Gondal(clan)

The Gondal are one of the elite Jat clans tribes found mainly in Punjab, Pakistan. They are also a few in Punjab, India.

History of the Gondal

Theory 1

The Gondal are one of the elite Jat clans tribes found mainly in Punjab, Pakistan. They are also a few in Indian Punjab, and other parts of India. They are believed to have accepted Islam on the inducement of famous Sufi poet Baba Farid and were instructed by him to stay in the area between the Chenab River and Jhelum Rivers. There are approximately over half a million in population. Gondal are elite Jat class and have their own traditions regarding hospitality and hostality. Respect is never coppromised among this tribe. They are also famous for taking revenge. Ghanon is the first name who accepted Islam on the hand of BABA FARID GANJ SHAKER, Ghanon came from India when Giyas uddin Balban was governing India.

1. Ghanon s/o Kalas, 2. Kalas s/o Kouli, 3. Kouli s/o Jairat, 4. Jairat s/o Tullah,

5. Tullah s/o Hanse, 6. Hans s/o Badhrad, 7. Badhrad s/o Sukha, 8. Sukha was the son of GONDAL, 9. Gondal was the son of Ghan, They accepted Islam in early 13th Century, and started agriculturing and cultivation in the district of Sargodha and Mandi Bahauddin and their first village was Hathiwind near Bhalwal, and after that they fought against Gujars.

Theory 2

Baba fareed Ganj Shakar (1173-1266) or (1188-1280) whereas Pritihvi Raj Chauhan iii (1149-1192) was king at the age of 20 in 1169. PRC father name was Someshwar Chauhan and mother name was Kamaladevi, her sister name was Pratha who was married to another King Samar Singh. PRC son name was Kola who was forgiven by Shahab uddin Ghouri helped him in later wars. Govinda was the grandson of PRC. Before PRC there were other rulerss, they are Someshwar-PRC2- Apara Gangeys- Vigraha Raje 1V- Jagdeva-PRC 1- Ajay Pal. Ghanon was the 9th in line of family tree which means some where in 14th Century, how he can accept Islam at the hands of Baba Fareed. Prithvi Raj fought two wars Battle of Tarrain in 1191 and 1192. This is when most of the Rajputs migrated from Ajmer, and other area to present Pakistani Punjab,

Haye Abid Gondal wrote, Nosherwaan,2.Chauhaan,3.Chooh,4.Labathoor,5.Ghungh,6.Gondal 7.Sukhdev,8.Badhraar,9.Hanas,10.Tullah,11.Jerath,12.Kaoli,13.Kalas 14.Ghanu,15.Dheer,16.Chote,17.Choohr,18.Bhairo

In other family tree available Ghanon and Jaspal were brothers and s/o Kalas s/o Kouli s/o Jairat s/o Tullah. Now here is the difference that Tullah was not son of Hanas rather Tullah, Hanas, Badhard and Sukha were four brothers and son of Gondal. ( Please see Wasu in Google Earth or in www.mbdin.net/wasu)

Theory 3

Gondal (गोंडल) is Gotra of Jats in Kashmir in India and also in Pakistan. They are the people who were known in the history of Kashmir by the name Gonand. Their history is well known. They ruled over Kashmir for centuries. The name, Gonad, became Gonadal and was Sanskritised into Gonanda. It is worth noting that the Nand Jats (pre-Mauryan) are now called Nandal/Nander. Some of these people call themselves descendants of the Chauhans, but others associate themselves with Lord Krishna. According to historical evidence Jarija and Yada Bhan were two brothers in the dynasty of Krishna. Jarija established his rule in Kathiawar, Gujarat. The present chieftains of Jamnagar, Dharol, Rajkot, Gonal and Morvi belonged to this very dynasty but all of, them now claim to be Rajputs. The Gondal of Rawalpindi, Cambalpur, Shapur, Mainwali are called Jats. Bosal, Tole, Jaspal, Sanatana and Gogh are branches of the Gondals. Some of these people call themselves descendants of the Chauhans, but others associate themselves with Lord Krishna.

