Sohana

The Sohana family was another of what may be called the indigenous families of the Ambala district, having been firmly established before the Sikh invasion of 1763. The Sardars of Sohana held an almost unique position among the principal Sardars of the district as a real leader among the people, being himself a Baidwan Jat and the hereditary head of the prosperous tribe of Baidwan Jats who occupy the more important of there jagir villages. The family eventually got divided into two branches one held Sohana and other Manakmajra jagir. Sardar Bhagwant Singh was an excellent specimen of the better class of jagirdar. He lived an old fashioned lifein his fort at Sohana held powers as an Honorary Magistrate and Sub-Registrar and used his powers on the whole with discretion and good effect. The Baidwans are a strong, turbulent set of men and is was fortunate that they had at their head a man who was capable of exercising much good influence in the country, and capable of exercising much good influence in the country and who really represented the people from whom he derived his income. He died in 1896 and his son Brij Chnad Singh in 1904.