Duhra
Duhre is a village in Jalandhar district of Punjab State, India. It is located from district headquarter Jalandhar and from state capital Chandigarh. The village is administrated by a sarpanch who is an elected representative of village as per Panchayati raj (India).
The name Duhre means the "land of Duhra" or where the "Duhra's live", it comes from the family name of Duhra. Which in turn is taken from the name of Baba Duhaar, and most in the village are decedents of him. Though there are some families from the Jat caste who are not part of this family in the village. The village is well known for Soccer since the 1950s.
History
The village of Duhre was founded by the warrior/athlete Duhaar, in the mid to late 18th century. During the 18th century, the Mughal Empire had begun to weaken and crumble, with it gave rise to the 12 Sikh Misl's. The Mughal emperor at the time, Zakariya Khan Bahadur, to make peace with the Sikhs, had given the title of Nawab to Kapur Singh, who was the Jathedar of the Dal Khalsa. Later on, Nawab Kapur Singh's Singpuria Misl, under his nephew Kushal Singh, would control many territories, while having Jalandhar and its surrounding lands as its capital. Duhaar migrated from the Majha region of Punjab, from Gurdaspur area, and settled near Alawalpur. Not much is known about his earlier life or his family background beside that he was a Sikh Jat. We don't know why he migrated, it could have been because of war and/or in search of work.As a reputable athlete, Duhaar was later invited like many others to a competition of kabaddi by the Nawab of Jalandhar, Kushal Singh at Alawalpur. The Nawab boosted about his son and challenged anyone to defeat him in Kabaddi, and if they did he would grant them a prize. Duhaar took this challenge, he bested the prince and won the competition, so impressed was the Nawab that he granted Duhaar 500 acers of land and a noble title. With this he was now known as Baba Duhaar a zamindar, and with 500 acers of land he founded the village of Duhre, north east of Alawalpur. Later on he would give his brother Dollu some land as well, who would use it to create the village of Dolike; less than kilometer away from Duhre. The twin villages would later be known as Dolike-Duhre.
The family tree of Baba Duhaar
Offspring of Baba Duhaar are divided into different families and these families are known by different names as given below :ਭਾਈਕੈ। ਖੁਂਡੈ। ਕਾਲੈ। ਲੰਬੜ। ਅਮਲੀ। ਲਾਬਾਣੈ। ਪਕਿਆਂਵਾਲੈ। ਮਾੜੈ। ਝੱਟੇ। ਏਕੜ। ਕੂਕੈ। ਨੌਕਰ। ਮਾਨਾਊ। ਬੁੱਚੈ। ਮੌਲੈ।
ਸਾਰੀਏ। ਖੱਬੜ
Pahika, Kundhah, Kala, Lanbrr, Amli, Lubanah, Pakianhwale, Marrah, Chta, Acker, Kuukah, Nauker, Manaou, Bucah, Maulah.
Saria and Khber: are not part of the Duhra Family, they settled from outside the village during the Partition of India.
Though the nobility statues would not survive into present day, as the wealth and land was divide by his sons; who were later divide into 15 families. Also many of the members of this family would later migrate from Punjab, India, in search for work, and settle in: United Kingdom, Australia, USA, Europe, and Middle East.