List of Jats
This is a list of notable members of the Jat community.
Anti-colonialists

List of notable Jats who were Indian independence activists or freedom fighters

- Baba Gurdit Singh,[1] leader of the Komagata Maru incident
- Bhagat Singh,[2] Indian socialist revolutionary who was executed by the British colonialists in 1931
- Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon,[3] he was as a close associate of Subhas Chandra Bose and played a key role in INA military operations against British forces during World War II
- Kartar Singh Sarabha,[4] Indian freedom fighter
- Nahar Singh,[5] ruler of Ballabgarh who fought against the East India Company in the Indian Rebellion of 1857
- Rai Ahmad Khan Kharal, freedom fighter in the Indian Rebellion of 1857[6]
- Raja Mahendra Pratap Singh,[7] Indian freedom fighter, president of the Provisional Government of India in Kabul
- Sah Mal,[8] rebel who fought against the British in Indian Rebellion of 1857
- Sardar Ajit Singh,[9] revolutionary and uncle of Bhagat Singh, best known for leading the Pagri Sambhal Jatta movement against British agrarian laws and for his lifelong struggle in exile against colonial rule.
- Sohan Singh Bhakna,[10] founding president of the Ghadar party
- Teja Singh Sutantar,[11] freedom fighter and a member of Ghadar Party
Armed forces
Indian armed forces



- Arjan Singh,[12][13] former Chief of the Indian Air Force
- Badlu Singh,[14] recipient of Victoria Cross
- Chhelu Ram, recipient of Victoria Cross[15]
- Gian Singh, recipient of Victoria Cross[16]
- Lt Gen Harbaksh Singh,[13] recipient of The Vir Chakra and The Padma Vibhushan
- Hoshiar Singh Dahiya, recipient of Param Vir Chakra [17][18]
- Lt Gen Khem Karan Singh, recipient of Mahavir Chakra[19]
- Mohan Singh,[20] founder and General of the First Indian National Army
- Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon, recipient of Param Vir Chakra[13][21]
- Parkash Singh, recipient of Victoria Cross[22]
- Ranjit Singh Dyal,[23] recipient of Maha Vir Chakra
- Richhpal Ram, recipient of Victoria Cross[24][25]
- Sant Singh,[26] recipient of Mahavir Chakra
- Shabeg Singh,[27] known for his involvement in the training of Mukti Bahini volunteers during the Bangladesh Liberation War
- Ved Prakash Malik, 19th Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army[a]
Pakistani armed forces
- Amir Sultan Tarar, the "Colonel Imam", SSG officer, ISI agent, trained Afghan Mujahideen and Taliban fighters[30][31]
- Qamar Javed Bajwa, 10th Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistani Armed Forces[32][33]
- Zaheer Ahmad Babar Sidhu, 16th Chief of Air Staff of the Pakistani Air Force[33][34]
Businessmen and philanthropists

- Chaudhary Raghvendra Singh,[35] Indian real estate developer and founder of DLF.
- Dyal Singh Majithia,[36] philanthropist and founder of The Tribune and Punjab National Bank
- Kushal Pal Singh,[37] Indian billionaire real estate developer and retired military officer.
- Seth Chhaju Ram, Philanthropist[38]
Civil servants

- Ajay Singh Chahar,[39] former High Commissioner to Fiji Islands, and former Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha
- Gyan Prakash Pilania,[40][41] former DGP of Rajasthan and former Member of the Rajya Sabha
- Kanwar Pal Singh Gill,[42] former two term DGP of Punjab and recipient of Padma Shri
- M. S. Gill,[43] former Indian Administrative Service officer who served as the Mnister of Sports and Youth Affairs and the Minister of Statistics and Programme Implementation. He also served as the Chief Election Commissioner of India.
Film, television, and entertainment




Film
- Arjan Bajwa,[44] Indian film actor
- Darshan Kumar,[45] Indian film actor
- Dharmendra,[46] Indian film actor
- Jaideep Ahlawat,[47] Indian actor
- Kabir Duhan Singh[48] Indian film actor
- Kirron Kher,[49] Indian film actress
- Mahie Gill,[50] Indian film actress
- Mallika Sherawat,[51] Indian film actress
- Mohit Ahlawat,[52] Indian film actor
- Parvin Dabas,[53] Indian film actor
- Randeep Hooda,[54] Indian film actor
- Simran Mundi,[55] Indian film actress
- Sunny Deol,[56] Indian film actor
- Sushant Singh,[57] Indian film actor
- Taapsee Pannu,[58] Indian film actress
Television
- Meghna Malik,[59] Indian TV actress
- Rajat Tokas,[60] Indian TV actor
- Vivek Dahiya,[61] Indian TV actor
Entertainment
- Anubhav Singh Bassi[62] Indian comedian
- Dhruv Rathee[63] Indian YouTuber
Folklores

- Heer Ranjha,[64][65] a tragic romance in Punjabi literature, popularised in the 18th century by the poet Waris Shah
- Mirza Sahiban,[64][66] a classic Punjabi folk romance, originally recorded in literary form by the 17th-century poet Pilu
Historical figures
Hindu Jats

List of notable Jats in the history of pre-independence India
- Badan Singh,[67] founder and first Maharaja of Bharatpur
- Churaman,[68] chieftain of Sinsini, Rajasthan. He established the rule mainly centred at Bharatpur, during the decline of the Mughal Empire
- Gokula Jat,[69] rebel leader, who led one of the earliest organised revolts against the Mughal Empire during Aurangzeb reign in 1669
- Jawahar Singh,[70] Maharaja of Bharatpur. Notable for capturing Delhi in 1764 and resistance against Ahmed Shah Abdali
- Kushal Singh Dahiya,[71] sacrificed himself to protect the honour of Sikh Guru Tegh Bahadur
- Raja Maldeo,[72] ruler of Sidhmukh State
- Rajaram Jat,[73] rebel leader and successor of Gokula, who continued resistance against Mughal rule in the late 17th century. Notable for desecration of Akbar tomb
- Ranjit Singh,[74] Maharaja of Bharatpur. He participated in the Second Anglo-Maratha War on the side of the Marathas and his forces proved to be a tough match for Lord Lake
- Suraj Mal,[75][76] Maharaja of Bharatpur. He is notably remembered for the plunder of Old Delhi in 1753 and the capture of Agra in 1761. He earned the epithet “Plato of the Jats.”
Sikh Jats


