Dhadwal

Dhadwal (also spelt Dadwal is a gotra or clan of Jats, found in the state of Punjab. Some people spell the surname as Thadwal. Dhadwals form part of the Sikh community.

The Rajput Dadwal/Dadhwal are found in Punjab and Himachal pradesh in India. They are part of the Hindu Punjabi community.

History and origin

Jatt Dhadwal

The Jat Dhadwal's are all descended from a common ancestor who moved to Punjab from the Himachal Pradesh and Jammu border area and took a Jat wife by the name of Maa Lakhi in the late 16th century, the village of Lakhpur was the land gifted to the couple by Maa Lakhi's father. The Jatt Dadwal Jathera is in Lakhpur.

Rajput Dadwal

The Rajput Dadwal's are found in the neighbourhood of Datarpur, the seat of their former sovereignty. They can further be found on the south west of the Shivaliks in the Hoshiarpur district of Panjab, Kangra, Hamirpur and Una districts of Himachal Pradesh near Dholbaha and Janauri or Janakpuri, its ancient name, which is still used. Janak was an ancient Surajbansi ruler.

Mostly the gotra of Rajput Dadwal's is Kashyap, in the lineage (pravaras) of the sage Kashyap. The Rajput Dadwal's are a branch of the Katoch and do not intermarry the with them, or with the Gulerias or Sibayas on the ground of common decent. They have an interesting local history which describes how they wrested the tract round Datarpur from a Chang rani.

The Rajput Dadwal's have several als or families, whose name are derived from their settlements, such as Janaurach, Dholbahia, Datarpuria, Fatehpuria, Bhanowalia, Khangwarch, Naruria, Rampuria etc. Datarpur is their chief village, but they have no system of chhats and makans.