List of Jats

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The Jats have produced famous personalities in all the field of life such as Rajas, Politicians, Generals, Administrators, scientists, intellectuals, Actors, Freedom fighters, Reformers, Technocrats, Players, Industrialists and Businessmen. This is a partial list of famous Jat people belonging to the Jat/Jatt community born in or with immigrant ancestral-family roots from Northern India and Pakistan, alphabetically within categories:

[edit] Royalty

[edit] Rajasthan

[edit] Uttar Pradesh

[edit] Haryana

Sir Chhotu Ram^[28]
Jagdish Nehra^[29]
Sardar Hari Singh Dabra
Mahendra Chaudhry
Chaudhary Devilal ^[30]
Sompal

[edit] Punjab

Maharaja Ranjit Singh, Maharaja of Punjab (Sansi-Sandhawalia Jat family). ^[31] ^[32]
Nawab Kapur Singh (Virk Jat), leader of Singhpur Misl. ^[33] ^[34]
Hari Singh Dhillon, leader of the Bhangi misl, Ruler of Lahore & Amritsar. ^[35] ^[36]

[edit] Madhya Pradesh

[edit] Religion

Bhai Bala (Sandhu Jat) - the first follower and constant companion of Guru Nanak (1st Guru of Sikhism) and one of the most revered and sacred saints in Sikhism.^[41]
Baba Buddha (Randhawa Jat) - was one of closest companions of the guru Nanak (the first Guru of Sikhism) and is one of the most revered and sacred saints in Sikhism.^[42]
Baba Deep Singh (Sandhu Jat) - the most sacred martyr and saint in Sikhism^[43]
Mai Bhago (Dhillon Jat) - came to aid, fight and die for Guru Gobind Singh (10th Guru of Sikhism) on hearing the 40 Sikhs had abandoned the Guru at Anandpur Sahib fort ^[44]
Lord Krishna was a Jat. He is seen as the Supreme Person and the highest God in Hinduism.^[45]
Sant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale (Brar Jat) - Controversial Sikh leader of the twentieth century

[edit] Revolutionaries and freedom fighters

Bhagat Singh ^[46]
Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon^[47]
Hanuman Singh Budania
Hari Singh Burdak ^[48]
Harveer Gulia ^[49]
Kartar Singh Sarabha
Capt. Kanwal Singh ( Recipient of Sher-e-Hind )
Lothoo Nitharwal ^[50]
Nihal Singh Takshak ^[51]
Rae Ahmed Nawaz Khan Kharal (one of the greatest freedom fighters in the Indian rebellion of 1857.)

Kurran Kang

[edit] Military

[edit] Pakistani Military

Recipients of the Nishan-E-Haider - (Sign/Order of the Lion), the highest Gallantry award given by Pakistan. It is awarded to select soldiers who display an incredible amount of valor and courage on the battle field in the face of staunch adversity. Only ten of these prestigious awards have ever been served, one of them being Jatt, despite Pakistan been involved in three wars (Indo-Pakistani War of 1947, Indo-Pakistani War of 1965, Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 and a major conflict in Kargil.

It is the most difficult Award to be achieved.

Lance Naik Muhammad Mahfuz Shaheed (Awarded the Nishan-E-Haider (Sign/Order of the Lion)

[edit] Indian Military

Lieutenant Arvind Kumar Burdak ^[52]- Shaurya Chakra
Baghel Singh Dhaliwal
Lieutenant Colonel Chanan Singh Dhillon (retd), Punjabi Indian WW2 hero & Veteran, and president of the ex-services league (Punjab & Chandigarh).
Major Hoshiar Singh ^[53] - Param Vir Chakra
Kulwant Singh Pannu - officer of the Indian Army and recepient of the Maha Vir Chakra.
Flying Officer Nirmaljeet Singh Sekhon, Param Vir Chakra (The only Airforce Personnel to receive the highest Gallantry Award in India)
Subedar Randhir Singh ^[54] - Vir Chakra
Shish Ram Gill ^[55] - Vir Chakra
Lieutenant General Sarabjit Singh Dhillon, Indian General Commander of Kashmir (GoC).
Brigadier Chaudhary Zakaullah Bhangoo, an eminent pilot
Major General Shabeg Bhangoo Shaheed.
Lieutenant General Joginder Singh Dhillon, Padma Bhushan, one of the most decorated and celebrated Indian and Sikh military war heroes.
Group Capt. Tejwant Singh - Shaurya Chakra- POW Indo-Pak War 1971

[edit] Punjabi Military (Pre-1849 Punjab Kingdom)

General Chattar Singh (Attariwalla Jat) famous Punjabi Sikh military war hero during the Punjab Kingdom.^[56]
General Sher Singh (Attariwalla Jat) famous Punjabi Sikh military war hero during the Punjab Kingdom.^[57]