- Akali Phula Singh, Sikh warrior and a Nihang leader[77]
- Baba Deep Singh, founder of Shaheedan Misl[78]
- Baghel Singh, ruler of Singh Krora Misl[79]
- Bhuma Singh Dhillon, chieftain of Bhangi Misl[80]
- Charat Singh, founder of Sukerchakia Misl[81][82]
- Chhajja Singh Dhillon, founder and chieftain of Bhangi Misl[83]
- Ganda Singh Dhillon, chieftain of Bhangi Misl[84]
- Gujjar Singh Banghi, a Sikh warrior and one of the triumvirates who ruled over Lahore prior to the leadership of Maharaja Ranjit Singh[85]
- Hari Singh Dhillon, ruler of Bhangi Misl[86]
- Heera Singh Sandhu, founder of Nakai Misl[87]
- Jai Singh Kanhaiya, founder of Kanhaiya Misl[88]
- Jhanda Singh Dhillon, chieftain of Bhangi Misl[84]
- Jind Kaur,[89] Maharani of Sikh Empire who fought two wars against the British[90]
- Mai Bhago, Sikh soldier and Guru Gobind Singh's bodyguard[91][92]
- Nawab Kapur Singh, ruler of Singhpuria Misl[93]
- Ranjit Singh,[94][95][96] founder of the Sikh Empire, known as the “Lion of Punjab” for unifying the Sikh Misls
- Sada Kaur, chief of Kanhaiya Misl[97]
- Sardar Tara Singh Ghaiba, chieftain of Dallewalia Misl[98]
Muslim Jats
- Ali Mohammed Khan, founder of Kingdom of Rohilkhand, progenitor of Rohilla dynasty.[99]
- Chitu Khan,[100] a pindari general who played a prominent role in the Third Anglo-Maratha war.[101]
- Nur Muhammad Chattha, founder of Chattha State which resisted the Sikh Misls.[102][103][104]
- Mutawassil Khan, Nawab of Bijapur.[105][106][107][108]
- Muzaffar Jang Hidayat, third Nizam of Hyderabad State.[109][110][111][112]
- Saadullah Khan, Grand Vizier of Mughal Empire[113]
Literature and artists


- Amrita Sher-Gil,[114][115] one of the greatest avant-garde women artists of the early 20th century and a pioneer in modern Indian art.
- Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Pakistani revolutionary poet[116]
- Qadir Yar[117]
- Sukhpal Vir Singh Hasrat[118]
- Jaswant Singh Kanwal[119]
- Kulwant Singh Virk[120][121]
- Sant Singh Sekhon,[121] Punjabi writer
- Daljit Nagra[122]
- Fauji Kavi Mehar Singh,[123] Haryanvi language poet and a freedom fighter
Politicians
Politicians of India
Prime ministers


- Charan Singh,[124] former Prime Minister of India
- Devi Lal,[125][126] former Deputy Prime Minister of India
Presidents

Chief ministers
- Bansi Lal,[125] former Chief Minister of Haryana
- Beant Singh,[128] former Chief Minister of Punjab
- Bhagwant Mann,[129] Chief Minister of Punjab
- Bhupinder Singh Hooda,[130] former Chief Minister of Haryana
- Darbara Singh,[131] former Chief Minister of Punjab
- Gian Singh Rarewala,[132] former Chief Minister of Patiala and East Punjab States Union
- Gurnam Singh,[133] former Chief Minister of Punjab
- Harcharan Singh Brar,[134] former Chief Minister of Punjab
- Hukam Singh,[135] former Chief Minister of Haryana
- Kamla Beniwal,[136] former Governor of Gujarat, Mizoram, Tripura, and former Deputy Chief Minister of Rajasthan
- Lachhman Singh Gill,[137] former Chief Minister of Punjab
- Om Prakash Chautala,[138] former Chief Minister of Haryana
- Parkash Singh Badal,[133] former Chief Minister of Punjab
- Partap Singh Kairon,[139] former Chief Minister of Punjab
- Sahib Singh Verma,[140] former Chief Minister of Delhi
- Sukhbir Singh Badal,[141] former Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab
- Surjit Singh Barnala,[142] former Chief Minister of Punjab
Union cabinet ministers

List of Jats who had served in the cabinet of Government of India
- Ajit Singh,[143] former Minister of Agriculture and Minister of Civil Aviation
- Baldev Singh,[144] former Defence Minister of India
- Balram Jakhar,[145] longest serving Speaker of the Lok Sabha and former union cabinet minister of Agriculture
- Daulat Ram Saran,[146] former Minister of Urban Development
- Nathuram Mirdha,[147] former Minister of Food and Civil Supplies
- Ram Niwas Mirdha,[148] former Minister of Communications, Textiles, Health and Irrigation
- Shish Ram Ola,[149] former Minister of Labour and Employment
- Natwar Singh,[150] former Minister of External Affairs (India)
- Swaran Singh,[151][152] former Minister of External Affairs and Minister of Defence
Members of parliament
List of Jats who has served in the Parliament of India


