Dhillon
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Dhillon (component letters are ਿ ਢ ੱ ਲ ੋ ਂ , please take note of the last letter which is a bindi ਂ thus giving the n sound),{Urdu: ڈھلوں } is a large Jat
clan
found mainly in the north western and central regions of greater Indian Subcontinent including Haryana
, Punjab
, Rajasthan
, Uttar Pradesh
, Madhya Pradesh
, Uttranchal and Delhi
states of India
and Punjab state of Pakistan
. They are also found in migrant Indian communities across the globe in countries of Australia
, Canada
, Malaysia, New Zealand
, Singapore
, United Kingdom
and United States of America.
The Dhillons are sometimes known as the "Raja Jats" (King Jats) due to the large number of kings, royalty and warriors. It is thought to be one of the oldest Jat syndicates with history dating back over four thousand years.(
The Dhillons are the descendants of King Karna
, the famed royal warrior mentioned in the great Hindu
epic, the Mahabharata
and he was also the eldest son of Queen Kunti
. There was a King Karna
in the Bhin-baroliya gotra too. Most Dhillons today trace their history back to Prince Dhillon, the first Dhillon, the grandson of King Karna
and great grandson of Queen Kunti
.(
According to the family tree of Dhillons of Amritsar, Prince Dhillon was the grandson of Mahabharat famed Karna
and son of Loh Sen. After Karna was killed at the Battle of Kurukshetra, his descendants first went to Rajasthan
, Haryana
and then to Bathinda in present-day Punjab (India)
.
In addition, Dhillons are linked to the royal house of the Pandavas. Yudhishtra, ruler of Hastinapur and Indraprastha, later known as Delhi
. The third ruling Jat dynasty in Lastinapur, Indraprastha and Kausambi. During the reign of the fourth generation, the capital was changed to Magadh. It is also mentioned that during the reign of the fourth generation of Yudhisthra, Hastinapur was destroyed due to changes in the course of the River Ganges.
The Dhillon Dynasty founded Delhi
and ruled there from 800 BC to 283 BC (about 450 years). It is from the name of Dhillon that we have the word Dhilli or Delhi
.
A ruler of the Dhillon dynasty, Raja Dhilu (King Dihlu) founded Delhi
and the dynasty ruled from there from 800 BC to 283 BC. According to Radhe Lal, who quotes 'Waqiate-panch Hazarsala, 800 years before Christ
, 13 rulers of Dhillon gotra - ruled for about 450 years. Some of their names are:
This book describes the Dhillon Jat rule from 800 BC to 350 BC.
Dhillon Jats ruled Delhi
again in the 8th century. They are from among the Saroa Rajputs. In 8th century, Toors had seized the throne and power of Delhi from Dhillons and their kinsman Sanghas, Malhis, Dosanjhs and Dhindsas who were descendants of Shah Saroa. Leaving Delhi, they moved towards Rajasthan
. After some time they migrated to areas of Sirsa in Haryana
and Bathinda. Some of them went beyond to Ludhiana and Ferozepur. Most of the Dhillons from Ferozepur went into Majha(amritsar and gurdasur). Dhillons from Ludhiana went further into Doaba. Some of the Dhillons went as far as Gujjranwala. There are about 22 Dhillon villages in the westside of Ludhiana.
The Dhillon Sikh Dynasty
and their clan
smen founded the Bhangi Army (Misl)
, who ruled and governed in the 18th century over most of the major cities of Punjab
, including Amritsar
, Lahore
, Multan
, Chiniot
, Jhang
, Bhera
, Rawalpindi
, Hasan Abdal
, Sialkot
, Gujrat
and large areas of central and western Punjab.
, and those in Pakistan
are Muslim
. Sikh Dhillon Jats founded the Bhangi Army (Misl
).
s/Rajputs who arrived in Delhi in the 8th century. They chose to join and merge with the Dhillon Jats over 1000 years ago.
, the majority of Dhillons inhabited Amritsar
, Ferozpur, Ludhiana. In joint Punjab, majority of Dhillons were in Amritsar Ferozpur, and Ludhiana. In the 1881 Census, Dhillons numbered at 86563 (one of the largest amongst the Jat tribes).
