Badhan (tribe)

The Badhan(Bâdhân, Persian: باذان) are a gotra (clan) found in India, Bangladesh and Pakistan.

History & Origin

The Badhan clan descends from the Saroa Rajputs. It is also claimed that they were the native people of Punjab region before the arrival of Aryans. Afer the arrival of Aryans they resisted the infiltration and eventaully merged amongst invaders. Kala, their ancestor left Jammu, and settled in Sialkot. From Sialkot they spread to Gujrat, and eventually Mirpur.

Badhans are also found in the Northern region of Punjab (district Hoshiarpur, Gurdaspur, Jalandhar, NawaSheher, Ropar and Kapurthla), Southern region of Jammu and Kashmir (Kathua, Mirpur, Jammu, Sialkot, Rajouri, Poonch where they claim a connection with Sudhans and Doda).

Religion

They belong to Sikh, Muslim and Hindu religions. South Asian society irrespective of the religion are still divided into caste system and strangely this surname is found in all castes and religion (Jats, Rajputs and Ramdasias).

Badhan is mentioned in many of the Islamic books . Badhans of Indian Punjab visit Garhdiwala to pray to their forefather.

Famous Badhans

Governor of Yemen Badhan

Dr Raj Badhan MPharm, MRPharmS, PhD University of Manchester UK

Tarsem Badhan Movie Editor Bollywood

Pamela Badhan TV actress (1990s)