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The Sandhu or Sindhu clan (Punjabi: ਸੰਧੂ (Gurmukhi); سندھو (Shahmukhi)) is the second-largest clan of Jats in the Punjab, spanning both India and Pakistan. The Sandhus have had a significant impact on Sikh history, founding several Sikh states, including the Nakai Misl, Shaheedan Misl, and Kanhaiya Misl. Qadir Yar Sandhu, a Muslim Jat and court poet of Ranjit Singh, made notable contributions towards Punjabi literature. List of notable people Notable people with the surname, who may or may not be affiliated to the clan, include: * Arif Nakai, 12th Chief Minister of Punjab, Pakistan, direct descendant of the Nakai misldars * Aaqib Javed, Pakistani cricket player * Avtar Singh Sandhu, better known as Pash, Indian poet * Baba Deep Singh (1682–1757), Sikh martyr * Banita Sandhu, British-Indian actress * Bhai Bala (1466–1544), a companion of Guru Nanak * Bhagat Singh (1907-1931), Indian revolutionary * Captain Abhimanyu, former cabinet minister, Governm ...
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Garry Sandhu
Gurmukh Singh "Garry" Sandhu, is an Indian singer, songwriter, rapper and actor known for his work in Punjabi music The music of Punjab reflects the traditions of the Punjab region associated with Punjabi language. Punjab is currently divided into two parts: East Punjab, in India, and West Punjab, the most populous province of Pakistan. The Punjab has diver .... Originally, he came to the United Kingdom on a study visa, and worked as a construction worker situated in the Birmingham area illegally and got deported. Whilst working, he would aspire to eventually make his songwriting into an actual career. He made his singing debut in 2010 with song "Main Ni Peenda" and acting debut with the film '' Romeo Ranjha'' (2014). He has released songs including Illegal Weapon, Yeah Baby, Banda Ban Ja, Excuses etc. He also owns his record label ''Fresh Media Records''. In 2019, his song "Yeah Baby" was released in a bollywood film De De Pyaar De as " Hauli Hauli". He has been nominated ...
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Banita Sandhu
Banita Sandhu (born 22 June 1997) is a Welsh actress. Known for her work in Indian cinema, she made her film debut with the 2018 Hindi-language film ''October'', going on to star in the Tamil-language production '' Adithya Varma'' and the CW series ''Pandora'' (both 2019). Early life Sandhu was born and brought up in Caerleon, Wales to first-generation British Sikh parents. She began acting at the age of 11 and moved to London at 18 to start her degree in English literature at King's College. Career Sandhu first appeared in an ad for Wrigley's Doublemint and one for Vodafone India. Her first feature film was ''October'', starring Varun Dhawan, released in 2018. This was followed by the American TV series ''Pandora'', and the Tamil-language film '' Adithya Varma'', both in 2019. She later signed on to the Hindi-language film ''Sardar Udham ''Sardar Udham'' is a 2021 Indian Hindi language biographical historical drama film directed by Shoojit Sircar, and produced by Rising ...
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Gurinder Sandhu
Gurinder Singh Sandhu (born 14 June 1993) is an Australian international cricketer who plays for Queensland in Domestic cricket. He is the first male cricketer of Indian descent to represent Australia in an international tournament. Early life and family Sandhu was born in Blacktown, New South Wales. Coming from Indian descent, his parents emigrated to Australia in the 1980s. Career Domestic career Sandhu made his senior cricket debut for the Sydney Thunder in the 2011–12 Big Bash League season. He made his List A and First-class cricket debut for New South Wales at the end of the 2012–2013 Australian cricket season. In March 2013, Sandhu was voted the Australian Cricketers' Association player of the month. Sandhu played three games for New South Wales in the 2017–18 JLT One-Day Cup, taking 5 wickets but conceding 6.13 runs per over. His best performance of the tournament came against Western Australia, when he took 4 wickets for 57 runs in a 9-run loss. It was ann ...
