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Dhillons
Dhillon ( pronunciation: �i˨llõː is a tribe of Jats found in the Punjab region. Notable people who bear the name, who may or may not be affiliated with the tribe, include: * Amritpal Singh Dhillon, an Indian-born Canadian singer, rapper, songwriter and record producer * Bob Singh Dhillon, Canadian businessman and property owner * Chhajja Singh Dhillon, 18th-century founder of the Bhangi Misl * Gurinder Singh Dhillon, guru of Radha Soami Satsang Beas * Gurdial Singh Dhillon (1915–1992), Speaker of Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India * Hari Singh Dhillon, 18th-century maharaja * Harmeet Dhillon (born 1969), American lawyer and political official * Janet Dhillon, American lawyer and business executive, chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 2019–2021 * Jhanda Singh Dhillon, 18th-century maharaja * Joginder Singh Dhillon (1914–2003), officer in the British Indian Army and Indian Army * Kanwal Jeet Singh Dhillon, is a retired Lieutenant Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joginder Singh Dhillon
Lieutenant General Joginder Singh Dhillon (19 November 1914–20 November 2003) was an officer in the British Indian Army and then the Indian Army. Dhillon Born in Jat Sikh Family. He was the first Army Officer to be awarded the Padma Bhushan, given for his role in the 1965 India-Pakistan War, where he was the General Officer Commanding Corps (XI corps). Career Dhillon served overseas in the British Indian Army after his 1939 graduation with honours from Thomason Engineering College in Roorkee. His active service during World War II occurred in Burma, Iran and Iraq, following which he spent some time at the Staff College in Quetta. He served as commander of a field company in Malaya during 1945-46 and then briefly of another in Sourabaya. From 1946 to 1947, Dhillon served as a staff officer in the Engineer-in-Chief's Office and then returned to Quetta as a garrison engineer. He was promoted to lieutenant-colonel in late 1947, becoming GSO1 in the Engineer-in-Chief Branch fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jat Clans
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 subsequently into the Delhi Territory, northeastern Rajputana, and the western Gangetic Plain in the 17th and 18th centuries. Quote: "Hiuen Tsang gave the following account of a numerous pastoral-nomadic population in seventh-century Sin-ti (Sind): 'By the side of the river..f Sind along the flat marshy lowlands for some thousand li, there are several hundreds of thousands very great manyfamilies .. hichgive themselves exclusively to tending cattle and from this derive their livelihood. They have no masters, and whether men or women, have neither rich nor poor.' While they were left unnamed by the Chinese pilgrim, these same people of lower Sind were called Jats' or 'Jats of the wastes' by the Arab geographers. The Jats, as 'dromedary men.' we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dillon (other)
Dillon may refer to: People *Dillon (surname) * Dillon (given name) *Dillon (singer) (born 1988), Brazilian singer *Viscount Dillon, a title in the Peerage of Ireland Places Canada * Dillon, Saskatchewan United States *Dillon Beach, California *Dillon, Colorado * Dillon, Illinois * Dillon, Kansas *Dillon, Missouri *Dillon, Montana *Dillon, South Carolina **Dillon County, South Carolina * Dillon, West Virginia *Dillon Falls, Ohio, also called Dillon *Dillons Run, a river in West Virginia *Dillon State Park, on the Licking River, Licking County, Ohio *Dillon Township (other) Arts and entertainment Fictional characters *Al Dillon, in the 1987 film ''Predator'' * Kevin Dillon (character), in the young adult novel ''Freak the Mighty'' * Matt Dillon (''Gunsmoke''), in the radio and television versions of ''Gunsmoke'' *The Dillon family in the soap opera ''All My Children'': **Laurel Banning Dillon **Janet Dillon *Dillon Quartermaine, in the soap opera ''General Hospital'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zulfiqar Ahmad Dhillon
Zulfiqar Ahmad Dhillon (born October 2, 1948 in Addian village, Punjab) is a Pakistani politician and a retired Brigadier in the Pakistan Army. He is a son of Chaudry Laal Khan Dhillon and younger brother of Chaudry Nisar Ahmed Dhillon. After retiring from the Army, Dhillon was a Pakistani Punjabi politician from Pakistan Muslim League (Q), and served as Provincial Minister Education for Punjab between 1997-1999. Subsequently, he was elected as a Member of Pakistan National Assembly in the 2002 General Elections. He graduated from Government College Lahore in 1959 with a Bsc. in Agriculture and then joined Pakistan Military Academy and was commissioned in 1962. During his tenure in the Pakistan Army he attended Command and Staff College, Quetta Quetta (; ur, ; ; ps, کوټه) is the tenth List of cities in Pakistan by population, most populous city in Pakistan with a population of over 1.1 million. It is situated in Geography of Pakistan, south-west of the countr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vic Dhillon
Vic Dhillon (born ) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 2003 to 2018 who represented the ridings of Brampton West—Mississauga and Brampton West. Background Dhillon has lived in Brampton, Ontario for most of his life. He has a degree in business administration from Lakehead University, and helped found a family-owned business in Mississauga after his graduation. He has done fundraising work for the Brampton Food Bank, and led a local initiative to send supplies to eastern Ontario during the ice storm of 1998. Dhillon worked as a constituency assistant to federal Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) Gurbax Singh Malhi for five months after the 1993 federal election, and then worked as an executive assistant to Liberal MP Colleen Beaumier for over nine years. Politics Dhillon ran in the 1999 provincial election as the Liberal candidate in the riding of Brampton West—Mississauga. He lost to high ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uttam Dhillon
