Six generations · Eight branches

From one farmer in Phagwara, a family scattered across the world.

This is the record of Arjan Singh Sandhu's descendants — compiled from a 2008 genealogy report and expanded with what the family remembers. Some names are still missing. Help us fill them in.

People recorded
6Generations
8Branches
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Arjan Singh Sandhu
1875 – 1947 · Land owner & money lender, Phagwara
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Chanda Singh Sandhu
1892 – 1995 · Farmer · m. Nami Kaur (d. 1976)
3
Eight children, eight branches
Gurdial · Lachman · Jeeto · Seesow · Sarwan · Nirmal · Bant · Preeto
Our story

A farming family that became a global one

Arjan Singh Sandhu owned land and lent money in Phagwara, Punjab, in the late 1800s. His son Chanda Singh Sandhu farmed the same ground and, with his wife Nami Kaur, raised eight children — the eight branches that carry the family forward today.

Branches 1–3

Gurdial, Lachman & Jeeto

Gurdial's line spread to Vancouver and Toronto; Lachman's settled in Hounslow, where he taught and worked the post office; Jeeto married into the Bhaurla family and put down roots in Fresno, California.

Branches 4–6

Seesow, Sarwan & Nirmal

Seesow's descendants are remembered as "the Moli branch." Sarwan farmed, then worked in a factory, in Slough — the town many of his grandchildren still call home. Nirmal's family also stayed close to Phagwara roots.

Branches 7–8

Bant & Preeto

Bant Kaur married into the Benning family and raised nine children in Gravesend — the largest branch of the tree by far. Preeto's branch is the least documented, with several names lost to time.

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Oral history

Told in their own words

This section will hold the real origin story of the Sandhu family — recorded directly from the people who lived it. Sunny is sitting down with Nirmal Chacha, the oldest living member of the family, along with several of the senior generation, to record how it all began in Phagwara and where each branch went from there.

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Once they're recorded, the family's own account of its history will be written up here — in their words, not a summary. Check back soon.

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