- Badri Ram Jakhar,[153] former Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha
- Chaudhary Bharat Singh[154][155] former Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha
- Gayatri Devi,[156] former Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha, and wife of Chaudhary Charan Singh
- Gurdial Singh Dhillon,[134] former two-term Speaker of the Lok Sabha and former president of Inter-Parliamentary Union
- Hanuman Beniwal,[157] Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha and founder of the Rashtriya Loktantrik Party
- Jagdev Singh Talwandi[158] former Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha, and the Rajya Sabha
- Jayant Chaudhary,[159] Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha and national president of the Rashtriya Lok Dal
- Kumbha Ram Arya,[147] Indian independence activist and former Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha
- Ram Raghunath Choudhary,[160] former Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha
- Ranbir Singh Hooda,[161] Indian independence activist and former Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha
- Sanwar Lal Jat,[162] former Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha
- Satya Pal Malik,[163] former Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha, and Rajya Sabha, and former Governor of Meghalaya, Goa, Jammu Kashmir, and Bihar
- Sona Ram Choudhary,[164] former Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha
- Sumedhanand Saraswati,[165] former Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha
State politicians


List of Jats who were active in the state politics
- Amra Ram,[166] agrarian leader from Shekhawati region of Rajasthan
- Chaudhary Badan Singh,[167] former Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, and known for his contributions in Braj literature
- Chhotu Ram,[168] co-founder of Unionist party and a ideologue of the colonial era
- Digamber Singh,[169] former cabinet minister in Government of Rajasthan
- Fateh Singh,[170] leader in Punjabi Suba movement
- Harchand Singh Longowal,[171] president of the Akali Dal during Insurgency in Punjab, India
- Harkishan Singh Surjeet,[172] former Communist leader from Punjab
- Harlal Singh,[173] peasant leader and Indian independence activist
- Jagjit Singh Lyallpuri,[174] co-founder of Communist Party of India (Marxist)
- Mahipal Maderna,[175] former cabinet minister in Government of Rajasthan.
- Parasram Maderna,[176] former speaker and nine-term member of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
- Parvesh Verma,[177] cabinet minister in Government of Delhi and former Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
- Raja Man Singh,[178] former titular head of Bharatpur state and politician
- Rameshwar Lal Dudi,[179] former Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Rajasthan Assembly and Member of 13th Lok Sabha
- Vishvendra Singh,[180] former cabinet minister in Government of Rajasthan, and former Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha
Politicians of Pakistan and USA
List of Jats who had served in politics outside India
Pakistan

- Feroz Khan Noon,[181] former Prime Minister of Pakistan
- Mumtaz Jajja,[182] former Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
- Muhammad Rafiq Tarar,[183][181] former President of Pakistan
- Shahbaz Gill,[184][185] Chief of Staff to former Prime Minister Imran Khan
- Sikandar Hayat Khan,[186] former Premier of the Punjab
- Muhammad Zafarullah Khan, former Minister for Foreign Affairs (Pakistan) and former President of the United Nations General Assembly[187]
- Chaudhry Zahoor Elahi,[188] former Member of National Assembly of Pakistan
- Shujaat Hussain, former Prime Minister of Pakistan[189]
- Sardar Muhammad Arif Nakai, descendant of the Nakai misldars, 12th Chief Minister of (Pakistani) Punjab.[190][191][192]
- Chaudhary Naseer Ahmed Abbas, member of the National Assembly of Pakistan, brother of Air Chief Zaheer Sidhu[193][194]
USA

- Nikki Haley,[195] former Governor of South Carolina and United States Ambassador to the United Nations. Haley is the first Indian American to serve in a cabinet of the United States.
Religious figures and saints

- Baba Buddha, first granthi (custodian and reader) of the Guru Granth Sahib[196]
- Bhagat Dhanna,[197] a mystic poet and a Vaishnav devotee.
- Bhai Bala, follower and companion of Guru Nanak (first Guru of Sikhism) and one of the most revered in Sikhism[198]
- Bhai Mani Singh,[199] 18th-century Sikh scholar, warrior, and martyr who compiled Sikh scriptures
- Bidhi Chand,[200] a devout Sikh of Guru Hargobind
- Dharam Singh,[201] one of the Panj Pyare (the Five Beloved Ones), initiated by Guru Gobind Singh during the founding of the Khalsa in 1699.
- Garib Das,[202][203] Indian saint, poet, and spiritual reformer from Haryana
- Karmabai,[204] a devotee of Krishna
- Randhir Singh,[205] known for his role in the Ghadar and Babbar Akali movements and for founding the Akhand Kirtani Jatha.
- Veer Teja,[206] considered as a incarnation of Shiva and worshipped as a deity in northern India
Rulers of princely states
List of notable Jats during the British era who hailed from royal families that ruled princely states

- Ala Singh,[207] founder and first Maharaja of Patiala
- Bhim Singh Rana,[208] Maharaja of Gohad State, and Gwalior State
- Bhupinder Singh of Patiala,[209] Maharaja of Patiala
- Brijendra Singh,[210] last Maharaja of Bharatpur State
- Faizullah Khan,[211] founder and first Nawab of Rampur State.
- Hira Singh of Nabha,[212] ruler of Nabha State
- Kirat Singh,[213] founder and first Maharaj-Rana of Dholpur State
- Kishan Singh,[214] Maharaja of Bharatpur
- Pratap Singh of Nabha,[215] last ruler of Nabha State
- Udai Bhan Singh,[216] Maharaj-Rana of Dholpur State
Scholars
- Abdus Salam,[217] Pakistani theoretical physicist who won Nobel Prize in physics for his electroweak unification theory
- Kahn Singh Nabha,[218][219] Sikh scholar
- Piara Singh Gill,[220] Indian nuclear physicist and first director of Central Scientific Instruments Organisation (CSIO)
Musicians



- Diljit Dosanjh,[221] Indian Punjabi-language singer
- Harrdy Sandhu,[222] Indian singer
- Labh Janjua,[223] Indian Punjabi-language singer
- Karan Aujla,[224] Indian singer and rapper
- Mohammed Rafi,[225] Indian playback singer and musician
- Sidhu Moose Wala,[226] Indian Punjabi-language singer
Social reformers and activists


