The Majithia Sirdars (or Sardars), are a family of
Sher-Gill Jat
The Jat people ((), ()) are a traditionally agricultural community in Northern India and Pakistan. Originally pastoralists in the lower Indus river-valley of Sindh, Jats migrated north into the Punjab region in late medieval times, and su ...
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sardar
Sardar, also spelled as Sardaar/Sirdar ( fa, سردار, , 'commander', literally 'headmaster'), is a title of royalty and nobility that was originally used to denote princes, noblemen, chiefs, kings and other aristocrats. It has also been u ...
s'' (chiefs) that originate from the region of
Majitha
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.
The renowned Majithia family of ''Sardars'' of the Sher-Gill Jat clan trace th ...
in the
Punjab
Punjab (; Punjabi: پنجاب ; ਪੰਜਾਬ ; ; also romanised as ''Panjāb'' or ''Panj-Āb'') is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising ...
. The family is divided into three principle branches, the Dayal Singh branch, Surat Singh branch, and Mahtab Singh branch. 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. An early ancestor of the family was Madho, a
Jat
The Jat people ((), ()) are a traditionally agricultural community in Northern India and Pakistan. Originally pastoralists in the lower Indus river-valley of Sindh, Jats migrated north into the Punjab region in late medieval times, and su ...
of the
Gill clan, which the Sher-Gill clan is a derivative of. He founded the village of Madho-Jetha, later known as Majitha.
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).
Notable Members
Dayal Singh branch
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Lehna Singh (d. 1854)
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Ranjodh Singh (d. 1872)
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Dyal Singh (1848–1898)
Surat Singh branch
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Surat Singh
Raja Surat Singh (1810–1881) was a Punjabi Jagirdar, a military officer in the Khalsa Army, and a member of the renowned Majithia family.
Biography
He was born in Majitha to Sardar Attar Singh of the Sher-Gill Jat clan. With his father, he ...
(1810–1881)
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Sundar Singh (1872–1941)
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Surjit Singh (1912–1995)
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Amrita Sher-Gil
Amrita Sher-Gil (30 January 1913 – 5 December 1941) 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 ear ...
(1913–1941, through her father, Umrao Singh Sher-Gil)
Mahtab Singh branch
*Mahtab Singh (1811–1865)
Pedigrees
File:Majitha branch 1.jpg, Pedigree for Dayal Singh branch of Majithias
File:Majithia Sardars family pedigree.jpg, Pedigree for Surat Singh branch of Majithias
References
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Indian families
People from Amritsar