The Jats are a community native to India and Pakistan. The following is a list of notable people belonging to Jats.
Religion
- Baba Buddha, first granthi (custodian and reader) of the Guru Granth Sahib[1]
- Bhai Bala, follower and companion of Guru Nanak (first Guru of Sikhism) and one of the most revered in Sikhism[2]
- Bhai Mani Singh[3]
- Bidhi Chand[4]
- Dharam Singh,[5] Panj Pyare
- Randhir Singh, founder of Akhand Kirtani Jatha[6]
- Tejaji,[7] Hindu deity and considered one of the major eleven incarnations of Shiva and worshipped as a deity in Rajasthan
Rulers, chieftains, and warriors
- Akali Phula Singh, Sikh warrior and a Nihang leader[8]
- Ala Singh Jat, Maharaja of Patiala[9]
- Ali Mohammad Khan, ruler of Rohailkhand.[10]
- Baba Deep Singh, founder of Shaheedan Misl[11]
- Badan Singh,[12] founder of the princely state of Bharatpur
- Baghel Singh, ruler of Singh Krora Misl[13]
- Bhim Singh Rana, Maharaja of Gohad State, and Gwalior State[14]
- Bhuma Singh Dhillon, chieftain of Bhangi Misl[15]
- Bhupinder Singh of Patiala[16]
- Brijendra Singh, the last ruler of Bharatpur State and a former Member of Parliament[17]
- Charat Singh, founder of Sukerchakia Misl[18][19]
- Chhajja Singh Dhillon, founder and chieftain of Bhangi Misl[20]
- Churaman,[21] Jat chieftain of Sinsini, Rajasthan.
- Ganda Singh Dhillon, chieftain of Bhangi Misl[22]
- Gokula, chieftain of Tilpat[23]
- Gujjar Singh Banghi, a Sikh warrior and one of the triumvirates who ruled over Lahore prior to the leadership of Maharaja Ranjit Singh[24]
- Hari Singh Dhillon, ruler of Bhangi Misl[25]
- Heera Singh Sandhu, founder of Nakai Misl[26]
- Hira Singh Nabha, ruler of Nabha State[27]
- Jai Singh Kanhaiya, founder of Kanhaiya Misl[28]
- Jawahar Singh,[29] son of Suraj Mal
- Jhanda Singh Dhillon, chieftain of Bhangi Misl[22]
- Kishan Singh, ruler of Bharatpur State[30]
- Mai Bhago, Sikh soldier and Guru Gobind Singh's bodyguard[31][32]
- Nahar Singh, ruler of Ballabgarh estate who fought the British East India Company in the Indian Rebellion of 1857[33]
- Nawab Kapur Singh, ruler of Singhpuria Misl[34]
- Pratap Singh Nabha, last ruler of Nabha State[35]
- Raja Maldeo, ruler of Sidhmukh State[36]
- Rajaram of Sinsini, chieftain of Sinsini[37]
- Ranjit Singh, Emperor of the Sikh Empire,[38][39][40]
- Saadullah Khan, Grand Vizier of Mughal Empire[41]
- Sada Kaur, chief of Kanhaiya Misl[42]
- Sardar Tara Singh Ghaiba, chieftain of Dallewalia Misl[43]
- Suraj Mal, ruler of Bharatpur State[44][45]
- Udaybhanu Singh, ruler of the Dholpur State[46]
- Jind Kaur,[47] Maharani of Sikh Empire who fought two wars against the British[48]
Revolutionaries and freedom fighters
- Baba Gurdit Singh,[49] leader of the Komagata Maru incident
- Bhagat Singh,[50] Indian socialist revolutionary who was executed by the British colonialists in 1931
- Kartar Singh Sarabha,[51] Indian freedom fighter
- Lothoo Nitharwal, Indian freedom Fighter[52]
- Rai Ahmad Khan Kharal, freedom fighter in the Indian Rebellion of 1857[53]
- Raja Mahendra Pratap,[54] Indian freedom fighter
- Sah Mal,[55] rebel who fought against the British in Indian Rebellion of 1857
- Sohan Singh Bhakna,[56] founding president of the Ghadar party
- Teja Singh Sutantar,[57] freedom fighter and a member of Ghadar Party
Politics
India
- Ajit Singh,[58] former Minister of Agriculture and Minister of Civil Aviation
- Baldev Singh,[59] former Defence Minister of India
- Balram Jakhar,[60] longest serving Speaker of the Lok Sabha, Parliament of India
- Bansi Lal,[61] former Chief Minister of Haryana
- Beant Singh,[62] former Chief Minister of Punjab
- Bhagwant Mann,[63] Chief Minister of Punjab
- Chaudhary Bharat Singh[64][65] former Member of Parliament and Congress leader from Delhi
- Bhupinder Singh Hooda,[66] former Chief Minister of Haryana
- Charan Singh, the sixth Prime Minister of India[67]
- Chhotu Ram,[68] co-founder of Unionist party and a Jat leader of the colonial era
