The Majithia family, are a family of Shergill Jat sardars (chiefs) that originate from the region of Majitha in the Punjab. [1]
The Majithia family, are a family of Shergill Jat sardars (chiefs) that originate from the region of Majitha in the Punjab. [1]
The family is divided into three principle branches, the Dayal Singh branch, Surat Singh branch, and Mahtab Singh branch. [2] [1] Dayal Singh and Matab Singh were fifth cousins, whilst Surat Singh was considerably more distantly related to them. One had to go back fourteen generations from their generation to find a common relation between Surat Singh and the other two branches. [3] An early ancestor of the family was Madho, a Jat of the Gill clan, which the Sher-Gill clan is a derivative of. [4] [5] He founded the village of Madho-Jetha, later known as Majitha. [6] [7] Lepel H. Griffin in his work, Panjab Chiefs (1865), states that the Majithia family is the progeny of a certain Rana Dhar, who was the son of Sher-Gil (founder of the clan). [8]
 | This section needs expansionwith: Need notable family members listed for this branch of Majithias. You can help by adding to it. (September 2022) |
Amrita Sher-Gil was a Hungarian-Indian painter. She has been called "one of the greatest avant-garde women artists of the early 20th century" and a pioneer in modern Indian art. Drawn to painting from an early age, Sher-Gil started formal lessons at the age of eight. She first gained recognition at the age of 19, for her 1932 oil painting Young Girls. Sher-Gil depicted everyday life of the people in her paintings.
Khalsa College is a historic educational institution in the northern Indian city of Amritsar in the state of Punjab, India. Founded in 1892, the sprawling 300-acre (1.2 km2) campus is located about eight kilometers from the city-center on the Amritsar-Lahore highway, adjoining Guru Nanak Dev University campus, to which Khalsa College is academically affiliated.
Sunder Singh Lyallpuri was a leading Sikh member of the Indian independence movement, a general of the Akali Movement, an educationist, and journalist. Lyallpuri played a key role in the development of the Shiromani Akali Dal, and in the Gurdwara Reform Movement of the early 1920s and also founding member of Central Sikh League. He took part in several roles in the establishment and growth of Indians independence.
Majitha is a town and a municipal council in Amritsar district in the Indian state of Punjab. The 2011 Census of India recorded 14,503 people resident in the town.
Shergill is a clan (gotra) of Jats, its parent clan is Gill. According to oral history, the founding progenitor of the clan was a man named Shergill, who was the son of Gill. The Majithia family belong to this clan.
Ranjodh Singh was a powerful member of the Sikh aristocracy and governor of Hazara. The Majithia family are Jat of the Shergill gotra (clan), and were particularly influential in the area near their headquarters in Majithia.
Sardar Bahadur Sir Sundar Singh Majithia was a Punjabi landowner and politician.
The Nakai Misl, founded by Sandhu Jats, was one of the twelve Sikh Misls that later became the Sikh Empire. It held territory between the Ravi and Sutlej rivers southwest of Lahore in what became Pakistan. The misl fought against the Sials, the Pathans and the Kharals before it was incorporated into the Sikh Empire of the Sukerchakia Misl by Ranjit Singh.
Sardar Gujjar Singh Bhangi was a Sikh warrior of the Bhangi Misl, and one of the triumvirates who ruled over Lahore prior to the leadership of Maharaja Ranjit Singh.
Akali Phula Singh Nihang was an Akali Nihang Sikh leader. He was a saint soldier of the Khalsa Shaheedan Misl and head of the Budha Dal in the early 19th century. He was also a senior general in the Sikh Khalsa Army and commander of the irregular Nihang of the army. He played a role in uniting Sikh misls in Amritsar. He was not afraid of the British who at many times ordered for his arrest but were not successful. During his later years he served for the Sikh Empire as a direct adviser to Maharaja Ranjit Singh. He remained an army general in many famous Sikh battles up until his martyrdom in the battle of Nowshera. He was admired by the local people and had a great influence over the land and his settlement was always open to help the poor and helpless. He was well known and was a humble unique leader and prestigious warrior with high character. He was also known for his effort to maintain the values of Gurmat and the Khalsa panth.
Lehna Singh Majithia, his personal name is also romanized as Lahina or Lahna, was a polymath, inventor, warrior, and statesman. Lehna Singh was the father of famous businessman and philanthropist, Dyal Singh Majithia.
Manawala is a city in Sheikhupura District, Punjab, Pakistan. It is situated on the Lahore-Sheikhupura-Faisalabad road.
