List of Zaildars by Zail

Bidhwan Jaglan Zail (बिधवान जागलान ज़ैल) was headquartered in the Bidhwan (बिधवान) village and ruled by the Jaglan clan. It covered four villages in erstwhile Loharu State in then Hisar district. These villages, Bidhwan, Kalali (कलाली), Mandholi Khurd (मंढोली खुर्द) and Siwach lie in Bhiwlkki district. The Zail and Zaildar systems were abolished in 1952,[3] and the Jaglan family now continues as Lambardar.

Ali Muhammad Malik was appointed as Zaildar, he was from village Muradabad, Punjab, Pakistan. His zail comprises many towns of Muzaffargarh. It is believed his family were descendant of Turkish prince. He was considered to be most influential person in British government. Despite he owned much land and wealthiest person, he was famous for his simplicity. He usually ride his white horse with few men on his back and love to meet his people and listen their problems. It is also believed that he was hard man and had stricture Islamic rule for his people. It is said, that if his horse was sent alone, people use to get frightened by his horse. British government offered him large land for his works to maintain order but he rejected and instead of that he usually distributed his large land to his poor people.

Zaildar of Punjab. Chaudhary Bostan Khan Zaildar was appointed as a Zaildar of Punjab based on 84 villages of Rawalpindi & Islamabad Zail. He was the only landlord of that District. His best quality was that He used to listen to the problems of the public in a Diwan on regular basis in his village Kotha Kalan. Later his son Chaudhary Lal Khan contested in the elections & became Chairman for 4 times non stop & Got another title of “Baba-e-Baldiyat” By the Government of Pakistan.

Zaildar of Dholar Talagang. Malik Amir Khan Zaildar was appointed as a Zaildar of Dholar zail based on 9 villages of Talagang District Kamalpur. Zaildar Malik Aurangzeb was another notable Zaildar of Talagang Area. He was Malik of Akwal and desendent of Malik Weer Khan.

Another revered Zaildar known for his youth and superiority was Sardar Zaildar Nihal Singh Chatha (of the Chatha Jatt tribe) who represented his Zail of 75 villages with great honour and responsibility. He was known to ride on a white horse along with 50 men on horseback behind him as he visited the villages allotted to him and he was famous for taking his men wherever he went. He was known to reside in a small village named Nurpur Chattha (situated near Jalandhar, Punjab) in his honour. The position was quite important as it extended the influence of the colonial state right into the villages. He used to listen to the problems of the public in a Diwan on regular basis in his village Nurpur Chatha. Zaildar bharat singh of village bass (hisar) HARYANA whose son later became member of parliament from mehendergarh bhiwani seat in 1962 from then jana sangha later known as BJP.

Zaildars of Amritsar Tehsil Ajnala were a Muslim Wahla jatt family of village Kamalpur. That zail comprised 25 villages. And Chaudhary Ahmad Bakhsh Wahla was the Zaildar. Then his son Chaudhary Farzand Ali Wahla was also Zaildar. Chaudhary Nathu Singh Tewatia Zaildar of Sihi was famous in Ballabhgarh. His zail comprised 84 villages. He has been credited for abolishing cow slaughtering from Ballabhgarh. He also served as a Chairman of Gurgaon District Committee. He donated his 6600 bigha of land to peasants in Chaisa village. He fought Ballabhgarh constituent election in 1968, wherein he lost by just a margin of 10000 votes where Indira Gandhi personally did rallies against him.