Dhaliwal (surname)

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Dhaliwal
Jat Sikh clan
Location Punjab, India
Language Punjabi
Religion Sikhism

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]

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References

  1. Hanks, Patrick; Coates, Richard; McClure, Peter (17 November 2016). The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland. Oxford University Press. p. 716. ISBN   978-0-19-252747-9.
  2. Banga, Indu, ed. (1997). Five Punjabi centuries: Policy, economy, society, and culture, c. 1500-1990 : essays for J.S. Grewal. Manohar. p. 408. ISBN   978-8173041754 . Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  3. 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.
  4. Hari Ram Gupta (October 2001). The Sikhs Commonwealth or Rise and Fall of the Sikh Misls. Munshilal Manoharlal Pvt. Ltd. ISBN   81-215-0165-2.
  5. Singh, Bhagat (April 1987). Singh, Ganda (ed.). "Rise and Fall of Karorsinghia Misal". The Panjab Past and Present. 21 (41). Punjabi University: 21. ISSN   0031-0786. Baghel Singh, a Dhaliwal jat,9 was the resident of Dhariwal which is situated adjacent to Jhabal near Amritsar.