Hundal
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Hundal is a clan or gotra of Jats, found in Haryana, Punjab (India), Punjab (Pakistan). They are also found among the South Asian immigrant communities in the UK ,US, Canada, Hong Kong and in other parts of the world.
Like many other Jat gotras, Hundals claim to belong historically to Suryavanshi lineage of Rajputs. It is commonly understood that the boundaries between Rajput and Jat clans are rather arbitrary and have changed over time. Most scholars thus subscribe to the view that Rajputs, Jats, Khatris and other groups of clans belong to the Kshatriya varna. Like others in the varna, Hundals are of deemed to be of Scythian stock.
In Pakistan, most of the families belonging to this gotra of Jats originate from a village called Behlolpur, near Qila Sobha Singh, District Narowal (Previously District Sialkot) and after the settlement in and around District Faislabad, in a village of same name, Behlolpur, situated near Sangla Hill. Over generations, most families have emigrated to and settled in the bigger cities of Lahore and Faisalabad.
Most Hundals in India are Sikhs, though there are some Hindus and Muslims. Hundals in Pakistan are mostly sunni Muslims. Legend has it that they embraced Islam through a sufi saint based in district Sialkot.
Baba Hundal was the first Hundal to leave India and migrate to UK in the early 1800s. Baba Hundal had started an empire which is now worth over 100 million pounds. He also married a caucasian female and made his children sardars.
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