Theory 4

As per Glossary of tribes and castes of punjab and North West Frontier Provinces based on the census report in 1883 by Sir Danziel Libbetson Gondal clan (agricultural) found in Shahpur, Multan and classed as Rajput in Montgomery. They hold the upland known as Gondal bar, running up to the center of the trect between the Jhelum and Chenab. Thet are also numerous in the riverain onn the right bank of the former river in the Jhelum distt and a few have spread eastward as far as the Ravi. They are said to be Chauhan rajput, but they are now of Jat status and intermarry with other Jat tribes, Physically they are a fine race, owing doubtless to the free and active life they lead, and the quantities of the animal food they consume. They say their ancestors came from Naushahra in the south to PakPattan, and was there converted by Baba Farid and if this is be so they peobably occupied theie present abodes within the last six centuies. He further wrote That a tribe of Muhammadan Jats in Gujrat which claim chauhan rajput Origin. Its eponym came from the Deccan to visit the shrine of Baba Farid and Pakpattan and embraced Islam. Mr. W. G. Waterfield in 1865 in a report of Second Regular settlement of Gujrat District says That Gondal had 56 villages and the tribe call themselves of Sombansi. They came from South. It is said that Kammu, TENTH in descent from gondal who came Naushehra to Pakpattan. He located himself upon an old village Hativind in the Shahpur District and his four sons spread over into Shahpur district and Gujrat district, but have never separated from each others. Three clans are in the gujrat after three sons called Badr-Raja-dhir and Fourth son Budha in Shahpur, they intermarry with all Jatts. They are well known cattle thieves but are now taking agricultural and honest livilehood. They created lot of problems to Sardar Mahan Singh. They have two representatives Zaildar Shashu of Majhi and Taja of Sohawah. Third of Budha of Chimmun was dismissed by district authorities as irreclaimble. Lt Col J.M Wikeley in his book Punjabi Muslmans write Locality, The Gondals are found chiefly in the Bhera tahsil of the Shahpur District in the tract known as the Gondal Bar. They are also found in the Gujarat and Jhelum and Rawalpindi districts. Those in jhelum and rawalpindi have no connection with the true Gondals of Bhera, and are unlike them in general appearance and in their characteristics. Chief Families.- There are some families of special importance. The Zaildars of Miana Gondal and Kot Momin are men of influence. History and Particulars.- The Gondals claim to be Chauhan Rajput and they say their ancestors came from Naushahra in the south to Pakistan where they were converted to Islam by Bawa Farid, if this is so, they probably occupied their present abodes within the last six centuries. The Tribe now ranks with Jats, it intermarries freely with other jat tribes of the district, such as Ranjhas, The harrals and Laks. Formerly before the Khelum Canal was introduced into their country, they were pastoral people subsisting almost entirely on the produce of their large herds of cattle. Now they are more and more to agricultural and are in very easy circumstances. Physically they are a fine race, strong and well made. The Gondals are well fitted for military service. My Conclusion This is a long debate whether Gondal were Jats or Rajputs but they were not Sikh rather Hindu. The Sikh religion started in 16th century whereas Jats and Gondal are older Clans than that. So Sikhs can be Jats but not Gondal from Sikhism. I have come across many Sikhs here in Canada and USA, found Gondal amongst Sikhs mainly from Hoshiarpur and Gurdaspur, I have met few Sood Jats who claim to be Gondal. The History is overlapped as some where Jats and Gujars are from Rajputs and some where Rajput are from Jats. Some Rajput clans are Takshak who were Jats. They can be found on internet in simple search by typing Gondal. Gondal being surname or family name is used by them. There are Jat Gondal and Rajput Gondal depending upon the area where they lived in India. There are all the Jat Clans in Rajputs and Jats, may be it was because they lived in each others area or through marriage. Cheema, Chattha, Bhatti, Tarar and others Jat clans are from Rajputs and Jats.

Rajputs can not convert or marry to other clans out of Rajputs. They are a great clan, have their own custom and tradition, which are being followed even now. How come 6 or 7 centuries before they changed into Jats when Caste System was on high.

