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Religious figures and saints

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Veer Teja, considered as god of snakes and an incarnation of Lord Shiva

Historical figures

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Suraj Mal, Maharaja of Bharatpur Kingdom

List of notable Jats in the history of pre-independence India

Hindu Jats

Sikh Jats

Maharaja Ranjit Singh, founder of Sikh Empire and popularly known as Lion of Punjab Maharaj Ranjit Singh.jpg
Maharaja Ranjit Singh, founder of Sikh Empire and popularly known as Lion of Punjab
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Nawab Kapur Singh, Sikh leader and organiser of the Dal Khalsa

Muslim Jats

Rulers of princely states

List of notable Jats during the British era who hailed from royal families that ruled princely states

Bhupinder Singh of Patiala, Maharaja of Patiala and a cricket player Bhupinder Singh of Patiala.jpg
Bhupinder Singh of Patiala, Maharaja of Patiala and a cricket player

Anti-colonialists

Bhagat Singh, Indian revolutionary who became a symbol of resistance against British colonial rule. Bhagat Singh 1929.jpg
Bhagat Singh, Indian revolutionary who became a symbol of resistance against British colonial rule.

List of notable Jats who were Indian independence activists or freedom fighters

Politicians of India

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Charan Singh, former prime minister of India
Sir Chhotu Ram, co-founder of Unionist party and a ideologue Chhotu Ram 1995 stamp of India.jpg
Sir Chhotu Ram, co-founder of Unionist party and a ideologue
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Devi Lal, former deputy prime minister of India
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Jagdeep Dhankhar, former vice president of India

Prime ministers

Presidents

Chief ministers

Cabinet ministers

List of Jats who had served in the cabinet of Government of India

Members of parliament

List of Jats who had served in the Parliament of India (Lok Sabha or Rajya Sabha or both)

State politicians

List of Jats who served in the state government’s

Politicians of Pakistan and USA

List of Jats who had served in politics outside India

Pakistan

USA

Social reformers and activists

Mahendra Singh Tikait, founder of Bharatiya Kisan Union and popularly known as Baba Tikait Baba-Mahendra-Singh-Tikait.jpg
Mahendra Singh Tikait, founder of Bharatiya Kisan Union and popularly known as Baba Tikait
Baldev Ram Mirdha, founder of Marwar and Rajasthan Sabha and popularly known as Kisan Kesari Stamp of India - 1989 - Colnect 165287 - Baldev Ramji Mirdha - Nationalist - Birth Centenary.jpeg
Baldev Ram Mirdha, founder of Marwar and Rajasthan Sabha and popularly known as Kisan Kesari

Poets and writers

Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Pakistani poet and author of Punjabi and Urduliterature. Faiz Ahmed Faiz (cropped).jpg
Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Pakistani poet and author of Punjabi and Urdu literature.

Indian armed forces

Arjan Singh, 3rd Chief of the Air Staff from 1964 to 1969, leading the Air Force through the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965. Marshal Arjan Singh.jpg
Arjan Singh, 3rd Chief of the Air Staff from 1964 to 1969, leading the Air Force through the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.
Hoshiar Singh Dahiya, recipient of India's highest military honour, the Param Vir Chakra, for his gallantry during the Indo-Pakistani war of 1971. Major Hoshiar Singh.jpg
Hoshiar Singh Dahiya, recipient of India's highest military honour, the Param Vir Chakra, for his gallantry during the Indo-Pakistani war of 1971.
Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon, recipient of Param Vir Chakra, in recognition of his lone defence of Srinagar Air Base against a Pakistan Air Force(PAF) air raid during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon 2000 stamp of India.jpg
Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon, recipient of Param Vir Chakra, in recognition of his lone defence of Srinagar Air Base against a Pakistan Air Force(PAF) air raid during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.

Sports

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Virendra Sehwag, Widely regarded as one of the most destructive batsmen
Yuvraj Singh, man of the tournament in 2011 Cricket World Cup YUVRAJ SINGH JPG.jpg
Yuvraj Singh, man of the tournament in 2011 Cricket World Cup
Shikhar Dhawan, Indian former cricketer, commonly referred as Gabbar and Mr. ICC SHIKHAR DHAWAN (16005494418).jpg
Shikhar Dhawan, Indian former cricketer, commonly referred as Gabbar and Mr. ICC


Athletics

Boxing

Cricket

Hockey

Shooting

Wrestling

Paralympics


Film, television and entertainment

Dara Singh, former Indian professional wrestler, actor, director and politician. Dara Singh 1.jpg
Dara Singh, former Indian professional wrestler, actor, director and politician.
Dharmendra, He-Man of Bollywood Dharmendra1.jpg
Dharmendra, He-Man of Bollywood
Sunny Deol, known for his angry action hero persona in Hindi cinema Sunny Deol at Dev's Anand's autobiography release.jpg
Sunny Deol, known for his angry action hero persona in Hindi cinema

Film

Television

Entertainment

Singers

Mohammed Rafi, he is considered to have been one of the greatest and most influential singers of the Indian subcontinent. Mohammed Rafi 2016 postcard of India crop-flip.jpg
Mohammed Rafi, he is considered to have been one of the greatest and most influential singers of the Indian subcontinent.
Diljit Dosanjh, Indian singer, actor and film producer Diljit Dosanjh grace the media meet of Phillauri 4 (cropped).jpg
Diljit Dosanjh, Indian singer, actor and film producer
Sidhu Moose Wala, one of the most influential and successful Punjabi rappers of all time Sidhu Moose Wala during the shooting of his film Moosa Jatt (cropped).jpg
Sidhu Moose Wala, one of the most influential and successful Punjabi rappers of all time

