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{{short description|Clan in India and Pakistan}}
{{short description|Clan in India and Pakistan}}
'''Sekhon''' is a [[Jat people|Jat]] clan in the [[Punjab region]] of [[India]] and [[Pakistan]]. Many Sekhons lived in the [[Lahore]], [[Amritsar]], [[Jalandhar]], [[Ludhiana]], [[Sialkot]] and [[Sheikhupura]] regions of [[Punjab, British India]]. After [[Independence of India]] and [[Independence of Pakistan|Pakistan]] in 1947, Sekhon people of Sikh faith migrated south of the [[Radcliffe Line]] to [[India]] while many Sekhon of Muslim faith migrated north to [[Pakistan]]. <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1403060 |author=Majid Sheikh |date=22 April 2018|title=HARKING BACK: Tracking the very first Aryans to come to our land|newspaper=Dawn|access-date=15 July 2021}}</ref>
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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 Officer
* [[Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon]], Indian Air Force officer
* [[Sahaij Sekhon]], Indian basketball player
* [[Sahaij Sekhon]], Indian basketball player
* [[Sant Singh Sekhon]], Indian Playwright
* [[Sant Singh Sekhon]], Indian playwright
* [[Janmeja Singh Sekhon]], Indian Politician
* [[Janmeja Singh Sekhon]], Indian politician
* [[Harrobindeep Sekhon]], Canadian Cricketer
* [[Kathleen Sekhon]], American educator and politicuan
* [[Jasjeet S. Sekhon]], Canadian Statistician
* [[Harrobindeep Sekhon]], Canadian cricketer
* [[Ricky Sekhon]], English Actor
* [[Jasjeet S. Sekhon]], Canadian statistician
* [[Gurcharan Singh Sekhon]], Singaporean Army Officer
* [[Ricky Sekhon]], English actor
* [[Harinder Singh Sekhon]], Malaysian Cricketer
* [[Gurcharan Singh Sekhon]], Singaporean Army officer
* [[Shweta Sekhon]], Malaysian Supermodel
* [[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.


==Popular Culture==
== References ==
* [[Singham (2019 film)]] After taking charge as the DSP of Singham Khurd, Dilsher Sekhon sets out to end the drug addiction among the youth of Punjab. This sets him against Bhuller, a vicious business tycoon with connections in high places.
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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 }}
== References ==
{{Reflist}}


[[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]

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]

  1. 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]