How Jats people allowed other clans to change and settle in their areas when there was just tribal system. Even now a days Jats and Rajput do not marry each others, they have noting in common, no custom or traditions. So in my opinion the History is what you present to others.

One of the historian says that few low caste started calling themselves Rajput and Jat, even few British writers also confirmed in their books that those people (low Caste like, Lohars, tarkhans etc ) converted into these elite castes and started calling themselves as Jat and Rajput. They did not know their history. even today in Punjab the low castes change into rajput and Jat clans and call themselves amongst them, trying to change the history.

Some of the information was copied from various sites from internet as it was and the 1st web site www.mbdin.net and from other sources.

Location & Distribution

In Pakistan, they are found principaly in Jhelum, Gujrat, Gujranwala, Mandi Bahauddin,Sargodha and Rawalpindi Districts. Part of Sargodha and Mandi Bahauddin Districts is known as the Gondal Bar, or Gondal area. In the Gondal Bar, they are found in Malakwal, Kot Momin, BadShahPur1, and Midh Ranjha, Bhalwal,Khan Muhammad Wala,Bhikhi Shareef,Dera Chah Bhulwan,Wasu, Sohawa, Pindi Bahauddin as well as many smaller villages. The East Punjab Gondal Jats all hail from the Hoshiarpur Gurdaspur district in the Majha region of Punjab.

The majority is associated with the profession of agriculture but a some of them are also in politics and civil services, such as police, education and judiciary, as well as a few working abroad mainly in the United States, Canada, Saudi Arabia, Netherland, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom.

Famous Persons

Overseas Personalities

Ch.Imran Mehdi Gondal (Director International Development ,Britannia-Wise Group UK)

Political Personalities

Ch.Nazar Muhammad Gondal (MNA & Federal Minister)
Fahad malik NAzim Union council
Ch Umar Hayat Gondal MLA in India,
Ch ahmad Yar Gondal MLA in India,• Ch Umar Hayat Gondal Laleka ex MNA
Ch Manak Bosal ex MLA
Ch Nawaz Bosal ex MNA
Ch Iqbal Bosal ex MNA,
Ch Nadeem Afzal Gondal MNA
Ch Waseem Afzal Gondal MPA
Ch Afzal Chan Gondal ex MPA and Provincial Minister
Ch.Ghulam Rasul Gondal (Advocate Ex. MPA)
Ch Major ® Ehsan Elahi Gondal Ex MPA
Ch Major ® Zulifkar Gondal ex MNA and now MPA
Ch Ahmad Yar Gondal ex MPA
Ch Arif Gondal ex MPA,
Ch Tariq Mehmood MPA,• Ch Arshad KuKu Gondal ex Town Nazim.
Eng.Ch Zahoor Ashraf Gondal(Kandanwala)Ex Naib Nazim.
Ch Ahmed Yar Gondal ex Naib Tehsil Nazim,
Ghulam Hussain Bosal tehsil Nazim
Ch Qaim Din Gondal ex Chairman,
Ch Sher Mohammad Gondal president Distt Bar Association
Munawar Iqbal Gondal President LHC Bar Punjab

Civil Services

• Ch.Nisar Ahmad Gondal Deputy Director Anti-Corruption,• Ch Umar Hayat Gondal Deputy Director Anti-Narcotics,• Khizar Hayat Gondal Auqaf Secretary,• Ashfaq Ahmed Gondal Federal Secretary information Pakistan,• Ch.Muhammad Ajmal Gondal Chief Secretary of NHA,• Khizer Hayat Gondal Seceretary Civil Services Reforms),• Ahmad Naveed Gondal Superintendent District Jail,• Ch Saeed Ullah Gondal Superindentent District Jail • Tanveer Abbas Gondal District Excise & Taxation Officer• Ch Safdar Gondal Dy Commissioner I/Tax • Mazhar Iqbal Gondal Dy Commissioner I/tax,• Aamir Nazir Gondal 2nd Secretary USA Embassey• Bashir Ahmed Gondal PA to CM Punjab• M Asghar Gondal(kot balouch)SO Establishment Division ISLAMABAD.Ch M Ashraf Gondal(Kot Balouch)Accountant Pakistan Wapda Hyderabad.