- Darbara Singh,[69] former Chief Minister of Punjab
- Daulat Ram Saran,[70] former Minister of Urban Development
- Devi Lal,[61][71] former Deputy Prime Minister of India and former Chief Minister of Haryana
- Fateh Singh[72]
- Gian Singh Rarewala,[73] former Premier and former Chief Minister of Patiala and East Punjab States Union (PEPSU)
- Gurdial Singh Dhillon,[74] former two-time Speaker of the Lok Sabha and former President of Inter-Parliamentary Union
- Gurnam Singh,[75] former Chief Minister of Punjab
- Hanuman beniwal,[76] Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from Nagaur, Rajasthan
- Harchand Singh Longowal[77]
- Harcharan Singh Brar,[74] former Chief Minister of Punjab
- Harkishan Singh Surjeet,[78] former Communist leader from Punjab
- Harlal Singh,[79] farmer leader of colonial India
- Hukam Singh,[80] former Chief Minister of Haryana
- Jagdeep Dhankhar,[81] 14th Vice-President of India, former Governor of West Bengal and Minister of State, Government of India
- Jagdev Singh Talwandi[82]
- Jagjit Singh Lyallpuri,[83] co-founder of Communist Party of India (Marxist) and former general secretary of All India Kisan Sabha
- Kamla Beniwal,[84] former Governor of Gujarat and former Deputy Chief Minister of Rajasthan
- Lachhman Singh Gill,[85] former Chief Minister of Punjab
- Raja Man singh,[86] former Indian politician and titular head of princely Bharatpur State
- Nathuram Mirdha,[87] former minister of Food and Civil Supplies
- Natwar Singh,[88] former diplomat and former Minister of External Affairs (India)
- Parkash Singh Badal,[75][85] former Chief Minister of Punjab
- Partap Singh Kairon,[89] former Chief Minister of Punjab
- Parvesh Verma[90] Indian politician
- Ram Niwas Mirdha,[91] former Deputy Chairperson of the Rajya Sabha
- Ranbir Singh Hooda,[92] Indian independence activist and former Congress leader from Haryana
- Sahib Singh Verma,[93] former Chief Minister of Delhi
- Sis Ram Ola,[94] former Union Minister of Labour and Employment, recipient of Padma Shri Award for social service in 1968
- Sukhbir Singh Badal,[95] former Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab
- Surjit Singh Barnala,[96] former Chief Minister of Punjab
- Swaran Singh,[97][98] former Minister of External Affairs and Minister of Defence
Pakistan
- Feroz Khan Noon,[99] Seventh Prime minister of Pakistan
- Chaudhry Mumtaz Jajja - Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan (MNA)[100]
- Muhammad Rafiq Tarar,[101][99] Ninth President of Pakistan
- Shahbaz Gill,[102][103] Chief of Staff of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan
- Sikandar Hayat Khan,[104] former Premier of the Punjab
- Muhammad Zafarullah Khan, 1st Minister of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan and President of the United Nations General Assembly[105]
- Chaudhry Zahoor Elahi,[106]
USA
Social reformers
- Bhagat Dhanna[108]
- Karmabai[109]
- Swami Keshwanand,[110] social reformer
Poets and writers
- Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Pakistani revolutionary poet[111]
- Qadir Yar[112]
- Sukhpal Vir Singh Hasrat[113]
- Jaswant Singh Kanwal[114]
- Kulwant Singh Virk[115][116]
- Sant Singh Sekhon,[116] Punjabi writer
- Daljit Nagra[117]
- Fauji Kavi Mehar Singh,[118] Haryanvi language poet and a freedom fighter
Armed forces and Police
- Arjan Singh,[119][120] former Chief of the Indian Air Force
- Badlu Singh,[121] recipient of Victoria Cross
- Chhelu Ram, recipient of Victoria Cross[122]
- Gian Singh, recipient of Victoria Cross[123]
- Lt Gen Harbaksh Singh,[120] recipient of The Vir Chakra and The Padma Vibhushan
- Hoshiar Singh Dahiya, recipient of Param Vir Chakra [124][125]
- Kanwar Pal Singh Gill[126]
- Lt Gen Khem Karan Singh, recipient of Mahavir Chakra[127]
- Mohan Singh,[128] founder and General of the First Indian National Army
- Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon, recipient of Param Vir Chakra[120][129]
- Parkash Singh, recipient of Victoria Cross[130]
- Ranjit Singh Dyal[131]
- Richhpal Ram, recipient of Victoria cross[132][133]
- Sant Singh[134] recipient of Mahavir Chakra
- Shabeg Singh[135]
- Ved Prakash Malik, 19th Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army[a]
Sports
India
- Avneet Sidhu[138] Indian sport shooter and gold medalist at 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Babita Kumari Phogat, Indian wrestler and gold medalist at 2014 Commonwealth Games[139]
- Bajrang Punia, bronze medalist in Olympics and gold medalist at Asian games and Commonwealth Games [140]
- Balbir Singh Sr.,[141] Indian Hockey Player and three-time Olympic gold medalist
- Balwinder Sandhu[142] former Indian cricketer and member of the 1983 World Cup squad for India
- Chandgi Ram,[143] Indian freestyle wrestler and gold medalist at 1970 Asian games
- Chandro Tomar,[144][145] oldest women sharpshooter in the world
- Deepa Malik,[146] first Indian woman to win a medal in Paralympic Games
- Krishna Poonia,[147] gold medalist at 2010 Commonwealth Games and Padma Shri recipient[148]
- Monty Panesar[149] former English international cricketer
- Navjot Singh Sidhu[150][151] former Indian cricketer and former member of the Parliament
- Pargat Singh[152] former captain of India men's national field hockey team
- Praveen Kumar[153] former Indian cricketer
- Savita Punia[154] Indian hockey player
- Shikhar Dhawan, Indian cricketer[155][156][157]
- Vijender Singh, bronze medalist at 2008 Olympics[158]
- Virender Sehwag, former Indian cricketer[159]
- Yuvraj Singh,[160] former Indian cricketer
Pakistan
- Arshad Nadeem, gold medalist at 2024 Olympics[161][162]
Cinema and television
- Arjan Bajwa, Indian film actor[163]
- Dara Singh, Indian film actor[164]
- Darshan Kumar, Indian film actor[165]
- Dharmendra, Indian film actor[166]
- Kabir Duhan Singh[167] Indian film actor
- Kirron Kher,[168] Indian film actress
- Mahie Gill,[169] Indian film actress
- Mallika Sherawat,[170] Indian film actress
- Meghna Malik, Indian TV actress[171]
- Mohit Ahlawat,[172] Indian film actor
- Parvin Dabas, Indian film actor[173]
- Rajat Tokas,[174] Indian TV actor
- Randeep Hooda, Indian film actor[175]
- Simran Mundi, Indian film actress[176]
- Sunny Deol, Indian film actor[177]
- Sushant Singh,[178] Indian film and TV actor
- Taapsee Pannu,[179] Indian film actress
- Vivek Dahiya,[180] Indian TV actor
Singers
- Diljit Dosanjh, Indian Punjabi-language singer[181]
- Labh Janjua, Indian Punjabi-language singer[182]
- Mohammed Rafi, Indian playback singer and musician[183]
- Sidhu Moose Wala, Indian Punjabi-language singer[184]
Criminals
- Jagga Jatt,[185][186] a 20th-century heroic rebel of Punjab. He is known as the Robin Hood of Punjab for "robbing from the rich and giving to the poor"
Others
- Abdus Salam,[187] Pakistani theoretical physicist who won Nobel Prize in physics for his electroweak unification theory
- Anubhav Singh Bassi[188] Indian comedian
- Dhruv Rathee[189] Indian YouTuber
- Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale,[190] jathedar of Damdami Taksal[191]
- Kahn Singh Nabha,[192][193] Sikh scholar
- Satendra Singh[194] disability activist
- Seth Chhaju Ram, Philanthropist[195]
See also
References
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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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... 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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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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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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... sometime after 1691, which saw the first king of Patiala rise to power – the Jat Sikh Baba Ala Singh.
