Dhillon

Jat clan from Punjab

Dhillon
Jat clan
Ethnicity	Punjabi
Location	Punjab
Language	Punjabi
Religion	Sikhism, Hinduism, Islam

Dhillon (Punjabi: ਢਿੱਲੋ (Gurmukhi); ڈھلون (Shahmukhi) pronunciation: [ʈi˨llõː]) is a 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

Surname list

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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.