Nanda

For other uses, see Nanda (disambiguation).

Nanda (also Nandha and Nandhra) is a surname of Punjabis . Nanda is a Tarkhan (Punjab), Ahluwalia and Kamboj surname. All the clans of Tarkhan (Punjab), Lohar, Gujjar, Kamboj, Ahluwalia tribes have a close genetic and ancestral relationship with each other, and together they form the Khatri/Rajput caste.

Gujjar Clan, Kamboj Clan, Lohar Clan, Tarkhan Clan, Ahluwalia/Walia clan: Nanda
Distribution	Punjab (Pakistan), Punjab (India), Haryana, North-West Frontier Province, Balochistan, etc.
Descended from	Indo-Scythians(Some people and scholars claimed Chechen, Georgian, Abkhaz)
Religion	Islam, Sikhism, Hinduism
Languages	Punjabi, Haryanvi, Rajasthani, Urdu, Balochi
Surnames	Nanda, Nandhra, Nandey, Nandhrah, Nandra, Nandhar, Nandharah, Nandhera, Nandha

Among Kamboj people

• Nanda (and Nandha) is a Kamboj clan name found among the Sikhs, Muslim and Hindus Kamboj of India, Pakistan and Afghanistan .^[1][2][3][4]

As an Ahluwalia surname

Sikh Ahluwalias of Chandigarh,nanda surname also in gujrat in three bhanusali(surya vansi)

Amritsar, and Patiala have a clan called Nanda.

Among people of the Tarkhan (Punjab) tribe

Some of the Tarkhan people such as Ramgarhias of Mohali, Jallandhar, Amritsar, and Chandigarh have Nanda as their surname.

Connection with other Ramgarhia

In earlier days the Virdi, Hunjan, Kalsi, Bhogal, Bhuie, Dev, Jandu, Bhambra, Bhurjee, Matharu, Rayat, and Sehmi had a historical connection with Nanda, as mentioned in the Lions of Punjab.

References

1. ^ Chandigarh?, 1997, p 83, Swaran Singh, V. Bhalla, Anthropological Survey of India - Social Science.
2. ^ Kamoj Itihaas, 1972, p 42, H. S. Thind.
3. ^ The Kambojas Through the Ages, 2005, p 423, K. S. Dardi.
4. ^ http://www.kambojsociety.com/SubCastes.asp?alpha=N

See also

• List of Jat clans
• Lohars
• Mughals