Uttam Anthony Singh Dhillon (born September 4, 1960) is an American attorney and law enforcement official. He served as Acting Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration from July 2, 2018, to May 18, 2020. He is married to Janet Dhillon, a former commissioner of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Early life and education Dhillon was born in El Centro, California. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology from California State University, Sacramento, a Master of Arts in psychology from the University of California, San Diego, and a Juris Doctor from the UC Berkeley School of Law. Career From 1990 to 1997, Dhillon served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in Los Angeles, where he prosecuted major narcotics cases. Dhillon was appointed to the United States Department of Justice's Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force. As part of the task force, he coordinated with federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies to direct investigations of vio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rukshar Dhillon
Rukshar Dhillon (born 12 October 1993) is an actress based in India who primarily works in Telugu films. Dhillon was born in London and brought up in India. She made her debut in 2016 with the Kannada '' Run Antony.'' She went on to star in Telugu films such as '' Aakatayi, Krishnarjuna Yudham,'' and ''ABCD: American Born Confused Desi''. In 2020 she appeared in the Hindi film '' Bhangra Paa Le.'' Life Rukshar Dhillon was born in London and is of Punjabi descent. She was brought up in Goa Goa () is a state on the southwestern coast of India within the Konkan region, geographically separated from the Deccan highlands by the Western Ghats. It is located between the Indian states of Maharashtra to the north and Karnataka to th ... and her family is now settled in Bangalore. She graduated in fashion designing. Dhillon began her film career with '' Run Antony'' opposite Vinay Rajkumar, grandson of actor Dr. Rajkumar. The film was a romantic-thriller written and direc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poonam Dhillon
Poonam Dhillon (born 18 April 1962) is an Indian actress and politician. A former Femina Miss India (1977), she is best known for her 1979 film '' Noorie.'' Some of her well-known films include '' Red Rose'' (1980), '' Dard'' (1981), '' Romance'' (1983), ''Sohni Mahiwal'' (1984), '' Teri Meherbaniyan'' (1985) '' Samundar'' (1986), '' Saveraywali Gaadi'' (1986), ''Karma'' (1986), '' Naam'' (1986) and ''Maalamaal'' (1988). Dhillon participated in ''Bigg Boss'' in 2009. She played the lead role of Sharda Modi in the Sony TV series ''Ekk Nayi Pehchaan'' in 2013. She has done theatre, starting with the award-winning "The Perfect Husband" and many other plays, the latest being "The Perfect Wife" with several shows in United States and Dubai. Career The first time Dhillon gained fame was when she got crowned Miss Young India 1978 at the age of 16. Director Yash Chopra noticed her and offered her a role in the film ''Trishul'' (1978) where her song "Gapoochi Gapoochi Gum Gum" with Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Femina Miss India 2013
The 50th edition of Femina Miss India was held at Yash Raj Studios, Mumbai, on March 24, 2013. The show was telecast live on Colors (TV channel). A total of 23 contestants competed in the beauty pageant. Navneet Kaur Dhillon of Punjab was crowned Femina Miss India World 2013 by the outgoing titleholder Vanya Mishra. Sobhita Dhulipala and Zoya Afroz were crowned the 1st and 2nd Runners Up respectively. Navneet Kaur Dhillon represented India at Miss World 2013 held in Indonesia where she placed in the Top 20 and won the Multimedia Award. Sobhita Dhulipala represented India at Miss Earth 2013 held in the Philippines where she won two awards, Miss Photogenic and Miss Eco-beauty, though she did not place. After the Femina Miss India 2013 pageant, Vijaya Sharma and Swati Kain, both Femina Miss India 2013 contestants, were designated by Femina as India's representatives to Miss Supranational 2013 and to Miss Heritage 2013 respectively. Sharma placed in the Top 20 at Miss Supranational 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Navneet Kaur Dhillon
Navneet Kaur Dhillon is an Indian actress and model, who represented India at Miss World 2013. She was the winner of Pond's 50th edition of Femina Miss World India 2013 that was held in Mumbai on 24 March 2013. She won the Miss Multimedia award during Miss World 2013 beauty pageant,. She finished in top 20. Early life Her father is an Army officer. Education in initial years was at Army Public School, Ambala Cantt, and she finally settled in Patiala and finished her secondary education from Budha Dal Public School, Patiala. She then chose B tech. in TV and Media from Punjabi University, Patiala. She currently resides at Victoria Heights. Along with modelling, she also has interest in photography, swimming, horse-riding. She is a media student in Punjabi University, Patiala. Pond's Femina Miss India 2013 She was crowned as the Femina Miss India World 2013 on 24 March 2013. Navneet was also crowned Femina Miss Timeless Beauty. She faced with a question of what her one regret wou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kanwal Jeet Singh Dhillon
Lieutenant General Kanwal Jeet Singh Dhillon, PVSM, UYSM, YSM, VSM is a retired General Officer of the Indian Army. He last served as the Director General Defence Intelligence Agency (DG DIA) and Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff (Intelligence) (DCIDS Int) under the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) from 9 March 2020 to 31 January 2022. Prior to this, he served as the 48th Commander of the XV Corps assuming the post from Lieutenant General Anil Kumar Bhatt. Early life and education Dhillon is an alumnus of National Defence Academy, Khadakwasla & Indian Military Academy, Dehradun. He graduated from the Defence Services Staff College, Wellington, and the National Defence College, Delhi. Career Dhillon was commissioned in December 1983 in Rajputana Rifles and has had an illustrious military career spanning 39 years is credited with important appointments at the Army Headquarters and instructional appointments at Infantry School, Mhow, and Indian Army training team ab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