Jat people
The Jat people are a community of traditionally non-elite tillers and herders in Northern India and Pakistan. Originally pastoralists in the lower Indus river-valley of Sindh, Jats migrated north into the Punjab region in late medieval times, and subsequently into the Delhi Territory,...
clan
Clan
A clan is a group of people united by actual or perceived kinship and descent. Even if lineage details are unknown, clan members may be organized around a founding member or apical ancestor. The kinship-based bonds may be symbolical, whereby the clan shares a "stipulated" common ancestor that is a...
found mainly in the north western and central regions of greater Indian Subcontinent including Haryana
Haryana
Haryana is a state in India. Historically, it has been a part of the Kuru region in North India. The name Haryana is found mentioned in the 12th century AD by the apabhramsha writer Vibudh Shridhar . It is bordered by Punjab and Himachal Pradesh to the north, and by Rajasthan to the west and south...
, Punjab
Punjab (India)
Punjab ) is a state in the northwest of the Republic of India, forming part of the larger Punjab region. The state is bordered by the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh to the east, Haryana to the south and southeast and Rajasthan to the southwest as well as the Pakistani province of Punjab to the...
, Rajasthan
Rajasthan
Rājasthān the land of Rajasthanis, , is the largest state of the Republic of India by area. It is located in the northwest of India. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with...
, Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh abbreviation U.P. , is a state located in the northern part of India. With a population of over 200 million people, it is India's most populous state, as well as the world's most populous sub-national entity...
, Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh , often called the Heart of India, is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal and Indore is the largest city....
, Uttranchal and Delhi
Delhi
Delhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census...
states of India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
and Punjab state of Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
. They are also found in migrant Indian communities across the globe in countries of Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, Malaysia, New Zealand
New Zealand
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, Singapore
Singapore
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, United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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and United States of America.
The Dhillons are sometimes known as the "Raja Jats" (King Jats) due to the large number of kings, royalty and warriors. It is thought to be one of the oldest Jat syndicates with history dating back over four thousand years.(
Royal Origin and history
Royal LineageThe Dhillons are the descendants of King Karna
Karna
Karna or Radheya is one of the central characters in the epic Mahābhārata, from ancient India. He was the King of Anga...
, the famed royal warrior mentioned in the great Hindu
Hindu
Hindu refers to an identity associated with the philosophical, religious and cultural systems that are indigenous to the Indian subcontinent. As used in the Constitution of India, the word "Hindu" is also attributed to all persons professing any Indian religion...
epic, the Mahabharata
Mahabharata
The Mahabharata is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India and Nepal, the other being the Ramayana. The epic is part of itihasa....
and he was also the eldest son of Queen Kunti
Queen Kunti
Kunti is the mother of the eldest three of the Pandava brothers from the Indian epic Mahābhārata. Her story is also told within the Bhagavata Purana, wherein she speaks on the philosophy of devotion of Krishna, known as Bhakti yoga...
. There was a King Karna
Karna
Karna or Radheya is one of the central characters in the epic Mahābhārata, from ancient India. He was the King of Anga...
in the Bhin-baroliya gotra too. Most Dhillons today trace their history back to Prince Dhillon, the first Dhillon, the grandson of King Karna
Karna
Karna or Radheya is one of the central characters in the epic Mahābhārata, from ancient India. He was the King of Anga...
and great grandson of Queen Kunti
Queen Kunti
Kunti is the mother of the eldest three of the Pandava brothers from the Indian epic Mahābhārata. Her story is also told within the Bhagavata Purana, wherein she speaks on the philosophy of devotion of Krishna, known as Bhakti yoga...
.(
According to the family tree of Dhillons of Amritsar, Prince Dhillon was the grandson of Mahabharat famed Karna
Karna
Karna or Radheya is one of the central characters in the epic Mahābhārata, from ancient India. He was the King of Anga...
and son of Loh Sen. After Karna was killed at the Battle of Kurukshetra, his descendants first went to Rajasthan
Rajasthan
Rājasthān the land of Rajasthanis, , is the largest state of the Republic of India by area. It is located in the northwest of India. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with...
, Haryana
Haryana
Haryana is a state in India. Historically, it has been a part of the Kuru region in North India. The name Haryana is found mentioned in the 12th century AD by the apabhramsha writer Vibudh Shridhar . It is bordered by Punjab and Himachal Pradesh to the north, and by Rajasthan to the west and south...
and then to Bathinda in present-day Punjab (India)
Punjab (India)
Punjab ) is a state in the northwest of the Republic of India, forming part of the larger Punjab region. The state is bordered by the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh to the east, Haryana to the south and southeast and Rajasthan to the southwest as well as the Pakistani province of Punjab to the...
