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The '''Sandhu''' or '''Sindhu''' clan (Punjabi: ਸੰਧੂ (Gurmukhi); سندھو (Shahmukhi)) is the second-largest clan of [[Jats]] in the [[Punjab]], spanning both [[India]] and [[Pakistan]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hanks |first1=Patrick |last2=Coates |first2=Richard |last3=McClure |first3=Peter |title=The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland |date=17 November 2016 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-252747-9 |page=2331 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0AyDDQAAQBAJ&dq=Dhaliwal&pg=PA2331 |quote=Sandhu or Sindhu: The Sindhus are the second largest Jat tribe in the Panjab}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Why I Supported the Emergency: Essays and Profiles |first=Khushwant |last=Singh |author-link=Khushwant Singh |publisher=Penguin UK |year=2009 |isbn=978-8-18475-241-0 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4cADAQAAQBAJ&q=Sandhu+Jats&pg=PT193 |page=193 |quote=Now that caste has raised its ugly head, many have reattached caste names like Randhawa, Brar, Gill, Sandhu, Sidhu (all sikh agriculturist tribes) ...}}</ref> The Sandhus have had a significant impact on [[Sikh history]], founding several Sikh states, including the [[Nakai Misl]], [[Shaheedan Misl]], and [[Kanhaiya Misl]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Griffin|url=http://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.63031 |title=History Of Punjab Chifes |date=1889 |quote=The * Kanheya misi was at one time the most , powerful of the. Sikh, confederacies, north of the Satlej. !:Its first leader, was J'ai Singh, the son? of a Sindhu Jat}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZxxuAAAAMAAJ&q=KANaHiYA+Misl+Sindhu+Jat|title=Struggle of the Sikhs for Sovereignty|last=Gandhi|first=Surjit Singh|publisher=Gur Das Kapur|year=1980|pages=552|access-date=26 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Bhagata|first=Siṅgha|title=A History of the Sikh Misals|publisher=Publication Bureau, Punjabi University|year=1993|page= 241|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BihuAAAAMAAJ&q=sandhu+jat|quote=Deep Singh Shahid, a Sandhu Jat and resident of the village of Pohuwind of the ''pargana'' of Amritsar, was the founder of this Misal.}}</ref>

== List of notable people ==
Notable people with the surname, who may or may not be affiliated to the clan, include:

*[[Arif Nakai]], 12th [[Chief Minister of Punjab, Pakistan]], direct descendant of the [[Nakai Misl#Nakai Misl Rulers from 1748 to 1810|Nakai misldars]]
*[[Aaqib Javed]], Pakistani cricketer
*[[Avtar Singh Sandhu]], better known as Pash, Indian poet
*[[Baba Deep Singh]] (1682–1757), Sikh martyr
*[[Banita Sandhu]], British-Indian actress
*[[Bhai Bala]] (1466–1544), a companion of [[Guru Nanak]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=Singha |first=H.S. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gqIbJz7vMn0C&dq=bhai+bala+mother&pg=PA28 |title=The Encyclopedia of Sikhism |year=2000 |page=28 |publisher=Hemkunt Press |isbn=9788170103011 |access-date=19 August 2022}}</ref>
*[[Bhagat Singh]] (1907–1931), Indian revolutionary
*[[Captain Abhimanyu]], former cabinet minister, [[Government of Haryana]].

==References==
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