Sunday, January 20, 2013

Kya hey Hindu Multani ?

In 1947, the Hindus, who left Pakistan for India under the exchange of population programme, were from the provinces of Bahawalpur, Multan, Faislabad, Miawali, Jhung, Derawal, Deraghazi Khan, Muzaffargarh, Dera Islamil Khan, Reheemyar Khan, Banu, Sargodha, Khamwal, Liaya, Rajanpur and Bhakad,etc. After partition in 1947, Hindu Multani people settled primarily in Haryana, Delhi and Punjab, however the pockets are well established every where including Mumbai. Despite the hardship of being refugees in India, Multani people worked hard to gain dignity, education and economic prosperity. Today they surpass any local community in terms of social and economic status.

Eae Kya bulenden?

Most of the younger generation of Multani living in India or around the world do not speak or understand this beautiful language known as SARAIKI (Shahmukhi: سرائیکی, Gurmukhi: ਸਰਾਇਕੀ, Devanagari: सराइकी), also spelled Siraiki and Seraiki), but they can still connect with it remembering from their grand parents and parents. 

Apne aap kun kya aaden? 

Multani people in India often call themselves either Punjabi or Khatri or Punjabi Khatri by default when it comes to arrange marriages. Some of the common last names of Multani's are Kapoor, Madan, Khatreja, Chugh, Kohli, Dhamija, Hasija, Kukreja, Sethi, Dhingra, Asija, Virmani, Thakural, Saluja, Chandna, Pahuja, Chutani, Tutlani, Gugnani, Dudeja, Wadhwa, Kakkar, Makkar, Sikri, Chopra, Mehta, Batra, Khanna, Arora, Chaudhary, Juneja, Chawla, Dawra, Giridhar, Chandna, Kamra, Mal, Goswami, Nagpal, Bajaj, Grover, Narang, Mongia, Gera, Khunger, Malhotra, Sardana, Munjal, Ahuja, Shridhar, Luthra, Taneja, Bhutani, Khurana, Pahwa, Jagia, Bhatia, Dureja, Dhawan, Khattar, Sachdeva, Rajpal, Derewal, bannaul Wadhwa and most of the punjabi last names which end with a sound 'aah'


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Unknown said...

I was just searching through the history of Muzaffargarh Descendants in India when i came across this blog. I must say it is one of the MOST INCREDIBLE thing i have seen on internet. Finding our own people across the border is just Awsome...

Mekun Sure hy, Tussan Wichun mekun oo Bhiraaa wi labh waisen jinhaa dy waderay Muzaffargarh City dy Rahwan waly hosen. Mein aap Muzaffargarh City da Rahwan aala han ty mekun bahunnn shok hy Aapny lokan ku milan da, aapni history labhann daa. Please feel free to contact me and If some one wants to Visit me in Pakistan.. I Welcome him.

Unknown said...

Our family also migrated from Multan, we are Relia (Telangana Rajputs), mostly settled in Hissar Fatehabad and Delhi.

Unknown said...

Our family also migrated from Multan, we are Relia (Telangana Rajputs), mostly settled in Hissar Fatehabad and Delhi.

Unknown said...

Our family also migrated from Multan, we are Relia (Telangana Rajputs), mostly settled in Hissar Fatehabad and Delhi.

Unknown said...

Our family also migrated from Multan, we are Relia (Telangana Rajputs), mostly settled in Hissar Fatehabad and Delhi.

Unknown said...

Our family also migrated from Multan, we are Relia (Telangana Rajputs), mostly settled in Hissar Fatehabad and Delhi.

SHANKAR LAL said...

An mai dithe. Bay khusi thaiye like some bolo da Vinci blog hey. Meds and Shankar lal Katharina hey. Mai Madras beach rahnda.

SHANKAR LAL said...

आज मैं डिठे की साड़ी बोली दा वी ब्लॉग हे । मेडा ना शंकर लाल कथूरिया हे। मैं मद्रास वेच रहन्दा

Unknown said...

My family is from Mailsee Multan, we are Relia some write Relan. Parents spoke multani but we follow and speak in Hindi.
Please include us..

Unknown said...

What does mean tell me or tell us actually what does from jhangvi

Unknown said...

tuteja vi tan multani honde ne assan tuteja aan arora punjabi saku vi add kro

Unknown said...

tuteja vi tan multani honde ne assan tuteja aan arora punjabi saku vi add kro

Unknown said...

Asan vi multani Haan,saare daada ji Multan ichu 1947 wich aaye Haan ,saadi surname Gandhi vi paa devna ,saade ghar wich vi saare hindi bulende hen ,te aaj kol saaraiyan ne baaki kitta h ki asan multani wich Gaal karesu taaki multani bhasha lupt na thi vanje

Unknown said...

We are chripotra we are also multani please add us too in your list.
Asa ve multani saku ve add kro cha.

Unknown said...

We are from multan distric , village sarla . Is this place is in pakistan

Unknown said...

I like ur blog but there is mistake in spelling of Madaan so plz make it correct thanks

Anonymous said...

First a fall I would like to congratulate u.thanls for such a nice blog.my name is Hitesh Soni and I loved this blog.all my family member use to speak this language and I too love this language .pls add Soni also to the list.soni means Sunar

JKD said...

Hello dear brothers & sisters,

I am happy to found this group. Partition of 1947 was a sad event in the thousands year old history of multani people along with others. I always dream that our rich culture would have probably been the richest one when we all used to live together in undivided punjab area.