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Nakai Misl
The Nakai Misl ( (Gurmukhi), (Shahmukhi)), founded by Sandhu Jat people, Jats, was one of the twelve Sikh Confederacy, Sikh Misls (groupings with their distinct guerrilla militia) that later became part of the Sikh Empire. It held territory between the Ravi River, Ravi and Sutlej rivers southwest of Lahore in what became Pakistan. The misl fought against the Sial (tribe), Sials, the Pathans and the Kharals before it was incorporated into the Sikh Empire of the Sukerchakia Misl by Ranjit Singh. History According to legend, in 1595 Guru Arjan Dev (1563–1606), the Fifth Sikh Guru, visited the village of Baherwal with some of his followers. The Guru was not received with hospitality, so he continued to the village of Jambar where he lay down on a charpai (cot) under a shady tree. Hem Raj, a Sandhu Jat, the Chaudhari or headman of Bahrwal, was absent when the Guru passed through his village. Hem Raj was ashamed of his town's inhospitality and went to Jambar and brought him back ...
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Gurbaksh Singh Sandhu
Gurbaksh Singh Sandhu (), also spelled as Gurbax/Gurbux Singh Sandhu, was the national boxing coach of India. He started coaching the India National Team from the year 1993. He was influential in bringing a medal to India in 2008 Summer Olympics, when Vijender Singh of India won bronze, which was the first ever medal for India in Boxing at Olympics. He has also helped Indian boxers in their performances in World Championship. He stopped coaching boxing of India until July 2013. Early life Sandhu's association with the sport of boxing goes back to his childhood days at Sainik School, Jamnagar, where boxing was a compulsory discipline. He was a state champion but as he says, his inclination was more towards studies. However, destiny willed otherwise and after finishing school, Sandhu joined Government Sports College, Jalandhar, and later studied to acquire a diploma in boxing coaching from the NIS in 1975. He went to Germany to pursue Masters in Sports and on his return, joined ...
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Bhagat Singh
Bhagat Singh (27 September 1907 – 23 March 1931) was an Indian anti-colonial revolutionary who participated in the mistaken murder of a junior British police officer in December 1928 in what was intended to be retaliation for the death of an Indian nationalist. * * * * He later took part in a largely symbolic bombing of the Central Legislative Assembly in Delhi and a hunger strike in jail, which—on the back of sympathetic coverage in Indian-owned newspapers—turned him into a household name in the Punjab region, and, after his execution at age 23, a martyr and folk hero in Northern India. * * * Borrowing ideas from Bolshevism and anarchism, * * * * * * * the charismatic Bhagat Singh electrified a growing militancy in India in the 1930s and prompted urgent introspection within the Indian National Congress's nonviolent, but eventually successful, campaign for India's independence. * * * * In December 1928, Bhagat Singh and an associate, Shivaram Rajgu ...
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Avtar Singh Sandhu
Avtar Singh Sandhu (9 September 1950 – 23 March 1988), who wrote under the pen name Pash, was an Indian poet, one of the major poets in Punjabi of the 1970s. He was killed by Sikh extremists on 23 March 1988. His strongly left-wing views were reflected in his poetry. Early life and activism Pash was born as Avtar Singh Sandhu in 1950 in a small village called Talwandi Salem in Jalandhar district of Punjab, India, in a middle-class farmers family. His father Sohan Singh Sandhu was a soldier in the Indian Army who also composed poetry as a hobby. Pash grew up in the midst of the Naxalite movement, a revolutionary movement in India against the landlords, industrialists, traders, etc. who control the means of production. This was in the midst of the Green revolution which had addressed India's problem of famine using high yield crops, but had also unconsciously led to other forms of inequities in Punjab. In 1970, he published his first book of revolutionary poems, ''Loh-Katha ...
