List of Jat people
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 whole 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
- Chaudhary Bharat Singh[63]
add death ref [64] former Member of Parliament and Congress leader from Delhi
- Bhupinder Singh Hooda,[65] former Chief Minister of Haryana
- Charan Singh, the sixth Prime Minister of India[66]
- Chhotu Ram,[67] co-founder of Unionist party and a Jat leader of the colonial era
- Darbara Singh,[68] former Chief Minister of Punjab
- Devi Lal,[61][69] former Deputy Prime Minister of India and former Chief Minister of Haryana
- Gian Singh Rarewala,[70] former Premier and former Chief Minister of Patiala and East Punjab States Union (PEPSU)
- Gurnam Singh,[71] former Chief Minister of Punjab
- Harcharan Singh Brar,[72] former Chief Minister of Punjab
- Harkishan Singh Surjeet,[73] former Communist leader from Punjab
- Harlal Singh,[74] farmer leader of colonial India
- Hukam Singh,[75] former Chief Minister of Haryana
- Jagdeep Dhankhar,[76] 14th Vice President of India, former Governor of West Bengal and Minister of State, Government of India
- Lachhman Singh Gill,[77] former Chief Minister of Punjab
- Partap Singh Kairon,[78] former Chief Minister of Punjab
- Parvesh Verma[79] Indian politician
- Ram Niwas Mirdha,[80] former Deputy Chairperson of the Rajya Sabha
- Ranbir Singh Hooda,[81] Indian independence activist and former Congress leader from Haryana
- Sahib Singh Verma,[82] former Chief Minister of Delhi
- Sis Ram Ola,[83] former Union Minister of Labour and Employment, recipient of Padma Shri Award for social service in 1968
- Sukhbir Singh Badal,[84] former Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab
- Surjit Singh Barnala,[85] former Chief Minister of Punjab
- Swaran Singh,[86][87] former Minister of External Affairs and Minister of Defence
- Raja Man singh,[88] former Indian politician and titular head of princely Bharatpur State
- Bhagwant Mann,[89] Chief Minister of Punjab
- Natwar Singh,[90] former diplomat and former Minister of External Affairs (India)
- Gurdial Singh Dhillon,[72] former two-time Speaker of the Lok Sabha and former President of Inter-Parliamentary Union
- Harchand Singh Longowal[91]
- Jagdev Singh Talwandi[92]
- Nathuram Mirdha,[93] former minister of Food and Civil Supplies
- Daulat Ram Saran,[94] former Minister of Urban Development
- Fateh Singh[95]
- Jagjit Singh Lyallpuri,[96] co-founder of Communist Party of India (Marxist) and former general secretary of All India Kisan Sabha
Pakistan
- Feroz Khan Noon,[97] Seventh Prime minister of Pakistan
- Liaquat Ali Khan, First Prime Minister of Pakistan[98]
- Chaudhry Mumtaz Jajja - Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan (MNA)[99]
- Muhammad Rafiq Tarar,[100][97] Ninth President of Pakistan
- Sikandar Hayat Khan,[101] former Premier of the Punjab
- Muhammad Zafarullah Khan, 1st Minister of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan and President of the United Nations General Assembly[102]
- Shahbaz Gill,[103][104] Chief of Staff of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan
- Chaudhry Zahoor Elahi,[105]
Social reformers
- Bhagat Dhanna[106]
- Karmabai[107]
- Swami Keshwanand,[108] social reformer
Poets and writers
- Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Pakistani revolutionary poet[109]
- Qadir Yar[110]
- Sukhpal Vir Singh Hasrat[111]
- Jaswant Singh Kanwal[112]
- Kulwant Singh Virk[113][114]
- Sant Singh Sekhon,[114] Punjabi writer
- Daljit Nagra[115]
- Fauji Kavi Mehar Singh,[116] Haryanvi language poet and a freedom fighter
Armed forces and Police
- Arjan Singh,[117][118] former Chief of the Indian Air Force
- Badlu Singh,[119] recipient of Victoria Cross
- Chhelu Ram, recipient of Victoria Cross[120]
- Gian Singh, recipient of Victoria Cross[121]
