Warraich
Warraich or Waraich is a Jat warrior ethnic clan found in Pakistani Punjab and the Indian states of Punjab and Haryana.[1][2] The Aristocratic House of Sukerchakia Confederacy originated from this clan.[3][4][5][6]
Notable people
[edit]Notable people with the surname, who may or may not be affiliated with the clan, include:
- Chaudhary Pervaiz Elahi Warraich, Chief Minister of Punjab, Pakistan
- Aman Ullah Warraich, Pakistani politician
- Bilal Asghar Warraich, Pakistani politician
- Chaudhry Arshad Javaid Warraich, Pakistani politician
- Chaudhry Muhammad Ashraf Warraich, Pakistani politician
- Farrukh Shahbaz Warraich, Journalist
- Gul Nawaz Warraich, Pakistani politician
- Imtiaz Safdar Warraich, Pakistani politician
- Jagdev Singh Waraich, former Indian athlete
- Javed Iqbal Warraich, Pakistani politician
- Kabir Waraich, Indian racing driver
- Moin Nawaz Warraich, Pakistani politician
- Muhammad Abdullah Warraich, Pakistani politician
- Suhail Warraich, Pakistani journalist
- Zawar Hussain Warraich, Pakistani politician
- Desan Kaur Warraich, regent of the Sukerchakia Misl and grandmother of Maharaja Ranjit Singh
- Gurpreet Ghuggi Warraich, Indian actor and comedian
- Prem Kaur, wife of Maharaja Sher Singh
- Muhammad Ijaz Warraich, FBR, Lahore.
References
[edit]- ^ Jones, Philip E. (2003). The Pakistan People's Party: Rise to Power. Oxford University Press. p. 329. ISBN 978-0-19-579966-8.
In the main, this area is dominated by strong, local Jat clans (Chatha, Cheema, Tarar, Gondal and Waraich) that, in the past near-century, ...
- ^ Singh, Kumar Suresh (1996). "Appendix B". Communities, Segments, Synonyms, Surnames and Titles. People of India: National series. Vol. 8 (Illustrated ed.). Delhi: Anthropological Survey of India. pp. 1355–1357. ISBN 0-19-563357-1. OCLC 35662663.
- ^ "Ancestors of Sher-e-Punjab Maharaja Ranjit Singh". Institute of Sikh Studies, Chandigarh. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
- ^ "Ancestors Table of Maharaja Duleep Singh". Institute of Sikh Studies, Chandigarh. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
- ^ Chhabra, G. S. (1972). "Chapter 1: The Ancestors of Maharaja Ranjit Singh". Advanced History of the Punjab: Ranjit Singh & post Ranjit Singh period. Advanced History of the Punjab. Vol. 2 (2nd ed.). New Academic Publishing Company. pp. 1–13.
- ^ The Sikh Review. Vol. 28. Calcutta: Sikh Cultural Centre. 1980. p. 9.