History
Sardar Jawala Singh’s best known ancestor was Chuhar Singh of Chang, near Kasur.He was a near relative of Sardar Rai Singh Bhangi, the conqueror of Jagadhri and Dayalgarh, and a prominent member of the Shahid Misl. He received the Jarauli Ilaka as his share of the spoils after the sack of Sirhind in 1763.He retained ten of these villages for himself, giving the others to his lieutenants, and returned to Amritsar, where he held charge of the Shahid Bunga for many years.He acquired much land on either side of the Ravi, and was accounted one of the most powerful Jagirdar of his day.He placed his younger son Mahar Singh in charge of the Jarauli villages, while Karam Singh,the elder, subsequently succeeded to the family estates north of the Satlaj. These were appropriated by Maharaja Ranjit Singh on Karam Singh’s death, sonless, in 1808. In the meanwhile Mahar Singh was faring almost as badly at Jarauli; for Sardar Bhanga Singh of Thanesar took advantage of his being a minor to wrest most of his patrimony from him, leaving him only with Jarauli, Fatehgarh Atri and Ajrana, yielding about Rs. 10,000 revenue. Mahar Singh gladly acquiesced in the arrangements which brought his property under the protection of the British Government in 1809. Since then his family have enjoyed a comparatively peaceful existence. Just before his death,in 1845, Sardar Mahar Singh made a will, giving three out of ten shares of his estate to each of his three sons, and onetenth in addition to the second, Jit Singh, whom he desired to appoint as his successor in the Chiefship. Sardar Jit Singh died in 1852, and was succeeded by his son Jawala Singh,who is now at the head of the family. His brother Bishan Singh died sonless in his father’s life-time.The family has on all occasions proved loyal to the British Government. Sardar Jawala Singh holds the village of Fatehgarh Atri in his sole possession as head of the house. The remaining villages of Jarauli and Ajrana are shared equally by the three branches of Mahar Singh’s family. The other two branches are represented by Sardars Kishan Singh and Gajindar Singh. Their separate jagir income is Rs. 789. Gajindar Singh is being educated at the Ambala Government School. He is married to a daughter of Sardar Narain Singh, Jagirdar of Khamanun.
Reference –
•Chiefs and families of note in the Delhi, Jalandhar,Peshawar and Derajat divisions of the Panjab -Charles Francis Massy.
Genealogy
- Sardar Chuhar Singh of Chang near Kasur, owning allegiance to the Shahidan misl, he was a close relation of the Bhangi Sardar, Rai Singh, the conqueror of Jagadhri and Dialgarh, and a prominent member of the Bhangi misl, he received the Jarauli area as his share of the spoils
after the sack of Sirhind in January 1764, he retained ten villages for himself and made over the rest to his deputies, returning to Amritsar, he held charge of the Shahid Bunga for many years, married and had issue.
- Sardar Karam Singh. He died 1808.
- Sardar Mohar Singh (qv)
- Dharam Singh, he had a share in the original territory, but he died without issue.
- Sardar Mohar Singh, Jagirdar of Jarauli 1808/1845, he was placed in charge of the village of Jarauli, but most of the property was taken by Sardar Bhanga Singh of Thanesar, leaving him only Jarauli, Fatehgarh, Atarai and Arjana; in 1809, the property was brought under the
protection of the British Government; married and had issue, the Sardars of Jarauli. He died 1845, leaving a will by which his 1st and 3rd sons received three tenths of the estate each, while the 2nd son received four tenths.
- Sardar Jawahir Singh, married and had issue. He died 1857.
- Sardar Santokh Singh, married and had issue.
- Sardar Kishan Singh, born 1864, married and had issue. He died 1916.
- Nau Nihal Singh, died 1901.
- Sardar Pritam Singh, born 1896.
- Sardar Kishan Singh, born 1864, married and had issue. He died 1916.
- Sardar Santokh Singh, married and had issue.
- Sardar Jawahir Singh, married and had issue. He died 1857.
- Sardar Uggar Singh, married and had issue. He died 1851.
- Sardar Har Bhagat Singh, married and had issue. He died 1881.
- Sardar Gajendra Singh, born 1874, educated at Ambala Government School, married a daughter of Sardar Narayan Singh, Jagirdar of Khamanun, and had issue.
- Sardar Richpal Singh, born 1890, married and had issue, three sons.
- Sardar Gurdyal Singh, born 1894, married and had issue.
- Sardar Shamsher Singh, born 1923.
- Sardar Gajendra Singh, born 1874, educated at Ambala Government School, married a daughter of Sardar Narayan Singh, Jagirdar of Khamanun, and had issue.
- Sardar Har Bhagat Singh, married and had issue. He died 1881.
- Sardar Jit Singh, Head of the Jarauili Shahids 1845/1852, married and had issue. He died 1852.
- Sardar Bahadur Sardar Jwala Singh (qv)
- Sardar Bishan Singh, died 1869.
- Sardar Bahadur Sardar Jwala Singh, Head of the Jarauili Shahids 1852/1918, born 1846 (or 1839), he succeeded to he title of Sardar as a hereditary distinction in the family; he held the village of Fatehgarh Atari as his sole possession; a Provincial Darbari; he was granted the title of Sardar Bahadur in 1892, in recognition of his services as an Honorary Magistrate; married and
had issue. He died 1918.
- Sardar Devendra Singh [Devinder], born 1867, married and had issue. He died 1905.
- Sardar Rajendra Singh (qv)
- Sardar Mahendra Singh [Mohindar], born 1876, married and had issue. He died 1904.
- Sardar Harbans Singh, born 1899, educated at Aitchison College, Lahore; married and had issue.
- Sardar Balbir singh, born 1922.
- Sardar Harbans Singh, born 1899, educated at Aitchison College, Lahore; married and had issue.
- Sardar Devendra Singh [Devinder], born 1867, married and had issue. He died 1905.
- Sardar Rajendra Singh, Head of the Jarauili Shahids 1918/1925, born 1892, educated at Aitchison College, Lahore; married and had issue. He died 1925.
- Sardar Bhupendra Singh, born 1917.
- Harendra Singh, born 1926.
- Sardar Bhupendra Singh, Head of the Jarauili Shahids 1925/-, born 1917.
