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Aujla Banwali
Village
Aujla BanwaliLocation in Punjab, IndiaShow map of PunjabAujla BanwaliAujla Banwali (India)Show map of India
Coordinates: 31°20′28″N 75°24′50″E / 31.34111°N 75.41389°E / 31.34111; 75.41389
Country	India
State	Punjab
District	Kapurthala
Government
• Type	Panchayati raj (India)
• Body	Gram panchayat
Population
• Total	510
	Sex ratio 246 /264♂/♀
Languages
• Official	Punjabi
• Other spoken	Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	144601
Telephone code	01822
ISO 3166 code	IN-PB
Vehicle registration	PB-09
Website	kapurthala.gov.in

Aujla Banwali is a village in Kapurthala district of Punjab State, India. It is located 5 km away from Kapurthala, which is both district and sub-district headquarters of Aujla Banwali village. The village is administered by sarpanch, an elected representative of the village.

Etymology and Origin

Earliest account of Aujla caste

Aujla is an hereditary sub-lineage primarily divided into two grand branches of Sardar Joga and Banwal Singh direct descendant from (Forefather of Ahluwalia Misldar) Sadhu Singh Aujla Jat Chiefs. In the ancestry of Hajual Bhati migrated from the Present Day Jaisalmer Durg.

Misls of the Sikh Confederacy
Phulkian Misl Ahluwalia Misl Bhangi Misl Kanhaiya Misl Ramgarhia Misl Singhpuria Misl Panjgarhia Misl Nishanwalia Misl Sukerchakia Misl Dallewalia Misl Nakai Misl Shaheedan Misl
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However Jogi Aujla, Kapurthala is over 200 years old and was founded by two brothers of the Aujla clan. These brothers were Sardar Joga Singh Aujla and Sardar Banwal Singh Aujla. They were the grandsons of "Sardar Jassa Singh Ahluwalia" who had conquered Kapurthala decades before their birth. Sardar Joga Singh Aujla had twelve sons and Sardar Banwal Singh Aujla had 10 sons. Later, some of these clan members lost their status and gradually become Ahluwalia Kalal.

Villages in Kapurthala

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References

1. G. S. Chhabra (1972). Advanced History of the Punjab: Ranjit Singh & post Ranjit Singh period. New Academic. p. 21. Its founder was one Sadhu Singh, a jat of the Kalal or distiller caste. But the true founder of the confederacy was Jussa Singh...
2. Bhagata, Siṅgha (1993). A History of the Sikh Misals. Publication Bureau, Punjabi University.Bhagata, Siṅgha (1993).
3. Bhagata, Siṅgha (1993). A History of the Sikh Misals. Publication Bureau, Punjabi University.Bhagata, Siṅgha (1993).
4. Mughal Rule In India (1953) by R. R. Sethi and V. D. Mahajan.
5. Ganda Singh (1990). Sardar Jassa Singh Ahluwalia. Punjabi University. pp. 1–4.

• Villages in Kapurthala district