Sardar Bahadur Sir Arur Singh Shergill was Sikh magistrate and civil judge who served as the manager of Darbar Sahib and the 10th Jathedar of the Akal Takht, as a sarbarah appointed by the British Raj from 1907 to 1920.
Surjit Singh Majithia (1912-1995) was an Indian politician, diplomat and air force officer. He was elected to the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India from the Tarn Taran constituency of Punjab as a member of the Indian National Congress.
Sardar Chuhar Singh of Jharauli was a general of Shaheedan Misl. He was the paternal cousin of Rai Singh Bhangi and close relative of Sikh warrior Baba Deep Singh. Under the command of Jassa Singh Ahluwalia, he fought for Shaheedan Misl in the Battle of Sirhind (1764) against Mughal Faujdar of Sirhind, Zain Khan Sirhindi. He secured Jharauli, Fatehgarh Atri, Ajrana and seven other villages by Markanda River. He had two sons, Karam Singh and Mohar Singh. The younger Mohar Singh took charge of the Jharauli estate. His elder son Karam Singh took control of the family estate at Chung that was finally incorporated to Lahore Darbar by issueless Ranjit Singh after his death in 1808. Mohar Singh lost seven villages of the Jharauli estate to Bhunga Singh of Thanesar in 1780. The Jharauli estate remained under the Court of Wards during 1885-1893 and again between 1922-1947.
Tara Singh Ghaiba was an associate member of the Dallewalia Misl, who became the chief of the Misl after the death of their founding member and head Sardar Gulab Singh Khatri. He made Rahon the capital of his Misl.
Raja Surat Singh (1810–1881) was a Punjabi Jagirdar, a military officer in the Khalsa Army, and a member of the renowned Majithia family.
Mughalchak is a town in Gujranwala District, Punjab, Pakistan.
The Little Girl in Blue is an oil painting on canvas created in India by Hungarian-born Indian artist Amrita Sher-Gil in 1934. Under India's Antiquities and Art Treasures Act (1972), the work is a national art treasure and must stay in the country. In 2018, it was auctioned by Sotheby's, Mumbai, fetching US$2.67 million.
Umrao Singh Sher-Gil Majithia was an Indian aristocrat, scholar of Sanskrit and philosophy, and photographer. He was known as one of the pioneers of photography in India, leaving behind over 3000 prints including the hundreds of family portraits and over 80 self portraits staged in a mise-en-scène style.
...the small village of Majithia (near Amritsar)—which the family of Sir Sundar Singh, of Shergill clan among the Jat Sikhs—had adopted as their surname, could also be proud of its illustrious Sardars.
The descendants of Gillpal use the family surname 'Gill'. There are many sub-castes such as Sher-Gill, Jhalli-Gill and so on.
Mado Jetha was the name that established Majitha, a place thirty odd miles from Amritsar.
Majitha is situated 16 kilometre to the north east of Amritsar. The town is connected with Amritsar by train and road. The town was founded by one Madho, a Jat of the Gill clan. He was 'jetha' (the eldest son) of his father and hence the place was 'Madho-Jetha'. The 'Madho-Jetha' subsequently got contracted into Majitha. Madho was thus the ancestor of Majithia Sardars, some of whom held high positions during the Sikh rule. It is believed that the forefathers of legendary Maharaja Ranjit Singh were closely associated with the town.
Shergil had four sons. The two youngest died without issue, but from the eldest Rana Dhar has descended the great house of Majitha
Desa Singh died in 1832, and was succeeded in all his estates and honours by his eldest son, Lahina Singh Majithia.
Page 2: Amrita Sher-Gil, born of Marie Antoinette, a cultured Hungarian mother, and Sardar Umrao Singh Gil, an aristocrat from the Majithia family of Amritsar..." Page 7: "Amrita Sher-Gil was brought to India by her parents at the age of eight and lived on the slopes of Summer Hill at Simla , and in Saraya a village in the Gorakhpur district of U.P., which was the Majithia family estate.
Mulk Raj Anand (speaking to Amrita Sher-Gil): 'You from Majithia family say so, you are more progressive than me!' Amrita replied: 'I hope so.'
From Dehra Dun, I came to Gorakhpur. After two more years at Gorakhpur, I was posted to Rae Bareli, perhaps, the most feudal disrict in the U.P. with Rajas, Ranas, and Sardars (Majithia family whom I had known from before through Amrita Sher-Gil, the painter who lived in Sardarnagar in Gorakhpur).