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List of Jat people
The Jat people are a community native to India and Pakistan. The following is a list of notable Jats.
Religion
- Bhai Bala (Sandhu Jat) - follower and companion of Guru Nanak (first Guru of Sikhism) and one of the most revered in Sikhism[1]
- Baba Buddha (Randhawa Jat) - companion of the guru Nanak and one of the most revered saints in Sikhism[2]
Rulers
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Maharaja Ranjit Singh Sandhwalia
- Ala Singh, Maharaja of Patiala[3]
- Baba Deep Singh, Sikh warrior and ruler of the Shaheedan Misl[4]
- Bhupinder Singh, Maharaja of Patiala State[5]
- Hira Singh Nabha, ruler of Nabha State[6][7]
- Maharaja Ranjit Singh,[8] Emperor of the Sikh Empire[9]
- Maharaja Suraj Mal, ruler of the Bharatpur State[10]
- Mahendra Pratap, Indian freedom fighter, journalist, writer, revolutionary from the princely state of Mursan[11]
- Nawab Kapur Singh, commander of the Dal Khalsa and leader of the Sikh Confederacy[12]
- Raghubir Singh Jind, Raja of Jind State[6][3]
- Raja Ram Jat, chieftain of Sinsini[13]
- Raja Nahar Singh,[14] the ruler of Ballabhgarh state who fought against the British in Indian Rebellion of 1857
Revolutionaries and freedom fighters
- Gokula, rebelled against the Mughal emperor, Aurangzeb
- Bhagat Singh,[15] Indian socialist revolutionary who was executed by the British colonialists in 1931.
- Achhar Singh Chhina,[16] Indian freedom activist
- Sah Mal,[17] rebel who fought against the British in Indian Rebellion of 1857
- Mahendra Pratap,[18] Indian freedom activist
Politics
India
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Chaudhary Devi Lal
- Sir Chhotu Ram,[19] prominent Jat leader of the colonial era
- Charan Singh, the sixth Prime Minister of India[20]
- Balram Jakhar,[21] former Congress politician
- Bansi Lal,[22] former Chief Minister of Haryana
- Chaudhari Devi Lal,[23][24] former Chief Minister of Haryana
- Amarinder Singh,[25] Chief Minister of Punjab
- Chaudhary Bharat Singh,[26] former Congress leader from Delhi
- Harkishan Singh Surjeet,[27] former Communist leader from Punjab
- Harlal Singh,[28] farmer leader of colonial India
- Partap Singh Kairon,[29] former Chief Minister of Punjab
- Sahib Singh Verma,[30] former Chief Minister of Delhi
- Navjot Singh Sidhu, politician, television personality and former cricketer.[31]
- Chaudhary Ajit Singh,[32] former Union Minister
- Ranbir Singh Hooda,[33] Indian independence activist and former Congress leader from Haryana
- Hukam Singh,[34] former Chief Minister of Haryana
Pakistan
- Chaudhry Mumtaz Jajja - Former member of national and provincial assemblies[35]
- Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Pakistani revolutionary poet[36]
- Muhammad Rafiq Tarar, Former President of Pakistan
- Shahbaz Gill, Special Assistant to Prime Minister
- Muhammad Zafarullah Khan, 1st Minister of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan[37]
- Fawad Chaudhry, Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting of Pakistan[38]
- Hina Rabbani Khar, Former Foreign Minister of Pakistan[39]
- Asif Ali Zardari[40],Former President of Pakistan[41]
- Liaquat Ali Khan, First Prime Minister of Pakistan[42]
- Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi, Former Chief Minister of Punjab (Pakistan), from 2002 to 2007[43]
- Sohail Warraich, Veteran TV journalist in Pakistan[44]
- Sultan Mehmood Chaudhry, former Prime Minister of Azad Kashmir.[45]
Armed forces
- Field Marshal Arjan Singh,[46] former Chief of the Indian Air Force
- General Qamar Javed Bajwa, Chief of the Pakistan Army[47]
- Major General Dalvir Singh, Former Commanding Officer of 10SF & a Vir Chakra Awardee, India.[48]
- Hoshiar Singh Dahiya, Colonel of Indian Army and Param Vir Chakra Awarded[49]
- Dalbir Singh Suhag,[50] former Indian Army General.[51]
Sports
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Boxer Vijender Singh
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Shuttler Saina Nehwal
Wrestlers
- Dara Singh,[52] former Indian professional wrestler and actor
- Chandgi Ram,[53] won gold medal in the 1970 Asian Games
- Udey Chand,[54] awarded the Arjuna award in 1961
Boxers
- Vijender Singh, Olympic bronze medal winner[55]
- Hawa Singh,[56] won two gold medals in Asian Games
Athletes
- Krishna Poonia,[57] discus thrower and track and field athlete[58]
Cricketers
- Virender Sehwag,[59] former Indian cricketer
- Yuvraj Singh,[60] former Indian cricketer
Badminton
- Saina Nehwal,[61] won Bronze Medal in the 2012 Olympics
Cinema and television
- Dara Singh, Indian film actor[62]
- Dharmendra, Indian film actor[63]
- Mallika Sherawat, Indian film actress[64]
- Randeep Hooda, Indian film actor[65]
- Simran Mundi, Indian film actress[66]
- Sunny Deol, Indian film actor[67]
- Bobby Deol, Indian film actor[67]
- Meghna Malik, Indian TV actress[68]
- Darshan Kumar, Indian film actor[69]
- Vivek Dahiya,[70] Indian TV actor
Others
- Swami Keshwanand,[71][72] social reformer
- Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale,[73] jathedar of Damdami Taksal[74]
- Kahn Singh Nabha,[75] Sikh scholar
- Abdus Salam, Nobel Prize winner
See also
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Deep Singh Shahid, a Sandhu Jat and resident of the village of Pohuwind of the pargana of Amritsar ...
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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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transl. ..And most importantly, she (Mallika Sherawat) is also a Jat!..
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...the son of Baba Joginder Singh, a pious Brar Jatt farmer of moderate means...
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...in a Dhillon Jatt family...
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