Shergill
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- See also: Daljit Singh Shergill
The Shergill Jatt / Jat Clan is from Punjab, India. Many Shergills also use the surname Gill as they have descended from Gill clan of Jats.
The word Sher means lion in Persian. Shergill was one of the sons of Gillpal, he settled in the Zira area and gave rise to the elite Shergill Jat clan of the Punjab. This is one of the largest and most important Jat tribes found throughout Punjab. Its believed that they have descended from the Raja/King of Garh Mithila. The Shergills are said to have come from this great tribe. My belief is that the Gill Jats are from the Caspian Sea area, homeland of Massagetae. As the Caspian Sea was once known as the Sea of Gillan, per Sir Sikes. Moreover, the Gill and Gillian presence in England may well be the result of Alanic (Massagetae) settlement in 400s A.D.
The Rulers/Maharajas of the Nishanwalia Misl, Sukha Singh and Mehar Singh were Shergills. The Majithia Rulers/Maharajas of Majha were also Shergills. World famous painter Amrita Sher-Gil who was the daughter of Sikh Aristocrat Umrao Singh Sher-Gil Majithia, also belonged to Shergill jats. She trained as a painter at Paris, first at the Grande Chaumiere under Pierre Vaillant and later at École des Beaux-Arts, In the year 1933 her painting 'Young Girls'led to her election as an Associate of the Grand Salon in Paris, the youngest ever and the only Asian to have received this recognition.
