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]
- Surjit Bindrakhia(Punjabi Cinema)
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[5]
- Baba Buddha (Randhawa Jat) - companion of the guru Nanak and one of the most revered saints in Sikhism.[6]
- Bhai Bidhi Chand Chhina[7][8] - renowned Sikh warrior and preacher, famed for the recovery of the horses, Dilbagh and Gulbagh for Guru Hargobind[9][10]
- Baba Deep Singh (Gurm Jat)[11] - martyr and saint in Sikhism
- 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]
- Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon (Dhillon Jat) born in the Malwa region of Punjab[13]
- Achhar Singh Chhina[14][15]
- Hari Singh Burdak (Burdak Jat)[16]
Rulers
- Maharaja 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.[17][18] Though some claim that he was born into a Sansi family[19]
- Maharaja Kharak Singh. descendent of Ranjit Singh (to whom some consider a Jat)
- Maharaja Nau Nihal Singh. descendent of Ranjit Singh (to whom some consider a Jat)
- Maharaja Bhupinder Singh was the ruling Maharaja of the princely state of Patiala from 1900 to 1938.[18][20]
- Badan Singh was the formal founder of the princely state of Bharatpur.He was born in a Hindu Jat family.
- Churaman Singh was Zamindar of Sinsini and the said to be real founder of Jat state of Bharatpur.
- Kirat Singh
- Maharaja Baldeo Singh
- Maharaja Balwant Singh
- Maharaja Kishan Singh
- Maharaja Brijendra Singh
- Maharaja Kehri Singh
- Maharaja Nawal Singh
- Maharaja Ram Singh
- Maharaja Randhir Singh
- Maharaja Ranjit Singh
- Maharaja Ratan Singh
- Maharani Girraj Kaur
- Maharani Kishori
- Raja Maldeo - Ruler in Jangladesh
- Kirat Singh
- Pohap Singh
- Bhagwant Singh
- Nihal Singh
- Ram Singh
- Udaybhanu Singh
- Jawahar Singh
- Raja Ram Jat[21]
- Raja Nahar Singh
- Jujhar Singh Nehra
- Raja Mahendra Pratap - Mursan[22]
- Maharaja Ranbir Singh of Jind
- Maharaja Raghubir Singh of Jind
- Maharaja Swarup Singh of Jind
- Nawab Kapur Singh Virk, leader of Singhpur Misl.[17][18]
- Hari Singh Dhillon, leader of the Bhangi misl, Ruler of Lahore & Amritsar.[17][18]
- Maharaja Yadavindra Singh of Patiala.[18][20]
- Maharaja Rajinder Singh of Patiala.[18][20]
- Girdhar Pratap Singh
- Kirat Singh
- Maharaja Bhim Singh Rana
- Maharaja Chhatar Singh Rana
Sports
Vijender Singh Beniwal.
- Virender Sehwag - Cricketer
- Vijender Singh Beniwal - boxer, Olympic bronze medalist[23]
- Dara Singh - wrestler[2]
- Saina Nehwal - Olymic bronze medalist
- Sushil Kumar - Olymic silver medalist , wrestler
Historians
Social reformers
Politics
Indian Politicians
- Sompal Singh Shashtri[27]
- Chaudhary Charan Singh, the sixth Prime Minister of India.[28]
- Chaudhari Devi Lal[29]
*Chaudhary Bansi Lal[30]
- Harkishan Singh Surjeet[31] - Bassi clan.
- Balram Jakhar[32]
- Partap Singh Kairon[33]
- Amarinder Singh, Sidhu clan and direct descendent of Maharaja Patiala.[34]
- Daulatram Saran[35]
- Gyan Prakash Pilania[36]
- Harlal Singh[37]
- Sahib Singh Verma[38]
- Pravesh Verma[39]
- Satbir Singh [40]
- Dr. Satyapal Singh[41]
Pakistani Politicians
- Chaudhry Mumtaz Jajja - Former member of national and provincial assemblies.[42]
References
- ↑ "The Tribune India - Miss India has roots in Doaba". Retrieved June 6, 2008.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ Bhagata, Siṅgha (1993). A History of the Sikh Misals. Publication Bureau, Punjabi University.
Deep Singh Shahid, a Sandhu Jat and resident of the village of Pohuwind of the pargana of Amritsar...
- ↑ Gaur, Ishwar Dayal (2008). Martyr as Bridegroom: A Folk Representation of Bhagat Singh. Anthem Press. pp. 54–55. ISBN 978-81-905835-0-3.
- ↑ "From my bones: Memoirs of Col. Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon of the Indian National Army, including 1945 Red Fort Trial".
- ↑ Fauja Singh and Chaman Lal Datta "Who's who: Punjab Freedom Fighters" (Punjab, India) 1991 p5
- ↑ Mihir Bose "Raj, Secrets, Revolution: A Life of Subhas Chandra Bose" (India) 2004 p175
- ↑ Smt Parvati Chaudhary, Jat Samaj monthly Magazine, July 1998 issue page 10
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 Thakur Deshraj, Jat Itihas, Delhi, 1934.
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 18.4 18.5 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
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 "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".
- ↑ Dasgupta, Piyali (2009-06-18). "‘Vijender doesn't think Mallika hot". The Times of India (The Times Group). Retrieved 2010-02-15.
- ↑ Thakur Deshraj: Jat Itihas (Hindi), Maharaja Suraj Mal Smarak Shiksha Sansthan, Delhi, 1934 (Page 609-610)
- ↑ Thakur Deshraj: Jat Itihas (Hindi), Maharaja Suraj Mal Smarak Shiksha Sansthan, Delhi, 1934 (Page 610)
- ↑ Saran, D.C., Swami Keshwanand. Jaypal Agencies, Agra,1985 (in Hindi)
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- ↑ "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. 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.
- ↑ http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-newdelhi/topnotchers-in-the-race-in-south-delhi/article1378739.ece
- ↑ Srivastava, Rajiv (14 December 2014). "BJP meet showcases new caste combination". The Times Of India. Times Of India Lucknow. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
- ↑ "Death of MPA".