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Famous and Prominent Jats

• Posted by Jat World June 26, 2016 - Filed in Society - #Famous Jats  #prominent jats  - 1,852 views

  Cinema

  • Simran Mundi^[1]
  • Dara Singh^[2]
  • Mallika Sherawat^[3]
  • Sunny Deol^[4]
  • Dharmendra Singh Deol^[5]

  Religion

  • Dhanna Bhagat (Dhaliwal Jat) - a Hindu Bhakti saint and disciple Ramananda, worshiper of Rama, whose poems are in the Guru Granth Sahib
  • Bhai Bala (Sandhu Jat) - follower and companion of Guru Nanak (first Guru of Sikhism) and one of the most revered in Sikhism^[6]
  • Baba Buddha (Randhawa Jat) - companion of the guru Nanak and one of the most revered saints in Sikhism.^[7]
  • Bhai Bidhi Chand Chhina^[8][9] - renowned Sikh warrior and preacher, famed for the recovery of the horses, Dilbagh and Gulbagh for Guru Hargobind^[10][11]
  • Garib Das (1717–1778)- A revered saint and reformer noted for his piety and poetry. Founder 'Gribdasi sect' and composer of the granth called 'Garib Das ki granth Sahib'.

  Revolutionaries and freedom fighters

  • Bhagat Singh^[12]
  • Achhar Singh Chhina^[13][14]

  Rulers

  • Asif Ali Zardari , Zardari are Sindhi Muslim Jats of Sindh.
  • Suraj Mal of Bharatpur in Rajasthan in India. He has been described by a contemporary historian as "the Plato of the Jat people" and by a modern writer as the "Jat Ulysses"
  • According to some historians, Maharaja Ranjit Singh, Maharaja of Punjab also known as Sher-e-Punjab (The Lion of the Punjab) was born into a Jat family.^[15][16] Though some claim that he was born into a Sansi family^[17]
  • Kharak Singh. descendent of Ranjit Singh (to whom some consider a Jat)
  • Nau Nihal Singh. descendent of Ranjit Singh (to whom some consider a Jat)
  • Bhupinder Singh was the ruling Maharaja of the princely state of Patiala from 1900 to 1938.^[16][18]
  • Badan Singh was the formal founder of the princely state of Bharatpur.He was born in a Hindu Jat family.
  • Churaman was Zamindar of Sinsini and the said to be real founder of Jat state of Bharatpur.
  • Kirat Singh
  • Baldeo Singh
  • Balwant Singh
  • Kishan Singh
  • Brijendra Singh
  • Kehri Singh
  • Nawal Singh
  • Ram Singh of Bharatpur
  • Randhir Singh
  • Ranjit Singh of Bharatpur
  • Ratan Singh
  • Girraj Kaur
  • Kishori
  • Raja Maldeo - Ruler in Jangladesh
  • Kirat Singh
  • Pohap Singh
  • Bhagwant Singh
  • Nihal Singh
  • Ram Singh
  • Udaybhanu Singh
  • Jawahar Singh
  • Raja Ram Jat^[19]
  • Raja Nahar Singh
  • Jujhar Singh Nehra
  • Raja Mahendra Pratap - Mursan^[20]
  • Ranbir Singh of Jind
  • Raghubir Singh of Jind
  • Swarup Singh of Jind
  • Nawab Kapur Singh Virk, leader of Singhpur Misl.^[15][16]
  • Hari Singh Dhillon, leader of the Bhangi misl, Ruler of Lahore & Amritsar.^[15][16]
  • Yadavindra Singh of Patiala.^[16][18]
  • Rajinder Singh of Patiala.^[16][18]
  • Girdhar Pratap Singh
  • Kirat Singh
  • Bhim Singh Rana
  • Chhatar Singh

  Sports

  

   

  Vijender Singh Beniwal.

  Wrestlers

  • Geetika Jakhar^[21]
  • Dara Singh^[22]

  Boxers

  • Vijender Singh Beniwal,^[23]

  Atheletes

  • Krishna Poonia,^[24] Discus Thrower

  Historians

  • Thakur Deshraj

  Social reformers

  • Foolabai
  • Ranabai
  • Swami Keshwanand^{[25][need quotation to verify]}

  Politics

  India

  • Chhotu Ram
  • Charan Singh, the sixth Prime Minister of India.^[26]
  • Chaudhari Devi Lal^[27]
  • Bansi Lal^[28]
  • Harkishan Singh Surjeet^[29] - Bassi clan.
  • Balram Jakhar^[30]
  • Partap Singh Kairon^[31]
  • Amarinder Singh, Sidhu clan and direct descendent of Maharaja Patiala.^[32]
  • Daulatram Saran^[33]
  • Gyan Prakash Pilania^[34]
  • Harlal Singh^[35]
  • Sahib Singh Verma^[36]
  • Pravesh Verma^[37]

  Pakistan

  • Chaudhry Mumtaz Jajja - Former member of national and provincial assemblies.^[38]