Draft:Dhanoa Jats (caste)

Dhanoa is  jat clan of an historical lineage. A feudal affiliations among the Landholding jats and Amritdhari Sikh or traditionally Orthodox family under khalsa Panth, formerly they played an important role in the early phase of Sikh constant war-crises era. Eventually the topological of Dhanoa faction derived from dhan 'blessed' + oaa'those'. This epithet was bestowed on the family by the sixth Sikh Guru Hargobind Sahib (1595-1644) to honor the family's sacrifices in resisting the excesses of the Mughal rulers.

Some prominent people of dhanoa clan:

Dalip Singh dhanoa of village Talwandi kalan minister in Punjab government from 1976-1978

Birender  Singh dhano of village Gharuan Air chief marshal

BS dhanoa Lt general retd armored regiment

Gudu dhanoa Bollywood movie producer director and maternal fist cousin of actor dharmendra

Dan dhanoa a Bollywood acter

Sultan dhanoa sonspur famous and prominent kabbadi player

Some of the villages inhabited by Dhanoa clan

Gharuan,dist Mohali

parsram pur, Chand pur dist jalahnder

Adhkara, abhowal, dist hoshiarpur

Tawandi kalan Dist Ludhiana