- Hoshiar Singh Dahiya, recipient of Param Vir Chakra [122][123]
- Kanwar Pal Singh Gill[124]
- Lt General Khem Karan Singh, recipient of Mahavir Chakra[125]
- Mohan Singh,[126] founder and General of the First Indian National Army
- Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon, recipient of Param Vir Chakra[118][127]
- Parkash Singh, recipient of Victoria Cross[128]
- Ranjit Singh Dyal[129]
- Richhpal Ram, recipient of Victoria cross[130][131]
- Sant Singh[132] recipient of Mahavir Chakra
- Shabeg Singh[133]
- Ved Prakash Malik, 19th Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army[lower-alpha 1]
Sports
- Avneet Sidhu[136] Indian sport shooter
- Babita Kumari, Indian wrestler and World Championships bronze medallist[137]
- Bajrang Punia, Olympic bronze medal winner[138]
- Balbir Singh Sr.,[139] Indian Hockey Player
- Balwinder Sandhu[140] former Indian cricketer
- Chandgi Ram,[141]
- Chandro Tomar,[142][143]
- Deepa Malik,[144] Paralympic Silver medal winner
- Krishna Poonia,[145] discus thrower and track and field athlete[146]
- Monty Panesar[147] former England cricketer
- Navjot Singh Sidhu[148][149] former Indian cricketer
- Pargat Singh[150] former Indian hockey player
- Praveen Kumar[151] former Indian cricketer
- Savita Punia[152] Indian hockey player
- Shikhar Dhawan, Indian cricketer[153][154][155]
- Vijender Singh, Olympic bronze medal winner[156]
- Virender Sehwag, former Indian cricketer[157]
- Yuvraj Singh,[158] former Indian cricketer
Cinema and television
- Arjan Bajwa, Indian film actor[159]
- Dara Singh, Indian film actor[160]
- Darshan Kumar, Indian film actor[161]
- Dharmendra, Indian film actor[162]
- Kabir Duhan Singh[163] Indian film actor
- Kirron Kher,[164] Indian film actress
- Mahie Gill,[165] Indian film actress
- Mallika Sherawat,[166] Indian film actress
- Meghna Malik, Indian TV actress[167]
- Mohit Ahlawat ,[168] Indian film actor
- Parvin Dabas, Indian film actor[169]
- Rajat Tokas,[170] Indian TV actor
- Randeep Hooda, Indian film actor[171]
- Simran Mundi, Indian film actress[172]
- Sunny Deol, Indian film actor[173]
- Sushant Singh,[174] Indian film and TV actor
- Taapsee Pannu,[175] Indian film actress
- Vivek Dahiya,[176] Indian TV actor
Singers
- Labh Janjua, Indian Punjabi-language singer[177]
- Mohammed Rafi, Indian playback singer and musician[178]
- Sidhu Moose Wala, Indian Punjabi-language singer[179]
Criminals
- Jagga Jatt,[180][181] 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
- Anubhav Singh Bassi[182] Indian comedian
- Dhruv Rathee[183] Indian YouTuber
- Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale,[184] jathedar of Damdami Taksal[185]
- Kahn Singh Nabha,[186][187] Sikh scholar
- Satendra Singh[188] disability activist
- Seth Chhaju Ram, Philanthropist[189]
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.
- Syan, Hardip Singh (2014). "Sectarian Works". In Singh, Pashaura; Fenech, Louis E. (eds.). The Oxford Handbook of Sikh Studies. Oxford University Press. p. 178. doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199699308.013.030. ISBN 978-0-19-969930-8.
... the narrator of the Bala Janamsakhi, Bhai Bala, a Sandhu Jat and ...
- McLeod, W. H.; Fenech, Louis E. (2014). Historical Dictionary of Sikhism (3rd ed.). Rowman & Littlefield. p. 199. ISBN 978-1-4422-3600-4.
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 ...
- McLeod, W. H.; Fenech, Louis E. (2014). Historical Dictionary of Sikhism (3rd ed.). Rowman & Littlefield. p. 99. ISBN 978-1-4422-3600-4.
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.
- Srivastava, Ashirbadi Lal (1933). The First Two Nawabs of Oudh: A Critical Study Based on Original Sources. Upper India Publishing House. p. 118.
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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.
