Dhillon
Appearance
Dhillon | |
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Jat clan | |
Ethnicity | Punjabi |
Location | Punjab |
Language | Punjabi |
Religion | Sikhism,Islam,Hinduism |
Dhillon(Punjabi: ਢਿੱਲੋ (Gurmukhi); ڈھلون (Shahmukhi) pronunciation:[ʈi˨llõː]) is one of the largestJatclans found in thePunjabregion ofIndiaandPakistan.[1][2][page needed][3]Dhillonsardars(chiefs) ruled theBhangi Misl(sovereign state) in theSikh confederacy.[4][page needed]
Notable peoples
[edit]Notable people who bear the name, who may or may not be affiliated with the tribe, include:
- Amritpal Singh Dhillon,an Indian-born Canadian singer, rapper, songwriter and record producer
- Bob Singh Dhillon,Canadian businessman and property owner
- Chhajja Singh Dhillon,18th-century founder of the Bhangi Misl
- Gurinder Singh Dhillon,guru of Radha Soami Satsang Beas
- Gurdial Singh Dhillon(1915–1992), Speaker of Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India
- Hari Singh Dhillon,18th-century maharaja
- Harmeet Dhillon(born 1969), American lawyer and political official
- Janet Dhillon,American lawyer and business executive, chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 2019–2021
- Jarnail Singh Dhillon,former Indian football player
- Jhanda Singh Dhillon,18th-century maharaja
- Joginder Singh Dhillon(1914–2003), officer in the British Indian Army and Indian Army
- Kanwal Jeet Singh Dhillon,is a retired Lieutenant General Officer of the Indian Army
- Navneet Kaur Dhillon,Femina Miss India 2013and Bollywood and television actress
- Poonam Dhillon,Bollywood and television actress
- Rukshar Dhillon,British actress
- Uttam Dhillon,American attorney and law enforcement official, husband of Janet Dhillon
- Vic Dhillon,Canadian politician
- Zulfiqar Ahmad Dhillon(born 1948), Pakistan Army brigadier
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^Hanks, Patrick;Coates, Richard;McClure, Peter, eds. (2016).The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland(1st ed.).Oxford University Press(OUP). p. 717.ISBN978-0199677764.Retrieved5 August2019.
Indian (Panjab): Sikh, unexplained. Further information: The Dhillon are one of the largest and most widely distributed Jat tribes in the Panjab.
- ^Pettigrew, Joyce J. M. (2023). "Chapter 4 Patterns of allegiance I".ROBBER NOBLEMEN a study of the political system of the sikh jats.[S.l.]: ROUTLEDGE.ISBN978-1-000-85849-5.OCLC1367232807.
- ^Singh, Kumar Suresh (1996). "Appendix B".Communities, Segments, Synonyms, Surnames and Titles.People of India: National series. Vol. 8 (Illustrated ed.). Delhi: Anthropological Survey of India. pp. 1355–1357.ISBN0-19-563357-1.OCLC35662663.
- ^Sidhu, Kuldip Singh (1994).Ranjit Singh's Khalsa darbar and Attariwala sardars.Delhi: National Book Shop.ISBN978-81-7116-165-2.