PRESENT HEAD OF HOUSE:

PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY: The founder, Sandhu, appears to have originally been a Rajput, but during the 13th century, he emigrated from Ghazni in Afghanistan to the Manjha, where he settled with his family. Changa, thirteenth in descent from Sandhu, was an influential Chaudhury, and founded the village of Padhana some 39 kilometres south-east of Lahore, in the reign of Padhsah Akbar (1556/1605). Dibawas, a grandson of Changa, committed a murder and the office of Chaudhury was taken from him. It wasn't till the time of Sukha Singh, that the family recovered some power and prestige. Members were.....

• Tilok Singh, Jagirdar of Padhana, son of Hira and a descendant of Dibawas, married and had issue.

  • Sukha Singh (qv)

• Sukha Singh, Jagirdar of Padhana -/1803, married and had issue. He died 1803.

  • Chanda Singh

  • Sardar Mith Singh (qv)

  • Sahib Singh, he entered the service of Sardar Gujar Singh of Lahore.

  • Ganda Singh, married and had issue.

    • Sardar Ram Singh, married and had issue.

      • Sardar Kahan Singh, married and had issue.

        • Badal or Badan Singh, born 1823, married and had issue. He died 1875.

          • Gurbakhsh Singh, born 1850, a Naib-Tahsildar; married and had issue. He died 1882.

            • Sardar Harnand Singh, married a daughter of Sardar Ajit Singh Attariwala of Amritsar, and had issue. He died 1916

              • Raghbir Singh, died 1908.

              • Sardar Gurdayal Singh, born 1908, he served as a Lieutenant in the Indian Army.

              • Umrao Singh, born 1916.

            • Harcharan Singh, born 1880, married and had issue.

              • Man Singh, born 1902.

              • Harnam Singh, born 1909.

              • Har Dhian Singh, born 1916.

        • Kirpa Singh, born 1827, married and had issue. He died 1900.

          • Lakha Singh, born 1851, married and had issue. He died 1906.

            • Sardar Teja Singh, a Zaildar, he was awarded two squares of land and the Silver Jubilee Medal in 1935, married and had issue. He died 1935.

            • Bibiji (name unknown) Kaur, married Sardar Harnam Singh Bhangi, and had issue, two sons.

          • Narayan Singh, married and had issue. He died 1932.

        • Sardar Atma Singh (qv)

        • Bibiji Kishan Kaur, married Sahib Singh Kulbajwa.

      • Bibiji Anup Kaur, married Sardar Dal Singh Randhawah.

• Sardar Mith Singh, Jagirdar of Padhana 1803/1814, he entered the service of Sardar Mahan Singh Sukerchakia, from whom he received an estate worth 12,000Rs, he then followed Maharaja Ranjit Singh, taking part in the occupation of Lahore in 1799, and distinguished himself in the Kasur (1807) and Kashmir (1814) expeditions, fir which he was richly rewarded; married and had issue, one son and two daughters. He was killed in action in 1814.

  • Sardar Jwala Singh (qv)

  • Bibiji Rup Kaur, married Sardar Kai Singh Kahlon.

  • Bibiji Rattan Kaur, married Sardar Jowahir Singh Randhawa of Khundah, and had issue.

• Sardar Jwala Singh, Jagirdar of Padhana 1814/1835, he was confirmed in his father's estates and received more besides, he was a brave and able soldier, he took part in the Maharaja's Malwa campaign of 1807 and was present at the capture of Multan in 1818, and distinguished himself at Kashmir in 1819 and Mankera in 1821, he was struck by paralysis in 1829 and was unable to take part in any further action, he married the elder sister of Maharani Jind Kaur, and had issue. He died 1835.

  • Sardar Hardit Singh (qv)

• Sardar Hardit Singh, Jagirdar of Padhana 1835/1849 and Head of Family 1849/1860, after his father's death a large portion of the jagir was resumed, leaving only Rs27,425 subject to the provision of 100 horse, but after annexation he was only allowed to retain a jagir worth Rs9,000 for his maintenance, married and had issue. He died 1860.

  • Sardar Sadhu Singh (qv)

  • Bibiji Attar Kaur, married Sardar Bhagwan Singh Kalalwala.

• Sardar Sadhu Singh, Head of Family 1860/1868, born 1851, educated at Government College, Lahore. He died sp in 1868.

• Sardar Atma Singh, Head of Family 1868/1897, born 1834, an Honorary Magistrate with jurisdiction over 52 villages; he was granted the title of Sardar on 2nd January 1888, as a personal distinction, married and had issue, one son. He died 1897.

  • Fatehyab Singh alias Sardar Bahadur Sardar Jiwan Singh O.B.E. (qv)

• Sardar Bahadur Sardar Jiwan Singh O.B.E., Head of Family 1897/1933, a Civil Judge and an Honorary Magistrate with jurisdiction over the whole of Lahore district for 35 years; he was granted the title of Sardar Bahadur in 1915, and was awarded the order of O.B.E. in 1923; a Vice-Chairman of the Lahore District Board; married and had issue. He died 1933.

  • Sardar Sardul Singh (qv)

  • Kartar Singh, died 1910.

  • Maqbul Singh, died 1927.

• Sardar Sardul Singh, Head of Family 1933/-, born 1896, an Honorary Magistrate and Sub-Judge at Padhana; married and had issue, three sons. He died after 1940.

  • Tajulmulk Singh alias Shivcharan Singh, born 1919, educated at the Prince of Wales Royal Indian Military College, Dehra Dun.

  • Iqbal Singh alias Diljit Singh, born 1928.

  • Sirjit Singh, born 1932.