- Singh, Tripurdaman (2019). Imperial Sovereignty and Local Politics: The Bhadauria Rajputs and the Transition from Mughal to British India, 1600–1900. Cambridge University Press. p. 71. ISBN 978-1-108-49743-5.
... resulted in the capture of Gohad and the expulsion of its Jat ruler, Rana Bhim Singh.
- Singh, Rishi (2015). State Formation and the Establishment of Non-Muslim Hegemony: Post-Mughal 19th-century Punjab. SAGE Publications. p. 85. ISBN 978-93-5150-075-9.
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.
- Copland, Ian (2002) [1997]. The Princes of India in the Endgame of Empire, 1917–1947. Cambridge University Press. p. 59. ISBN 978-0-521-57179-1.
... Bhupinder Singh of Patiala, who as a Jat Sikh ...
- Aron, Sunita (2 December 2008). "Out to pay back a royal snub". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 13 July 2021.
... , 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.
- Singh, Raj Pal (1985). Yadav, K. C. (ed.). "Death of Maharaja Suraj Mal: A New Interpretation". Journal of Haryana Studies. Kurukshetra University. 17 (1 & 2): 23. ISSN 0454-9201.
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.
- Dhavan, Purnima (2011). When Sparrows Became Hawks: The Making of the Sikh Warrior Tradition, 1699–1799. Oxford University Press. p. 63. ISBN 978-0-19-975655-1.
Another important figure was Kapur Singh, a Virk Jat from a family of rural zamindars who became an influential political and military leader.
- Singh, Kuldip (4 August 1995). "Obituary: The Maharaja of Nabha". The Independent. Archived from the original on 13 May 2014.
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.
- McLeod, W. H. (2004). Sikhs and Sikhism. Oxford University Press. p. 18. ISBN 978-0-19-566892-6.
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.
- Ray, Sugata (2019). Climate Change and the Art of Devotion: Geoaesthetics in the Land of Krishna, 1550–1850. University of Washington Press. p. 113. ISBN 978-0-29-574538-1.
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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- "Maharani Jind Kaur: The last Queen of Punjab who waged 2 wars against the British". InUth. 9 August 2017. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
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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.
- Ramaswamy, Sumathi (2010). The Goddess and the Nation: Mapping Mother India. Duke University Press. p. 218. ISBN 978-0-8223-4610-4.
... 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.
- Mandair, Arvind-Pal Singh (2013). Sikhism: A Guide for the Perplexed. Bloomsbury Academic. p. 91. ISBN 978-1-4411-1708-3.
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.
- "Prestige of 3 Ministers at stake in UP". The Pioneer. 11 April 2019. Archived from the original on 29 January 2022.
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.
- McLeod, W. H.; Fenech, Louis E. (2014). Historical Dictionary of Sikhism (3rd ed.). Rowman & Littlefield. p. 57. ISBN 978-1-4422-3600-4.
BALDEV SINGH (1902–1961). A Jat and an Akali politician prominent in the negotiations for India's independence.
- Kumar, Alok (19 January 2014). "Mulayam Singh Yadav trying to don mantle of farmers' leader". The Statesman. Archived from the original on 5 March 2022. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
... 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 ...
- 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.
- "Hooda not allowed to visit Rohtak". Business Standard. Press Trust of India. 22 February 2016. Archived from the original on 26 June 2016.
"I am a Jat. ... " Hooda said.
- Metcalf, Barbara D.; Metcalf, Thomas R. (2012). A Concise History of Modern India (3rd ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 258. ISBN 978-1-107-02649-0.
... Charan Singh, who as a Jat became India's first non-Brahman prime minister.
- Talbot, Ian (1996). Freedom's Cry: The Popular Dimension in the Pakistan Movement and Partition Experience in North-West India. Oxford University Press. p. 84. ISBN 978-0-19-577657-7.
Chhotu Ram, the leading Hindu Jat politician, encouraged ...
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- Sukumar Muralidharan (April 2001). "The Jat patriarch". Frontline. Archived from the original on 15 March 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
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Gyan Singh Rarewala (b.1901), a Cheema Jat of village Rara in Patiala state, was chief minister of PEPSU; ...
- 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.
- 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).
