
ahluwalia (jaat)

ahluwalia (ahluwalia mhanoon lipyantaran dekhil) hii moolchi panjab pradeshatil bharatiy jaat aahe. 
ahluwalia heey moolatah kalal jaatiche hote, jyancha paramparik vyavasay deshi daroo tayar karane haah hota. paramparik jaatichya padanukramat kalalancha darja qamee hota, joou bahishkrutanchya jawal hota. 18 vya shatkat, sheekh pramukh jassa sing ahluwalia, jeey kalal jaatiche hote, tyanni tyanchya vadiloparjit gavachya navavarun 'ahluwalia' heey aadnav sweekarle. tyache vanshaj heey kapurthal rajyache shasak rajvansh banale. 19vya shatkachya uttaradhat, itar kalalanehi tyanchi samajik sthitee sudharanyasathi sanskratikaranachya prakriyecha eka bhag mhanoon ahluwalia olakh sweekarli, parinami ahluwalia jaatichi nirmiti jhaali. rajkiy satta midavalyane aanee vasahatvadi british prashasanane daruche vitaran aanee vikriche niyaman karnyas suruvat kelee mhanoon tyanni tyanche paramparik vyavasay sodale. haah prayatna yashasvi jhaala aanee ahluwalia heey jaatichya padanukramatil uchch darjachya khatrinchya barobariche manale jaau lagale. kalanni naveen vyavasay haatee ghetale aanee visheshtah mothya sankhyene ahaluvalyanni sainyat seva kelee.
kahee ahaluvalyanni khatri kinwa rajput vanshacha dawa karoon tyanchi samajik sthitee vadhavanyacha prayatna keela. udaharanarth, eka pauranik vruttant jaisalmerchya bhatti rajput rajgharanyatil (aanee shevati salibahanchya madhyamatoon krishnakade), kapurthal rajgharanyachya purvajancha magova gheto. yaa aakhyayikenusar, bhatincha eka gut panjabmadhye sthalantarit jhaala, jithe tyanna jaat mhanoon olakhale jaau lagale aanee teey sheekh banale. yaa vruttat mhatale aahe qee, sadhu sing aanee tyanchya chaar mulanche lagn kalal kutumbat jhaale, jyamule heey kutumb ahluwalia mhanoon olakhale jaau lagale. panjabchya rajyakartyanchya itihasavar lihinare british prashasak lepel griffin (1873) yanni ahaluvalyanna jaisalmer rajgharanyashi jodanara haah vruttant banavat asalyache sangoon fetalala. sheekh lekhak gian sing yanni tyanchya 'tawarikh raaj khalsa' (1894) madhye namood kele aahe qee ahluwalia kutumbane sadhu sing yanchya khoop aadhi kalal jaatichi olakh sweekarli hotee.
bahutek ahluwalia ektar sheekh kinwa hindu dharmache palan karatat.