[edit] Scientists and intellectuals

Professor Piara Singh Gill internationally famous and award winning nuclear Scientist ^[58].
Professor B.S. Dhillon is a world famous scholar on the Jat people and Chairman of Mechanical Engineering and Director of the Engineering Management Program at the University of Ottawa.
Professor Gurpreet Singh Dhillon, famous scholar and author, Professor of Information Systems, Author of "Principles of Information Systems Security" (Wiley) and Editor of Journal of Information System Security.
Dr. Gurdev S. Khush: World food prize, major role in green revolution

[edit] Civil administration

[edit] Judiciary

Ajit Singh Bains, Chief Justice of Panjab
Justice Mahavir Singh

Jai Inder Shergill, + 3 handicap Indian Polo player, represented India in polo in Australia

[edit] Police

India

KPS Gill, a powerful police chief who has served throughout India.
Comm. HS Pannu Corporate Head of Security & Vigilance of Reliance Industries former Commissioner of UN Civil Police
Gyan Prakash Pilania
M.S.Malik(ex.D.G.P.of Haryana)
Satyendra P. Singh (ex D.G.P Maharashtra, and first non marathi to hold that post)

Pakistan

Riaz Ahmed Sipra (I.G Police) (Police Service of Pakistan)

[edit] Social reformers

[edit] Historians

Bhim Singh Dahiya ^[65] ^[66] ^[67]

Birbal Singh ^[68]
Dharmpal Singh Dudee ^[69]
Dilip Singh Ahlawat ^[70]
Dr Natthan Singh ^[71] ^[72]
Bal Kishan Dabas^[73]

Hukum Singh Panwar(Pauria)^[74]

Nihal Singh Arya
Ram Swarup Joon ^[75]

Rattan Singh Bhangoo
Thakur Deshraj ^[76]
Yoginder Pal Shastri
Ganda Singh
Pradeep Nauhwar
Hoshiyar Singh Thakran
Ramchandra Jagaram Mundel,a great historian

[edit] Politics

[edit] India

Punjab

Sant Fateh Singh
Gurcharan Singh Tohra
Parkash Singh Badal
Surjit Singh Barnala
Simranjit Singh Mann
Gurdial Singh Dhillon ^[77]- Dhillon clan [1]
Harkishan Singh Surjeet ^[78] - Bassi clan.
Balram Jakhar ^[79]
Darbara Singh
Pratap Singh Kairon (Dhillon) ^[80]
Harchand Singh Longowal
Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa ^[81]
Amarinder Singh ^[82]
Hardeep Singh Mohali SGPC (Tiwana)

Haryana

Rajasthan

Uttar Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh

Kamal Patel^[106]

Vikram Verma ^[107]

Delhi

Sahib Singh Verma ^[108]
Chaudhary Harphool Singh
Sajjan Kumar ^[109]

[edit] Pakistan

Punjab

(Late)Sardar Arif Nakai
Muhammad Rafiq Tarar
Chaudhary Mohammad Farooq (late)Social Worker and a Politician
Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi
Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain
Chaudhary Hamid Nasir Chatha
Chaudry Farrukh Javed Ghumman
Chaudhary Anwar Ali Cheema
Chaudhary Ifhtikhar Ali Bhangoo
Chaudhary Ghulam Sarwar Khanpur
Raja Bilal
Chaudhary Wasif Riaz Warraich
Iftikhar Ahmad Langrial

[edit] Fiji

Mahendra Chaudhry ^[110] - Former Prime Minister of Fiji.

[edit] Industry

Gaurav Dhillon - is a highly successful international Punjabi Indian Jat businessman and founder and former CEO of Informatica Corporation, worth over a billion dollars, 2006, on Nasdaq. ^[111]
Chaudhary Raghvinder Singh - DLF
Chaudhary Davinder Singh - ICL
Kushal Pal Singh - Ranked one of the richest men in the world by forbes, worth over a 5 billion dollars ^[112]. DLF
Bob Singh Dhillon, is a famous and highly successful international businessman. He is a Sikh Punjabi Indian-Canadian billionaire property businessman (the first Indo-Canadian billionaire). ^[113]
Rajiv Singh - DLF
Hemant Lamba ^[114]
Reena Dhaka ^[115]
Navdeep Singh Sooch- Founder/Chairman of the Board/Director at Silicon Laboratories

[edit] Art & Literature

Faiz Ahmad Faiz

Mustansar Hussien Tarrar

[edit] Cinema

Mangal Dhillon
Dara Singh Randhawa
Simi Garewal
Dharmendra
Sunny Deol
Bobby Deol
Esha Deol
Poonam Dhillon
Priya Gill
Jimmy Shergill
Mallika Sherawat
Randeep Hooda
Mohit Ahlawat
Sarvar Gill
Shafqat Cheema
Kulraj Randhawa
Neeru Bajwa
Mahek Chahal
Hardeep singh (Mohali) Tiwana[Sikh historical movie-maker]

