A Forgotten Hero Named Jassa

SameerJB # 130

Dosanjh, Prime Minister of British Columbia

DullaBhatti, Hamsab, Pankaj:

The answer I was looking for is Mahathir Mohammed, current prime minister of malaysia, for almost 20 years. His grandfather( and possibly his grandmother too) migrated to Malaysia from Gujranwala. His mother was a native Malay. he only brings this up when campaigning among the 7 percent population of Malaysia of sub-continent origin, though mostly from South India. The immigration to Malaysia was mostly in rubber plantation.

Most of the immigrants to Fiji, Surinam, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago came from Bihar and UP-in the area of sugar plantation.

Mohathir Mohammad of Malaysia!!!

well..I cheated. I just read your answer on the other forum:)

That is very iteresting. Were his elders just living in Gujranwala because of business or jobs Or they were really native Punjabis?

Thanx Sameer, see what haste can cause. You clearly mentioned ``current prime minister`` and I stupidly mentioned a ``previous prime-minister``. That ``Gujranwala`` thing was a big bait and I fell for it :-).

Cheers

An excellent 3-piece story on the status of primary education in modern India

Here is an excellent 3-part series on the status of education in India:

http://www.csmonitor.com/durable/2001/02/14/fp13s1-csm.shtml

outstanding is all i can say

sameer its a great work done by you.

Re: # 76
Hi,
I think you maybe talking about Bhattia Sikhs, not bhatti sikhs. There are Bhatti Jat Sikhs, which marry other jats. I am also related to them. Bhattias however marry amongst themselves. Oh yes and there are also Bhatti, Minhas etc Rajputs. As for religous identity they primarily adopted hindu identity during the Singh Sabha era in the late 19th and early 20th century.

Khizr Hayat Tiwana, is he any relation of Sardar Fateh Khan Tiwana?

Hi.... My name is Irfan Gakkar .... I want to know the history of Gakkars.... Presently we are in Gujarat and according to sorces we have sifted here somewere before 200 years ..

I want to know the entire history of Gakkars , if anyone have it please help me ...