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ਜਾਣਹੁ ਜੋਤਿ ਨ ਪੂਛਹੁ ਜਾਤੀ ਆਗੈ ਜਾਤਿ ਨ ਹੇ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥ (ਪੰਨਾ 349, ਸਤਰ 13, Nanak) Sikhism does not endorse caste based distinctions in society that lead to unequal opportunities for some people. In fact, Sikhism completely rejects class or race based distinctions between humans, that leads us to make an inequitable society. Such distinctions have surfaced only due to ill interests of certain section of people, who, on the pretext of making a society more manageable through these classifications, eventually paved the way to an unequal grouping within the human race. This article is just for information purpose and to share how people from different castes came into the Sikh fold. So, please treat this article as a source of general information about this issue and kindly do not amend this article to highlight this important underlying Sikh principle. If you have any comments, please discuss them appropriately here

Hunjan ਹੁੰਜਾਂ is Lohar Gotra in Punjab, world leading surname during Sikh Confederacy and Ramgarhia Caste.

Jassa Singh Ramgarhia (Hunjan)

Sikh Confederacy

• Jassa Singh Ramgarhia (Hunjan)

Jassa Singh Ramgarhia (Hunjan) must have been an important person in Sikh history. In one sentence it can be said that He was the founder of Sikh Missal which was the most powerful and by size the largest of all the Twelve Sikh Missals. The most powerful Sikh Maharaja in Punjab. His kingdom was by far the biggest and most powerful than any other Sikh Sardar's. His kingdom stretched from deacons of Doaba to the footsteps of the Himalayas stretching over an area of thousands of miles.

• Ramgarhia Bunga (Hunjan Palace)

The word Bunga stands for a place to live. During the Sikh Empire, several Sikh Generals and Royal Families got constructed nearly 99 Bungas in the walled city of Amritsar out of which the one constructed by Ramgarhia Missal (Sect) to the Devotees coming to Golden Temple.