Kairon
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Kairon, is the name of a small Indian village in the district of Amritsar, located in the north-west of Punjab, and is a Dhillon Jat family name.
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[edit] Pratap Singh Kairon
The Dhillon Jats of the village of Kairon take on the name of the village. The most famous Dhillon 'Kairon' is probably Pratap Singh Kairon. As chief minister he governed Punjab and was widely acknowledged as the architect of the post-independence Punjab. He was assassinated on February 6, 1965.
[edit] Land reforms
Pratap Singh Kairon was a man of vision. As Minister of Rehabilitation in the days after partition, the late leader ended confusion and handled the tough task of resettlement of millions of refugees who had migrated to Punjab. In his role in implementing land reforms, the late leader established Punjab Agricultural University which played a key role in the Green Revolution. Following war with China in 1962, Kairon sent people for recruitment and mobilised funds. He took part in the freedom struggle and later contributed to building Punjab. The role he played in bringing up Punjab after partition was not easy. "He was a hero in every sense of the word".
[edit] Industrial legacy
The Kairon family still flourishes in Punjab politics and is one of Punjab's political families. Pratap Singh Kairon placed Punjab on the industrial map of the country. He was behind the creation of the city of Chandigarh and the industrial township of Faridabad. The late leader made primary and middle school education free and compulsory. He opened three engineering colleges and a polytechnic in each district.
[edit] Migration to canada
The majority of Dhillon Jat Kairon's from India have migrated to Canada, though the town still exists.
