List of Gurjars
Gurjar are an ethnic group in India, Afghanistan and Pakistan. Alternative spellings include Gurjara, Gujar, Gurjjar and Gujjar. Notable people from the community include:
India
Defence Forces
- Kirori Singh Bainsla, a retired officer of the Indian Army and leader of a Gurjar reservation movement in Rajasthan[1]
- Kamal Ram, the second-youngest Indian to receive Victoria Cross, the highest military decoration in the British Empire[2]
Indian independence movement
- Dhan Singh Gurjar, Dhan Singh Gurjar was the Indian kotwal of Meerut, who participated in the 1857 uprising and led initial actions against the British East India Company in Meerut.[3]
- Arjun Singh Gurjar, freedom fighter[4]
- Ram Chandra Vikal, freedom fighter, Deputy Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh[5]
- Kadam Singh, Raja of Parikshitgarh and Mawana, led Gurjar fight against the British during the Indian Rebellion of 1857[6]
- Vijay Singh Pathik,was among the first revolutionaries from the state who lit the torch of freedom movement in the state.
- Rao Umrao Singh Bhati,was a notable Gurjar leader during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
- Ganga Singh Gurjar,Freedom fighter from Haryana.[7]
Politics
- Rajesh Pilot, Indian politician and Government minister for the Indian National Congress party and represented the Dausa in Lok Sabha[8]
- Krishan Pal Gurjar, Minister of State in Govt of India, he was appointed state president of the BJP in Haryana. In 2014 Lok Sabha polls, he contested from Faridabad constituency and won with the highest-ever margin of over 4.6 lakh votes.[9]
- Govind Singh Gurjar (9 March 1932 – 6 April 2009), Lieutenant Governor of Pondicherry & six-time MLA from Nasirabad (Ajmer)[10]
- Kartar Singh Bhadana, Former Member of legislative assembly , from Haryanaas well as from Uttar Pradesh
- Ramesh Bidhuri, a Member of Parliament and a member of Bharatiya Janata Party.[11]
- Avtar Singh Bhadana, Gurjar Leader and a Four Time Member of Parliament.[12]
- Ramvir Singh Bidhuri, Ramvir Singh Bidhuri is an Indian politician. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party[13]
Uttar Pradesh
- Narain Singh - politician
- Yashpal Singh - politician
President
- Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, Former President of India[14][15]
Others
- Rukhsana Kausar, woman who received the National Bravery Award (the Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha Padak) for killing a Lashkar-e-Taiba militant at her home.[16]
Pakistan
President
- Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry, former President of Pakistan[17]
Others
- Rana Ali Hasan Chauhan
- Choudhry Rahmat Ali, creator of the word Pakistan
- Aftab Ahmed Gujjar
References
- ↑ "Raje govt, Gujjar leaders agree to hold talks". The Times of India. PTI. 8 June 2008. Retrieved 2017-04-23.
- ↑ "Kamal Ram 91st birth anniversary: Remembering brave Indian Sepoy and Victoria Cross recipient". India. 17 December 2015. Retrieved 2017-05-25.
- ↑ "Farmers, cops and sadhus who aided sepoys in 1857". Times of India. 10 May 2015. Retrieved 2017-05-24.
- ↑ Gupta, Jughal Kishore (1991). History of Sirsa Town. Atlantic Publishers. p. 214.
- ↑ "Former UP deputy CM Ram Chander Vikal dies". Zee News. 27 June 2011. Retrieved 2017-04-23.
- ↑ Stokes, Eric (1980). The Peasant and the Raj: Studies in Agrarian Society and Peasant Rebellion in Colonial India. Cambridge University Press. p. 131. ISBN 978-0-52129-770-7.
- ↑ Kripal Chandra Yadav (1977). The revolt of 1857 in Haryana. Manohar Book Service. p. 146.
- ↑ Nair, R. R. (14 February 1998). "BJP seeking to thwart Pilot on non-Gujjar votes". Rediff. Retrieved 2017-04-23.
- ↑ "Former RSS pracharak Manohar Lal Khattar frontrunner in Haryana CM race". Indian Express. 21 October 2014. Retrieved 2017-05-25.
- ↑ "Govind Singh Gurjar new Puducherry LG". Hindustan Times. 18 July 2008. Retrieved 2017-05-24.
- ↑ "BJP South Delhi candidate Ramesh Bidhuri makes voters sign form to back Narendra Modi". India Today. 28 March 2014. Retrieved 2017-05-25.
- ↑ "Gujjar leader Avtar Singh Bhadana to join BJP". The Hindu. 2 February 2015. Retrieved 2017-05-25.
- ↑ "Gujjar leader Ramvir Singh Bidhuri ditches Congress , joins BJP". IndiaTVNews. 10 September 2013. Retrieved 2017-05-25.
- ↑ Former Presidents President of India website. to: a b c d Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed (1905–1977): Biography RRTC, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.
- ↑ "Shri Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed - Past President of India". Retrieved 17 May 2016. Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, by M. A. Naidu, 1975 Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, by Attar Chand. Pub. Homeland, 1975. Janak Raj Jai (2003). "Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed". Presidents of India, 1950–2003. Daya Books. p. 101. ISBN 81-87498-65-X
- ↑ Sharma, Arun (1 October 2009). "Gujjars demand gallantry award for Rukhsana". Chennai, India: Thehindu.com.
- ↑ "Former president Fazal Ilahi remembered". Pakistan Today. 2 June 2012. Retrieved 2016-04-23.
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