Sekhon
Sekhon is a Jat clan in the Punjab region of India and Pakistan.
Notable people with the surname Sekhon
- 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, in recognition of his lone defence of Srinagar Air Base against a PAF air raid during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. He is the only member of the Indian Air Force to be so honoured.
- Sant Singh Sekhon, Indian playwright
- Janmeja Singh Sekhon, Cabinet minister of Punjab for a term of 10 years
Further reading
- Sher Singh Sher (1965). The Sansis of Punjab. ISBN 8121504198.
References
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