Tiwana
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Tiwana is a Jat Punjabi Rajput
clan that hails the Punjab region
of India
and Pakistan
. The Tiwanas of East Punjab are Jat Sikhs, while the Tiwanas of West Punjab are Muslims. Tiwanas are descendants of Panwar Rajputs.
Malik Umar Hayat Khan
is the most famous Tiwana and was born into an influential and aristocratic Rajput
family.
Punjabi Rajput
Rajputs during the medieval period were a dominant caste in Northwestern India, including the Punjab region.According to the 1911 census in British India, the total Rajput population in the Punjab was 1,635,578, of which 1,222,024 were Muslim, 388,744 were Hindu and were Sikh.Traditionally,...
clan that hails the Punjab region
Punjab region
The Punjab , also spelled Panjab |water]]s"), is a geographical region straddling the border between Pakistan and India which includes Punjab province in Pakistan and the states of the Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Chandigarh and some northern parts of the National Capital Territory of Delhi...
of India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
and Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
. The Tiwanas of East Punjab are Jat Sikhs, while the Tiwanas of West Punjab are Muslims. Tiwanas are descendants of Panwar Rajputs.
Malik Umar Hayat Khan
Malik Umar Hayat Khan
Major General Sir Malik Mohammed Umar Hayat Khan GBE KCIE MVO , was a soldier of the Indian Empire, one of the largest landholders in the Punjab, and an elected member of the Council of State of India...
is the most famous Tiwana and was born into an influential and aristocratic Rajput
Rajput
A Rajput is a member of one of the patrilineal clans of western, central, northern India and in some parts of Pakistan. Rajputs are descendants of one of the major ruling warrior classes in the Indian subcontinent, particularly North India...
family.