- George, Varghese K.; Kaushal, Pradeep (19 January 2008). "Autumn of the Patriarchs". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 5 March 2022. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
In 1989, Devi Lal invited Surjeet, a fellow Jat, to contest ...
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- Damodaran, Harish (2008). India's New Capitalists: Caste, Business, and Industry in a Modern Nation. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 266. doi:10.1057/9780230594128. ISBN 978-0-230-20507-9.
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). Retrieved 30 July 2022.
Self-identification between 2:56 and 3:02
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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.
- 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.
- Jaffrelot, Christophe (2010). Religion, Caste and Politics In India. Primus Books. p. 301. ISBN 978-93-80607-04-7.
The selection of a Jat, Sahib Singh Verma as chief minister in 1996, ...
- "BJP leader's remarks on Sis Ram Ola lead to row". The Hindu. 10 July 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
- Vinayak, Ramesh (26 December 2021). "'People trust SAD for a proven track record of development': Sukhbir Singh Badal". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
- Singh, Khushwant (2004). A History of the Sikhs. Vol. II: 1839–2004 (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 339. ISBN 978-0-19-567309-8.
Surjit Singh is a Dhaliwal Jat born in the village of Atali (District Gurgaon) in 1925.
- Talbot, Ian (2013) [1996]. Khizr Tiwana, the Punjab Unionist Party and the Partition of India. Routledge. p. 164. ISBN 978-0-7007-0427-9.
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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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.
- 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.] - Natwar Singh (4 May 2020). पूर्व विदेश मंत्री कुंवर नटवर सिंह का ऐतिहासिक उद्बोधन (in Hindi). Comment occurs between 1:06 and 1:08 – via YouTube.
मैं हूँ भरतपुर का जाट ...
[I am a Jat of Bharatpur ...] - Deol, Harnik (2000). Religion and Nationalism in India: The case of the Punjab. Routledge. p. 183. ISBN 978-0-415-20108-7.
Sant Harchand Singh Longowal (1934–85) was a Jat Sikh whose induction into politics was through the religious network.
- Singh, Khushwant (2004). A History of the Sikhs. Vol. II: 1839–2004 (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 339. ISBN 978-0-19-567309-8.
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).
- Shrader, Lawrence L. (2015) [1968]. "Rajasthan". In Weiner, Myron (ed.). State Politics in India. Princeton University Press. p. 349. ISBN 978-1-4008-7914-4.
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 ...
- Shrader, Lawrence L. (2015) [1968]. "Rajasthan". In Weiner, Myron (ed.). State Politics in India. Princeton University Press. p. 380. ISBN 978-1-4008-7914-4.
Two Jat deputy ministers, Kamla Beniwal (Jaipur district) and Daulat Ram Saran (Churu district) announced their resignations at the same time.
- Narang, Amarjit Singh (2014). "The Shiromani Akali Dal". In Singh, Pashaura; Fenech, Louis E. (eds.). The Oxford Handbook of Sikh Studies. Oxford University Press. p. 342. ISBN 978-0-19-969930-8.
Soon the leadership of Master Tara Singh (a non-Jat urban Sikh) was replaced by that of Sant Fateh Singh, a rural Jat.
- Singh, Gurharpal (1994). Communism in Punjab: A Study of the Movement up to 1967. Ajanta Publications. p. 316. ISBN 978-81-202-0403-4.
Lyallpuri, Jagjit Singh (b. 1917–). Sikh Jat; Dist. Lyallpur; ...
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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.
- Gandhi, Rajmohan (2013). Punjab: A History from Aurangzeb to Mountbatten. Aleph Book Company. p. 310. ISBN 978-9-38-227758-3.
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.
- "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.
- Shahbaz Gill (15 March 2021). Shahbaz Gill talk (in Punjabi). Samaa TV. Self-identification occurs between 2:15 and 2:20 – via YouTube.
- Jones, Philip E. (2003). The Pakistan People's Party: Rise to Power. Oxford University Press. p. 345. ISBN 978-0-19-579966-8.
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.
- 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.
- Singh, Gurcharan (1992). "SUKHPAL VIR SINGH, 'HASRAT'". In Lal, Mohan (ed.). Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature. Vol. 5: Sasay to Zorgot. Sahitya Akademi. p. 4216. ISBN 978-81-260-1221-3. OCLC 34346396.
