Sidhu‌ is ‌a Punjabi Jat‌ clan found in Punjab.

Etymology and origin

During British Raj, historians like HA.Rose and Alexander Cunningham note an account of local bards (Bhatts) history state, the clan descends from a Bhatti clan progenitor named Sidhu Rao, whom had maternal alliance with Gill Jats. Their descendants are thus the Sidhu Jats. The Sidhu-Brar clan is descended from Bhatti tribe of Yadava through Rawal Jaisal in ancestry of Legendary Shalivahana. (Scythian Lineage)

History

Sikh period

The Sidhu clan held sway in the Ferozepur area in the late medieval period. Chaudhary Phul of the Sidhu-Brar clan established the Phulkian Misl, one of the misls (confederacies) of the Sikh Confederacy. His descendants, the Phulkian Maharajas, became the kings of the princely states of Faridkot, Jind, Nabha, Malaudh and Patiala.

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