Matharu
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Matharu or Matharoo is a prominent Sikh
clan
belonging to the Khatri
/Rajput
and Jat
tribe.
.Sikh Tarkhans are more commonly known as Ramgarhias because of their reverence for the famous Misl leader, Jassa Singh Ramgarhia(1723-1803), who was a Tarkhan.
They were eventually accepted by the Ramgarhia
Jats and Rajput
(mostly Tarkhan
s) community, A very proud and fiercely independent people, they are amongst the wealthiest and most educated clans of India. and practiced carpentry and agriculture.
They are skilled artisans in the craft of woodwork and, ivory and ebony inlay
work and ironcraft and table layouts, carpentry, landowning, farming, engineering,military.
Matharus also have historical connections with people named Nanda.
Tarkhan Tribes
According to Sir Denzil Ibbetson, the major Tarkhan tribes of the Punjab and the Northwest Frontier Province include:
Begi Khel - Hazara.
Bhatti - Lahore, Multan and Rawalpindi
Dhaman/Dhiman - Ambala, Faridhkot, Firozpur, Jalandhar, Karnal, Nabha, Patiala and Sialkot.
Gade - Amritsar
Jhangra - Delhi and Hissar
Khatti - Ambala, Faridhkot, Firozpur, Jalandhar, Karnal, Nabha, Patiala and Sialkot.
Khokar - Lahore, Multan and Rawalpindi
Matharu - Amritsar, Jalandhar, Lahore and Ludhiana
Netal - Hoshiarpur
Siawan - Jalandhar and Sialkot
Tharu - Gurdaspur and Sialkot
Sikhism
Sikhism is a monotheistic religion founded during the 15th century in the Punjab region, by Guru Nanak Dev and continued to progress with ten successive Sikh Gurus . It is the fifth-largest organized religion in the world and one of the fastest-growing...
clan
Clan
A clan is a group of people united by actual or perceived kinship and descent. Even if lineage details are unknown, clan members may be organized around a founding member or apical ancestor. The kinship-based bonds may be symbolical, whereby the clan shares a "stipulated" common ancestor that is a...
belonging to the Khatri
Khatri
Khatri is a caste from the northern Indian subcontinent. Khatris in India are mostly from Punjab, region but later they migrated to regions like Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Jammu, Uttarkhand, Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Balochistan, Sindh and Khyber...
/Rajput
Rajput
A Rajput is a member of one of the patrilineal clans of western, central, northern India and in some parts of Pakistan. Rajputs are descendants of one of the major ruling warrior classes in the Indian subcontinent, particularly North India...
and Jat
Jat people
The Jat people are a community of traditionally non-elite tillers and herders in Northern India and Pakistan. Originally pastoralists in the lower Indus river-valley of Sindh, Jats migrated north into the Punjab region in late medieval times, and subsequently into the Delhi Territory,...
tribe.
Origins
The Matharu clan originated from PunjabPunjab (India)
Punjab ) is a state in the northwest of the Republic of India, forming part of the larger Punjab region. The state is bordered by the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh to the east, Haryana to the south and southeast and Rajasthan to the southwest as well as the Pakistani province of Punjab to the...
.Sikh Tarkhans are more commonly known as Ramgarhias because of their reverence for the famous Misl leader, Jassa Singh Ramgarhia(1723-1803), who was a Tarkhan.
They were eventually accepted by the Ramgarhia
Jats and Rajput
Rajput
A Rajput is a member of one of the patrilineal clans of western, central, northern India and in some parts of Pakistan. Rajputs are descendants of one of the major ruling warrior classes in the Indian subcontinent, particularly North India...
(mostly Tarkhan
Tarkhan (Punjab)
The Tarkhan , तरख़ान tarkhān) are considered a Punjabi tribe in Pakistani Punjab while a caste in Indian Punjab. They are carpenters by occupation....
s) community, A very proud and fiercely independent people, they are amongst the wealthiest and most educated clans of India. and practiced carpentry and agriculture.
They are skilled artisans in the craft of woodwork and, ivory and ebony inlay
Inlay
Inlay is a decorative technique of inserting pieces of contrasting, often coloured materials into depressions in a base object to form patterns or pictures that normally are flush with the matrix. In a wood matrix, inlays commonly use wood veneers, but other materials like shells, mother-of-pearl,...
work and ironcraft and table layouts, carpentry, landowning, farming, engineering,military.
Matharus also have historical connections with people named Nanda.
Tarkhan Tribes
According to Sir Denzil Ibbetson, the major Tarkhan tribes of the Punjab and the Northwest Frontier Province include:
Begi Khel - Hazara.
Bhatti - Lahore, Multan and Rawalpindi
Dhaman/Dhiman - Ambala, Faridhkot, Firozpur, Jalandhar, Karnal, Nabha, Patiala and Sialkot.
Gade - Amritsar
Jhangra - Delhi and Hissar
Khatti - Ambala, Faridhkot, Firozpur, Jalandhar, Karnal, Nabha, Patiala and Sialkot.
Khokar - Lahore, Multan and Rawalpindi
Matharu - Amritsar, Jalandhar, Lahore and Ludhiana
Netal - Hoshiarpur
Siawan - Jalandhar and Sialkot
Tharu - Gurdaspur and Sialkot
Famous Matharus
- Talvin Singh MatharuTalvin SinghTalvin Singh Matharoo , is a producer and composer and tabla player, known for creating an innovative fusion of Indian classical music and drum and bass...
(born 1970), British musician - Kiran MatharuKiran MatharuKiran Matharu is a professional female English professional golfer currently playing on the Ladies European Tour.-Amateur career:...
(born 1989), British sportswoman - Manjit Matharu, British neurologist