- Swami Keshwanand,[227] social reformer and Indian independence activist
- Satendra Singh[228] disability activist
- Mahendra Singh Tikait,[229] distinguished farmer leader and co-founder of the Bharatiya Kisan Union. He was popularly known as Baba Tikait.
Sports




Athletics
- Krishna Poonia,[230] gold medalist at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- Arshad Nadeem, gold medalist at 2024 Olympics[231][232]
Boxing
- Vijender Singh,[233] bronze medalist at 2008 Olympics
Cricket
- Balwinder Sandhu,[234] member of the 1983 World Cup squad for India
- Monty Panesar,[235] former English cricketer
- Navjot Singh Sidhu[236][237] former Indian cricketer and former Member of the Parliament
- Nitish Rana,[238] Indian cricketer
- Praveen Kumar[239] former Indian cricketer
- Shikhar Dhawan,[240] former Indian cricketer
- Virender Sehwag,[241] former Indian cricketer
- Yuvraj Singh,[242] former Indian cricketer
Hockey
- Balbir Singh Sr.,[243] Indian hockey player and three-time Olympic gold medalist
- Pargat Singh[244] former captain of India men's national field hockey team
- Savita Punia[245] Indian hockey player
Shooting
- Avneet Sidhu[246] Indian sport shooter and gold medalist at 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Chandro Tomar,[247][248] oldest women sharpshooter in the world
Wrestling
- Babita Kumari Phogat, Indian wrestler and gold medalist at 2014 Commonwealth Games[249]
- Bajrang Punia, bronze medalist in Olympics and gold medalist at Asian games and Commonwealth Games[250]
- Chandgi Ram,[251] Indian freestyle wrestler and gold medalist at 1970 Asian games
- Dara Singh,[252] former Indian professional wrestler and actor
Paralympics
- Deepa Malik,[253] first Indian woman to win a medal in Paralympic Games
Criminals
- Sukhdev Singh Babbar,[254] founder of Babbar Khalsa
- Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale,[255] Sikh militant and jathedar of Damdami Taksal[256]
- Avtar Singh Brahma,[257] founder of Khalistan Liberation Force
- Gurjant Singh Budhsinghwala,[258] leader of Khalistan Liberation Force
- Jagga Jatt,[259][260] a 20th-century heroic bandit rebel of Punjab. He is known as the Robin Hood of Punjab
- Harjinder Singh Jinda,[261][262] militant and assassinator of General Vaidya
- Bindy Johal,[263] Canadian gangster and drug trafficker
- Gurbachan Singh Manochahal,[264] founder of Bhindranwale Tiger Force of Khalistan
- Labh Singh,[265] leader of Khalistan Commando Force
- Satwant Singh,[266] assassin of Indira Gandhi
- Surinder Singh Sodhi,[267] militant and assassin of V. N. Tiwari
Others
- Debi Singh Tewatia,[268] former chief justice of Calcutta High Court
See also
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The news of the voyage to Vancouver under the leadership Gurdit Singh (1859–1954), a Jat Sikh from majha, reached the immigrant Sikhs in Howrah and Kolkata.
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... Bhagat Singh (b. 1907)—a Punjabi Jat Sikh with avowedly socialist and atheist views on the nation and the world ...
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Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon was born at Algon on 18 March 1914 . His father and mother were descendants of the Dhillon and Dhariwal Sikh Jats
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People were divided: Jat Raja Nahar Singh of Ballabhgarh was supporting Bahadur Shah, and the Jats of Ghaziabad were supporting the British.
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Vajpayee had also contested from Mathura where he lost to the Jat king, Raja Mahendra Pratap Singh, a Gandhian and a Nobel Peace Prize nominee of 1932.
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Shah Mal, a Jat farmer, emerged from relative oblivion to lead the rebellion in Baraut locality in north-western India until he was killed in combat.
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He was the son of Sar- dar Kishan Singh Sandhu Jat and Shrimati Vidyavati and nephew of Sardar Ajit Singh.
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The Ghadr Movement as it came to be known, was spear headed by Har Dyal, a Hindu, and Sohan Singh Bhakhna, a Jat Sikh.
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Teja Singh Swatantra (b.1901), a Jat Sikh of village Aluna (Gurdaspur district), was active in the Akali and Congress movements.
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For this Aulakh Jat, ...
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The Jats of Punjab have produced many men of renown. One of the most illustrious was Maharaja Ranjit Singh (1780–1839). ... In the Services are former Air Chief Marshal Arjan Singh and Lt Gen Harbakhsh Singh who played a major role in the 1965 War. Nirmaljit Singh won the first Param Vir Chakra for the IAF.
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Badlu Singh was a Hindu Jat, ...
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... Chhelu Ram who had been mortally wounded at the crisis of the fighting. ... For unparalleled courage and leadership, this Jat from Dhenod Village, Bhiwani, Hissar District earned for his Battalion the second 'Victoria Cross' of the war.
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Naik GIAN SINGH, 4/15th Punjab Regiment (Jat Sikh)
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A Jat from the Sisana village in Rohtak district, Hoshiar Singh was in command of the left forward company of his battalion.
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Mohan Singh (b.1909) of village Ugoke (Sialkot district), a Jat of Ghuman sub-caste, joined the army in 1927 as a common sepoy.
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Havildar PARKASH SINGH, 5/8th Punjab Regiment (Jat Sikh)
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Even as the troops led by Lt Gen Ranjit Singh Dyal, a Jat Sikh officer, stormed the temple complex where Bhindranwale and Amrik Singh were holed up, ...
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A Jat from village Barda in the Narnoul Tehsil of Patiala, Richpal Ram, by his superb gallantry earned for his Regiment and the Division the first Victoria Cross of the War.
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It was here that Subadar Richpal Ram, a Jat from Patiala State, earned the first of the four Victoria Crosses won by 4th Indian Division during the war, another of which also went to the 4th/6th Rajputana Rifles.
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He belonged to a marginal Jat Sikh farming family ...
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Shahbeg Singh, a Jat Sikh, had a distinguished career in the Indo-Pakistan war of 1971 when he trained the Mukti Bahini guerilias.
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[Air Chief Zaheer Sidhu] hailed from Chakwal and was a 'Jutt' (Jat), the same biradari (clan) as General Bajwa