Police

• Ch Mukhtar Ahmed Gondal• Ch. Hamid Mukhtar Gondal ( D.I.G.Police) ,• Ch Sultan Mehmood Gondal SSP Police • Ch Usman Akram Gondal SSP Police,• Ehsan Ullah Gondal SSP,• Rizwan Omar Gondal SP Police • Azmat Ullah Gondal SP police ,• Ch Hayat Gondal Laleka SP Police,• Ghulam Hussain Gondal DSP • Ch Altaf ahmad Gondal DSP,• Inspector Police (Ch Azhar Iqbal, Ch Rauf Ahmad Gondal, Ch Mussarrat Abbas Gondal , Ch Mushtaq Ahmed Gondal , Ch Muhammad Akram Gondal , Pervez Iqbal Gondal, Shahid Hassan Gondal, Abdul Qayyum Gondal)

Military

• Brigadier Doctor Zafar Gondal,• Brigadier Nasir Gondal • Brigadier Izhar Gondal ,• Col Doctor Rafaqat Gondal ,• Col Shafqat Ali Gondal Pind Makko,•Col Doctor Zafar Iqbal Gondal Sahna,•Lt Col Saqib Nazir Gondal Mandi,• Lt Col Touqeer Gondal ,•Lt Col Doctor Naseer Gondal,• Lt Col Asif Gondal Bukkan,•Lt Col Saqib Hayat Gondal Gohar,• Lt Col Shaheen Gondal Okara,• Lt Col Nasar Hayat Gondal Laleka BarMusa,• Major iftikhar Ahmed Gondal, • Major Sher Mohammad Gondal Lakhnawala,• Major Atif Nazir Gondal Mandi,• Major Faiz Rasool Gondal Wasu,• Major Khizar Hayat Gondal Laleka BarMusa,• Major Ahmed Raza Gondal Sahna•Major Zafar Iqbal Gondal,• Major Rashid Ahmed Gondal Bohat,•Capt Doctor Asif Atta Gondal Mandi,• Capt Iqbal Gondal Chimoun•Sikandar Hayat Gondal Kattowal,• Major Khizar Hayat Gondal Ajjowal•Wing Commander Tariq Gondal Lahore , Sqn Ldr Rizwan Gondal Lahore,• FO Farrukh Nawaz Gondal

Judiciary

• Khizar Hayat Gondal AD&SJ,• Mohammad Yar Gondal AD&SJ,• Farhad Gondal AD&SJ,• Asif Hayat Gondal Civil Judge,•Anayat Gondal Civil Judge ,• Ameer Mukhtar Gondal Civil Judge ,• Zafar Iqbal Gondal Civil Judge ,Abdul Sattar Civil Judge ,• Ijaz Gondal Civil Judge ,•Rafaqat Ali Gondal Senior Civil Judge,•Javed Iqbal Gondal Civil Judge • Ch Ashraf Gondal Civil Judge,• Adnan Anjum Gondal civil judge,• Abdur rehman Gondal Civil Judge,• Mushtaq Ahmed Gondal Session Judge of anti-[...],• Ch Gulraiz Afzal Gondal Tehsildar,• Ch Mazhar Hussain Gondal Tehsildar Pind,• Haji Nazeer Gondal Tehsildar ,• Ch Walayat Gondal SDO ,•Ch Naeem Raza Gondal RO Wapda,• Mohammad Nawaz Gondal DDO Revenue Bosal. In Addition to above there are hundreds of highly qualified persons inclduing doctors, engineers, professors/lecturars, associates, master/phd degree holders, Bank Officers, lawyers, and highly skilled persons whose names could not be mentioned here. Please do not mind.

Famous towns on the name of Gondal

Gondal a princly state in Indian Gujarat, Gondal Bar Mandi Bahauddin, Gondal a town near Attock, Gondalanwala, Gondal Kot, Gondal Para ,Gari Gondala