- Kairon
Kairon, is the name of a small Indian village in the district of
Amritsar , located in the north-west of Punjab, and is aDhillon Jat family name.Pratap Singh Kairon
The village Kairon has population of 13000.There is one high school,primary school and a girls school.In Kairon there is a historical
Gurudwara "CHAR SAHIB".The Dhillon Jats of the village of Kairon take on the name of the village. The most famous Dhillon 'Kairon' is probablyPratap Singh Kairon . As chief minister he governed Punjab and was widely acknowledged as the architect of the post-independence Punjab. He was assassinated on February 6, 1965.Land reforms
Pratap Singh Kairon was a man of vision. As Minister of Rehabilitation in the days after partition, the late leader ended confusion and handled the tough task of resettlement of millions of refugees who had migrated to Punjab. In his role in implementing land reforms, the late leader establishedPunjab Agricultural University which played a key role in theGreen Revolution . Following war with China in 1962, Kairon sent people for recruitment and mobilised funds. He took part in the freedom struggle and later contributed to building Punjab. The role he played in bringing up Punjab after partition was not easy. "He was a hero in every sense of the word".Kairon Family
The Kairon Family is a leading political family of India. The family has produced political leaders such as
Pratap Singh Kairon ,Surinder Singh Kairon andAdesh Pratap Singh Kairon .The Kairon family has had a much controversial Past in Punjab. Despite their storied success in Punjabi politics, they have had their share of controversies from accusations of Land grabbing [http://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20011121/punjab1.htm] , narcotics trade, selling counterfeit currency, murders and kidnappings [http://specials.rediff.com/news/2002/feb/10josy1.htm] , monopolizing the alcohol trade, tax evasions [http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20051230/punjab1.htm] . They have also been accused of massive financial irregularities and Adesh Pratap Singh Kairon has been accused of being part of a $1 billion Dollar corruption scandal along with his father in law.
The Kairon family still flourishes in Punjab politics and is one of
Punjab's political families . His GrandsonAdesh Pratap Singh Kairon who is married to the daughter ofParkash Singh Badal has been twice a minister under the chief ministership of his father in lawParkash Singh Badal , and his sonSurinder Singh Kairon was a member of India's Parliament. He has three sons (Adesh, Gurpratap, Uday) as well as six grandchildren (Dilsher Singh, Meher, Jai, Karan, Tira,and Jaymen) His other sonGurinder Singh Kairon has also been actively taking part in politics in the Congress party and has two daughters (Nadan and Raman) and one son (Harpratap) as well as five grandchildren (Karan, Sabina,Jannat,Udesh and Jaybir. His third child, his only daughter, Sarbrinder Kairon has two daughters (Punam and Kushal) and four grandchildren (Jai Nihal Singh, Amrita Mia, Hera Omed Singh, and Anjali Tara). She has actively supported her nephew and brothers in all of their political endeavors. Pratap Singh Kairon placed Punjab on the industrial map of the country. He was behind the creation of the city ofChandigarh and the industrial township of Faridabad. The late leader made primary and middle school education free and compulsory. He opened three engineering colleges and a polytechnic in each district.Migration to US, Canada
The majority of Dhillon Jat Kairon's from India have migrated to
USA ,Canada though the town still exists.
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