Virk
Virk (also spelled as Birk and Wirk) is a Jat clan of the Punjab region[1]
Before 1947, many Virk clans lived in the Lahore, Sialkot and Sheikhupura regions of Punjab, British India. After Independence of India in 1947, Virk people of Sikh faith migrated [2]
Notable people who bear the surname and may or may not be associated with the clan include:
- Nawab Kapur Singh Virk (1697–1753), Sikh leader, Organizer of the Sikh Confederacy and Dal Khalsa.He is a founder of district Kapurthala
- Jani Virk, (born 1962), Slovenian writer, poet, translator and editor
- Tomo Virk, (born 1960), Slovenian historian and essayist
- Adnan Virk, Canadian television sportscaster
- Ammy Virk, Punjabi singer and actor
- Kulwant Singh Virk (1921–1987), Punjabi poet, writer, and civil servant
- Manjinder Virk, English actress, director and writer
- Joga Singh Virk (born 1946),Founder of Virk colony in Patiala district Punjab
References
- ↑ Across the Wagah: An Indian's Sojourn in Pakistan By Maneesha Tikekar page 253 Google Books website, Retrieved 15 July 2021
- ↑ Majid Sheikh (22 April 2018). "HARKING BACK: Tracking the very first Aryans to come to our land". Dawn. Retrieved 15 July 2021.