Gazetteer of the Lahore District

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3Leading families.

4120 CHAP. II.—THE PEOPLE.

5Sardar Indar Singhisa Viceregal Darbiri of the Lahore

6District, who has been granted land in rakh Lidhar, some of it free

7of revenue in return for the excellent service he has rendered

8from 1857 onwards to 1892 as orderly officer to the Lieutenant-

9Governors for the time being of the Punjab. He holds the high-

10est testimonials from Lord Lawrence, Sir Robert Montgomery,

11Sir Henry Davies, Sir Robert Egerton, Sir Charles Aitchison,

12and Sir James Lyall. When the last named retired from office

13Indar Singh also retired to enjoy a well-earned repose in his

14native village Thithar, where he now is. His grandfather

15Sahib Singh and his father Sher Singh were noted swordsmen

16and held in high respect in the Conrt of Maharaja Ranjit

17Singh, His two sons Tej Singh and Talmeja Singh are in

18Government service, the former as a Deputy Inspector of

19Police, the latter as a Jamadar in the Ist Panjab Cavalry.

20Rajendra Singh, brother of Indar Singh, took part in many cam-

21paigns and rendered valuable service to Government; he died

22after his return from the Kabul war of 1881. Other members

23of the family are serving in the army and are keeping up the

24old name for good and faithfal service. The whole family may

25be described as in flourishing circumstances. A more detailed

26account of them will befound on pages 181 to 184 of the latest

27edition of the Punjad Cftefs.

28Sardir Atma Singh is the chief representative of the

29family of Sukha Singh, the first Sikh convert of the descen-

30dants of Changa who was thirteenth in descent from Sandhn

31the founder of the Sandhu Jat colony in the Manjha after their

32emigration from Ghézm in Afghdnistin. Changa was an in-

33fluential chaudhari and founded tha village of Padhana, 16 miles

34south of Lahore where the family still resides. The history

35is given on pages 157 to 141 of the latest edition of the

36Punjab Chiefs.. Sardér Jowdla Singh, son of Sardér Mit

37Singh, who wasthe son of Sukha Singh was very eminent

38at the beginning of the present century both for his bravery

39and his munificent generosity. He held very large jagire

40from Maharaja Ranjit Singh, but on his death in 1835 most of

41these were resumed. No direct descendant of his now lives,

42but there are several of Ganda Singh, the younger brother of

43Sardar Mit Singh; and among these Atmé Sin h is the leading

44representative. He has been created a Sardér and given a

45sanad under the hand of the Viceroy. He lives at Padhana,

46where he is Honorary Magistrate, having jurisdiction in 51 vil-

47lages of the Kasir tahe(l. The jdgir allowances have c .

48but the Sardar has proprietary rights in four villages and is in

49flourishing circumstances, The family is connected by mar-

50riage with some of the best houses in the Manjha.

51Sardar Bhola Singh of Jodhpur isa man who comes little

52before the public at present, but deserves mention as the son of

53Kahn Singh, whose history is paren on pages 166 to 169 of the

54latest edition of the Punjab Chiefs. Kahn Singh was the bra-

55vest and the keenest. of the Sikh chiefs who fought against

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