List of Jats
The Jat people are a community native to North India and the Punjab Province of Pakistan. The following is a list of notable Jats.
Cinema
- Simran Mundi[1]
- Dara Singh[2]
- Mallika Sherawat[3]
- Sunny Deol[4]
- Dharmendra Singh Deol[5]
- Shafqat Cheema
- Swaran Lata
- Amrita Singh
- Randeep Hooda
- Jimmy Shergill
Religion
- Dhanna Bhagat (Dhaliwal Jat) - a Hindu Bhakti saint and disciple Ramananda, worshiper of Rama, whose poems are in the Guru Granth Sahib
- Bhai Bala (Sandhu Jat) - follower and companion of Guru Nanak (first Guru of Sikhism) and one of the most revered in Sikhism[6]
- Baba Buddha (Randhawa Jat) - companion of the guru Nanak and one of the most revered saints in Sikhism.[7]
- Bhai Bidhi Chand Chhina[8][9] - renowned Sikh warrior and preacher, famed for the recovery of the horses, Dilbagh and Gulbagh for Guru Hargobind[10][11]
- Garib Das (1717–1778)- A revered saint and reformer noted for his piety and poetry. Founder 'Gribdasi sect' and composer of the granth called 'Garib Das ki granth Sahib'.
Revolutionaries and freedom fighters
- Bhagat Singh[12]
- Achhar Singh Chhina[13]
- Rai Ahmed Nawaz Khan Kharal, Pakistani freedom fighter who was one of the greatest in the Indian rebellion of 1857.[14][15]
Rulers
- Suraj Mal of Bharatpur in Rajasthan in India. He has been described by a contemporary historian as "the Plato of the Jat people" and by a modern writer as the "Jat Ulysses"
- According to some historians, Maharaja Ranjit Singh, Maharaja of Punjab also known as Sher-e-Punjab (The Lion of the Punjab) was born into a Jat family.[16][17] Though some claim that he was born into a Sansi family[18]
- Kharak Singh. descendent of Ranjit Singh (to whom some consider a Jat)
- Nau Nihal Singh. descendent of Ranjit Singh (to whom some consider a Jat)
- Bhupinder Singh was the ruling Maharaja of the princely state of Patiala from 1900 to 1938.[17][19]
- Badan Singh was the formal founder of the princely state of Bharatpur.He was born in a Hindu Jat family.
- Churaman was Zamindar of Sinsini and the said to be real founder of Jat state of Bharatpur.
- Kirat Singh
- Baldeo Singh
- Balwant Singh
- Kishan Singh
- Brijendra Singh
- Kehri Singh
- Nawal Singh
- Ram Singh of Bharatpur
- Randhir Singh
- Ranjit Singh of Bharatpur
- Ratan Singh
- Girraj Kaur
- Kishori
- Raja Maldeo - Ruler in Jangladesh
- Kirat Singh
- Pohap Singh
- Bhagwant Singh
- Nihal Singh
- Ram Singh
- Udaybhanu Singh
- Jawahar Singh
- Raja Ram Jat[20]
- Raja Nahar Singh
- Jujhar Singh Nehra
- Raja Mahendra Pratap - Mursan[21]
- Ranbir Singh of Jind
- Raghubir Singh of Jind
- Swarup Singh of Jind
- Nawab Kapur Singh Virk, leader of Singhpur Misl.[16][17]
- Hari Singh Dhillon, leader of the Bhangi misl, Ruler of Lahore & Amritsar.[16][17]
- Yadavindra Singh of Patiala.[17][19]
- Rajinder Singh of Patiala.[17][19]
- Girdhar Pratap Singh
- Kirat Singh
- Bhim Singh Rana
- Chhatar Singh
Sports
Wrestlers
Sushil kumar
- Jakhar Geetika[22]
- Dara Singh[23]
- Geeta Phogat
Boxers
Athletes
- Krishna Poonia,[25] Discus Thrower
Historians
Social reformers
Politics
India
- Chhotu Ram
- Charan Singh, the sixth Prime Minister of India.[27]
- Chaudhari Devi Lal[28]
- Bansi Lal[29]
- Harkishan Singh Surjeet[30] - Bassi clan.
