Ahluwalia

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Ahluwalias are a Kalal community from Punjab.

1 History and Traditions
2 Prominent Personalities
3 References
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] History and Traditions

The term Ahluwalia came into use after the rise of a resident of the Ahluwal village, Jassa Singh Ahluwalia as a misldar of the Sikh Kingdom of Punjab. Hence his descendants came to be known by this term. Later, descendants of other residents of the village also came to be known as Ahluwalias.

[edit] Prominent Personalities

The following is the list of the prominent people from this community:

Jassa Singh Ahluwalia - (1718-1783) Eighteenth Century Sikh Misldar (Baron)
Montek Singh Ahluwalia - Former World Bank economist and Deputy-Chairman of Planning Commission of India.
Surendrajeet Singh Ahluwalia - Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha (Upper House), Govt. of India [ 1986 - date.], Former Urban Development Minister, India. Former Parliamentary Affairs Minister, India.
Premindra Singh Bhagat - Lt. General (Retd.) in the Indian Army and Victoria Cross winner.
Waris Ahluwalia - Hollywood Actor
Harkeerat Singh Ahluwalia - Kaun Banega Crorepati Winner
Kiranjit Ahluwalia - Famous female figure portrayed by Ashwariya Rai in the film Provoked.

[edit] References

[edit] See also

Kalal

[edit] External links

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