History
Tangaur family trace there origin to Gurbaksh Singh of Gangobuha. Gaggobua village, was founded some 500 years ago by Gaggo, a Dhillon Jat Zamindar. In 1764, Sardar Gurbakash Singh Dhillon, of Gaggobua, who joined the Misl Shaheedan, joined the Dal Khalsa (Khalsa Army), He was a worshipper at the Damdama Temple, and became a recognized leader of the Shahid Misl with Dharam Singh and Karam Singh (see Shahidan misl). They started on a career of conquest on this side of the Satlaj, and of the spoils Gurbakhsh Singh received many rich villages in the bet tracts of the Markanda river. On the death of Daya Singh, son of Gurbakhsh Singh, the estate was divided amongst his two sons and one grandson Chatar Singh. Lal Singh, one of the sons, was dispossessed in 1839 for the murder of his brother’s wife.
Genealogy
- Sardra Gurbaksh Singh, jagirdar of Tangaur, residence of Gaguboa, joined the Shahid Misl and crossed the Sutlej and conquered Tangaur and neighbouring villages near Ambala.
- Sardar Daya Singh, jagirdar of Tangaur, married and had issue.
- Sardar Chuhar Singh, d. 1823
- Sardar Hal Singh, d. 1817
- Sardar Jawahar Singh
- Sardar Jawahar Singh, Jagirdar of Tangaur, was married had issues with two sons, he died in 1858:-
- Kishen Singh, was born in 1849, was married had issue with one son :-
- Harnam Singh
- Jasmer Singh
- Kishen Singh, was born in 1849, was married had issue with one son :-
- Sardar Jasmer Singh, Jagirdar of Tangaur, was married had issues with three sons :-
- Ram Narain Singh (b.1870)
- Sheo Narain Singh (b.1875)
- Har Narain Singh (b.1889)
- Sardar Ram Narain Singh, Jagirdar of Tangaur, was born in 1870.
- Sardar Sheo Narain Singh, Jagirdar of Tangaur, was married had issues with four sons, he died in 1930 :-
- Pritam Singh
- Niranjan Singh (b.1911)
- Nau Nihal Singh alias Nirankar Singh (b.1913)
- Onkar Singh (b.1917)
- Sardar Pritam Singh, Jagirdar of Tangaur, was born in 1896, was married had issues with two sons :-
- Jagwinder Singh alias Balwinder Singh
- Brijinder Singh (b.1933)
- Sardar Jagwinder Singh, Jagirdar of Tangaur, was born in 1916.