[edit] Music

Ali Sher Goraya
Gurdas Mann
Harbhajan Mann
Babbu Mann
Abrar-ul-Haq
Balkar Sidhu
Jassi Sidhu
Preet Brar
Sarabjit Cheema
Kulwinder Dhillon
Surjit Bindrakhia
Jazzy B
Manmohan Waris
Kamal Heer
Jasbir Jassi
Amrinder Gill
Nachattar Gill
Romi Gill
Gill Hardeep
AS Kang
Jerry Jatt Bagri
Amandeep Bhandal
Rabbi Shergill
Jassi Sohal
Pammi Bai
Ravinder Grewal
MOHIT MUNDEL
Inderjit Nikku
Jarnail Singh Dhillon Soccer

[edit] Sports

[edit] Cricket

Waqar Younis (Full name:Chaudry Waqar Younis Maitla)
Virender Sehwag
Ashish Nehra
Balwinder Sandhu
Navjot Sidhu
Robin Singh (junior)
Aaqib Javed(Sandhu)

[edit] Golf

Jyoti Randhawa
Arjun Atwal
Amandeep Johal

[edit] Wrestling

Anuj Chaudhary
Chandgi Ram
Dara Singh
Gadowar Singh Sahota - The Great Gama Singh
Guru Hanuman
Neterpal Singh Hooda
Palwinder Cheema
Tanvir 'the Gill-O-Tine' Gill
Charanjit 'Destruction' Dhinsa

[edit] Athletics

Alka Tomar
Seema Antil
Sunita Godara,1992 Asian Marathon Champion and Arjuna award winner
Krishna Poonia
Pradit Thakran
Deepak Thakran

[edit] Others

Devendra Jhajharia, Gold Medalist Paralympics 2004
Bajranglal Takhar - silver medallist in rowing, at Doha
Pargat Singh
Balbir Singh Dosanjh, Gold Medal winning Olympic Field Hockey Player and distinguished Indian
Baljit Singh Dhillon, Olympic Indian Hockey team Captain.
Paramjit "Shane" Singh Dhillon, Mixed Martial Arts Fighter, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu World Champion 2004, Kabaddi Player of Year 2001

Jai Inder Shergill, + 3 handicap Indian Polo player, represented India in polo in Australia
Kanwar Sudeep Singh Sandhu - Champ Carrom Player from Punjab.
Shubhdeep Singh Sandhu - Champ Carrom Player from Punjab.

[edit] References

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^ Sir Chhotu Ram
^ Meeting Manmohan Singh
^ Mahendra Chaudhry
^ Thakur Deshraj, Jat Itihas, Delhi, 1934.
^ History of the Jatt Clans - H.S Duleh (Translation from original Punjabi work "Jattan da Itihas" by Gurjant Singh).
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^ From my bones: Memoirs of Col. Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon of the Indian National Army, including 1945 Red Fort Trial
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^ *Subedar Randhir Singh Virchkra
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^ Balbir Singh: Sir Chhotu Ram in Thoughts and Deeds, Jat Samaj Sewa Trust (regd.), c1994, 1930
^ Dr Mahendra Singh Arya, Dharmpal Singh Dudi, Kishan Singh Faujdar & Vijendra Singh Narwar: Adhunik Jat Itihasa (The modern history of Jats)
^ Dilip Singh Ahlawat:Jāt Viron kā Itihāsa
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^ Pratap Singh Kairon
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^ Amarinder Singh's Terminator Act
^ Bhupinder Singh Hooda
^ Devi Lal
^ Hindustantimes News
^ Meeting Manmohan Singh
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^ The Hindu
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^ Mirdha Dak
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^ Mirdha Dak
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^ Ajit Singh
^ District Muzaffarnagar Ch. Mahendra Singh Tikait
^ Kamal Patel
^ The Hindu
^ Tribune Editorial
^ Official Website
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^ Gaurav Dhillon
^ Forbes:The World's Billionaires
^ Bob Singh Dhillon
^ Lamba: Champion of solar energy
^ Interview with Reena Dhaka

Kalika Ranjan Qanungo: History of the Jats : Contribution to the History of Northern India (Up to the Death of Mirza Najaf Khan, 1782) /. Edited and annotated by Vir Singh. Delhi, Originals, 2003, xiv, 226 p., $12. ISBN 81-7536-299-5

H.S Duleh : History of the Jatt Clans (Translation from original Punjabi work "Jattan da Itihas" by Gurjant Singh).

Dr Mahendra Singh Arya, Dharmpal Singh Dudi, Kishan Singh Faujdar & Vijendra Singh Narwar: Adhunik Jat Itihasa (The modern history of Jats).

Ram Swaroop Joon: History of Jats, India

Thakur Deshraj: Jat Itihas, Delhi,1934
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Bhim Singh Dahiya: Aryan Tribes and the Rig Veda, Dahinam Publishers, 16 B Sujan Singh Park, Sonepat, Haryana, India, 1991
Dr Natthan Singh: Jat - Itihas (Hindi), Jat Samaj Kalyan Parishad Gwalior, 2004
Dr Natthan Singh: Sujas Prabandh, Translation of poetry by Nathan, the royal poet of Jat rulers of Gohad, Jat Samaj Kalyan Parishad Gwalior, 2005

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