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It was founded by the Jat Sikh aristocrat Dyal Singh Majithia and was first published on 2 February 1881
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My Jat origins and family were to come to my rescue on another occasion, this time in a rather bizarre incident
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A Jat Sikh officer, Gill during his tenure as DGP lobbied with leaders of all sections against terrorism
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The appointment of Manohar Singh Gill, 57, as an election commissioner is one such. The Jat Sikh, once additional chief secretary of Punjab ...
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... I am full jat sikh.
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"I am a Jat boy from Haryana ... ," says Darshan, ...
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Do you think a Jaat boy like me would know the art of proposing?
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I am a Jat Sikhni from Punjab.
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Mallika chips in, "We Jats, Dharamji and I, will set the screens on fire!"
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I am a Jat, so it came naturally.
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Being a Jat, I have my ego.
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I am a Jat Sikhni, born and brought up in Delhi.
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I am a Jat from Delhi.
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Vivek: I am a typical Jat ...
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... मैं मेरठ से हूँ और जाट हूँ ...
[... I am from Meerut and am a Jat ...] - ^ Dhruv Rathee (17 May 2017). Who is Dhruv Rathee? । Q&A । Indian Journalism and Climate Change (in Hindi). Comments occur between 0:25 and 0:28. Archived from the original on 10 February 2022 – via YouTube.
... मैं 100% हरियाणवी जाट हूँ।
[... I am 100% Haryanvi Jat.] - ^ a b Nagla, B. K.; Choudhary, Kameshwar (5 March 2024). Culture Change in India: Intellectual Traditions, Institutions and Regions. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-003-86105-8.
Heer and Ranjha, and Mirza and Sahiban belonged to the Jat caste.
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Heer and Ranjha, was sung by minstrels throughout the Punjab. Ranjha was a handsome Muslim Jat who was smitten by love for the beautiful Heer, of the Sial clan from the Jhang in western Punjab
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Mirza was the son of Banjal, a Kharal Jat Chief of Danabad in the Montgomery district. Sahiban was the daughter of the Jat Chief Khiva Khan belonging to the Syal clan
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The more successful among them even rose to the status of minor kings, as we saw with the Jat ruler Badan Singh of Bharatpur.
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In 1669, under Gokula, a local Jat Zamindar, they raised banner of revolt.
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... after the death of Jat ruler Jawahar Singh.
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In 1685, Rajaram, a Jat zamindar at Sinsini, eighty kilometres west of Agra, strengthened a strongly defended fortress of hardened mud.
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Ranjit Singh, the Jat chief, and Amir Khan, the chief of the Pindaris, to wean them away from Holkar.
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Adequate monsoon was fundamental for the survival of the primarily agricultural Jat community to which Suraj Mal belonged.
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The Jat Raja Suraj Mal advised the Marathas to conduct guerrilla warfare against Ahmad Shah for several reasons.
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PHULA SINGH (c. 1761–1823). ... He was a Jat, son of an attendant at Akal Takhat, and upon joining the Akalis became their most famous leader.
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Bābā Dīp Singh was a Jat from Lahore district, ...
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Baghel Singh, a Dhaliwal jat,9 was the resident of Dhariwal which is situated adjacent to Jhabal near Amritsar.
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Bhangi misl was one of the 12 misls or 18th-century principalities. The founder of the misl was Chhajja Singh of Panjwar village, near Amritsar, who had converted to Sikhism. He was succeeded by Bhuma Singh, a Dhillon Jat of the village of Hung, near Badhni in the present-day Moga district.
- ^ Sachdeva, Veena (1993). Polity and Economy of the Punjab During the Late Eighteenth Century. Manohar. p. 163. ISBN 978-81-7304-033-7.
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The founder of the Bhangi Misal, Chajja Singh, a Jat, was a native of Panjwar village, eight kos from Amritsar.
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Some of the other Jat chiefs having their possessions in the Rachna Doab were, Jai Singh Kanhiya, Jhanda Singh and Ganda Singh Bhangi and Jassa Singh Dulu.
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... Hari Singh Bhangi, a Dhillon Jat from the village Panjwar near Amritsar.
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Hira Singh, a Sandhu Jat of village Baharwal ...
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... Jai Singh, a Sandhu Jat of village Kanha Kachha, ...
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BHAGO, MAI (fl. 1699–1708), ... Hers was a family of the Dhillon clan of the jat ...
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Mai Bhago, une Jat du clan Dhillon, s'illustra au début du XVIIIe siècle en combattant les armées mogholes pour le compte de Gourou Gobind Singh.
[Mai Bhago, a Jat of the Dhillon clan, distinguished herself at the beginning of the 18th century by fighting the Mughal armies on behalf of Guru Gobind Singh.] - ^ Dhavan, Purnima (2011). When Sparrows Became Hawks: The Making of the Sikh Warrior Tradition, 1699–1799. Oxford University Press. p. 63. ISBN 978-0-19-975655-1.
Another important figure was Kapur Singh, a Virk Jat from a family of rural zamindars who became an influential political and military leader.
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It is obvious that their leadership was largely in Jaṭ hands and eventually it was a Jaṭ misldār, Rañjīt Siṅgh, who secured total ascendancy.
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Young Ranjit Singh's willingness to become a king revealed boldness, for it went against his Jat background and against Sikh tradition as well.
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Although the maximum area of Punjab was occupied for only a short period of time under the leadership of the famed Jat Maharaja Ranjit Singh ...
