Dhillon
Jat clan from Punjab
Dhillon (Punjabi: ਢਿੱਲੋ (Gurmukhi); ڈھلون (Shahmukhi) pronunciation: [ʈi˨llõː] ) is one of the largest Jat clans found in the Punjab region of India and Pakistan .[ 1] [ 2] [page needed ] [ 3] Dhillon sardars (chiefs) ruled the Bhangi Misl (sovereign state) in the Sikh confederacy .[ 4] [page needed ]
Notable peoples
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 2013 and 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
References
^ 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. ISBN 978-0199677764 . Retrieved 5 August 2019 . 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. ISBN 978-1-000-85849-5 . OCLC 1367232807 .
^ 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. ISBN 0-19-563357-1 . OCLC 35662663 .
^ Sidhu, Kuldip Singh (1994). Ranjit Singh's Khalsa darbar and Attariwala sardars . Delhi: National Book Shop. ISBN 978-81-7116-165-2 .