Sihag
{{Short description|Jat clan in India}}
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Sihag is an Indian gotra of Jats mainly found in northern India in the states of Rajasthan, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi and Punjab.{{Cite book |last=Kumar |first=Ramesh |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oE5uAAAAMAAJ&q=sihag+jats |title=Regionalisation of Politics in India |date=1996 |publisher=Mohit Publications |isbn=978-81-7445-018-0 |language=en}}{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=06XXAAAAMAAJ&q=sihag+jats |title=Journal of Sikh Studies |date=1976 |publisher=Department of Guru Nanak Studies, Guru Nanak Dev University. |language=en}}
Notable persons
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- Abhay Singh Chautala, Indian politician and son of Om Prakash Chautala
- Ajay Singh Chautala, Indian politician and son of Om Prakash Chautala
- Amit Sihag, Indian politician
- Devi Lal, former two term deputy prime minister of India and two term chief minister of Haryana
- Devika Sihag, Indian badminton player
- Dushyant Chautala, Indian politician and son of Ajay Singh Chautala
- Jogi Ram Sihag, Indian politician
- Om Prakash Chautala, five term chief minister of Haryana and son of Devi Lal
- Pooja Sihag, Indian freestyle wrestler
- Pradeep Singh Sihag, Indian professional boxer
- Ranjit Singh Chautala, cabinet minister in Government of Haryana and son of Devi Lal
References
= Note =
a. Om Prakash Chautala was the first person in the family of Devi Lal who started using Chautala in his name, which is his native village name although his family clan belongs to Sihag Jats.{{Cite web |last=Manav |first=Sushil |date=20 December 2024 |title=OP Chautala: Jat mass leader with rural connect, last of Haryana's veterans, five-time CM & more |url=https://theprint.in/politics/op-chautala-jat-mass-leader-with-rural-connect-last-of-haryanas-veterans-five-time-cm-more/2412165/ |access-date=11 February 2025 |website=ThePrint |language=en-US}} “Chautala was the eldest of the four sons of Chaudhary Devi Lal, the legendary Jat leader who twice became the deputy prime minister of India. He was the first to have started writing his village Chautala’s name as his second name, though the family’s ‘gotra’ (clan) is Sihag.”