Khandoya or Khandowa (

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Punjabi Punjabi, or Panjabi, most often refers to: * Something of, from, or related to Punjab, a region in India and Pakistan * Punjabi language * Punjabi people * Punjabi dialects and languages Punjabi may also refer to: * Punjabi (horse), a British Th ...

: کھنڈویہ ، کھنڈوعہ, also spelled Khandowya and Khandowa) is a

Rajput Rajput (from Sanskrit ''raja-putra'' 'son of a king') is a large multi-component cluster of castes, kin bodies, and local groups, sharing social status and ideology of genealogical descent originating from the Indian subcontinent. The term Ra ...

sub-clan mainly present in the northern, central and western parts of the

Pakistani Punjab Punjab (; , ) is one of the four provinces of Pakistan. Located in central-eastern region of the country, Punjab is the second-largest province of Pakistan by land area and the largest province by population. It shares land borders with the ...

, with significant numbers living in

Jhang Jhang (Punjabi language, Punjabi, ur, ), ) is the capital city of Jhang District, in the central portion of the province of Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab, Pakistan. Situated on the east bank of the Chenab river, it is the List of most populous c ...

Chakwal Chakwal ( Punjabi and ur, ) is a city in Rawalpindi Division, Punjab province, Pakistan. It is the 66th largest city of Pakistan by population. Chakwal is located 90 kilometres south-west of the federal capital, Islamabad and 270 kilomet ...

and to a lesser extent in

Khandowa Khandowa ( ur, کھنڈوعہ) is a town in a Kallar Kahar Tehsil of Chakwal District. The town's natural environment includes a number of historical lakes and resorts. Khandowa is 8 km distant from Kallar Kahar, 36 km from Chakwal, 114 km from Is ...

History

At the rural level, the Khandoyas were historically the

zamindar A zamindar ( Hindustani: Devanagari: , ; Persian: , ) in the Indian subcontinent was an autonomous or semiautonomous ruler of a province. The term itself came into use during the reign of Mughals and later the British had begun using it as a ...

or landowning class and to this day many Khandoya families live on and cultivate the land, which their ancestors held for centuries. They often carry titles typical to

Punjabis The Punjabis ( Punjabi: ; ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ; romanised as Panjābīs), are an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group associated with the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent, comprising areas of eastern Pakistan and northwestern India. The ...

Ahsan, A., 1996, ''The Indus Saga and the Making of Pakistan'', Oxford University Press, p.88. who own tracts of ancestral land.

Notable people

Naseer Ahmed Khandowa Naseer Ahmed Khandowa (Urdu نصیر احمد کھنڈوعہ ) is a Pakistani politician who is a member of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab. Personal life He was (born March 11, 1974) in Pind Dadan Khan Pakistan. He is Doctor by professio ...

former Chairman UC of the Khandoya tribe

Golepur Golepur (Urdu: گولپور) is a village and Union councils of Pakistan, union council of Jhelum District in the Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab Province of Pakistan. It lies about south of Islamabad, the country's capital city. A facility comprising ti ...

and Tehsil Pind Dadan Khan

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Khandowa Family Punjabi tribes Pakistani names Punjabi-language surnames {{Pakistan-ethno-stub

History

Notable people

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