Shergill

For Shergill is the hereditary lineage apparently related to well known Gill affiliation, see Gill (surname).

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.^[2] The Majithia family belong to this clan.^{[3] [verification needed]}

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

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)