Gondal (clan) explained

Gondal is a Jat clan and a surname of Punjabis in Pakistan, mainly found in Gujrat, Sargodha and Mandi Bahauddin districts of Punjab.^{[1] [2] [3]}

History

In the early 18th century, Gondals resided in the tract of land between Jhelum and Chenab, roughly from present-day Shahpur to Gujrat. In his Nadir Shah di Vaar, Gondals are mentioned by the poet Najabat, who witnessed the invasion of Nadir Shah in 1739, to be one of the several Punjabi tribes who confronted the Persian army under their leaders Dilloo and Saidoo and did not allow it to pass through Gondal Bar, hence saving it from the devastation which fell upon Gakhars, Khattars and Ghebas.

Notable people with this surname

• Nazar Muhammad Gondal (born in 1950), Pakistani politician^[3]
• Usman Gondal (born in 1987), Pakistani footballer
• Vishal Gondal (born in 1976), Indian entrepreneur
• Khalid Mahmood Gondal (born in 1949), Pakistani civil servant

External links

Jat (caste) on Encyclopedia Britannica

Notes and References

1. Web site: The People of District Jhelum (scroll down to Castes & Clans). Punjab Portal, Government of the Punjab website. 15 October 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20180405090525/https://jhelum.punjab.gov.pk/the_people. dead. 5 April 2018.
2. Web site: A Digest of Civil Law for the Punjab: Chiefly Based on the Customary Law (Gondal Jats) (page 98) - Harvard University Library (digitized 17 December 2019) via Google Books website. William Henry Rattigan. 1909.
3. News: Mandi Bahauddin: a PML-PPP battleground (Gondal and Warraich). 23 August 2005. Dawn newspaper. dead. 9 October 2024. 15 October 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20241009183702/https://www.dawn.com/news/153406/www.tupernic.com.