- Balram Jakhar[31]
- Partap Singh Kairon[32]
- Amarinder Singh, Sidhu clan and direct descendent of Maharaja Patiala.[33]
- Daulatram Saran[34]
- Gyan Prakash Pilania[35]
- Harlal Singh[36]
- Sahib Singh Verma[37]
- Pravesh Verma[38]
Pakistan
- Chaudhry Mumtaz Jajja - Former member of national and provincial assemblies.[39]
- Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain
- Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi
- Hina Rabbani Khar
- Saira Afzal Tarar
References
- ↑ "The Tribune India - Miss India has roots in Doaba". Retrieved June 6, 2008.
- ↑ Bhandari, Prakash (2009-06-18). "'Hema garam, won't canvass for Dharam". The Times of India. The Times Group. Retrieved 2010-02-15.
- ↑ Lalwani, Vickey (5 October 2004). "'Dharamji and Mallika plan to set screens on fire!". Rediff. Retrieved 2012-01-05.
- ↑ "Watch In Conversation with The Deols". 13 November 2012. BBC Asian Network. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
- ↑ "I am a farmer's son: Dharmendra". The Hindu. 2015-06-27. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
- ↑ "History of the Sikhs".
- ↑ "Baba Buddha ji".
- ↑ The Sikh reference book - Harajindara Siṅgha Dilagīra - Google Books. Books.google.co.in. Retrieved 2012-11-11.
- ↑ Transformation of Sikhism - Sir Gokul Chand Narang - Google Books. Books.google.co.in. Retrieved 2012-11-11.
- ↑ History Of Sikh Gurus Retold 1606-1708 C.e. Vol# 2 - Surjit Singh Gandhi - Google Books. Books.google.co.in. Retrieved 2012-11-11.
- ↑ Sai Grace And Recent Predictions - Dr. S. P. Ruhela - Google Books. Books.google.co.in. Retrieved 2012-11-11.
- ↑ Gaur, Ishwar Dayal (2008). Martyr as Bridegroom: A Folk Representation of Bhagat Singh. Anthem Press. pp. 54–55. ISBN 978-81-905835-0-3.
- ↑ Fauja Singh and Chaman Lal Datta "Who's who: Punjab Freedom Fighters" (Punjab, India) 1991 p5
- ↑ http://www.dawn.com/news/802754
- ↑ http://www.dawn.com/news/793732
- 1 2 3 Thakur Deshraj, Jat Itihas, Delhi, 1934.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 History of the Jat Clans - H.S Duleh (Translation from original Punjabi work "Jatan da Itihas" by Gurjant Singh).
- ↑ Lafont, Jean-Marie (2002) Maharaja Ranjit Singh, Lord of the Five Rivers. Oxford: Oxford University Press
- 1 2 3 "Historical Sikh Events: Phulkian Misl".
- ↑ Girish Chandra Dwivedi The Jats - Their Role in the Mughal Empire. Surajmal Educational Society, New Delhi, India. ISBN 81-7031-150-0
- ↑ "Raja Mahendra Pratap". Archived from the original on January 20, 2007.
- ↑ "Geetika Jakhar, a wrestler par excellence". Merinews. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
- ↑ "Interview with Dara Singh". SmasHits.com. Archived from the original on 19 April 2014.
- ↑ Dasgupta, Piyali (2009-06-18). "'Vijender doesn't think Mallika hot". The Times of India. The Times Group. Retrieved 2010-02-15.
- ↑ "CWG: Discus Trio is a role model for change in the tradition-bound community". Economic Times. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
- ↑ Saran, D.C., Swami Keshwanand. Jaypal Agencies, Agra,1985 (in Hindi)
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- ↑ "Hindustantimes News".
- ↑ "Weekly Organ of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)".
- ↑ "Official biography".
- ↑ Arora, Subhash Chander (1990). Turmoil in Punjab Politics. Mittal Publications. p. 54. ISBN 9788170992516.
- ↑ "Amarinder Singh's Terminator Act". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 2004-07-18.
- ↑ Raghuvir Singh Chaudhari: Nav Jat-Veer, Jat Samaj Kalyan Parishad, Gwalior, 1995
- ↑ Dr. Natthan Singh: Jat Itihas (Hindi), Jat Samaj Kalyan Parishad, Gwalior, 2004
- ↑ Sisson, J. Richard (November 1966). "Institutionalization and Style in Rajasthan politics". Asian Survey. 6 (11): 605–613. doi:10.2307/2642283. JSTOR 2642283.
- ↑ "Tribune Editorial".
- ↑ Chauhan, Neeraj; Rajput, Abhay (17 April 2009). "Eye on Jat vote, Kanwaria invokes Sahib Singh Verma, keeps Parvesh by her side". The Indian Express. New Delhi. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
- ↑ "Death of MPA".
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