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Bābā Dīp Singh was a Jat from Lahore district, ...
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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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Baghel Singh, a Dhaliwal jat,9 was the resident of Dhariwal which is situated adjacent to Jhabal near Amritsar.
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... resulted in the capture of Gohad and the expulsion of its Jat ruler, Rana Bhim Singh.
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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.
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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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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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In 1669, under Gokula, a local Jat Zamindar, they raised banner of revolt.
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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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... after the death of Jat ruler Jawahar Singh.
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... and Kishen Singh the Jat ruler of Bharatpur.
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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.] - ^ Husain, S.M. Azizuddin (2014). "1857 as Reflected in Persian and Urdu Documents". In Bates, Crispin (ed.). Mutiny at the Margins: New Perspectives on the Indian Uprising of 1857. Vol. VI: Perception, Narration and Reinvention: The Pedagogy and Historiography of the Indian Uprising. SAGE Publications. p. 187. ISBN 978-81-321-1354-6.
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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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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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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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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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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Sadullah Khan was the son of Amir Bakhsh a cultivator of Chiniot. He belongs to Jat family.
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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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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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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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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.
- ^ Bose, Sugata; Jalal, Ayesha (2004). Modern South Asia: History, Culture, Political Economy (2nd ed.). Routledge. p. 76. ISBN 978-0-415-30786-4.
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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The Ghadr Movement as it came to be known, was spear headed by Har Dyal, a Hindu, and Sohan Singh Bhakhna, a Jat Sikh.
- ^ Singh, Khushwant (2004). A History of the Sikhs. Vol. II: 1839–2004 (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 191. ISBN 978-0-19-567309-8.
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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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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... the two chief ministers of Haryana, Bansi Lal and Devi Lal (both Jat by caste), ...
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Beant Singh, a Jatt Sikh, was elected as Chief Minister ...
- ^ Bhagwant Mann (8 January 2019). Quota Bill Is An Election Stunt: Bhagwant Mann, AAP (in Hindi). ABP News. Comment occurs between 2:27 and 2:31 – via YouTube.
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.] - ^ Kumar, Ashok (3 November 2013). "The twists and turns of Jat politics". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 5 March 2022.
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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"I am a Jat. ... " Hooda said.
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... Charan Singh, who as a Jat became India's first non-Brahman prime minister.
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Chhotu Ram, the leading Hindu Jat politician, encouraged ...
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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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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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Gyan Singh Rarewala (b.1901), a Cheema Jat of village Rara in Patiala state, was chief minister of PEPSU; ...
- ^ a b Singh, Satindra. "Akali Bid For Tie-Up With Cong (I) Fails". The Tribune. Archived from the original on 20 June 2020.
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).
- ^ a b Singh, Dalip (1981). Dynamics of Punjab Politics. Macmillan. p. 269. ISBN 9780836408102. OCLC 610329985.
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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I am a Jat (0:34)
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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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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).
- ^ "राजस्थान जाट महासभा कार्यक्रम में उपराष्ट्रपति उम्मीदवार Jagdeep Dhankar". YouTube (in Hindi). 19 July 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
Self-identification between 2:56 and 3:02
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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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Lyallpuri, Jagjit Singh (b. 1917–). Sikh Jat; Dist. Lyallpur; ...
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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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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.
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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 ...] - ^ Tambiah, Stanley J. (1996). Leveling Crowds: Ethnonationalist Conflicts and Collective Violence in South Asia. University of California Press. p. 104. ISBN 978-0-520-20642-7.
