Shokeen
Shokeen is a common Jaat surname in northern India, among Jaat people also called as Sheokand and Sheokanda. They are recorded as descendants of chandravanshi king Shiva skanda.Historians believe Skanda is the name of Kartikeya, second son of Lord Shiva and brother of Ganesha. The region Skandinavia gets name after Skanda. This Jaat surname has 26 villages in Haryana including Jharsa village the biggest and richest village of Gurgaon. 5 villages in Delhi and 25 villages in Uttar Pradesh and Punjab.
Notable people bearing the name Shokeen include:
- Devender Singh Shokeen, Indian politician
- Manoj Kumar Shokeen (born 1967), Indian politician
- Nishant Shokeen, Indian film and television actor
- Raghuvinder Shokeen, Indian politician
- Ch.Rishan Singh Shokeen (pehelwan), Senior Kabaddi champion and wrestler of the nation from Jharsa Village.
- Rambir Shokeen , Indian politician
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