ALAWALPUR

LOCATION: Punjab (Jullundur Dist.) AREA: xx sq.km. VILLAGES: 6� villages (1857) POPULATION: xx RELIGION: Sikh

REVENUE: Rs >1 lakhDYNASTY/LINEAGE: Bains Jat - Jalawalia lineage SEAT: Alawalpur ACCESSION: xx

PRESENT HEAD OF HOUSE: Sardar Atam Prakash Singh, present Head of the Jalawalia family of Alawalpur
born 1933, married Sardarni Satinder Kaur, daughter of Sardar Lal Singh, also known as Kamla Akali from Bhanohar, and has issue, two sons.

Sardar Har Prakash Singh
Sardar Inayat Singh.

PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY: On the death of Sardar Himmat Singh in 1829, the Alawalpur villages, valued at Rs60,000 p.a., were continued to his heirs subject to the provision of 180 horsemen for military service. In 1832, the estate was divided between Sardar Achal Singh and Sardar Kishan Singh, and they were then known as Alawalpur and Dhogri, both in Jullundur district. In 1841, Sardar Kishan Singh, was killed in action, leaving a minor son, who was unable to prevent the transfer of the Dhogri jagir to Sardar Ram Singh, son of General Himat Singh, thus leaving only Alawalpur in the family. On the death of Sardar Achal Singh, the jagir was resumed and pensions were granted to his widows and sons. The sons remained loyal in 1857, and provided good service to the Government, so that in 1874, the life pension was commuted to a jagir grant of � of the village of Alawalpur, worth Rs2,000 to be continued to the heirs male of Sardar Achal Singh.

Chaudhri Gulab Rai, a Bains Jat of Mahalpur, he joined the Sikh forces which conquered Sirhind province in 1759, and secured for himself the village of Jalla; married and had issue, five sons.

Sardar Himmat Singh (qv)

Sardar Himmat Singh, Jagirdar of Alawalpur -/1829; he acknowledged the supremacy of the Nabha Chief who incorporated Jalla and other villages in his territory, and joined his service; he was induced by Maharaja Ranjit Singh in 1812 to leave Nabha and become his Wazir which office he held until his death; he and his brothers were granted Alawalpur ilaqa in Jagir, married and had issue. He died 1829 and the Alawalpur villages valued at Rs60,000 were continued to his heirs subject to provision of 180 horsemen.

Sardar Albel Singh, married and had issue, he was killed fighting for Maharaja Ranjit Singh, on the banks of the Jhelum in 1825.

Sardar Achal Singh (qv)

Sardar Kishan Singh, Jagirdar of Dhogri 1832/1841, the property was divied betwenn himself and his nephew and he received the jagir of Dhogri; married and had issue. He was killed at Kohat in 1841.

Sardar Basawa Singh, he lost Dhogri, though he held some property south of the Sutlej, which had been granted to his grandfather by Sardar Fateh Singh Ahluwalia. He died 1858.

Sardar Achal Singh, Jagirdar of Alawalpur 1829/1857, he received Alawalpur when the jagir was divided in 1832, on annexation his jagir was reduced to the equivalent of 80 sowars, and confirmed for his life in 1847, married and had issue, two sons. He died 1857.

Sardar Pratap Singh (qv)
Sardar Bahadur Sardar Ajit Singh, joint Jagirdar of Alawalpur 1874/1889; he was appointed Sub-Registrar at Alawalpur in 1875 and Honorary Magistrate in 1881; he was granted the title of Sardar Bahadur by a Viceregal sanad in 1888; Provincial Darbari, married Bibiji (name unknown) Kaur, a daughter of Jai Singh of Sankhatra, Sialkot, and had issue. He died 1889.

Sardar Bhagwan Singh, born 1866, married 1stly, Bibiji (name unknown) Kaur, daughter of Raja Surat Singh Majithia C.S.I., married 2ndly, Bibiji (name unknown) Kaur, a daughter of Sardar Thakur Singh Sandhanwalia (see Lahore), and had issue, two sons. He died 1897.

Sardar Sahib Gurbachan Singh (by 1st wife), born 1891, elected President of the Town Committee of Alawalpur from 1924; Member of the Provincial Legislative Council from 1930; Sub-Registrar at Jullundur; he was granted the title of Sardar Sahib in 1934; married 2ndly, Bibiji (name unknown) Kaur, a daughter of Sardar Jogendra Singh Rasulpuria of Aira, and had issue.

Sardar Prabh Indar Singh, born 1923.
Sardar Maniv Indar Singh, born 1933.

Sardar Gurcharan Singh (by 2nd wife), born 1895, elected Member of the Town Committee of Alawalpur, as well as Vice-President and Honorary Secretary; married and had issue, four sons.

Sardar Amarjit Singh, born 1923.
Sardar Ranjit Singh, born 1926.
Sardar Jagjit Singh, born 1930.
Sardar Haumaijit Singh, born 1935.

JAGIR RESUMED 1857/187

4, pensions of Rs3,000 were granted to the widows and sons of Sardar Achal Singh, this was reconsidered in 1874 and the cash pension was converted to a jagir equivalent to three quarters of the village of Alawalpur, to be continued to the heirs of Sardar Achal Singh

Sardar Pratap Singh, joint Jagirdar of Alawalpur and Head of the Family 1874/1894; born 1832, Provincial Darbari, married Bibiji (name unknown) Kaur, a daughter of Sardar Bhup Singh of Rupar, and had issue. He died 1894.

Sardar Achhar Singh (qv)
Sardar Jwala Singh, born 1881, married and had issue, three sons. He died 1931/1932.

Sardar Mahendra Singh, born 1902, educated at Government College, Lahore.
Sardar Hardayal Singh alias Harbans Singh LL.B., born 1906, in practice as a Lawyer at Jullundur; Senior Vice-President of the Jullundur District Board.
Bibiji (name unknown) Kaur, married (as his 2nd wife), Sardar Jagbir Singh Attariwala, and had issue.
Sardar Umrao Singh, born 1913.

Sardar Achhar Singh, joint Jagirdar of Alawalpur and Head of the Family 1894/-, born 1875, he served as Sub-Registrar at Alawalpur till his retirement in 1932; married and had issue.

Sardar Sant Prakash Singh (qv)

Sardar Sant Prakash Singh, joint Jagirdar of Alawalpur and Head of the Family, born 1899, educated at Aitchison College, Lahore; he joined the Police Service in 1920; married Sardarni Gurchaman Kaur from the village of Sikri in Karnal district, and had issue, two children, one son and one daughter.

Sardar Atam Prakash Singh (qv)
Bibi Heminder Kaur

Sardar Atam Prakash Singh, Head of the Family (see above)