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'''Sekhon''' is a [[Jat people|Jat]] clan in the [[Punjab region]] of | {{EngvarB|date=March 2022}} | ||
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'''Sekhon''' is a [[Jat people|Jat]] clan in the [[Punjab region]],<ref>{{cite book |last1=Grover |first1=Neelam |last2=Singh |first2=Kashi N. |title=Cultural Geography, Form and Process: Essays in Honour of Prof. A.B. Mukerji |date=2004 |publisher=Concept Publishing Company |isbn=978-81-8069-074-7 |page=144 |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Cultural_Geography_Form_and_Process/UO0M5P9h_qgC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Sekhon++clan&pg=PA144&printsec=frontcover |language=en}}</ref> especially found in [[Amritsar district|Amritsar]] and [[Ludhiana district]]s of [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] and [[Jind district]] of [[Haryana]] in [[India]], and in [[Gujranwala district]] of [[Pakistan]].{{citation needed|date=May 2022}} | |||
==Notable people with the surname Sekhon== | ==Notable people with the surname Sekhon== | ||
* [[Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon]], Indian Air Force | * [[Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon]], Indian Air Force officer | ||
* [[Sahaij Sekhon]], Indian basketball player | * [[Sahaij Sekhon]], Indian basketball player | ||
* [[Sant Singh Sekhon]], Indian | * [[Sant Singh Sekhon]], Indian playwright | ||
* [[Janmeja Singh Sekhon]], Indian | * [[Janmeja Singh Sekhon]], Indian politician | ||
* [[Harrobindeep Sekhon]], Canadian | * [[Kathleen Sekhon]], American educator and politicuan | ||
* [[Jasjeet S. Sekhon]], Canadian | * [[Harrobindeep Sekhon]], Canadian cricketer | ||
* [[Ricky Sekhon]], English | * [[Jasjeet S. Sekhon]], Canadian statistician | ||
* [[Gurcharan Singh Sekhon]], Singaporean Army | * [[Ricky Sekhon]], English actor | ||
* [[Harinder Singh Sekhon]], Malaysian | * [[Gurcharan Singh Sekhon]], Singaporean Army officer | ||
* [[Shweta Sekhon]], Malaysian | * [[Harinder Singh Sekhon]], Malaysian cricketer | ||
* [[Shweta Sekhon]], Malaysian supermodel | |||
==Popular culture== | |||
* DSP Dilsher Sekhon of Singham Khurd in the [[Punjabi language]] film ''[[Singham (2019 film)|Singham]]'', who sets out to end the drug addiction among the youth of Punjab. | |||
== | == References == | ||
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== Further reading == | == Further reading == | ||
* {{cite book |title=The Sansis of Punjab |author=Sher Singh Sher |date=1965 |isbn=8121504198 }} | * {{cite book |title=The Sansis of Punjab |author=Sher Singh Sher |date=1965 |isbn=8121504198 }} | ||
[[Category:Jat clans]] | [[Category:Jat clans]] | ||
[[Category:Punjabi tribes]] | [[Category:Punjabi tribes]] | ||
Latest revision as of 17:41, 5 May 2022
Sekhon is a Jat clan in the Punjab region,[1] especially found in Amritsar and Ludhiana districts of Punjab and Jind district of Haryana in India, and in Gujranwala district of Pakistan.[citation needed]
Notable people with the surname Sekhon[edit | edit source]
- Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon, Indian Air Force officer
- Sahaij Sekhon, Indian basketball player
- Sant Singh Sekhon, Indian playwright
- Janmeja Singh Sekhon, Indian politician
- Kathleen Sekhon, American educator and politicuan
- Harrobindeep Sekhon, Canadian cricketer
- Jasjeet S. Sekhon, Canadian statistician
- Ricky Sekhon, English actor
- Gurcharan Singh Sekhon, Singaporean Army officer
- Harinder Singh Sekhon, Malaysian cricketer
- Shweta Sekhon, Malaysian supermodel
Popular culture[edit | edit source]
- DSP Dilsher Sekhon of Singham Khurd in the Punjabi language film Singham, who sets out to end the drug addiction among the youth of Punjab.
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Grover, Neelam; Singh, Kashi N. (2004). Cultural Geography, Form and Process: Essays in Honour of Prof. A.B. Mukerji. Concept Publishing Company. p. 144. ISBN 978-81-8069-074-7.
Further reading[edit | edit source]
- Sher Singh Sher (1965). The Sansis of Punjab. ISBN 8121504198.