.
In addition, Dhillons are linked to the royal house of the Pandavas. Yudhishtra, ruler of Hastinapur and Indraprastha, later known as Delhi
Delhi
Delhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census...
. The third ruling Jat dynasty in Lastinapur, Indraprastha and Kausambi. During the reign of the fourth generation, the capital was changed to Magadh. It is also mentioned that during the reign of the fourth generation of Yudhisthra, Hastinapur was destroyed due to changes in the course of the River Ganges.
The Dhillon Dynasty founded Delhi
Delhi
Delhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census...
and ruled there from 800 BC to 283 BC (about 450 years). It is from the name of Dhillon that we have the word Dhilli or Delhi
Delhi
Delhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census...
.
A ruler of the Dhillon dynasty, Raja Dhilu (King Dihlu) founded Delhi
Delhi
Delhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census...
and the dynasty ruled from there from 800 BC to 283 BC. According to Radhe Lal, who quotes 'Waqiate-panch Hazarsala, 800 years before Christ
Christ
Christ is the English term for the Greek meaning "the anointed one". It is a translation of the Hebrew , usually transliterated into English as Messiah or Mashiach...
, 13 rulers of Dhillon gotra - ruled for about 450 years. Some of their names are:
- Raja VirMaha (817 BC - 800 BC)
- Mahabal or Swarupbal (800 BC - 744 BC)
- Sarvdutt or Swarupdatt (744 BC - 708 BC)
- Virsen (708 BC - 668 BC)
- Singdaman or Mahipal (668BC - 624 BC)
- Kalink or Sanghraj (624 BC - 595 BC)
- Jitmal or Tejpal (595 BC - 515 BC)
- Kaldahan or Kamsen (515 BC - 506 BC)
- Shtrumardan (506 BC - 481 BC)
- Raja Jiwan (481 BC - 455 BC)
- Virbhujang or Hari Rao (455 BC - 424 BC)
- Virsen II (424 BC - 389 BC)
- Udaybhat or Adityaketu (389 BC - 372 BC)
This book describes the Dhillon Jat rule from 800 BC to 350 BC.
Dhillon Jats ruled Delhi
Delhi
Delhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census...
again in the 8th century. They are from among the Saroa Rajputs. In 8th century, Toors had seized the throne and power of Delhi from Dhillons and their kinsman Sanghas, Malhis, Dosanjhs and Dhindsas who were descendants of Shah Saroa. Leaving Delhi, they moved towards Rajasthan
Rajasthan
Rājasthān the land of Rajasthanis, , is the largest state of the Republic of India by area. It is located in the northwest of India. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with...
. After some time they migrated to areas of Sirsa in Haryana
Haryana
Haryana is a state in India. Historically, it has been a part of the Kuru region in North India. The name Haryana is found mentioned in the 12th century AD by the apabhramsha writer Vibudh Shridhar . It is bordered by Punjab and Himachal Pradesh to the north, and by Rajasthan to the west and south...
and Bathinda. Some of them went beyond to Ludhiana and Ferozepur. Most of the Dhillons from Ferozepur went into Majha(amritsar and gurdasur). Dhillons from Ludhiana went further into Doaba. Some of the Dhillons went as far as Gujjranwala. There are about 22 Dhillon villages in the westside of Ludhiana.
The Dhillon Sikh Dynasty
Dynasty
A dynasty is a sequence of rulers considered members of the same family. Historians traditionally consider many sovereign states' history within a framework of successive dynasties, e.g., China, Ancient Egypt and the Persian Empire...
and their clan
Clan
A clan is a group of people united by actual or perceived kinship and descent. Even if lineage details are unknown, clan members may be organized around a founding member or apical ancestor. The kinship-based bonds may be symbolical, whereby the clan shares a "stipulated" common ancestor that is a...
smen founded the Bhangi Army (Misl)
Misl
Misl generally refers to the twelve sovereign states in the Sikh Confederacy. The states formed a commonwealth that was described by Antoine Polier as an "aristocratic republic"...
