Siranwali ( Urdu : سرانوالی ) is a town of Daska Tehsil on the Gujranwala-Pasrur road in Sialkot District , Punjab, Pakistan .It was found around the year 1500 by a Sandhu Jatt warrior called Chaudhry Hassan Sandhu. The Sandhu Jatts of Siranwali became very powerful during the reign of Maharaja Kharak Singh. Sardar Mangal Singh Sandhu of Siranwali was the brother in law of Maharaja Kharak Singh and managed his civil and military matters and also accompanied him in his battles.
6-551: The Sandhu clan of Siranwali rose position and power under Sandhawalia Jat rule of Maharaja Ranjit Singh . He awarded this jagir to Sardar Lal Singh Sandhu whose daughter married to Ranjit Singh's elder son Kharak Singh in 1840.After the decline of Sikh empire in 1849, this region was captured by British rule in India . The predominantly Muslim population supported the All-India Muslim League and Pakistan Movement . After
12-565: The Independence of Pakistan in 1947, the minority Hindus and Sikhs migrated to India while the Muslim refugees from India settled in the Sialkot . The ruling family departed for India. Their mansion was subsequently acquired by Mewati-speaking Muslim refugees. The town is home to grain markets which provides jobs to over fifty thousand people . There are over thirty rice mills located in
18-679: The Sikh Confederacy . The progenitor of this family was Choudhary Chanda Singh, who settled at the Sandhu wala village in present-day Pakistan, and consequently, came to be known as Sandhanwalia. His sons migrated to Rajasansi . The names of some of the Sandhawalia brothers included Lehna Singh, Basawa Singh, Budh Singh, Attar Singh, and Jaimal Singh. Maharaja Ranjit Singh , the Sikh ruler of Punjab , has been described as "Jats" in records. This has led to
24-588: The area, making it one of the major grain markets in the Punjab region . The town is located close to, and partly merged with, Mianwali Bangla . The majority of the population are Mewati -speaking, with Punjabi -speaking people forming the next largest group. Urdu is also spoken. Famous person in area of siranwali is Mukaram Ali virk Sandhawalia Sandhawalia is a Jat clan of present-day India and Pakistan. The members of one particular Sandhanwalia Jat Sikh family occupied important positions in
30-753: The ruler. But, when Sher Singh forced Chand Kaur to abdicate the throne, Sandhawalias felt cheated and refused to accept his rule. Sandhawalias were banished from the Khalsa empire and fled to Calcutta in British India. Sikh chieftain Ajit Singh Sandhawalia , who had served as Prime Minister first for Ranjit Singh then for Sher Singh's brother Kharak Singh and Karak Singh's son Nau Nihal, assassinated on 15 September 1843 Sher Singh, Maharaja of Sikh Empire , his son and heir apparent Pratap Singh and Sher Singh's wazir (prime minister) Dhian Singh . Sher Singh
36-635: The view that he belonged to the Jat . According to W. H. McLeod , however, it is more likely that he belonged to the Jat Clan got as the Sandhanwalias. Author Preminder Singh Sandhawalia believes that Ranjit Singh shared lineage with the Sandhawalias, although he did not share a direct line of descent with them. After the assassination of Nau Nihal Singh , the Sandhawalia clan supported Chand Kaur to become
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