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Country
  
India

District
  
Tarn Taran

Telephone code
  
01851

Local time
  
Saturday 1:18 AM

ISO 3166 code
  
ISO 3166-2:IN

State
  
Punjab

Time zone
  
IST (UTC+5:30)

Vehicle registration
  
PB 46

Area code
  
01851

Kairon

Weather
  
13°C, Wind NW at 0 km/h, 99% Humidity

Kairon, is a small Indian village in the district of Amritsar, located in the north-west of Punjab. The village is home to a majority of Dhillon Jats who take up the name of the village as their last name.

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Map of Kairon, Punjab 143415

The village Kairon has population of 13000 and draws its fame for being the home village of the Kairon political family. The family has produced political leaders such as Nihal Singh Kairon, Pratap Singh Kairon, Jaswant Singh Kairon, Surinder Singh Kairon, Gurinder Singh Kairon and Adesh Pratap Singh Kairon.

Currently, Adesh Pratap Singh Kairon who is married to the daughter of Parkash Singh Badal is the head of the family. He has been thrice a minister under the chief ministership of his father-in-law Parkash Singh Badal.

Notable people

  • Adesh Pratap Singh Kairon (born 1959) is a politician from Punjab. He is the great-grandson of Nihal Singh Kairon, grandson of Partap Singh Kairon, son of Surinder Singh Kairon, son-in-law of Parkash Singh Badal and nephew of Harcharan Singh Brar and the current head of the Kairon family.
  • Surinder Singh Kairon(1934-2009) was the son of late Sardar Partap Singh Kairon. He was a member of Punjab Vidha Sabha before being elected to the Parliament representing the Congress Party.
  • Partap Singh Kairon (1901–1965) was the Chief Minister of the Punjab province (then comprising Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh), and is widely acknowledged as the architect of post-Independence Punjab Province (or Punjab, Haryana and Himachal as of today). He was jailed twice by the British Empire, once for five years for organizing protests against British rule. His political influence and views are still considered to dominate Punjabi politics.

    • References

    Kairon Wikipedia
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