Sahota
Sahota is an agricultural caste native to the Punjab region and hilly regions of India and Pakistan.[1] The Sahotas are prevalent in the Hoshiarpur district.[2] Originally adherents of Hinduism, some Sahotras are now Muslims, Sikhs, and Christians.
Notable people with this surname include:
- Gadowar Singh Sahota (born 1954), Indian professional wrestler known as Gama Singh
- Harvinder Sahota (born 1941), Indian American cardiologist
- Sahotas, U.K. based Bhangra/Rock/World music band
- Mukhtar Sahota, British music composer and producer
- Onkar Sahota, British Labour Party politician
- Patty Sahota, Canadian politician
- Ruby Sahota, Canadian Liberal politician
- Sunjeev Sahota (born 1981), British novelist
See also
- Sahotra, a Chuhra caste
References
- ^ Singh, Harnek (1992). Role and Commitment of Agricultural Workers. Vohra Publishers & Distributors. p. 21. ISBN 978-81-85072-79-1.
But afterwards the ties between Sahota and other castes weakened and counterweight to Sahotas dominated particularly after the disputes over the freedom of Chamars to work outside the village and of the weavers to set their own prices came to the surface.
- ^ Rose, Horace Arthur; Ibbetson, Sir Denzil (1970). A Glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North-West Frontier Province. Indian Civil Service. p. 344.
SAHOTA, one of the leading Ját tribes in Hoshiárpur.