PRESENT HEAD OF HOUSE:

PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY: Chaudhuri Sarwani, a Shergill Jat, 15th in descent from Sher, founder of the tribe, built the village of Naushahra, also known as Raipur Sarwani, during the reign of Emperor Shah Jahan, and was permitted to hold it rent-free as remuneration for collecting the revenue of the surrounding districts. The family held the office of chaudhuri until Mirza Singh joined the Kanhaya confederacy about 1752, and received as his share of conquered territory the villages of Ratangarh, Uchak, Bhori, Bhikuchuk, Rampur, Saluwal, Malkana and others, all worth Rs15,000 p.a. Estate holders were.....

• Chuhar Singh, married and had issue.

  • Mirza Singh, married and had issue. He died 1787.

    • Sardar Kahan Singh (qv)

    • Sardar Ranjit Singh, joint Jagirdar of Naushahra Nangli 1787/1846, he was made a commandant in Sardar Hira Singh's brigade, inheriting a half share in his father's estate; married and had issue, one son. He died 1846.

      • Wasawa Singh, joint Jagirdar of Naushahra Nangli 1846/1903, born 1845, he died sp in 1903.

• Sardar Kahan Singh, joint Jagirdar of Naushahra Nangli 1787/18xx, after his father's death, the estate was reduced by Jaimal Singh and again by Fateh Singh; after the dissolution of the Kanhaya misl, he was made an officer in the irregular cavalry, and fought with his regiment at Kasur and in the expedition to Kangra in 1809; he was later placed under Sardar Desa Singh Majithia, Governor of the hill districts between the Beas and the Sutlej, and thereafter he and his son were in the service of the Majithia Sardars; married and had issue.

  • Sardar Jassa Singh (qv)

• Sardar Jassa Singh, joint Jagirdar of Naushahra Nangli 18xx/1867, he had charge of the Sikh temple at Amritsar for two years, but after the annexation of the Punjab his pension was resumed and he became unemployed, though he had jagirs worth Rs2,800 which were upheld in perpetuity to the family; married and had issue. He died 1867.

  • Sardar Harnam Singh (qv)

• Sardar Harnam Singh, joint Jagirdar of Naushahra Nangli 1867/1868, a Deputy Inspector of Police; married and had issue. He died 1868.

  • Sardar Bahadur Sardar Sir Arur Singh K.C.I.E. (qv)

• Sardar Bahadur Sardar Sir Arur Singh K.C.I.E., joint Jagirdar of Naushahra Nangli 1868/1903 and Head of the Family 1903/1926; born 1864, educated at the Government High School in Amritsar; in 1888, he was appointed an Honorary Magistrate, 2nd Class at Naushahra, with powers over 133 villages in Kathu Nangal Thana; in 1907, he was elevated to Honorary Magistrate, 1st Class over the same jurisdiction; he was also an Honorary Civil Judge in the Amritsar district; a Provincial Darbari and manager of the Golden Temple; he was made a C.I.E. in 1913 and a K.C.I.E. in 1921; he inherited all the property of Wasawa Singh on his death in 1903; married Bibiji (name Unknown) Kaur, daughter of Kirpal Singh Chichahwala, and his wife, Sardarni (name Unknown) Kaur Sahiba, a daughter of Sardar Badan Singh Chinnah, and had issue. He died 1926.

  • Sardar Lachhman Singh, he died 1895.

  • The Hon'ble Lieutenant Sardar Sir Buta Singh C.B.E. (qv)

  • Bibiji Gurbachan Kaur Sahiba, born 1915, married 1926, Lieut.-Col. Sardar Bahadur Joginder Singh Mann M.B.E. [aka Iqbal Singh] (see Mogalchak), born 17th August 1905, and had issue, two sons and two daughters.

    • Sardar Simranjit Singh Mann, born 20th May 1945,

  • Sardar Surendra Singh, born 1917, educated at the Government College, Lahore.

• The Hon'ble Lieutenant Sardar Sir Buta Singh C.B.E., Head of the Family 1926/- ; born 1903, a Provincial Darbari and a Member of the Council of State since 1932, an Honorary Magistrate, 1st Class, a Lieutenant in the A.I.R.O., Joint Secretary of the Khalsa College, Amritsar, and a Vice-President of the Amritsar Central Co-operative Bank; married Bibiji Mahinder Kaur, daughter of Sardar Sir Jogendra Singh Rasulpuria (see Aira), and had issue.

  • Sardar Binode Singh, born 1931.

  • Bibiji Lalit Kaur, narried Sardar Brijinder Pal Singh Mann of Mogalchak, and had issue.