Majithia family
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The Majithia family, are a family of Shergill Jat sardars (chiefs) that originate from the region of Majitha in the Punjab.[1]
History
The family is divided into three principle branches, the Dayal Singh branch, Surat Singh branch, and Mahtab Singh branch.[2][1] Dayal Singh and Matab Singh were fifth cousins, whilst Surat Singh was considerably more distantly related to them. One had to go back fourteen generations from their generation to find a common relation between Surat Singh and the other two branches.[3] An early ancestor of the family was Madho, a Jat of the Gill clan, which the Sher-Gill clan is a derivative of.[4][5] He founded the village of Madho-Jetha, later known as Majitha.[6][7] Lepel H. Griffin in his work, Panjab Chiefs (1865), states that the Majithia family is the progeny of a certain Rana Dhar, who was the son of Sher-Gil (founder of the clan).[8]
Notable Members
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Perspective
Dayal Singh branch
- Lehna Singh (d. 1854)[10][11]
- Ranjodh Singh (d. 1872)[12]
- Dyal Singh (1848–1898)[13]
Surat Singh branch
- Surat Singh (1810–1881),[14] zamindar and military officer in the Khalsa Army[15] In 1877, he was awarded the title of Raja and made a Companion of the Star of India.
- Sundar Singh Majithia (1872–1941),[16] landowner and politician. He was a member of Khalsa Nationalist Party and Revenue Member at the first and second legislative councils of the Punjab Legislative Assembly. The first president of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee
- Umrao Singh Sher-Gil (1870–1954)[17] aristocrat and a scholar in Sanskrit and Persian and Father of Amrita Sher-Gil
- Amrita Sher-Gil (1913–1941, through her father, Umrao Singh Sher-Gil),[18][19][20] Hungarian-Indian painter. Daughter of Umrao Singh
- Wing Commander Surjit Singh Majithia (1912–1995),[21] Indian politician, diplomat, and air force officer. Son of Sundar Singh Majithia
- Satyajit Singh Majithia, educationist, industrialist, philanthropist, and Chancellor of Khalsa University. Son of Sardar Surjit Singh Majithia, former Deputy Defence Minister
- Harsimrat Kaur Badal, a former Union Cabinet Minister of Food Processing Industries. Daughter of Satyajit Singh Majithia
- Bikram Singh Majithia, a former cabinet minister in the Punjab Government. Son of Satyajit Singh Majithia
Mahtab Singh branch
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- Mahtab Singh (1811–1865)[22]
Pedigrees
Pedigree for Dayal Singh branch of Majithias
Pedigree for Surat Singh branch of Majithias
References
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