The Gandhila sometimes pronounced as Gandhil and Gandola, are a Hindu caste found in North India.
He was killed fighting in the forces of the Sultanate of Delhi, and his family were driven out by his enemies.
The Punjab Gandhila trace their descent from two brothers, Sambal Singh and Ajit Mal, both of whom were Chauhan Rajputs.
A small number have been given land as part of government schemes to settle the community.
In Uttar Pradesh, they were victims of a system known as chautha, which is a form of sharecropping, where they have to hand over a fourth of their produce to the landowner.