Ahluwalia
Ahluwalia may refer to: * Ahluwalia (misl) * Ahluwalia (surname) * Ahluwalia (caste) Ahluwalia (also transliterated as Ahluvalia) is an Indian caste native to the Punjab region. The Ahluwalias originally belonged to the Kalal caste, whose traditional occupation was brewing country liquor. The Kalals held a low status in the t ...

Ahluwalia (surname)
Ahluwalia is a surname native to the Punjab region of India. It is derived from the words "Ahlu" (a village in Lahore) and " walia" (a Punjabi-language adjectival suffix). It was first adopted by the Sikh Kalal chief Jassa Singh, the leader of the Ahluwalia misl. The surname was later adopted by many others, including the members of the Kalal caste who were not his descendants, leading to the formation of the Ahluwalia caste. Notable people who bear the surname Ahluwalia include: * Ashim Ahluwalia, Indian film director and screenwriter * Dolly Ahluwalia, Indian actress and costume designer * H. P. S. Ahluwalia, Indian mountaineer * Harry Ahluwalia, Indian actor * Iloosh Ahluwalia, Indian businesswoman * Isher Judge Ahluwalia, Indian economist * Jasbina Ahluwalia, American matchmaker * Jassa Ahluwalia, English actor * Jassa Singh Ahluwalia, Sikh Confederacy leader * Kiran Ahluwalia, Indo-Canadian singer * Kiranjit Ahluwalia, Indian women's rights activist * Manraj Ahluwa ...
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Ahluwalia (misl)
Ahluwalia (also transliterated as Ahluvalia) was a misl, that is, a sovereign state in the Sikh confederacy of Punjab region in present-day India and Pakistan. The misl's name is derived from Ahlu, the ancestral village of the misl leaders. The Ahluwalia misl was one of the 12 major Sikh misls, and held land to the north of Sutlej river. History Different scholars variously name the misl's founder as Sadho Singh, his descendant Bagh Singh, or Bagh Singh's nephew Jassa Singh Ahluwalia. The misl rose to prominence under Jassa Singh, who was the first person to use the name "Ahluwalia". Originally known as Jassa Singh Kalal, he styled himself as Ahluwalia after his ancestral village of Ahlu. Even after other misls lost their territories to Ranjit Singh's Sikh Empire, the emperor permitted the descendants of Jassa Singh to retain their estates. After the British took over the Sikh territories in 1846, Jassa Singh's descendants became the ruling family of the Kapurthala State. R ...
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