Sekhon is a
Jat
The Jat people ((), ()) are a traditionally agricultural community in Northern India and Pakistan. Originally pastoralists in the lower Indus river-valley of Sindh, Jats migrated north into the Punjab region in late medieval times, and subse ...
clan in the
Punjab region,
especially found in
Amritsar
Amritsar (), historically also known as Rāmdāspur and colloquially as ''Ambarsar'', is the second largest city in the Indian state of Punjab, after Ludhiana. It is a major cultural, transportation and economic centre, located in the Majha r ...
and
Ludhiana district
Ludhiana district is one of the 23 districts in the Indian state of Punjab, India, Punjab. It is Punjab's largest district by both area and population. Ludhiana, the largest city in Punjab, is the district headquarters.
The main industries are ...
s of
Punjab and
Jind district of
Haryana in
India, and in the
Gujranwala district of
Pakistan.
Notable people with the surname Sekhon
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Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon
Flying Officer Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon, PVC (17 July 1945 – 14 December 1971) was an officer of the Indian Air Force. He was posthumously awarded the Param Vir Chakra, India's highest military decoration during war time, in recognition of ...
, Indian Air Force officer
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Sahaij Sekhon
Sahaij Pratap Singh Sekhon is an Indian professional basketball player.
Early life
As a kid, Sahaij Sekhon started out playing cricket, wanting to be a batsman. In second grade, he shifted to soccer. It was while playing soccer that his first ...
, Indian basketball player
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Sant Singh Sekhon, Indian playwright
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Janmeja Singh Sekhon, Indian politician
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Kathleen Sekhon, American educator and politician
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Harrobindeep Sekhon, Canadian cricketer
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Jasjeet S. Sekhon
Jasjeet "Jas" Singh Sekhon is a data scientist, political scientist, and statistician at Yale University. Sekhon is the Eugene Meyer Professor at Yale University, a fellow of the American Statistical Association, and a fellow of the Society for Po ...
, Canadian statistician
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Ricky Sekhon, English actor
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Gurcharan Singh Sekhon, Singaporean Army officer
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Harinder Singh Sekhon, Malaysian cricketer
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Shweta Sekhon
Shweta Sekhon (born Shwetajeet Kaur Sekhon, 6 November 1997), is a Malaysian Indian model and beauty pageant titleholder. She was crowned as Miss World Malaysia 2016 and Miss Universe Malaysia 2019. She represented Malaysia at the Miss Universe ...
, Malaysian supermodel
Popular culture
* 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
Further reading
* {{cite book , title=The Sansis of Punjab , author=Sher Singh Sher , date=1965 , isbn=8121504198
Jat clans
Punjabi tribes