List of Zaildars by Zail

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The Zaildar was the officer in charge of a Zail, a revenue and administrative unit in the colonial rural administration of Punjab in British India.^{[1][2][obsolete source]} , comprising between two and forty villages.^{[citation needed]}

Zail[]

Sardar Gurcharan Singh Shergill(zaildar)

Sardar Gurcharan Singh Shergill was a Zaildar of 28 village in barnala district. He was from village dangarh.He was a great friend of surjit singh barnala and sukhwinder singh dhindsa.

Sardar Gurcharan Singh Shergill (zaildar)Joginder Singh Batth (Zaildar)[]

Chaudhary Harbans Singh Zaildar of Delhi Tehsil (65 Villages)

Sardar Joginder Singh was Zaildar of 57 villages in Shahabad, Markanada. He belonged to the Batth caste of Jattsikh. He ancestors was from the Village Batth, Tehsil - Taran Tarn , District-Amritsar, and has a good acumen of politics. His ancestors play a vital role in Maharaja Ranjit Singh Army, after Sikh-Anglo war his ancestors were blacklisted from Punjab. Because his ancestors were honest towards her maharani Jind kaur. So they migrated to Ambala District.

Sardar Davinder Singh Gill (Zaildar Gill) Ludhiana[]

Sardar Davinder Singh Gill was Safedposh with Zaildari of 42 villages with Gill village being the main, as it was the biggest village in the area. He was given the title of Sardar Sahib by Lord EM Wavell in Jan 1944 (then Viceroy of India). Then Zaildar title was inherited by Sardar Harbans Singh Gill officer armoured corp Indian Army

Chaudhary Harbans Singh Zaildar[]

Chaudhary Harbans Singh was appointed as Zaildar of 65 villages in Delhi Tehsil. He was from village Chilla Saroda Bangar, east Delhi. He was honoured by the British government many times for his works.

Bidhwan Jaglan Zail[]

Bidhwan Jaglan Zail (बिधवान जागलान ज़ैल) was headquartered in the Bidhwan (बिधवान) village and ruled by the clan.^{[citation needed]} It covered four villages in Erstwhile Loharu State in the Hisar district. These villages, Bidhwan, Kalali (कलाली), Mandholi Khurd (मंढोली खुर्द) and Siwach lie in Bhiwani district. The Zail and Zaildar systems were abolished in 1952,^[3] and the Jaglan family now continues as Lambardar.^{[citation needed]}

Ali Muhammad Malik[]

Ali Muhammad Malik was appointed as Zaildar, he was from village Muradabad, Punjab, Pakistan. His zail comprises many towns of Muzaffargarh. It is believed that his family descended from a Turkish prince. He was considered to be one of the most influential people in the British government. Although he was the wealthiest person and owned much land, he was famous for his simplicity. He usually rode his white horse with few men on his back and loved to meet his people and listen to their problems. It is also believed that he was a hard man and had strict Islamic rule for his people. It is also said that if his horse was sent out alone, people would get frightened by it. The British government offered him large amounts of land for his works to maintain order. However, he rejected and instead usually redistributed his vast amount of land to his citizens in poverty.

Chaudhary Bostan Khan Zaildar[]

Zaildar of Punjab. Chaudhary Bostan Khan Zaildar was appointed as a Zaildar of Punjab based on 84 villages of Rawalpindi & Islamabad Zail. He was the only landlord of that District. His best quality was that he used to listen to the problems of the public in a Diwan on regular basis in his village Kotha Kalan. Later his son Chaudhary Lal Khan contested in local body elections & became Chairman four times non-stop & Got the title of “Baba-e-Baldiyat” By the Government of Pakistan. He was also elected as a member of the district council of Rawalpindi, Pakistan.

Malik Amir Khan Zaildar[]

Zaildar of Dholar Talagang. Malik Amir Khan Zaildar was appointed as a Zaildar of Dholar zail based on nine villages of Talagang District Kamalpur. Zaildar Malik Aurangzeb was another notable Zaildar of the Talagang Area. He was Malik of Akwal and a descendant of Malik Weer Khan.

Sardar Zaildar Nihal Singh Chatha[]

Another revered Zaildar known for his youth and superiority was Sardar Zaildar Nihal Singh Chatha (of the Chatha Jatt tribe) who represented his Zail of 75 villages with great honour and responsibility. He was known to ride on a white horse along with 50 men on horseback behind him as he visited the villages allotted to him and he was famous for taking his men wherever he went. He was known to reside in a small village named Nurpur Chattha (situated near Jalandhar, Punjab) in his honour. The position was quite important as it extended the influence of the colonial state right into the villages. He used to listen to the problems of the public in a Diwan on regular basis in his village Nurpur Chatha.

Chudhary Ahmad Bakhsh Wahla[]

Zaildars of Amritsar Tehsil Ajnala were a Muslim Wahla jatt family of village Kamalpur. That zail comprised 25 villages. And Chaudhary Ahmad Bakhsh Wahla was the Zaildar. Then his son Chaudhary Farzand Ali Wahla was also Zaildar.

Choudhary Arjanram Sinwer Zaildar[]

Choudhary Arjan Ram Sinwer Zaildar (चौधरी अर्जन राम सिवंर जेलदार)was from Sherpura village (शेरपुरा) and ruled by the Sinwer clan of Jats. [citation needed] It covered four villages in Erstwhile Sherpura State in the Hisar district. These villages Narain Khera, Tazia Khera, Kushumbhi and Kukarthana in Sirsa district. The Zail and Zaildar systems were abolished in 1952,[1] and the Sinwer family now continues as Lambardar and sarpanch.

Chaudhary Nathu Singh Tewatia[]

Chaudhary Nathu Singh Tewatia Zaildar of Sihi village was famous in Ballabhgarh. His zail comprised 84 villages. He has been credited for abolishing cow slaughtering from Ballabhgarh. He also served as a Chairman of Gurgaon District Committee. He donated his 6600 bighas of land to peasants in Chaisa village. He settled a colony named Nathu Colony on his land around 100 ft road in Ballabgarh. He fought Ballabhgarh constituent election in 1968, wherein he lost by just a margin of 7500 votes where Indira Gandhi participated in rallies against him. Then his son Chaudhary Raj Singh Tewatia was also Zaildar.

See also[]

• Gram panchayat
• Sarpanch

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