, who ruled and governed in the 18th century over most of the major cities of Punjab
Punjab region
The Punjab , also spelled Panjab |water]]s"), is a geographical region straddling the border between Pakistan and India which includes Punjab province in Pakistan and the states of the Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Chandigarh and some northern parts of the National Capital Territory of Delhi...
, including Amritsar
Amritsar
Amritsar is a city in the northern part of India and is the administrative headquarters of Amritsar district in the state of Punjab, India. The 2001 Indian census reported the population of the city to be over 1,500,000, with that of the entire district numbering 3,695,077...
, Lahore
Lahore
Lahore is the capital of the Pakistani province of Punjab and the second largest city in the country. With a rich and fabulous history dating back to over a thousand years ago, Lahore is no doubt Pakistan's cultural capital. One of the most densely populated cities in the world, Lahore remains a...
, Multan
Multan
Multan , is a city in the Punjab Province of Pakistan and capital of Multan District. It is located in the southern part of the province on the east bank of the Chenab River, more or less in the geographic centre of the country and about from Islamabad, from Lahore and from Karachi...
, Chiniot
Chiniot
Chiniot is a city and administration headquarter of Chiniot District, in the state of Punjab, Pakistan. Located between the heart of river Chenab with the heads of small rocky hills, it is known for its wooden furniture architecture which has a great attraction in all over the world.- Name and...
, Jhang
Jhang
- Demographics :According to 1981 census of Pakistan population of Jhang was 1,970,944 with the 434,495 housing units in Jhang. In 1998 census, population of Jhang was 2,834,545, whose annually growth rate was 2.16%. Male population was 1,474,099 and female population was 1,360,446...
, Bhera
Bhera
Bhera is a city on the Jhelum river in Sargodha District, Punjab province of Pakistan. It lies at latitude 32.48 N, longitude 72.92.-Location:...
, Rawalpindi
Rawalpindi
Rawalpindi , locally known as Pindi, is a city in the Pothohar region of Pakistan near Pakistan's capital city of Islamabad, in the province of Punjab. Rawalpindi is the fourth largest city in Pakistan after Karachi, Lahore and Faisalabad...
, Hasan Abdal
Hasan Abdal
Hasan Abdal is an historic town in Northern Punjab, Pakistan. It is located where the Grand Trunk Road meets the Karakoram Highway near the North-West Frontier Province province, northwest of Wah. It is 40 km northwest of Rawalpindi. It has a population of about over 50,000. It is famous for...
, Sialkot
Sialkot
Sialkot is a city in Pakistan situated in the north-east of the Punjab province at the foothills of snow-covered peaks of Kashmir near the Chenab river. It is the capital of Sialkot District. The city is about north-west of Lahore and only a few kilometers from Indian-controlled Jammu.The...
, Gujrat
Gujrat
Gujrat is a city in Pakistan. It is the capital of Gujrat District and the Gujrat Tehsil subdivision in the Punjab Province. People living in Gujrat refer to themselves as Gujratis, which sometimes leads to confusion with people from the Indian state of Gujarat which adjoins Pakistan...
and large areas of central and western Punjab.
Religion
Dhillon Jatts are mostly Sikhs in IndiaIndia
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
, and those in Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
are Muslim
Muslim
A Muslim, also spelled Moslem, is an adherent of Islam, a monotheistic, Abrahamic religion based on the Quran, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God as revealed to prophet Muhammad. "Muslim" is the Arabic term for "submitter" .Muslims believe that God is one and incomparable...
. Sikh Dhillon Jats founded the Bhangi Army (Misl
Misl
Misl generally refers to the twelve sovereign states in the Sikh Confederacy. The states formed a commonwealth that was described by Antoine Polier as an "aristocratic republic"...
).
Among Rajputs
Dhillon is also a gotra among Saroa KhatriKhatri
Khatri is a caste from the northern Indian subcontinent. Khatris in India are mostly from Punjab, region but later they migrated to regions like Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Jammu, Uttarkhand, Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Balochistan, Sindh and Khyber...
s/Rajputs who arrived in Delhi in the 8th century. They chose to join and merge with the Dhillon Jats over 1000 years ago.
Secondary Dhillon Jat names
Due to the age and size of the ancient royal Dhillon clan, it has some small number of derivative secondary family names that keep Dhillon as their main surname but have minor family name before main Dhillon surname. The Sikh Dhillon Jats of the village of Kairon take on the name of the village and keep the main royal Dhillon name as their fourth name.In India
In PunjabPunjab (India)
Punjab ) is a state in the northwest of the Republic of India, forming part of the larger Punjab region. The state is bordered by the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh to the east, Haryana to the south and southeast and Rajasthan to the southwest as well as the Pakistani province of Punjab to the...