Criminals

Others

See also

References

  1. ↑ McLeod, W. H.; Fenech, Louis E. (2014). Historical Dictionary of Sikhism (3rd ed.). Rowman & Littlefield. p. 73. ISBN   978-1-4422-3600-4. BUDDHA, BHAI or BABA (trad. 1506–1631). A Jat from Kathu Nangal, who was originally called Bura Randhava.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ 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 ...
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ Siṅgh, Bhagat (2002). "BIDHĪ CHAND, BHĀĪ (d. 1640)". In Singh, Harbans (ed.). The Encyclopaedia of Sikhism. Vol. I (4th ed.). Punjabi University. pp. 367–368. ISBN   978-81-7380-100-6. OCLC   808441524. 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 ...
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ 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, ...
  8. ↑ McLeod, W. H.; Fenech, Louis E. (2014). Historical Dictionary of Sikhism (3rd ed.). Rowman & Littlefield. p. 262. ISBN   978-1-4422-3600-4. RANDHIR SINGH (1878–1961). A Grewal Jat from Narangwal near Ludhiana ...
  9. ↑ Murphy, Anne (2003). "TĒJAJI". In Mills, Margaret A.; Diamond, Sarah; Claus, Peter J. (eds.). South Asian Folklore: An Encyclopedia. Routledge. p. 596. ISBN   978-0-415-93919-5. Tējaji was a Jāt of Karnala near Nagaur, in Marwar
  10. ↑ Bhardwaj, Suraj Bhan (June 2020). "Churaman and the making of the Jat state in the late 17th and early eighteenth century". Studies in People's History. 7 (1): 30–52. doi: 10.1177/2348448920908238 . ISSN   2348-4489. S2CID   216320823.
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  12. ↑ Pandey, Uma Shanker (2020) [2019]. European Adventurers in North India: 1750–1803 (1st ed.). Routledge. p. 31. doi:10.4324/9780429317668. ISBN   978-0-429-31766-8. S2CID   199103727. ... after the death of Jat ruler Jawahar Singh.
  13. ↑ 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.
  14. ↑ Richards, John F. (2001) [1993]. The Mughal Empire. The New Cambridge History of India: The Mughals and their Contemporaries. Vol. 5. Cambridge University Press. p. 250. ISBN   978-0-52-125119-8. In 1685, Rajaram, a Jat zamindar at Sinsini, eighty kilometres west of Agra, strengthened a strongly defended fortress of hardened mud.
  15. ↑ Mehta, Jaswant Lal (1 January 2005). Advanced Study in the History of Modern India 1707-1813. Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd. ISBN   978-1-932705-54-6. Ranjit Singh, the Jat chief, and Amir Khan, the chief of the Pindaris, to wean them away from Holkar.
  16. ↑ 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.
  17. ↑ Roy, Kaushik (2015). "British-India and Afghanistan: 1707–1842". In Roy, Kaushik; Lorge, Peter (eds.). Chinese and Indian Warfare – From the Classical Age to 1870. Routledge. p. 97. ISBN   978-0-415-50244-3. The Jat Raja Suraj Mal advised the Marathas to conduct guerrilla warfare against Ahmad Shah for several reasons.
  18. ↑ McLeod, W. H.; Fenech, Louis E. (2014). Historical Dictionary of Sikhism (3rd ed.). Rowman & Littlefield. p. 243. ISBN   978-1-4422-3600-4. 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.
  19. ↑ McLeod, W. H. (1994). "The Hagiography of the Sikhs". In Callewaert, Winand M.; Snell, Rupert (eds.). According to Tradition: Hagiographical Writing in India. Harrassowitz Verlag. p. 38. ISBN   978-3-447-03524-8. Bābā Dīp Singh was a Jat from Lahore district, ...
  20. ↑ Singh, Bhagat (April 1987). Singh, Ganda (ed.). "Rise and Fall of Karorsinghia Misal". The Panjab Past and Present. 21 (41). Punjabi University: 21. ISSN   0031-0786. Baghel Singh, a Dhaliwal jat,9 was the resident of Dhariwal which is situated adjacent to Jhabal near Amritsar.
  21. ↑ 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.
  22. ↑ Sachdeva, Veena (1993). Polity and Economy of the Punjab During the Late Eighteenth Century. Manohar. p. 163. ISBN   978-81-7304-033-7.
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  25. 1 2 Sharma, Radha (1981). "The Peasant-Proprietors in the Core Region of the Dominions of Maharaja Ranjit Singh". Journal of Regional History. 2. Guru Nanak Dev University: 24. ISSN   0972-3781. 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.
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  32. ↑ Thornton, S. A. (2008). "BHAGO, MAI". In Smith, Bonnie G. (ed.). The Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History. Vol. 1. Oxford University Press. p. 226. ISBN   978-0-19-514890-9. BHAGO, MAI (fl. 1699–1708), ... Hers was a family of the Dhillon clan of the jat ...
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  39. ↑ Sachdeva, Veena (1993). Polity and Economy of the Punjab During the Late Eighteenth Century. Manohar. p. 31. ISBN   978-81-7304-033-7. The chief of Phillaur, Tara Singh, was a Kang Jat like his namesake Tara Singh Dallewalia, and had made joint conquests with him.
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  72. ↑ Narayan, Dinesh (2020). The RSS and the Making of the Deep Nation. Penguin Random House. p. 24. ISBN   978-0-670-08997-0. 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.
  73. ↑ 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.
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