PRESENT HEAD OF HOUSE:

PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY: The ancestor of the family was Kalas, a Bajwa Jat, who left his home at Pasrur and founded a village to which he gave his own name, now known as Kalawala. Kalas had two sons, Ami Shah and Pati, the latter of whom was the ancestor of Sardar Diwan Singh, who was adopted by Sardar Hari Singh of the Bhangi misl and inherited all of his possessions around 1760, but shortly afterwards he was able to only retain about half. On his death a few years later, the Khalsa proclaimed Dhana Singh as the successor. Members were.....

• Dalchi, married and had issue.

  • Sardar Dhanna Singh (qv)

  • Charat Singh, married and had issue.

    • Amar Singh, he served as Subedar in the Sham Soutah Regiment and also as Manager of his cousin, Khem Kaur's jagirs, married and had issue.

      • Sardar Gurdit Singh, he succeeded his father as Manager of the Royal estates, died 1852/1861.

      • Sardar Chanda Singh (qv)

      • Sardar Arur Singh, born 1829, married and had issue. He died 1905.

        • Sardar Kishan Singh, born 1856, married and had issue. He died 1926.

          • Iqbal Singh, born 1889, married and had issue.

            • Kuljit Singh, born 1929.

            • Harbans Singh, born 1935.

          • Udham Singh, born 1904.

        • Jawala Singh, born 1865, he died 1923.

        • Natha Singh, born 1879.

      • Sardar Dulha Singh, born 1839, married and had issue. He died 1907.

        • Hakim Singh, born 1864, married and had issue. He died 1926.

          • Kartar Singh, born 1887, married and had issue.

          • Kapur singh, born 1905.

        • Sant Singh, born 1869, married and had issue. He died 1897.

    • Bhag Singh

  • Man Singh, he was killed in action whilst in the service of the Bhangi Sardar.

  • Gurdeo Singh

• Sardar Diwan Singh, Jagirdar of Kalalwala 1760/176x, he was adopted by Sardar Hari Singh of the Bhangi misl and ultimately inherited about half of all of his possessions around 1760. He died sp in 176x.

• Sardar Dhana Singh, Jagirdar of Kalalwala 176x/1793, when the Bhangi misl conquered Silakot from the Pathans and Rajputs, it was divided up amongst the victors, with Kalalwala, Panwana, Chuhara, and Maharajke fell to his share; married and had issue. He died 1793.

  • Sardar Jodh Singh (qv)

  • Mahtab Singh, married and had issue.

    • Hira Singh, married and had issue. He died 1868.

      • Bala Singh, born 1860, married and had issue.

        • Mangal Singh, born 1882.

        • Sant Singh

  • Nadhan Singh, he was passed over in the succession in favour of his cousin, Chanda Singh; married and had issue. He died 1863.

    • Wasawa Singh, born 1808, he died 1908.

• Sardar Jodh Singh, Jagirdar of Kalalwala 1793/1824, on his father's death, Maharaja Ranjit Singh recognized him as the Head of the Family, but shortly afterwards he was attacked by the Maharaja and was forced to finally submit after three years resistance, upon which he was granted jagirs of Rs60,000 in value; married a daughter of Sardar Sahib Singh Gujratia (see Bhangi), and had issue, an only daughter. He died 1824.

  • Bibiji Khem Kaur, married 1816, Maharaja Kharak Singh of Lahore. She died 1885/1886.

• Sardar Chanda Singh, Jagirdar of Kalalwala 1824/1848 and Head of the Family 1848/1867, he served as Naib Adalati at Dera Ismail Khan, he and his older brother rebelled in 1848 and afterwards were completely deprived of their estates; married and had issue, one son and one daughter. He died 1867.

  • Sardar Bhagwan Singh (qv)

  • Bibiji Mehtab Kaur, married Sardar Tej Singh Attariwala.

• Sardar Bhagwan Singh, Head of the Family 1867/1886, he was an Honorary Magistrate of Kalawala and officiated as Extra Assistant Commissioner, married a daughter of Sardar Hardit Singh Padhania, and had issue. He died 1886.

  • Sardar Raghbir Singh (qv)

• Sardar Raghbir Singh, Head of the Family 1886/1898, born in 1875 or about 1877 ^(#1), educated at Aitchison College, Lahore; married and had issue, an only son. He died 1898.

  • Sardar Sahib Sardar Randhir Singh (qv)

• Sardar Sahib Sardar Randhir Singh, Head of the Family 1898/1927, born 1894, educated at Aitchison College, Lahore (Certificate, 1913); he was made a Sub-Registrar at Daska in 1918 and an Honorary Magistrate in 1921; a two-time member of the Punjab Legislative Council; in 1925, he rose to be Joint Registrar and Honorary Magistrate for the whole district; in 1926 he was nominated to the District Board and became its Senior Vice-Chairman; he was a founder of the Daska Central Co-operative Bank; secretary of the Sialkot Electric Supply Co. Ltd.; and President of the Khalsa High School, Sialkot; he was granted the title of Sardar Sahib in 1931 and was awarded the Silver Jubilee Medal in 1935; married and had issue, one son.

  • Sardar Ranbir Singh (qv)

• Sardar Ranbir Singh, Head of the Family, born 1927.