Shergill Explained

Shergill is a surname and clan of Jats, its parent clan is Gill.^{[1] [2]} According to oral history, the founding progenitor of the clan was a man named Shergill, who was the son of Gill. The Majithia family belong to this clan.^[3]

Shergill/Sher-Gill
Type:	Jat clan
Parent Tribe:	Gill
Language:	Punjabi
Religion:	Sikhism
Ethnicity:	Jats
Branches:	Majithia
Surnames:	Shergill, Sher-Gill, Sher-Gil, Majithia
Descended:	Shergill

The ruling house of the Nishanwalia Misl during the Sikh Confederacy was from this clan.^[4]

List of notable people

Notable people bearing the name Shergill (or Sher-Gill), and who may or may not be related to the clan, include:

• Avneet Shergill, U.S. soccer player
• Amrita Sher-Gil, Indian painter
• Daljit Singh Shergill, U.K. Sikh leader
• Dyal Singh Majithia founder of The Tribune and Punjab National Bank
• Jaiveer Shergill, Indian politician and lawyer
• Jimmy Shergill, Indian actor and producer
• Lehna Singh Majithia, Sikh polymath and father of Dyal Singh
• Rabbi Shergill, Indian musician
• Rubina Shergill, Indian actress

See also

• Gill (name)
• Gil (disambiguation)

Notes and References

1. Book: Gill, Gurcharan Singh . Deeper Roots of the Gill, Bhatti, Sidhu, Brar, Tur, and Related Jat and Rajput Clans . Indian Family History Society . 2008 . Bunker . Janice Gill . 12 . CHAPTER 2: The Gill Clan - Section A. Indo-Scythian Origin . The descendants of Gillpal use the family surname 'Gill'. There are many sub-castes such as Sher-Gill, Jhalli-Gill and so on..
2. Book: O'Brien, John . The Construction of Pakistani Christian Identity . Research Society of Pakistan . 2006 . Research Society of Pakistan: Publication . 96 . 50 . As well as being a Chuhra gotra, the Gill are an important zat of the Jat tribe based especially in the Lahore and Ferozepur districts. Their mythical ancestor Gill, was said to be the father of Shergill, the founder of another Jat clan..
3. Book: Rekhi, Gurnam Singh . Sir Sundar Singh Majithia and His Relevance in Sikh Politics . Har-Anand Publications Pvt. Ltd. . 1999 . 15 . ...the small village of Majithia (near Amritsar)—which the family of Sir Sundar Singh, of Shergill clan among the Jat Sikhs—had adopted as their surname, could also be proud of its illustrious Sardars..
4. Book: Singh, Dr. Bhagat . A History of the Sikh Misals . . 2009 . 169 . English.