Sidhu is a

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Jat The Jat people (, ), also spelt Jaat and Jatt, are a traditionally agricultural community in Northern India and Pakistan. Originally pastoralists in the lower Indus river-valley of Sindh, many Jats migrated north into the Punjab region in l ...

clan found in

Punjab Punjab (; ; also romanised as Panjāb or Panj-Āb) is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia. It is located in the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising areas of modern-day eastern Pakistan and no ...

. The Sidhus have had a significant impact on Sikh history.

Etymology and origin

During British Raj, historians like Horace Arthur Rose, HA.Rose and Alexander Cunningham note an account of local bards (bhatts) history state, the clan descends from a Bhatti clan progenitor named Sidhu Rao, whom had maternal alliance with Gill Jats. Their descendants are thus the Sidhu Jats.

History

Sikh period

The Sidhu clan held sway in the Firozpur district, Ferozepur area in the late medieval period. Chaudhary Phul of the Sidhu-Brar clan established the Phulkian Misl, one of the misls (confederacies) of the Misl, Sikh Confederacy. His descendants, the Phulkian sardars, Phulkian Maharajas, became the kings of the Princely state, princely states of Faridkot State, Faridkot, Jind State, Jind, Nabha State, Nabha, Malaudh and Patiala State, Patiala.

People

*Amandeep Sidhu *Barkat Sidhu *Deep Sidhu *Harinder Sidhu *Harry Sidhu *Jagdeep Sidhu *Navjot Singh Sidhu *Sidhu Moose Wala

References

Jat clans Punjabi tribes Punjabi-language surnames Jat clans of Punjab Surnames of Indian origin {{Pakistan-ethno-stub