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. Sahitya Akademi. 12 (3): 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.
- Franda, Marcus (1983). "Gulzar Singh Sandhu". In Franda, Marcus (ed.). Punjabis, War and Women: The Short Stories of Gulzar Singh Sandhu. Heritage Publishers. p. 25. ISBN 978-0-8364-0936-9.
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.
- "जाट मेहर सिंह की रचनाएं लोगों को झूमने को करती हैं मजबूर : गजेंद्र फौगाट". Amar Ujala (in Hindi). 18 February 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
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For this Aulakh Jat, ...
- Virk, Kulwant Singh (11 April 1976). Singh, Khushwant (ed.). "Peasant Communities of Punjab". The Illustrated Weekly of India. Vol. 97, no. 15. p. 19.
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, ...
- Abhyankar, M. G. (1961). The Rajputana Rifles: A History of the Regiment, 1775–1947. Orient Longmans. p. 354. OCLC 602513424.
... 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.
- Hickey, Michael (1992). The Unforgettable Army: Slim's XIVth Army in Burma. Spellmount. p. 273. ISBN 978-1-873376-10-2.
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.
- Tripathi, Vineet (15 December 2021). "कर्नल होशियार सिंह की पत्नी को देखते ही राजनाथ सिंह ने छुए पैर, 1971 भारत-पाक युद्ध में खून से लथपथ होने के बावजूद थामी थी मशीनगन". Navbharat Times (in Hindi). Retrieved 11 July 2022.
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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.
- "Lt Gen Khem Karan Singh:An outstanding military leader". The Tribune. 20 October 2018. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
- Singh, Khushwant (2004). A History of the Sikhs. Vol. II: 1839–2004 (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 243. ISBN 978-0-19-567309-8.
Mohan Singh (b.1909) of village Ugoke (Sialkot district), a Jat of Ghuman sub-caste, joined the army in 1927 as a common sepoy.
- "Indo-Pak War 1971". Sankalp India Foundation. 4 January 2013. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
- Hickey, Michael (1992). The Unforgettable Army: Slim's XIVth Army in Burma. Spellmount. p. 267. ISBN 978-1-873376-10-2.
Havildar PARKASH SINGH, 5/8th Punjab Regiment (Jat Sikh)
- Balakrishnan, S. (24 December 1989). Nandy, Pritish (ed.). "Free at Last!". The Illustrated Weekly of India. Vol. 110. p. 8.
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, ...
- Abhyankar, M. G. (1961). The Rajputana Rifles: A History of the Regiment, 1775–1947. Orient Longmans. p. 328. OCLC 602513424.
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.
- Pitt, Barrie (2001). The Crucible of War: Wavell's Command. Vol. 1. Cassell & Co. p. 208. ISBN 978-0-304-35950-9.
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.
- Dabas, Dilbag Singh (12 July 2021). "Brig Sant Singh, MVC and Bar, displayed outstanding gallantry in 1965, 1971 wars". The Tribune. Archived from the original on 13 July 2021.
He belonged to a marginal Jat Sikh farming family ...
- Singh, Khushwant (2004). A History of the Sikhs. Vol. II: 1839–2004 (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 335. ISBN 978-0-19-567309-8.
Shahbeg Singh, a Jat Sikh, had a distinguished career in the Indo-Pakistan war of 1971 when he trained the Mukti Bahini guerilias.
- @Vedmalik1 (14 April 2022). "Thank you. Proud to be part of warrior community" (Tweet). Retrieved 28 July 2022 – via Twitter.
- "@Vedmalik1 sir congratulations on being declared a Jat". Twitter. Archived from the original on 14 April 2022. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
- Sharma, Nitin (19 July 2020). "Row over Moosewala: Singers should not promote gun culture, says Olympic shooter". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 19 July 2020.
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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- "Yuvraj is a gift from God: Yograj Singh". CricketCountry.com. Zee Entertainment Enterprises. 21 November 2012. Archived from the original on 3 June 2020.
Former India medium-pacer Balwinder Singh Sandhu cracked a few jokes. "... You see, he is a Jat and so am I.
