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Sekhon
Sekhon
is a
Jat
clan
in the
Punjab region
of
India and Pakistan
.
Notable people with the surname Sekhon
Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon
,
PVC
was an officer of the
Indian Air Force
. He was
posthumously awarded
the
Param Vir Chakra
, India's highest
military decoration
, in
recognition
of his lone defence of
Srinagar
Air Base
against a
PAF
air raid
during the
Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
. He is the only member of the
Indian
Air Force
to be so honoured.
Sant Singh Sekhon
, Indian playwright
Janmeja Singh Sekhon
,
Cabinet minister
of Punjab for a term of
10 years