Dhingra is a family name of Sikhs and

Arora Arora is a community of Punjab and Sindh, comprising both Hindus and Sikhs. The name is derived from their ancestral place Aror, Sindh. In 712, the Arora people are said to have left Aror and started to settle in the cities of Punjab, mainly ...

Hindus. It is derived from a clan of

Jat The Jat people (, ), also spelt Jaat and Jatt, are a traditionally agricultural community in Northern India and Pakistan. Originally pastoralists in the lower Indus river-valley of Sindh, many Jats migrated north into the Punjab region in l ...

Notable people

Notable people with the surname, who may or may not be affiliated with the clans or religions, include: *

Gaurav Dhingra Gaurav Dhingra (born 24 March 1980) is an International film and television producer and film entrepreneur. He is the Founder of Jungle Book Entertainment along with Pan Nalin, director of award-winning films like Samsara and Valley of Flower ...

(born 1980), Indian film and television producer * Gurbachan Singh Dhingra (born 1950), Indian entrepreneur *

Kuldip Singh Dhingra Kuldip Singh Dhingra is an Indian entrepreneur and a co-owner of Berger Paints. Dhingra has been listed as one of Forbes India's richest Indians and also in its The World's Billionaires list among the highest Indians by net worth. Early life ...

(born 1947), Indian entrepreneur * Leena Dhingra, British writer, actress and teacher *

Madan Lal Dhingra Madan Lal Dhingra (18 September 1883 – 17 August 1909) was an Indian student and a revolutionary freedom fighter at University College London who in 1909 assassinated Sir William Hutt Curzon Wyllie, the political aide-de-camp to the Secret ...

(1883–1909), Indian revolutionary *

Manka Dhingra Manka Dhingra (born 1973 or 1974) is an Indian-born American attorney and politician who is a Washington State senator. A member of the Democratic Party, she was elected to represent the 45th legislative district, on Seattle's Eastside in Ki ...

(born 1973/74), India-American attorney and politician *

Pooja Dhingra Pooja Dhingra (born 1986) is an Indian pastry chef and businesswoman. She opened India's first macaron store and is the owner of bakery chain Le15 Patisserie that specialises in macarons and a host of French desserts. Biography Dhingra was born ...

(born 1986), Indian pastry chef and businesswoman *

Rachna Dhingra Rachna Dhingra (born 3 September 1977) is a social activist working in Bhopal with the survivors of the Bhopal gas tragedy, a gas leak from a Union Carbide plant in 1984 that has killed 20,000 people. She is also currently a member of the Aam ...

(born 1977), Indian social activist * Sangita Dhingra Sehgal (born 1958), Indian jurist * Swati Dhingra, professor

References

{{Ethnic and social groups of the Punjab Surnames of Indian origin Punjabi tribes Arora clans Punjabi-language surnames Jat clans Jat clans of Punjab