Meelu, (also spelled) Melu, Meehlu or Meeloo is a clan of Gurjar lineage. The Meelu Gujjar are followers of Hinduism, Sikhism, and Islam. They inhabit Indian Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu Kashmir, Azad Kashmir, Pakistani Punjab, Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Gilgit Baltistan.
References
- A Glossary of the Tribes & Castes of the Punjab & North-west Frontier Province: Based on the Census Report for the Punjab, 1883, by the Late Sir Denzil Ibbetson ... & the Census Report for the Punjab, 1892, by Sir Edward Maclagan ... & Comp. by H.A. Rose ... Superintendent, government printing, Punjab. 1911.
- Haryana State Gazetteer. Haryana Gazetteers Organisation, Revenue Department. 2001.
- Punjab District Gazetteers: Ibbetson series, 1883-1884]. Compiled and published under the authority of the Punjab government. 1884.
- Bahadur, Krishna Prakash (1977). Caste, Tribes & Culture of India. Ess Ess Publications.
- Commissioner, Britisch-Indien Census (1883). Report on the Census of British India, Taken on the 17th February 1881. Eyre and Spottiswoode, printers to the Queen's most excellent Majesty.
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