- Selvaraj, Jonathan (14 December 2015). "Who wants to fight this girl?". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 15 December 2015.
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.
- Sharma, Devesh (24 July 2020). "Movie Review: Saand Ki Aankh". Filmfare. Archived from the original on 30 April 2021.
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.
- Raja, Vidya (4 May 2017). "Shooter Dadi: The Story of an Octogenarian Who's Breaking All Barriers With Her Awesome Aim". The Better India. Archived from the original on 9 May 2017.
I am illiterate and belong to a typical Jat joint family ...
- "Paralympic Deepa Malik appeals to Jats to protest peacefully". The Indian Express. PTI. 19 February 2017. Archived from the original on 22 February 2017.
Being a Jat myself, ...
- Koshie, Nihal (12 October 2010). "All Jats Night: Discus trio make history". Indian Express. Archived from the original on 21 March 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
- "Electoral Triumph Same As Winning Gold: Congress Candidate Krishna Punia". NDTV.com. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
- "Being a Jatt, I couldn't talk about my mental troubles: Monty". The Tribune. PTI. 15 December 2019. Archived from the original on 31 July 2020.
On top of that I was Punjabi, a Jatt.
- Navjot Singh Sidhu (26 March 2017). Taapsee Pannu and Manoj Bajpayee speak about 'Naam Shabana' - The Kapil Sharma Show - 25th Mar, 2017 (in Hindi). Sony Entertainment Television. Comment occurs between 0:37 and 0:41 – via YouTube.
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.
- Salam, Ziya Us (11 February 2022). "Pargat Singh: 'Anti-Congress vote will be divided'". Frontline. Archived from the original on 9 May 2022.
I am a Jat Sikh ...
- Praveen Kumar (28 December 2019). जाट होने पर गर्व है - प्रवीन कुमार [Proud to be Jat - Praveen Kumar] (in Hindi). Comment occurs between 0:03 and 0:05 – via YouTube.
मुझे गर्व है मैं जाट हूँ।
[I am proud to be Jat.] - Saraswat, Akshay (6 August 2019). "This Jat girl, Savita, isn't going to let anything overawe her, whether in life or hockey field!". International Business Times. Archived from the original on 7 August 2019.
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.
- Sharma, Aasheesh (12 June 2016). "How Sufi music helps Shikhar Dhawan find his groove". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 13 June 2016.
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?
- Dasgupta, Piyali (18 June 2009). "'Vijender doesn't think Mallika hot". The Times of India. The Times Group. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
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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- Sinha, Seema (24 October 2011). "I don't have too many presumptions: Arjan Bajwa". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 30 July 2022.
... I am full jat sikh.
- Naik, Shivani (13 July 2012). "A showman who brought wrestling into the spotlight". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 6 March 2022. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
... the big-built Jat ...
- Kumar, Anuj (8 January 2015). "From ugly to lovely". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 14 August 2020.
"I am a Jat boy from Haryana ... ," says Darshan, ...
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- Kabir Duhan Singh [@kabirduhansingh] (26 May 2018). "I am proud to be a Jat" – via Instagram.
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I am a Jat Sikhni from Punjab.
- Wadhwa, Akash (10 December 2012). "My first marriage failed because I was immature: Mahie". The Times of India. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
- Lalwani, Vickey (5 October 2004). "'Dharamji and Mallika plan to set screens on fire!". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 9 September 2012.
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.
- Dedhia, Sonil (10 August 2007). "Sushant Singh's ego problem". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 13 August 2020.
Being a Jat, I have my ego.
- Gupta, Priya (16 January 2017). "Took revenge on the first guy I dated: Taapsee". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 8 November 2020.
I am a Jat Sikhni, born and brought up in Delhi.
- Lalwani, Vickey (14 February 2021). "Exclusive - Divyanka Tripathi-Vivek Dahiya: Our baby will get confused because we both call each other 'Baby'!". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 14 June 2021.
Vivek: I am a typical Jat ...
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- Anubhav Singh Bassi (13 June 2019). Waxing - Stand Up Comedy ft. Anubhav Singh Bassi (in Hindi). Comment occurs between 0:04 and 0:05 – via YouTube.
... 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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