Tiwana

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Tiwana or Tawana is a widespread Punjabi tribe that claims both Rajput and Jat affiliation.[1][2]Originally they are Rajputs like other BAR Punjab tribes e.g. Chadhar, Syyal, Wattu

Some Tiwana claim to be descended from Jagadev Parmar through his direct descendant Rai Shankar's son Teo. The lore further states that Teos descendants founded the village of Mataur in what is now Jind district and from there they spread through the rest of Punjab.[3]

Notable People

Notable people with this surname include:

  • Malik Fateh Khan Tiwana (died 1848), Punjabi landowner and politician during the Sikh Empire
  • Malik Khizar Hayat Tiwana (1900 – 1975), Pakistani military officer and politician[4][5]
  • Malik Khuda Buksh Tiwana, Member of National Assembly of Pakistan from Khushab District[6]
  • Dalip Kaur Tiwana (born 1935), Indian writer
  • Harpal Tiwana (born 1935), Indian playwright

See also

  • Hassanpur Tiwana, the Union Council of the Khushab District of Punjab in Pakistan
  • Mitha Tiwana, a municipal committee in the Khushab District of Punjab in Pakistan

References

  1. ^ cite news|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1596833 |title=Sargodha's citrus claim to fame|author=Amjad Mahmood|date=21 December 2020|newspaper=Dawn (newspaper)|access-date=26 February 2023|quote=With a population of around 4.9m in the district, Jatt is the major tribe whose sub-clans like Noons, Ranjhas, Pirachas, Cheemas, Gondals, Midhianas, Chatthas, Tiwanas and Luks are mostly engaged with farming.
  2. ^ cite web | last=Lamba | first=Puneet Singh | title=BiographiesKhushwant Singh: "Japji Sahib is Based on the Upanishads" | website=The Sikh Times | date=2003-02-15 | url=http://www.sikhtimes.com/bios_021503a.html | access-date=2023-07-25
  3. ^ cite book |author=Ian Talbot |title=Khizr Tiwana, the Punjab Unionist Party and the Partition of India |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jEldAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA13 |year=2013 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=978-1-136-79036-2 |pages=13–14
  4. ^ cite web|url=http://storyofpakistan.com/malik-khizr-hayat-khan-tiwana |url-status=dead|archive-date=30 October 2018|website=Story of Pakistan website|title=Profile of Malik Khizr Hayat Khan Tiwana|access-date=26 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181030194101/http://storyofpakistan.com/malik-khizr-hayat-khan-tiwana
  5. ^ cite book | last=Jinnah | first=M.A. | last2=Wavell | first2=A.P.W.E. | last3=Garewal | first3=S.M. | title=Jinnah-Wavell Correspondence, 1943-47 | publisher=Research Society of Pakistan, University of the Punjab | series=Publication (Research Society of Pakistan) | year=1986 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WXlCAAAAYAAJ | access-date=2023-07-25 | page= | quote=Khizr Hayat Khan, b. August 7, 1900; belonged to Tiwana (Jat) family of Sargodha
  6. ^ cite web|url=http://khushab.gop.pk/html/About_District.html#About_District%7Curl-status=dead%7Carchive-date=8 January 2014|access-date=27 February 2023|website=District Government Khushab website|title=Politics of the region (read about Malik Khuda Buksh Tiwana under this title)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140108172305/http://khushab.gop.pk/html/About_District.html#About_District
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