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Dhillon

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Dhillon
Jat clan
EthnicityPunjabi
LocationPunjab
LanguagePunjabi
ReligionSikhism,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

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Notable people who bear the name, who may or may not be affiliated with the tribe, include:

See also

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References

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  1. ^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.
  2. ^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.
  3. ^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.
  4. ^Sidhu, Kuldip Singh (1994).Ranjit Singh's Khalsa darbar and Attariwala sardars.Delhi: National Book Shop.ISBN978-81-7116-165-2.