Looking forward to reconnect to our roots.

I am sorry for being not so well versed with this beautiful Multani language. My parents, relative do use this language and are following almost all traditions of this culture.

JKD said...

My grand parents used to live in 'kot mithan' area of undivided punjab.

JKD said...

I am Jitesh Dhamija

Anonymous said...

Pls add me also I am wadhwa from meerut now in Delhi

Unknown said...


Gourav Bhutani said...

so are u still living there.

Rajendra Prasad said...

Hello Everyone!
I stumbled on this blog and spent quite sometime going through various comments. My compliments to Sudhanshu ji for this stupendous work he initiated. It is natural to learn or discover your own roots and the culture of our own community.
We are Gakhar and we come from Bahawalpur. In fact, I was one month old when my parents migrated to India. Thus, I am as old as our divided countries.
I am a retried scientist and now do consultancy in patents and technologies. While in public service, I had internàtional responsibilities whereby I travelled a lot to many countries, except Pakistan màinly due to poor bilateral relations at the Govt. level. Nonetheless, I had been meeting a number of Pakistani scholars in international conferençes. These contacts resulted into invitation for me to visit Pakistan in my personal capacity. I did visit to Karachi for a week in January 2015 but could not manage to go to Bahawalpur.
I now have another invitation to go again to Karachi in the first week of Nov. 2018. If there is anyone from the city of Bahawalpur on this site, please contact me. And also, if there are others who would like to join me from India. I have yet to finalise my travel plan but possibility is that I go via Wagah through land route travelling through Bahawalpur. Any suggestions!
With love and regards to all here.
Dr. Rajendra Prasad (9810096099)

Unknown said...

Sryki languages jindabad

Unknown said...

We are gogia. Our ancestors were converted to islam more before 1947,rest of non muslims gogia migrated to India We are living in khushab noorpur thal old Shahpur district. Kindly provide details of gogia tribe whether they are an independent clan or a surname/sub castes of rajpoot/khatri/sikh etc.

Unknown said...

Sade dada ji multan de han.na hai gullu rai,pardada ji da na chira ray hai.sade vare wich kujh pata hive te dasso.meherbani thisi

Unknown said...

Nasa kku vi add kro bhutani Ji..

Unknown said...

J koi makhdoom rasheed multan pakistan da rahwan wala india wich howay taan contact kr k bahoon khushi theesi
Shukreya. Javed Saha Makhdoom rasheed multan pakistan

Unknown said...

Hello!
A Multani guy here. My great grandfather was from multan. They came to India after partition and presently we are settled in karnal, haryana. my parents and grandparents still speak multani in our house. :)

Unknown said...

Saade dadaji Multan de kolun miyanwali de han , pardadaji da pind *kundiyan*haee te o miyanwali kam karende han .
LALA BHANU RAM BATRA
MUKAND LAL BATRA
GURU NANAK GALI
MIYANWALI , HINDUSTAN (BANTWAARE TON PAHLE)

SUB IS BAAT KO DHYAN MEIN RAKHEIN KEE AAPKE POORVAJ "SHARNARTHI" NAHI THE WO BANTWAARE SE PAHLE BHEE HINDUSTAN MEIN THE AUR AAJ BHEE HINDUSTAAN MEIN HAIN .

Unknown said...

Maine kya likha aur kya publish hua , HUD HAI SARA LIKHA BEKAR GAYA

Unknown said...

Maine kya likhna chaaha aur kya publish hua Matlab kya chaap diya

Unknown said...

Salam to all respect ans love you all my saraiki brother and sister from Multan Pakistan

Atika jain said...

Sir... We r Bhansali . My grandfather was also from multan(deraghazi khan) .. So pls ads dis surname also in ur list... Also i loved reading this blog...

Unknown said...

My surname is Batra

Raman P. said...

Gajj ke aakho Assa multani haa. Meku vi bahoon vadiya laga eh bhira.

I want to learn more Multani. We are multani. My grandparents and parents talk in Multani at our home. I really Love this language.

Raman P. said...

Gajj ke aakho assa Multani haa

Unknown said...

Sudhanshuji asa vi multaniaan asa da surname Rawal ega list vich add kar do please

sai said...

Chhabra bhi nahi hai list me

Cheshta Arora said...
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Cheshta Arora said...

Hello! Fellow Multanis. Thankyou @Sudhanshu Bhutani for this blog!
My grandfather was from Muzzafargarh near Multan. Hopefully one day I will get to visit my roots. :)
I am not a very eloquent speaker but I understand this beautiful language thoroughly!

Unknown said...

What about sabharwals and oberoi? Do they fall in this category?

Unknown said...

Tu kuch keina kr skdi valaa gnd bulenda khadi gaala potra ,enjoy krda khadi otra hocha

Unknown said...

About to be forgotten :(
#Jhangi
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Unknown said...

Uncle ji tusi meinu ah group tusi add karlo meinu bhi mein punjabi khatri my parents from Multan side boli Multan side toh haigi mein samjh leti hn bolna kam I luv to speak this lang bt andi ni meinu jada bolni thori aati

Unknown said...

Hello Everyone, Why is there no activity on this page. This is such a good page and only few pages are alive today like this.

Unknown said...

Hi
Can you or anyone teach me multani

Unknown said...

Gogia surname bhi Multani hotey hai

Unknown said...

I am also multani punjabi hindu but my last name is "Malik". Pls add this also.
Malik caste is very less in number

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