruling family belongs to the Sidhu-Barar clan of the Jats, and are descended from the Phulkian Houses... Throughout the Sikh Wars Raja Pahar SIngh loyally assisted the British, and was rewarded by a grant of half the territory confiscated in 1846 from the Raja of Nabha, while his ancetral possession of Kot Kapura, which has been wrested from Faridkot in 1808, was restored to him"

[9] Singh, Kunwar Uttam (1 January 2008). "Deeper Roots Of The Gill, Bhatti, Sidhu, Brar, Toor, and Related Jat and Rajput Clans". The Indian Familie History Society.

[:1-10] Bassi, Tripti (2021). A Study of the Sikh Kanya Mahavidyalaya: Education, Religion and Gender Issues. Singapore: Springer Nature. p. 42. ISBN 978-981-16-3219-8. OCLC 1259627824. Historically, the city was founded by Firoz Shah Tughlaq III (1351-1388 A.D). It was earlier an important centre between Delhi and Lahore (Sharma, 1983: 17). Firoz Shah III constructed the Ferozepore fort around 1370 (GoP, 2000: 13). The Ain-i-Akbari also refers to 'Ferozepore' as the capital of Multan province. After a series of successions by Sidhu Jatts and the Bhangi Misl, the district became 'the advanced outpost of British India in the direction of the Sikh power' in 1839 (Imperial Gazetteer of India, 1908a, b: 440-441). Finally, in 1846, it formally became part of the British Empire.

[11] "History of the Phoolkian Family - Archives Hub". archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk. Retrieved 17 January 2023.

[12] Low, D. A. (18 June 1991). Political Inheritance of Pakistan. India: Springer. p. 35. ISBN 978-1-349-11556-3. Perhaps the most striking example of the aggrandisement of a Jat clan was the rise and consolidation of the Phulkian misl east and south of the Sutlej. Based on the dominant peasant caste of the region, the Sidhu Jats, the misl successfully threw off its Mughal-oriented overlords, replacing them with its own 'feudal' structure. The mist was named after Phul, whose descendents in British times ruled the Princely States of Patiala, Nabha and Jind, and the fiefs of Bhadour, Maloudh and Badrukhan. Other Sidhu Jat families established the state of Faridkot, the jagirs of Kaithal and Arnauli, and a host of lesser fiefs.

[13] Balfour, Edward (1885). "N". The Cyclopaedia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia. p. 1038. By a sunnud of 5 May 1860, it was provided that, in case of failure of male heirs to any of the three Phulkian houses, a successor should be chosen from among the descendants of Phul, by the two other chiefs and the Representative of the British Government.

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v t e Ethnic groups, social groups and tribes of the Punjabis
Agrawal	Bansal
Arains	Rayeen Mian Mehr Kardar Ramay Bhutto
Ahirs	Yaduvanshi Ahirs Ahirs Ghosi Hindu Ghosi Aharwar Ranghar
Chauhans	Khandowya
Scheduled Castes	Ad-Dharmi Balmiki Bazigar Chamar Khatik Mazhabi Sikh Mochi Mirasi Nat Ramdasia Sikh Ravidasi
Gakhars	Kayani
Gurjars	Gurjara-Pratihara Bhati Baisla Khatana
Jats	Aulakh Bajwa Bhutta Buttar Chaudhary Cheema Chohan Dhankhar Deol Gill Grewal Jaswal Kahlon Kharal Khokhar Maan Malhi Noon Ranjha Randhawa Sandhu Sekhon Sidhu Sial tribe Sipra Sodhi Sohal Tiwana Uppal Virk Warraich Wyne
Labana	Labana
Khatris	Anand Bhamba Bhambri Bhandari Bhasin Bindra Chadha Chopra Dhawan Duggal Gambhir Ghai Gujral Kakkar Kandhari Kapoor Khanna Khattar Khosla Khukhrain Kohli Khullar Madhok Mahendru Makan Malhotra Mehra Mehrotra Nagpal Nanda Narula Nayyar Oberoi Puri Roshan Sabharwal Sahni Sehgal Seth Sethi Sodhi Soni Talwar Tandon Thapar Trehan Vadera Vadra Vohra
Mohyal Brahmin	Bali Bhimwal Chhibber Datt Lau Mohan Vaid
Rajputs	Jarral Mair Rajput Bhatti Janjua Rathore Chauhan Minhas Jaswal Jamwal Rana Raja Wattoo
Tarkhans	Panesar Sohal
Others	Arora Bagga Bakarwal Bania Dogar Kamboj Kumhar Saini Sansi Sayyid Shaikh