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The chief of Phillaur, Tara Singh, was a Kang Jat like his namesake Tara Singh Dallewalia, and had made joint conquests with him.
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Mutawassil Khan Bahadur Rustam Jang, son of Hifz Ullah, son of Sa'd Ullah Khan Shahjahani
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Sadullah Khan was the son of Amir Bakhsh a cultivator of Chiniot. He belongs to Jat family.
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Amrita's childhood was quite eventful. After her eighth birthday, Amrita's father, Umrao Singh Sher-Gil Majithia, a Jat Sikh aristocrat
- ^ The Illustrated Weekly of India. Published for the proprietors, Bennett, Coleman & Company, Limited, at the Times of India Press. 1976.
Jats of Punjab have produced many men of renown. One of the most illustrious was Maharaja Ranjit Singh ( 1780-1839 ). One of India's greatest modern painters, Amrita Sher - Gil, was the daughter of a Jat father
- ^ "His family (poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz family)". Dawn (newspaper). 11 February 2011. Archived from the original on 7 October 2015. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
Here lived a small land-owning class of Jat farmers, by caste known as Tataley. They addressed themselves as Chaudhry, from which we know that the given name of the poet was Chaudhry Faiz Ahmed.
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... Qadiryar (1802–90) who was born in the village of Machhike, Panjab (now in West Panjab, Pakistan). He was Sandhu Jatt.
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SUKHPAL VIR SINGH, 'HASRAT' (Punjabi; b. 1936) was born at Khanewal, now in Pakistan, in a Jat Sikh family of Bajwas.
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Jaswant Kanwal was very proud of being a Jat, whereas Sujan Singh belonged to a backward class.
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Virk himself belongs to a jat family and is conscious of it, and yet he has made no attempt at idealising the jat.
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Virk's background resembles that of Sandhu and Sekhon to a remarkable degree. ... All three are Jat Sikhs who went on to get Master's degrees in English and secure government-dependent jobs (Sandhu and Virk have worked in agriculture and communications for the government almost all of their lives, Sekhon was a Principal in government aided colleges).
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"... I am from a jat caste and have explored caste issues as they are played out in Britain and how we view India. ..." Nagra says.
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... Charan Singh, who as a Jat became India's first non-Brahman prime minister.
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... the two chief ministers of Haryana, Bansi Lal and Devi Lal (both Jat by caste), ...
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Self-identification between 2:56 and 3:02
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Beant Singh, a Jatt Sikh, was elected as Chief Minister ...
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मैं जट्ट सिख बिरादरी से आता हूँ जिसको पंजाब में जाट कहते हैं।
[I come from Jatt Sikh community which is called Jat in Punjab.] - ^ "Hooda not allowed to visit Rohtak". Business Standard. Press Trust of India. 22 February 2016. Archived from the original on 26 June 2016.
"I am a Jat. ... " Hooda said.
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Gyan Singh Rarewala (b.1901), a Cheema Jat of village Rara in Patiala state, was chief minister of PEPSU; ...
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The present Congress Chief Minister (Darbara Singh) and the earlier Chief Ministers (Gurnam Singh, Lachhman Singh Gill and Parkash Singh Badal) have come from the Jat-Sikh community.
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Mr. Zail Singh, it may be noted, is not averse to a Congress (I)-Akali electoral alliance as it would help him ward off the joint attack of three factions led by Mr. Darbara Singh, Mr. Gurdial Singh Dhillon, Mr Harcharan Singh Brar – all Jats – against his supremacy in the Punjab Congress (I).
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Similarly, in Haryana, except for Bhagwat Dayal Sharma and Banarsi Das Gupta, whose combined tenure lasted two years, all the CMs have been Jat (Bansi Lal, Devi Lal, Om Prakash Chautala, Hukam Singh, Bhupinder Singh Hooda), Bishnoi (Bhajan Lal), or Ahir (Rao Birendra Singh).
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In fact, barring Giani Zail Singh, all the other chief ministers (Justice Gurnam Singh, Lachaman Singh Gill, Prakash Singh Badal, Surjit Singh Barnala, Darbara Singh, Beant Singh, H. S. Brar, Rajinder Kaur Bhattal, and Capt. Amrinder Singh) belonged to the Jat Sikh community.
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... Partap Singh Kairon, a Jat, who was Congress chief minister of Punjab ...
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The selection of a Jat, Sahib Singh Verma as chief minister in 1996, ...
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Surjit Singh is a Dhaliwal Jat born in the village of Atali (District Gurgaon) in 1925.
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Ajit Singh, a Jat by caste, is the alliance candidate from Muzaffarnagar and will be up against BJP MP Sanjeev Baliyan, who is a prominent Jat leader.
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BALDEV SINGH (1902–1961). A Jat and an Akali politician prominent in the negotiations for India's independence.
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... former agriculture minister and Lok Sabha Speaker Balram Jakhar, a Jat leader, who ...
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Two Jat deputy ministers, Kamla Beniwal (Jaipur district) and Daulat Ram Saran (Churu district) announced their resignations at the same time.
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Of the four other ministers who served in both periods, two were the Jat leaders—Kumbharam Arya and Nathu Ram Mirdha—and the third was ...
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मैं हूँ भरतपुर का जाट ...
[I am a Jat of Bharatpur ...] - ^ Talbot, Ian (2013) [1996]. Khizr Tiwana, the Punjab Unionist Party and the Partition of India. Routledge. p. 164. ISBN 978-0-7007-0427-9.
Swaran Singh was a Jat Sikh lawyer from Jullundur. He was elected to the Punjab Assembly for the first time in 1946, and at the age of only twenty nine was the youngest member of the Government.
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Sardar Swaran Singh (b. 1907) is a Jat Sikh from Jullundur District.
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I am born into Jat Community (1:29)
