WELCOME TO OUR VANSH, OUR HERITAGE

Chowdhry Chirag Shah (Circa 1725) is first known ancestor of ours. He had one son Ch. Guchhae Shah was known as Rai Sahib and he had one son named Sardar Bahadur Ram Singh , first person to be converted to Sikhism.

Sardar Bahhadur Ram Singh had two sons , Dr. Atma Singh and Sundar Singh. Sardar Sundar Singh had three sons Sardara Singh, Kartar Singh & Ganesha Singh. We also know Kartar Singh had three sons Balwant , Gurbash and Jaspal Singh. Out of these three brothers Balwant Singh had three sons B.P.Singh, R.P.Singh and B.Singh. Efforts are being made to find out more about this family and shall update this information as and when available.

However the family is known by its greatest visionary & charismatic son Dr. Atma Singh. He had a pragmatic approach towards education and emphasized that girls must be educated at any cost.

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Chirag Shah

Chowdhry Chirag Shah (Circa 1725) is first known ancestor of ours. He had one son Ch. Guchhae Shah was known as Rai Sahib Gucchae Shah.

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Manmohan Singh

Flying Officer Manmohan Singh (September 1906 to 3rd March 1942) born in Rawalpindi, became the first Indian to complete a solo flight between England and India in 1930.

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Kahn Singh

It is a long established fact that a reader will be distracted by the readable content of a page when looking at its layout.

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Ch. Dayal Singh

Ch.Dayal Singh was the eldest of his siblings and was responsible for their education. He was a successful livestock merchant.

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Flying Officer Manmohan Singh

Flying Officer Manmohan Singh 1905 - 1942 Died in Broome, Western Australia on 3 March 1942 One of the first Sikh pilots British In

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Chacha Pritam - Man of the people

Maj.Gen. Pritam Singh Chowdhry was an icon of our family. He was adored by all, and was something to

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Introduction to Kahuta of 1947

(Translated from Ch. Jodh Singh’s Book - History of Kahuta) During British Raj District Rawalpindi was a very prominent place.

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A Daredevil Pothohari

The history of the Pothohar is multilayered. It is a land where many civilizations left their mark.

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