... Partap Singh Kairon, a Jat, who was Congress chief minister of Punjab ...
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Yes, I am a proud Jat, ...
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... Ranbir Singh Hooda, who was a freedom fighter and an influential Jat leader.
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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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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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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.
- ^ "Three held for egg, ink attack on Gill on LHC premises". Dawn. 16 March 2021. Archived from the original on 1 July 2021.
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.
- ^ "Sir Muhammad Zafarullah Khan & Allama Iqbal, London, 1930s". 10 November 2017.
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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.
- ^ "Want to open doors for Punjab Inc: South Carolina governor Nikki Haley". The Times of India. 14 November 2014.
I am proud to be part of Jat Sikh family
- ^ Lorenzen, David N. (1996). Praises to a Formless God: Nirguņī Texts from North India. State University of New York Press. p. 265. ISBN 978-0-7914-2805-4.
Dhannā or Dhanā (c. 1500). ... He was a farmer of the Jāṭ caste from the Ajmer region.
- ^ DeNapoli, Antoinette Elizabeth (2014). Real Sadhus Sing to God: Gender, Asceticism, and Vernacular Religion in Rajasthan. Oxford University Press. p. 105. ISBN 978-0-19-994001-1.
... , Karma Bai was born into the Jāt jātī, ...
- ^ Sisson, Richard (1972). Congress Party in Rajasthan: Political Integration and Institution Building in an Indian State. University of California Press. p. 77. ISBN 978-0-520-01808-2.
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 ...
- ^ "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.
- ^ Kaang, Kulbir Singh (2003). Sujan Singh. Sahitya Akademi. p. 16. ISBN 978-81-260-1742-3.
Jaswant Kanwal was very proud of being a Jat, whereas Sujan Singh belonged to a backward class.
- ^ Singh, Lakhmir (1969). Bhattacharya, Lokenath (ed.). "Kulwant Singh Virk as a Short Story Writer". Indian Literature. 12 (3). Sahitya Akademi: 115. JSTOR 23329191.
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).
- ^ Sharma, Sarika (20 October 2015). "Coming next from Nagra's pen: Verses around radio". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 8 November 2020.
"... 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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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.
- ^ "WW1 Indian VC recipient Badlu Singh". gov.uk. Foreign & Commonwealth Office. 20 June 2016. Archived from the original on 12 July 2019.
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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... these circumstances changed when command was given to J. F. Ribeiro and K. P. S. Gill, both known for their courage and leadership. The fact that Gill was a Jat Sikh was an added advantage because the Jat Sikhs were leading the insurgency in Punjab.
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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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I am Jatt Sikh and I am proud of my heritage.
- ^ Babita Kumari (19 September 2018). जाट गौरव मार्च में आज बबिता फोगाट अपनी बात रखते हुये । Babita Phogat In Jat Gaurav March । Jat rally (in Hindi). Comment occurs between 1:12 and 1:17 – via YouTube.
... 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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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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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 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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Being a Jat myself, ...
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On top of that I was Punjabi, a Jatt.
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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 am a Jat Sikh ...
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मुझे गर्व है मैं जाट हूँ।
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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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Dhawan's nickname amongst his peers is Jaat-jee, which comes from his Jaat heritage.
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If it wasn't for destiny, how could the Jatt-Sikh batsman from Janak Puri have ended up married to an Anglo-Indian kickboxing instructor from Melbourne?
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transl. ..And most importantly, she (Mallika Sherawat) is also a Jat!..
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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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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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... I am full jat sikh.
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... the big-built Jat ...
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"I am a Jat boy from Haryana ... ," says Darshan, ...
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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 from Delhi.
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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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Vivek: I am a typical Jat ...
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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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... 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.] - ^ Tambiah, Stanley J. (1996). Leveling Crowds: Ethnonationalist Conflicts and Collective Violence in South Asia. University of California Press. p. 106. ISBN 978-0-520-20642-7.
... Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, a Jat Sikh from southern Punjab, ...
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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 a Jaat! I realized for the first time that caste politics played a very important role in the political scenario.
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