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In 1984, the Congress chose Jat leader Choudhary Bharat Singh as its Lok Sabha candidate for Outer Delhi ...
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Choudhary Bharat Singh, Congress (I) nominee and Tarif Singh of Dalit Mazdoor Kisan Party, both Jats of Outer Delhi with rural background contested the Lok Sabha election for the first time from this constituency.
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Gayatri Devi, 75, was born in a Jat family in Haryana. A devout Arya Samajist, she has been her husband, Charan Singh's, closest companion.
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I am a Jat (0:34)
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Jagdev Singh, born 1927, is a Gill Jat from the village of Talwandi (District Ludhiana). ... Harchand Singh (1934–85) was a Diya Jat from the village of Gideryani (District Sangrur).
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... Ranbir Singh Hooda, who was a freedom fighter and an influential Jat leader.
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Born on July 24, 1946 in Hisawada village in Uttar Pradesh's Baghpat district, Malik came from a Jat family
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मैं Comrade हूँ पर Jat के घर जन्म लिया है - At 40:16 minutes
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Known also for his contribution to Braj literature, Jat leader Chaudhary Badan Singh had penned at least three books based on Braj literature and had massive information on folk songs sung in marriages in the rural belt.
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Chhotu Ram, the leading Hindu Jat politician, encouraged ...
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Interestingly, all the three main contenders—Vishwendra Singh, Dr Digambar Singh and BSP's Amar Singh— are Jats
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Soon the leadership of Master Tara Singh (a non-Jat urban Sikh) was replaced by that of Sant Fateh Singh, a rural Jat.
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Sant Harchand Singh Longowal (1934–85) was a Jat Sikh whose induction into politics was through the religious network.
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In 1989, Devi Lal invited Surjeet, a fellow Jat, to contest ...
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Lyallpuri, Jagjit Singh (b. 1917–). Sikh Jat; Dist. Lyallpur; ...
- ^ Singh, Bhanu Pratap (11 November 2011). "Maderna's political career doomed". The Times of India. Retrieved 14 October 2025.
The doom for Mahipal Maderna springs mainly from his 'not so impressive' hold over even his own Jat community.
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The "saab" of Jat-land is no more. One of the strongest Jat leaders of Rajasthan, 88-year-old Parasram Maderna.
- ^ "Lok Sabha elections 2019: In West Delhi ex-CM's son and sitting MP is in fray against Congress veteran". Hindustan Times. 11 May 2019. Archived from the original on 12 May 2019.
Yes, I am a proud Jat, ...
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It is primarily a Jat-dominated constituency and the erstwhile Jat royals Raja Man Singh, his daughter Krishnendra Kaur and Arun Singh have been winning from here for years now.
- ^ "Veteran Rajasthan Congress leader Rameshwar Dudi passes away". The Hindu. 4 October 2025. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 4 October 2025.
Belonging to the Jat community, Dudi was considered a bold and assertive farmer leader who often confronted the authorities
- ^ "भरतपुर के जाटों का कहां से है निकास? विश्वेन्द्र सिंह ने खुले मंच से बताया, भगवान कृष्ण से बताया कनेक्शन". Patrika News (in Hindi). 24 June 2025. Retrieved 24 October 2025.
खुद पूर्व मंत्री विश्वेंद्र सिंह ने 4 जनवरी 2023 को पैंघोर के मंदिर में हुई पंचायत में कहा था कि उनके पूर्वज जाट थे, जाट हैं और जाट रहेंगे।
[Former minister Vishvendra Singh himself stated during a panchayat held at the Painghor temple on 4 January 2023 that his ancestors were Jats, are Jats, and will remain Jats.] - ^ a b Rajghatta, Chidanand (28 August 2019). "View: Most Pakistanis are actually Indians". The Economic Times. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
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Of course, a lot of Jats are politicians. Ch Shujat Hussain has been PM, and Ch Pervez Elahi Deputy PM. Both are Jats. As is former President Rafiq Tarar. And Ashir Azeem might take heart from the DG ISPR, Lt Gen Asim Bajwa, being one too.
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However, during a post-hearing media talk, Gill said he was a Jatt and would retaliate with more force.
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The Unionists chose Sikander Hayat to succeed Fazl as their leader. A Khattar Jat from Wah, Sikander was a son of the Muhammad Hayat who had served as Nicholson's aide in 1857 before rising in the ranks of Punjab's rural gentry.
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In the contest, Nawabzada Asghar Ali (MLA, 1943-1956; MWPA, 1965), the traditional head of the Gujjar Tribes, and QML candidate, was defeated by Chaudhury Zahur Illahi of the CML. The latter is a Waraich Jat by social background and a prominent industrialist by occupation.
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I am proud to be part of Jat Sikh family
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BUDDHA, BHAI or BABA (trad. 1506–1631). A Jat from Kathu Nangal, who was originally called Bura Randhava.
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Dhannā or Dhanā (c. 1500). ... He was a farmer of the Jāṭ caste from the Ajmer region.
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... the narrator of the Bala Janamsakhi, Bhai Bala, a Sandhu Jat and ...
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MANI SINGH (1673–1738). A Jat Sikh born in a village near Patiala.
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BIDHĪ CHAND, BHĀĪ (d. 1640), warrior as well as religious preacher of the time of Gurū Hargobind, was a Chhīnā Jaṭṭ of the village of Sūrsiṅgh, 34 km south of Amritsar ...
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DHARAM SINGH (1666–1708). One of the Panj Piare. A Jat Sikh who, based on 18th-century Sikh manuscripts, was at least at this time considered to be an avatar of the Jat Bhagat Dhanna.
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The famous saint Garibdas was born in 1717 in a Jat family in a village named Chhudani in Jhajjar district
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Garibdas of Chhudani (Rohtak) was the most famous. Born in 1717, he was a Jat by caste.
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... , Karma Bai was born into the Jāt jātī, ...
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RANDHIR SINGH (1878–1961). A Grewal Jat from Narangwal near Ludhiana ...
