The word 'SOOD' is of Sanskrit origin and means a brave person or a victor of enemies. It also means a man who can make progress. Soods have a very ancient and glorious ancestry with noble qualities.

It is believed that Sood’s are linear descendents of agnikul kashatriya’s who lived in the area now known as Rajasthan, Mewar, Gujrat and Sind. Some British scholars say Soods had earlier migrated from Rajasthan. According to them “Uchindia’ Soods (Soods of the hills)” had upper hand in politics of the princely states of Punjab (now Himachal Pradesh). It is believed that in almost all hill states Soods were the Modies (general suppliers) and often lent money to the princes. According to Mukammal Tarikh-i-Sudan (complete history of Soods), they once ruled Sudpura (present day Sirhind) which they lost to Muslim invaders and settled in different parts of the country.

Mr. Ram Ratan Sood, a writer with half a dozen volumes to his credit, has described the Soods as “good natured, tolerant and hospitable people. They are ever ready to reciprocate love and affection but never yield to wrong pressures. Honest hard work is their motto.”Soods are further divided into 52 sub castes which got there name from there king, elders, city or village.

Soods are the descendants of the Kashatrias and in particular King Parmar whose second son was named Sood. They are Agnikul Rajputs. At the time of Ashoka, Buddhist influence spread all over India. Soods helped to re-establish the Vedic Dharam in one part of India. For eight generations thereafter the capital of Sood dynasty was Patten in Sindh and later shifted to Amar Kot.Rajput (from the Sanskrit tatpurusha compound r?japutra, “son of a king”) is a Caste among Hindus in India, Pakistan,Bangladesh and Nepal. They claim descent from the ancient royal warrior dynasties of Kshatriyas in India and have roots to Rajputana, now known as Rajasthan in independent India. They are numerous in Uttar Pradesh (UP), Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Uttarakhand, Delhi in India.

Within the Hindu caste system, present day Rajputs constitute one of the principal groups belonging to the Kshatriya varna. The Rajputs ruled more than four hundred out of six hundred estimated number of princely states at the time of independence of India and Pakistan. Out of many princely states 117 were saluted states in India and 4 in Pakistan total states 121. (Salute states). Rajputs ruled 81 states in India out of 121 states in 1947.