, the majority of Dhillons inhabited Amritsar
Amritsar
Amritsar is a city in the northern part of India and is the administrative headquarters of Amritsar district in the state of Punjab, India. The 2001 Indian census reported the population of the city to be over 1,500,000, with that of the entire district numbering 3,695,077...
, Ferozpur, Ludhiana. In joint Punjab, majority of Dhillons were in Amritsar Ferozpur, and Ludhiana. In the 1881 Census, Dhillons numbered at 86563 (one of the largest amongst the Jat tribes).
Historical Dhillon Jats
- Mai BhagoMai BhagoMai Bhago also Known as Mata Bhag Kaur was a Sikh woman who led Sikh soldiers against the Mughals in 1705. She killed several enemy soldiers on the battlefield, and is considered to be a saint by Sikhs...
, famous Sikh warrior and Sikh saint. - Chhajja Singh DhillonChhajja Singh DhillonSardar Chhajja Singh Dhillon, was a famous Sikh warrior leader of the early 18th century in Punjab. He was a Jatt of Panjwar village, approximately 8 kos from Amritsar. He was the first companion of Banda Singh Bahadur to receive Sikh baptism of Amrit. According to Kanaihya Lal, he had taken Amrit...
, famous Sikh warrior & Leader of Jathâ. - Bhuma Singh DhillonBhuma Singh DhillonBhuma Singh Dhillon was a famous royal Sikh warrior of the 18th century in Punjab. He was a Jatt of the village of Hung, near Badhni in present day Moga district, who won a name for himself in skirmishes with Nadir Shah's troops in 1739. Bhuma Singh's latent genius as an organiser and commander of...
, Raja of Dhillon Principality (misl) & famous Royal Sikh warrior. - Hari Singh DhillonHari Singh DhillonMaharaja Hari Singh Dhillon was one of the most powerful, admired and famous of all the royal Sikh warriors of the 18th century.He was Maharaja of Amritsar, Lahore and large areas of central and western Panjab. He was the nephew of Bhuma Singh Dhillon, a famous Sikh soldier. They were a family of...
, Maharaja of Dhillon Principality (misl) & famous Royal Sikh warrior. - Jhanda Singh DhillonJhanda Singh DhillonMaharaja Jhanda Singh Dhillon was a famous royal Sikh warrior of the late 18th century. Moreover, he was Maharaja of Amritsar, Lahore, Multan, Chiniot, Jhang, Bhera, Rawalpindi, Hasan Abdal, Sialkot and Gujrat...
, Maharaja of Dhillon Principality (misl) & famous Royal Sikh warrior. - Ganda Singh DhillonGanda Singh DhillonMaharaja Ganda Singh Dhillon was a famous royal Sikh warrior of the late 18th century. Moreover, he was Maharaja of Amritsar, Lahore, Multan, Chiniot, Jhang, Bhera, Rawalpindi, Hasan Abdal, Sialkot and Gujrat. His father was the legendary Hari Singh Dhillon, one of the most powerful, admired and...
, Maharaja of Dhillon Principality (misl) & famous Royal Sikh warrior.
Prominent Dhillon Jats
- Gurbaksh Singh DhillonGurbaksh Singh DhillonGurbaksh Singh Dhillon was an officer in the Indian National Army who was charged with "waging war against His Majesty the King Emperor". Along with Shah Nawaz Khan and Prem Kumar Sahgal, he was tried by the British at the end of World War II in the INA trials that began on November 5, 1945 at Red...
, Sikh Indian independence movementIndian independence movementThe term Indian independence movement encompasses a wide area of political organisations, philosophies, and movements which had the common aim of ending first British East India Company rule, and then British imperial authority, in parts of South Asia...
, prominent member of the Indian National ArmyIndian National ArmyThe Indian National Army or Azad Hind Fauj was an armed force formed by Indian nationalists in 1942 in Southeast Asia during World War II. The aim of the army was to overthrow the British Raj in colonial India, with Japanese assistance...