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Bhai Bala
Bhai Bala (; 1466–1544) was a companion of Guru Nanak. Born in Talwandi into a Sandhu Jat family, Bala was also a close associate of Bhai Mardana. Biography According to the , he traveled with Guru Nanak and Bhai Mardana on all of their great journeys around the world including China, Mecca, and around India. He supposedly died in Khadur Sahib, in his late 70s, in 1544.McLeod, W.H., Guru Nanak and the Sikh Religion. Oxford, 1968.Max Arthur Macauliffe, 1909 Historicity There has been considerable discussion as regards to Bhai Bala's existence, particularly within the Sikh academic field. Bhai Gurdas, who has listed all Guru Nanak's prominent disciples (in his 11th Var), does not mention the name of Bhai Bala (this may be an oversight, for he does not mention Rai Bular either). However Bhai Mani Singh's Bhagat Ratanwali, which contains essentially the same list as that by Bhai Gurdas, but with more detail, also does not mention Bhai Bala. There are a number of other ...
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Kanhaiya Misl
The Kanhaiya Misl was one of the twelve misls of the Sikh Confederacy. It had been founded by Sandhu Jats. History Jai Singh Sandhu (son of Khushal Singh) of the village Kanha (district Lahore) was the founder of this ''Misl''; hence the misl came to known as Kanhaiya Misl; another founder leader of this Misl was Amar Singh of Kingra village. Jai Singh and his brother Jhanda Singh had got initiation from the ''jatha'' of (''Nawab'') Kapur Singh; when all the Sikh Jathas were organised into 11 Misls, Jai Singh’s ''jatha'' was named as Kanhaiya Misl. Haqiqat Singh Kanhaiya, Jeewan Singh, Tara Singh and Mehtab Singh (all four from village Julka, about 6 km from village Kanha) too were senior generals of this Misl.{{cn}] Rise to Power Adina Beg Khan was the Viceroy of the Punjab from May to September 1758. Known for his strict rule, he sought to stop any disturbances brought on by Sikhs. He did this by sending a military force led by Mir Aziz to hunt them out. As ...
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Qadir Yar
Qadir Yar (1802–1892), born Qadar Baksh, was a Muslim Sandhu Jat and a poet of the Punjabi language. Born in Gujranwala, he wrote Punjabi Qissa like ''Qissa Purana Bhagat'', ''Raja Rasal''. Life Qadir Yar was born in the village Machhike, in Gujranwala District in Punjab (now in Pakistan) during the rule of the Sikh Empire. He belonged to an agriculturalist family and was Sandhu by caste. The details of his life are not available, except that he received his education at the village mosque. He was the court poet of the Lahore Sikh Darbar, during the reign of Maharaja Ranjit Singh. Works Qadir Yar started his literary career with ''Mehraj Nama'' (1832), the longest poem composed by him and containing 1014 couplets. The poem gives a fictional account of Prophet Muhammad's journey through the seven skies. It tells the story of Puran Bhagat. His other significant works include ''Qissa Sohni Mahinwal'', ''Hari Singh Nalwa Di Var'', and ''Var Rani Kokilan''. Further reading * ...
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Baba Deep Singh
Baba Deep Singh (26 January 1682 – 13 November 1757) is revered among Sikhs as one of the most hallowed martyrs in Sikhism. He is remembered for his sacrifice and devotion to the teachings of the Sikh Gurus. Baba Deep Singh was the first head of Misl Shaheedan Tarna Dal – an order of the Khalsa military established by Nawab Kapur Singh, the then head of Sharomani Panth Akali Buddha Dal. The Damdami Taksal also state that he was the first head of their order.Damdami Taksal opens shop to provide religious literature
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Pakistan
Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the Islam by country#Countries, second-largest Muslim population as of 2023. Islamabad is the nation's capital, while Karachi is List of cities in Pakistan by population, its largest city and financial centre. Pakistan is the List of countries and dependencies by area, 33rd-largest country by area. Bounded by the Arabian Sea on the south, the Gulf of Oman on the southwest, and the Sir Creek on the southeast, it shares land borders with India to the east; Afghanistan to the west; Iran to the southwest; and China to the northeast. It shares a maritime border with Oman in the Gulf of Oman, and is separated from Tajikistan in the northwest by Afghanistan's narrow Wakhan Corridor. Pakistan is the site of History of Pakistan, several ancient cultures, including the ...
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