| Sidhu | |
|---|---|
| Jat clan | |
| Location | Punjab region |
| Jathera | Khiwa Rao [1] |
| Parent tribe | Bhatti, Gill Jats |
| Branches | Brar (Baryar) |
| Language | Punjabi |
| Religion | Sikhism • Hinduism • Islam |
| Surnames | Sidhu |
Sidhu is a Punjabi Jat clan found in Punjab. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
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] [8]
The Sidhu clan held sway in the Ferozepur area in the late medieval period. [9] 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. [10] [11]
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.
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){{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)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.
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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