. - Giani Pritam Singh DhillonGiani Pritam Singh DhillonGiani Pritam Singh Dhillon was an Indian freedom fighter and Sikh missionary who, as a member of the Ghadar Party, was instrumental in the planning of the failed 1915 Ghadar conspiracy in the British Indian Army. Giani Pritam Singh Dhillon was a close friend of Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon, famous Sikh...
, associate of Netaji and member of the Indian National ArmyIndian National ArmyThe Indian National Army or Azad Hind Fauj was an armed force formed by Indian nationalists in 1942 in Southeast Asia during World War II. The aim of the army was to overthrow the British Raj in colonial India, with Japanese assistance...
. - Pratap Singh KaironPratap Singh KaironPratap Singh Kairon was the Chief Minister of the Punjab province , and is widely acknowledged to be the architect of post-Independence Punjab Province. Moreover, he was an Indian independence movement leader...
, Sikh Indian independence movementIndian independence movementThe term Indian independence movement encompasses a wide area of political organisations, philosophies, and movements which had the common aim of ending first British East India Company rule, and then British imperial authority, in parts of South Asia...
leader and former Chief-minister of Punjab (India). - Parkash Singh Badal, Chief-minister of Punjab (India) and head of the Shiromani Akali DalShiromani Akali DalThe Shiromani Akali Dal , translation: Supreme Akali Party) is a Sikh nationalist political parties based in Punjab. The current party to be recognized by the Election Commission of India is the one led by Parkash Singh Badal...
. - Vic DhillonVic DhillonVic Dhillon is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He is a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, representing the constituency of Brampton West for the Ontario Liberal Party. Dhillon is one of the three Sikh Members of the Legislature, all of whom are members of the Liberal Party.-Early...
, current member of the Legislative Assembly of OntarioLegislative Assembly of OntarioThe Legislative Assembly of Ontario , is the legislature of the Canadian province of Ontario, and is the second largest provincial legislature of Canada...
. - Amrik Singh DhillonAmrik Singh DhillonAmrik Singh Dhillon, is a Punjabi Sikh Indian politician and Member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly for the constituency of Samrala. He also sits on and is a member of the following Punjab Government Committees:*Committee on Public Accounts...
, Member of the Punjab Legislative AssemblyPunjab Legislative AssemblyThe Punjab Legislative Assembly or the Punjab Vidhan Sabha is the unicameral legislature of the state of Punjab in northern India. At present, it consists of 117 members, directly elected from 117 single-seat constituencies. The tenure of the legislative assembly is five years, unless sooner...
. - Dr. Gurdial Singh DhillonGurdial Singh DhillonDr. Gurdial Singh Dhillon was a Punjabi politician in the Indian National Congress party. He was President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union and Indian High Commissioner to Canada .-Early life:...
, Speaker of Parliament of IndiaParliament of IndiaThe Parliament of India is the supreme legislative body in India. Founded in 1919, the Parliament alone possesses legislative supremacy and thereby ultimate power over all political bodies in India. The Parliament of India comprises the President and the two Houses, Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha...
and Union Minister of Agriculture. - Bob Singh DhillonBob Singh DhillonBob Singh Dhillon is a Punjabi Indian-Canadian Sikh, property Multi-Millionaire businessman. His family comes from Tallewal in the district of Barnala Punjab, India. His grandfather left for Hong Kong for business reasons and set-up the North China Shipping Company to carry back between Japan. He...
, Punjabi Indian-Canadian Sikh property businessman (the first Indo-Canadian worth more than a billion dollars). - Brigadier(r) Zulifqar Ahmed Dhillon, Provisional Minister Education for Punjab, Pakistan
- Kulwinder DhillonKulwinder DhillonKulwinder Dhillon was an award-winning, internationally famous popular Punjabi Indian singer. He belonged to the village of Pandori Ladha Singh near Mahilpur in Hoshiarpur district. He died at the age of 32 in a car accident on 19 March 2006, on the Phagwara-Banga road, near Behram village, Punjab...
, Punjabi Indian singer. - Mangal DhillonMangal DhillonMangal Dhillon in an Indian actor and film producer. He was born in the village Wander Jatana near Kotkapura in the Faridkot district, Punjab.-Early life and education:...
, Actor, Writer & Producer-Director. - Rupinderpal Singh DhillonRupinderpal Singh DhillonRupinderpal Singh Dhillon is a British Contemporary Punjabi Writer who writes Punjabi short stories, novels and poetry....