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Tējaji was a Jāt of Karnala near Nagaur, in Marwar
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... sometime after 1691, which saw the first king of Patiala rise to power – the Jat Sikh Baba Ala Singh.
- ^ Singh, Tripurdaman (2019). Imperial Sovereignty and Local Politics: The Bhadauria Rajputs and the Transition from Mughal to British India, 1600–1900. Cambridge University Press. p. 71. ISBN 978-1-108-49743-5.
... resulted in the capture of Gohad and the expulsion of its Jat ruler, Rana Bhim Singh.
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... Bhupinder Singh of Patiala, who as a Jat Sikh ...
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... , Maharaja Brijendra Singh, was the last of the Sinsinwar Jats to rule Bharatpur, ...
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At the same time, the British also helped the Jats led by Rana Kirat Singh, to win the Gohad region from the Scindias. As part of an arrangement made by the Company, Rana Kirat Singh was given Dholpur and the former took over Gohad. Thus, the Dholpur state was formed and Rana Kirat Singh was declared its ruler in 1805.
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... and Kishen Singh the Jat ruler of Bharatpur.
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Pratap Singh Malvendra Bahadur was born a Jat Sikh of the Sidhu clan, the son of Maharaja Ripudaman Singh, in 1919.
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Salam was the son of Chaudhri Muhammad Husain, a schoolteacher of Jhang and Hajirah who belonged to Faizullah Chak near Batala Muhammad Husain was a jat and Hajirah a Kakkezai.
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Kahn Singh was a Dhillon Jat ...
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KAHN SINGH NABHA (1861–1938). ... Born a Jat, he took his name from the town of Nabha ...
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I was born into an orthodox family of Jat Sikhs, and raised as a Sikh
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"Haan mai Jaat Hoon" at 19:55
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Many people in Punjab said that I got scared and went to Dubai. 'He left from there, but a true jatt would have never left' - Jatt toh asli hi hain, konsa nakli hain [I am a true Jatt, who am I then]?
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The impetus for social innovation also came from among Jat Sadhus ... A number of these religious leaders were active in the creation of schools and community associations. One, Swami Keshwanand, was instrumental in the founding of the Sangaria School ...
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I was a Jaat! I realized for the first time that caste politics played a very important role in the political scenario.
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Under the leadership of a charismatic Jat, Mahendra Singh Tikait, the BKU undertook its first large scale agitation in January 1987
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Born into a Punjabi Jat family in Pakistan's Punjab, he is the third-oldest among eight siblings. Nadeem made his debut at the Olympics at the 2020 Summer Olympics, which were held in 2021.
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transl. ..And most importantly, she (Mallika Sherawat) is also a Jat!..
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Former India medium-pacer Balwinder Singh Sandhu cracked a few jokes. "... You see, he is a Jat and so am I.
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On top of that I was Punjabi, a Jatt.
- ^ Navjot Singh Sidhu (26 March 2017). Taapsee Pannu and Manoj Bajpayee speak about 'Naam Shabana' - The Kapil Sharma Show - 25th Mar, 2017 (in Hindi). Sony Entertainment Television. Comment occurs between 0:37 and 0:41 – via YouTube.
तुम्हें पता नहीं है ये जाट है, जैसे मैं जाट हूँ ...
[You don't know she is Jat, like I am Jat...] - ^ Rataul, Dharmendra (4 May 2009). "With development as poll pitch, he pulls crowds with Sidhuisms". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 11 October 2020.
"No if, no but, it's only Jat" — this dialogue from Jo Bole So Nihal comes in handy for BJP's sitting MP Navjot Singh Sidhu, who hastens to add "and vote for this Jat" while campaigning in his constituency.
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I think Jaideep Ahlawat, because woh bhi Jaat hain, main bhi Jaat hoon.
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मुझे गर्व है मैं जाट हूँ।
[I am proud to be Jat.] - ^ Ugra, Sharda (16 March 2013). "'I didn't feel I rushed things' - Dhawan". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 27 February 2022.
Dhawan's nickname amongst his peers is Jaat-jee, which comes from his Jaat heritage.
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"I appeal to all my brothers to give up violence and present their demands in a constitutional manner. We are saviours, not destroyers," Sehwag, who is himself a jat, tweeted.
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I am a Jat Sikh ...
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Since Mamta Kharab is a Jat and I am also a Jat, she was talked about in our house.
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I am Jatt Sikh and I am proud of my heritage.
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The lives of 'revolver dadis' Chandro Tomar and Prakashi Tomar is proof enough of that. ... Coming from a patriarchal jat family, their accomplishments paved the way for women in and around Baghpat to take up the sport.
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I am illiterate and belong to a typical Jat joint family ...
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... हमारी जो जाट कौम है वो लड़कियों के बारे में ध्यान जरूर दे ...
[... our Jat community must pay attention to the girls ...] - ^ @BajrangPunia (13 April 2020). "अंतर्राष्ट्रीय जाट दिवस की हार्दिक शुभकामनाएं । मुझे गर्व है मेरे समाज पर जो बुलंदियों को छू रहा है । मैं इस अवसर पर समाज के युवाओं को बुराईयों से बचते हुए आगे बढ़ने का आह्वान करता हूं ।जय जाट🇮🇳🙏🏻🇮🇳" (Tweet). Retrieved 11 July 2022 – via Twitter.
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Guru Chandgi Ram and Mahavir Phogat had the advantage of being in positions of power. ... And they were both Jats, who had a say in the khap.
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... the big-built Jat ...
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Being a Jat myself, ...
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... Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, a Jat Sikh from southern Punjab, ...
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Justice (retd) Devi Singh Tewatia, who was the chief justice of Calcutta high court in 1988, happens to be the only jat to have become an HC chief justice