Novelist - Poonam DhillonPoonam DhillonPoonam Dhillon is an Indian Hindi film, theatre and TV actress. She is best known for her 1979 film, Noorie, for her six films with Rajesh Khanna Red Rose, Dard, Nishaan, Zamana, Awam and Sohni Mahiwal , Samundar Saveray Wali Gaadi and Naam .- Early life :Dhall was born 18 April 1962 in Kanpur,...
, BollywoodBollywoodBollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai , Maharashtra, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the total Indian film industry, which includes other production centers producing...
actress. - Lieutenant Colonel Chanan Singh DhillonChanan Singh DhillonLieutenant-Colonel Chanan Singh Dhillon , is a famous Punjabi Indian Sikh World War II hero and veteran. He fought in world war two in the British Indian army. He was later taken prisoner by the Germans in 1943. He stayed in PoW camps in Italy, France and Germany. In Germany he remained confided...
(retd), Punjabi Indian World War IIWorld War IIWorld War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
hero & Veteran, and president of the ex-services league (Punjab & Chandigarh). - Lieutenant General Joginder Singh DhillonJoginder Singh DhillonLieutenant General Joginder Singh Dhillon was a decorated and celebrated Indian and Sikh military war hero. He was commissioned into Bengal Engineer Group in 1936, was the first Army Officer to be awarded ‘Padma Bhushan’ on 24 November 1965. Gen Dhillon, was the General Officer Commanding a...
, Indian and Sikh military war hero. - Lieutenant General Sarabjit Singh DhillonSarabjit Singh DhillonLieutenant General Sarabjit Singh Dhillon, is the Indian General Commander of Kashmir since 2005, and is Master General of the Ordnance of the Indian Army. He is one of the most respected Generals currently serving in the Indian Army, and it is widely believed that he will be a future Chief of...
, Indian General Commander of KashmirKashmirKashmir is the northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th century, the term Kashmir geographically denoted only the valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal mountain range...
(GoC) and Master General of the Ordnance of the Indian Army. - Air Vice Marshal Satinder Singh Dhillon.
- Baljit Singh DhillonBaljit Singh DhillonBaljit Singh Dhillon is a field hockey midfielder from India, who made his international debut for the Men's National Team in 1993 during the test serie against South Africa...
, OlympicOlympic GamesThe Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...
Indian Hockey team CaptainCaptain (sports)In team sports, a captain is a title given to a member of the team. The title is frequently honorary, but in some cases the captain may have significant responsibility for strategy and teamwork while the game is in progress on the field...
. - Baltej Singh DhillonBaltej Singh DhillonBaltej Singh Dhillon was the first Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer to be allowed to wear a turban.- Early life :He was born in 1966 in Malaysia and immigrated to Canada with his family in 1982. After graduating from high school, he went on to Kwantlen College to study criminology with hopes...
, first Royal Canadian Mounted PoliceRoyal Canadian Mounted PoliceThe Royal Canadian Mounted Police , literally ‘Royal Gendarmerie of Canada’; colloquially known as The Mounties, and internally as ‘The Force’) is the national police force of Canada, and one of the most recognized of its kind in the world. It is unique in the world as a national, federal,...
officer to successfully legally challenge and be allowed to wear a turbanTurbanIn English, Turban refers to several types of headwear popularly worn in the Middle East, North Africa, Punjab, Jamaica and Southwest Asia. A commonly used synonym is Pagri, the Indian word for turban.-Styles:...
in CanadaCanadaCanada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. - Professor Baldev Singh DhillonBaldev Singh DhillonProfessor Baldev Singh Dhillon. He is an internationally famous agricultural scientist and former Assistant Director General at ICAR, Director of NBPGR , Director of Research at Punjab Agricultural University and Guru Nanak Dev University...
, Agricultural scientist and former Director of Research at Punjab Agricultural UniversityPunjab Agricultural UniversityThe Punjab Agricultural University in Ludhiana, Punjab is one of the State Agricultural Universities in India. It was established in 1962 and is the nation's oldest agricultural university in India, after Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar. It has an...
. - Hard Kaur(Taran Kaur Dhillon)Hard KaurHard Kaur , also known as Hardkaur, is an Indian rapper and hip hop singer, as well as playback singer in Hindi films; she is the first female Indian rapper -Early life:...
,well known Female Punjabi Rapper.